Stephanie Moore Hager
Flower: Blue hydrangea
Color: Apple Martini
Scent: Paris Eau des Merveilles by Hermès
Candy: Noka Chocolate Boutique
Local museum: The Modern
Art gallery: Neue Galerie, New York
Hotel: Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens
Local restaurant: Urbano Cafe
Fabric: Glant, La Collection Parisienne, Feuillage in Ivory/Beige
Local store: Cory Pope & Associates
Candle: Dermalogica Stress Relief
Book: Think Big by Ben Carson
Chair: Marcali Penelope lounge chair
Television show: Modern Family
Guilty pleasure: Anything with coconut
Photographer: Charles Davis Smith, AIA
Debra Stewart
Flower: Really all of them, except carnations
Color: For me, favorite colors are assigned to objects or function. This past year, red has been the color.
Paint: Whip or Will by Martin Senor
Must-have item that costs less than $50: Flowers
Sheets: No particular brand—but must be 600- thread count
Scent: Lavender
Candy: M&M’s
Museum: El Museo del Prado, Madrid
Local museum: The Nasher
Art gallery: Depends on the style of art required
Hotel: Four Seasons, Uruguay
Local restaurant: Javier’s
Fabric: Too many to choose from. Off the cuff, I love mohair and fabulous silks.
Local store: Neiman Marcus
Book: Can’t choose
Chair: Always, the right scale, style, and color for the project, and with custom fabric
Television show: American Idol
Guilty pleasure: Reading by a pool
Photographer: Local—Kevin Marple
Eric Prokesh
Flower: Peony
Color: Teal blue. I’m using a lot of heliotrope these days on projects, often at clients’ request.
Paint: For a complete color workup and for quality, Benjamin Moore can’t be beat
Must-have item that costs less than $50: How about a budget of $50? Two dozen roses from Sam’s or Costco and a box of 20 dripless Bougies la Française. That should make a dent in room atmosphere.
Sheets: Trousseau—available in Brazil and unfortunately no website
Scent: Un Jardin en Méditarranée or Eau D’Hermès, both by Hermès
Candy: A dark, dusty, chocolate truffle from the Godiva shop
Museum: The Musée Nissim Comando, Paris
Hotel: The Sacher in Vienna. Independent. Historical. Comfortable. Understated.
Local restaurant: Shinsei. It has a menu that continues to be delicious and innovative. Rare professional service and a fun, clubby atmosphere.
Fabric: Bevilaqua
Antiques store: Raymond Horneman Ltd., London
Local store: LAFCO in Highland Park Village
Candle: I like to keep it simple. Anything that is called “fresh cotton” or “clean linen.”
Book: Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust, among others
Chair: A high-backed Régeance chair—perfect compromise between beauty and comfort
Television show: Nurse Jackie
Guilty pleasure: Reading in the bathtub
Photographer: Deborah Turbeville
David Cadwallader
Flower: Calla lilies
Color: Canvas white
Paint: Pratt & Lambert Silver Lining
Sheets: Anna Sova 600-thread count Egyptian cotton in white, of course
Scent: Signoricci—it’s only available in France for some reason
Candy: Millionaires
Museum: Hirshorn, Washington, D.C.
Local museum: The Nasher
Art gallery: Too many—I hate to mention one
Hotel: The St. Regis, San Francisco
Local restaurant: Nonna
Fabric: Pollack Cuddle Cloth
Antiques store: Bernd Goeckler, New York City
Local store: Neiman Marcus Downtown
Candle: No scent, plain white beeswax
Book: The Sartorialist
Chair: Momma Bear Chair, sexier version of the Poppa Bear
Television show: Modern Family
Guilty pleasure: Prada shoes
Photographer: Annie Leibovitz
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