Dan Fink

photo by Laura Resen

If you could have a second home anywhere, where would you live? Paris

What are three words to describe your style? 1. Poetic 2. Tailored 3. Timeless

Tell us about your childhood bedroom?  Lots of photos and memorabilia tacked up to cover every inch of the walls. I’ve always been a bit nostalgic.

What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house? An Adolf Loos café chair.

In the history of design, if you could hire any designer other than yourself, who would it be?  Eileen Gray

No room is complete without windows.

People think of me as practical, but I am really very romantic.

Things you omit from:

• A flower arrangement: Thorns

• An hors d’oeuvre platter: Olive pits

• A bar cabinet: Painted wine glasses

A song for: 

• Dinner at home: Time After Time

• Working at your des: Clair de Lune

• Going for a run: Nature

If you were on an Ambien high and internet shopping, what would you buy? Swedish fish.

Do your clothes reflect your design sensibility, if so, how?  Yes, vintage and tailored.

Who is your star crush? Judy Garland

What is the thing you would never do on a project, but don’t detest when you see others do it?  Table skirts.

If there were a fire, and you could only keep one design book, what would it be?  Library House by Thomas O’Brien.

For posterity, what would you like your work to be known for? Sincerity.

photo by Laura Resen

A Few Favorites: 

• Movie: Singin’ in the Rain

• Book: The Odyssey

• Scent: Arabian Jasmine

• The fabric you always come back to: Silk velvet

• Dream project: The Met

• Meal: Cheeseburger

• Drink: Martini

• Hotel: Ritz Paris

• Travel Destination: Capri

• Artist: Irving Penn

• Thing to collect obsessively: Old cookbooks

• Era in the history of design: Deco

• Museum: The Met

• Paint Color that always look great: Farrow & Ball Cornforth White

• Favorite person to follow on Instagram: @copperbeechbythesea

• Dogs, Cats, or No Pets? Both!