Jenny Wolf
If you could have a second home anywhere, where would you live? Kiawah, South Carolina
What are three words to describe your style?
1. Traditional
2. Eclectic
3. Sophisticated
Tell us about your childhood bedroom? Laura Ashley overload...yellow walls/floral bedding/lampshades! Which is funny, because I never use yellow now! Maybe for this reason!
What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house? A large format photography piece of an oak tree with Spanish moss...a touch of my Southern roots in my NYC apartment.
In the history of design, if you could hire any designer other than yourself, who would it be? Elsie de Wolfe.
No room is complete without antiques that tell a story.
People think of me as outgoing, but I am really an introvert.
Things you omit from:
A flower arrangement: Baby’s breath
An hordeurves platter: Meat! I’m a pescatarian
A bar cabinet: Any tacky liquor bottles
A song for:
Dinner at home: “Je T’aime moi non plus-
Working at your desk: “Feel your weight” Rhye poolside mix
Going for a run: I don’t run! But if I had to..”Gloria” by Laura Branigan
Biggest Vice? Screen time
If you were on an Ambien high and internet shopping, what would you buy? Vintage fabrics
Do your clothes reflect your design sensibility, if so, how? I think so! I love a combination of highs and lows. For example-floral patterned dresses paired with something more relaxed like boots or a fringed cape.
Who is your star crush? I don’t know! Bradley cooper?
What is the thing you would never do on a project, but don’t detest when you see others do it? Minimalism
If there were a fire, and you could only keep one design book, what would it be? In the Pink (Dorothy Draper)
For posterity, what would you like your work to be known for? For standing the test of time. Spaces that tell a story or that truly depict the people who live in them.
Your Favorite:
Movie: Flashdance
Book: Gift from the Sea
Scent: Isola Rosa by Litorelle Aromatica
The fabric you always come back to: Schumacher Pyne Hollyhock
Dream project: Any coastal or European boutique hotel
Meal: Tuna melt
Drink: Diet Coke
Hotel: Ritz Paris
Travel Destination: St. Barths
Artist: Philip Wilson Steer
A cause near and dear to me: Suicide prevention
Thing to collect obsessively: Transferware
Museum: Musee D’Orsay
Paint Color that always looks great: Pigeon by Farrow and Ball
Dogs, Cats, or No Pets? Dogs! I have 1 and 2 bunnies..Kind of makes me want to say no pets!
