From the comments yesterday it seems there are many who adore
Schuyler Samperton and her designs as much as me. Schuyler launched her interior design career through a four-year stint with legendary celebrity decorator Michael S. Smith.
Her background includes six years as a publicist for the Fox Broadcasting Company, where Schuyler lent her creative touch to promotions for hit shows like The Simpsons, Melrose Place and the Emmy Awards. Originally from Washington, DC, she studied art history and decorative arts at Trinity College, New York University and Parsons School of Design.
Recent clients include model Carolyn Murphy and actor Rob Morrow. You can also find Schuyler featured in the July/August 2007 issue of Elle Decor.
What do you love most about your work?
Each project offers a unique opportunity to do something utterly different, from classically traditional to incredibly modern. I love the idea of a blank canvas - that's what's exciting to me.
What is your favorite luxury in life?
Stealing time to watch three movies a week.
What is your most prized possession?
A beautiful oil painting of my former dog Jack, a la George Stubbs, that was given to me by my parents.
Who are your style icons?
Robert Kime and Oliver Messel
How would you describe your own personal style?
A relaxed combination of Anglo-Indian/Moroccan exoticism, with the offbeat whimsy of a 19th Century English country house.
Where is your favorite place to vacation?
Anywhere with a beautiful beach, and impossibly warm water.
What designers would you most like to meet?
Tony Duquette and the production designers Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch.
What is the one thing in life you can’t live without?
Actually, there are two: having a really great laugh at least once a day and self tanner.
If enquiring minds, like mine, want to know, Schuyler’s preferred self tanner is Jergens. Yeah for drugstore brands.
Profile by Ronda Carman
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