Douglas Mackie
photo by Astrid Templier
If you could have a second home anywhere, where would you live? France- as I do!
What are three words to describe your style? 1. Considered 2. Warm 3. Luxurious
Tell us about your childhood bedroom? I had a thing about avocado… so dark avocado walls, white carpet and acid yellow table lamps. It was the seventies after all…..
What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house? A great painting by Sandra Blow, painted in 1961, she’s world-famous in England.
In the history of design, if you could hire any designer other than yourself, who would it be? Robert Adam
No room is complete without dogs.
People think of me as serious, but I am really not.
Things you omit from:
A flower arrangement: Gerberas (vile)
An hors d’oeuvre platter: Fish roe, unless it’s caviar
A bar cabinet: Nothing, the more the better
A song for:
Dinner at home: Barbara: At Gottingen
Working at your desk: Bach, Always. Best stress reliever
Going for a run: I never run with music!
Biggest Vice? Good white burgundy
If you were on an Ambien high and internet shopping, what would you buy? A pair of first class air tickets, somewhere warm.
Do your clothes reflect your design sensibility, if so, how? Yes, custom made clothing. I have a thing about Neapolitan tailoring: and preferably entirely hand-stitched.
Who is your star crush? Jake Gyllenhaal
What is the thing you would never do on a project, but don’t detest when you see others do it? Horizontally striped curtains, and I DO detest it in other’s work. Sorry!
If there were a fire, and you could only keep one design book, what would it be? Parish Hadley: Sixty years of American Design
For posterity, what would you like your work to be known for? Longevity
photo by Astrid Templier
A Few Favorites:
Movie: Bringing up Baby
Book: Middlemarch
Scent: Santa maria Novella: Acqua de cuba
The fabric you always come back to: Silk Velvet (Antica Seta Fiorentina to be precise)
Dream project: Anything with a sympathetic client
Meal: Lobster spaghetti
Drink: Wine
Hotel: Mnemba Island
Travel Destination: Africa- virtually anywhere
Artist: Bellini
Thing to collect obsessively: Chairs
Era in the history of design: 1950’s
Museum: The National Gallery, London
Paint Color that always looks great: White
Favorite person to follow on Instagram: Felicity Cloake- genius food writer
Dogs, Cats, or No Pets? Dogs always
