What podcast or playlist do you put on when you need inspiration?
I live for Ezra Klein’s podcast—no one gets into subjects as diverse and urgent with the intelligence and empathy that he seems constantly able to muster.
What’s a film or TV show whose aesthetic has stuck with you?
The Jane Campion film Bright Star, which tells the story of John Keats and Fanny Brawne’s unconsummated love affair in 1818. Campion conjures Keats’s poetry with beguiling visual metaphors rooted in nature. It’s an aesthetic touchstone for me.
Which Instagram account do you go to for design inspiration?
@communedesign, @charlesdelisleoffice, @themodernhouse.
What has been your best house upgrade?
Planting an herb garden and putting up redwood string shelving in our den to make it an art book library.
A simple or budget-friendly design move you wish you’d known sooner?
Buy everything used or salvaged. I’m obsessed with Pasadena Architectural Salvage. It’s where we got all our doors and knobs recently.
My favorite sheets are…
The washed linen sheets from Merci in Paris (which you can also buy online).
My favorite paint color for the bedroom is…
White. I love the decorator-favorite shade of white called Swiss Coffee by Benjamin Moore—it’s fresh and bright but bends warm and cozy, which I like for a bedroom.
Your design pet peeve?
Appliances like the washer and dryer being IN the kitchen.
My go-to kitchen utensil is…
The two-in-one spatula-spoon hybrid from Permanent Collection. It does it all!
Three words that describe my design style:
Eclectic, homey, abundant.
First design love?
The Sferico glassware designed by Joe Colombo in 1968: a series of six glasses, all based on geometrical figures. A friend’s mother had these glasses when I was growing up and I remember being completely in love with them—they’re no doubt responsible for my borderline problematic obsession with glassware.
What item from your closet do you have on repeat?
A very big pink button-down shirt from Frank & Eileen and a pair of two-tone Janus Pants from Verity & Daughters.
Favorite design shop to visit (online or in person)?
I’ve visited the Venice Biennale more years than not over the last twenty years, mostly to write about the art exhibit. Every time I go, I pop into the L’Isola shop and treat myself to a single Murano glass from the Carlo Moretti ‘Diversi’ line.
What is the last thing you purchased for your house?
Tala light bulbs.
Something you’re coveting?
A bigger kitchen!
I don’t leave the house without…
My Mother Tongue magazine baseball cap.
Thanks so much, Fanny! Follow her work via @fannysinger and permanentcollection.com.
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