Stanley Dixon
If you could have a second home anywhere, where would you live? Our 1919 lodge in the North Georgia mountains.
Tell us about your childhood bedroom? Gold and cream Swedish checked wallpaper – antique furniture and a drafting board.
What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house? A Zuber six-panel wall hanging still in my dining room today.
In the history of design, if you could hire any designer other than yourself, who would it be?
Nancy Lancaster
No room is complete without lamp light with good shades .
People think of me as reserved, but I am really approachable.
Things you omit from:
A flower arrangement: Baby’s breath
An hors d’oeuvre platter: Anchovies
A bar cabinet: Schnapps
A song for:
Dinner at home: Billie Holiday
Biggest Vice? French Fries
If you were on an Ambien high and internet shopping, what would you buy? I’d buy houses on Zillow!
Do your clothes reflect your design sensibility, if so, how? Yes, classic simplicity
Who is your star crush? Jennifer Aniston
What is the thing you would never do on a project, but don’t detest when you see others do it?
Patterened wallpaper
If there were a fire, and you could only keep one design book, what would it be? My out-of-print copy of David Adler’s monograph
For posterity, what would you like your work to be known for? Timeless yet creative family homes
A Few Favorites:
Book: To Kill a Mockingbird
Scent: Diptyque Verveine
The fabric you always come back to: Ticking
Dream project: Boutique hotel
Drink: Old Fashion – with half the syrup
Hotel: La Mirande, Avignon, France
Travel Destination: Italy
Artist: Rothko
Era in the history of design: 1920’s
Museum: Sir John Soane, London / West Wing, DC / Peggy Guggenheim, Venice
Paint Color that always looks great: Farrow & Ball, Pointing
Favorite person to follow on Instagram: Alessandra Branca
Dogs, Cats, or No Pets? Dogs – my good boy Winston
