Vicente Wolf
photo by Vicente Wolf
If you could have a second home anywhere, where would you live? I already have a second home in Montauk. But if I were to have a third it would be in Sri Lanka on the ocean.
Tell us about your childhood bedroom? It was my BR in Cuba that I kept constantly changing. It was minimal, not by design, but lack of resources to have more furniture. I did have objects that I loved, i.e. a piece of wood from the Everglades like those wiki waki tropical tree with the roots.
What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house? The house itself in Montauk 1984.
In the history of design, if you could hire any designer, who would it be? David Hicks.
No room is complete without good lighting.
People think of me as intimidating, but I am really a puppy.
Things you omit from:
A flower arrangement: Greenery
An hors d’oeuvre platter: No pigs in a blankets, please.
A bar cabinet: I hate bar cabinets.
A song for:
Dinner at home: It’s a Quarter to Three
Working at your desk: What Kind of Fool am I
Going for a run: Here We Go Again
Biggest Vice? Gardening, travel.
If you were on an Ambien high and internet shopping, what would you buy? I don’t shop on the internet and sleep like a log so never take Ambien.
Do your clothes reflect your design sensibility, if so, how? Classic with an edge to it. Relaxed, unflashy, neutral tones with subtle coloration (except once in a while when I’m on an Ambien high).
Who is your star crush? Madeline Albright.
What is the one thing you would never decorate your home with, but don’t detest when you see others do it? Pattern, chintz.
If there were a fire, and you could only keep one design book, what would it be? I would take other things… all the design books I have are already embedded in my mind.
For posterity, what would you like your work to be known for? Timeless spaces that look as modern today as they did when they were done.
photo by Vicente Wolf
A Few Favorites:
Movie: Two for the Road
Book: The one I’m reading at the moment, Rage by Carl Bernstein
Scent: Annick Goatal gardinia
The fabric you always come back to: Polish wool
Dream project: One that my creativity can be pushed with people who are nice and respectful – and willing to spend for what they want
Meal: Roasted pig with black beans and rice, the old fashioned Cuban way
Drink: Bison Grass Vodka
Hotel: The Orient in Bangkok
Travel Destination: An exotic place I haven’t been before like North Sudan
Artist: Rothko
Thing to collect obsessively: Photography
Era in the history of design: Early 1930’s before the war, i.e. Paris in the 1930’s
Museum: Metropolitan Mueum of Art here in NYC
Paint Color that always look great: PPG Delicate White (aka Vicente Wolf White)
Favorite person to follow on Instagram: Tim Corrigan and Margaret Russell
Dogs, Cats, or No Pets? Cats definitely
