Favorite room in house: I love any room that provides opportunity for great conversation.  In our house that means the kitchen, breakfast area, or living room.  Of those, I particularly enjoy spending time in the living room.  It has an old wood-burning stove on a big hearth. It's a cozy room with its comfy seating and warm environment.

Favorite piece of furniture: I do love an old love seat that belongs to my parents.  It originally belonged to my grandparents.  It's value is more sentimental that monetary.  It has a wood base and frame with a curved camel back and arms.  It's very vintage-chic.  I would love for it to become mine so I could recover it and give it some updated personality.

Favorite pastime: Currently running and reading.  Running began simply as a form of exercise; it turned out to be something that I really enjoy.   Right now I enjoy learning more about it and spending time with others who enjoy it as well. Reading is something I've always done.  I like to expose myself to new ideas and viewpoints; whether it is fictional content or otherwise.

Design Style: Eclectic.  Sometimes I think that people use this as a stock answer because it is an easy way of doing whatever they want, which isn’t necessarily all bad.   I love using aspects of different movements or styles and joining them in new ways.  For example:  Upholstering antique pieces of furniture in contemporary patterns or colors.  The contrast between an ornate chair frame and a clean-lined, crisp-colored fabric accentuates both equally.

Favorite design books/magazines: Architectural Digest does a great job of featuring different aspects of design.  It doesn't choose features based on what's trendy, but rather what's beautiful and interesting. Design: An Illustrated Historical Overview by Thomas Hauffe - It is a great reference book that notes influential design from the mid 1700s to the 1990s. And because of my love for sketching: Visual Notes by Norman Crowe and Paul Laseau.  It is a great collection of other designers’ visual note taking techniques, as well as a general guide for accurately recording visual information.

Favorite room to design: The Great Room because it provides you with a wide variety of options.  It is one of the most public spaces in a home and, therefore, provides the client an opportunity for self-expression.  It is interesting to see how needs differ from one client to the next.