LET’S GET PERSONAL
READER, I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE, AND IT PROBABLY WON’T COME AS A surprise: I’m nosy. Luckily, an insatiable curiosity is especially useful when you’re a design editor and your work entails barging into someone’s private world and asking, “What’s this, and where’s it from?” For our annual look at designers’ own homes, we didn’t have to elbow our way in too forcefully—talents from Sydney to France to New York City graciously flung their doors open and invited us to take a look around. And there’s plenty to see. A vintage furniture dealer’s serenely handsome lair in Los Angeles, complete with an orchid garden and koi pond? Check. A grand Pittsburgh house for a rambunctious family, plus their terriers and bunnies? Check! Our cover story is a doctor-turned–interior designer’s apartment…
