Carrier and Company

What are three words to describe your style?
1. Timeless
2. Artful
3. Chic

Tell us about your childhood bedroom? I decorated my bedroom with an antique brass bed and botanical linens to transform my matching bedroom set! (Mara)

What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house? 
We bought a pair of over-scaled oil gilt sconces that came out of an Italian hotel at the Chelsea Flea-market when we were dating. They are mounted on stands and we use them as uplights.

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

No room is complete without art.

People think of me as quiet, but I am really funny, once you get to know me. (Mara)

Things you omit from:

• A flower arrangement: Lilies

•  An hors d’oeuvre platter: Anything with dipping sauce

• A bar cabinet: Tequila but everyone would be mad at me (Mara)

A song for:

• Dinner at home: Anything by Thelonius Monk

• Working at your desk: Silence

• Going for a run: Love You Madly; Cake or Loser; Beck

Biggest Vice?
Netflix

Do your clothes reflect your design sensibility, if so, how?
Chambray shirt = Classic (Jesse)
Sheath Dress = Classic (Mara)

Who is your star crush?
Jessica Chastain (Jesse)
George Clooney (Mara)

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

If there were a fire, and you could only keep one design book, what would it be?
An Illustrated History of Interior Decoration by Mario Praz

For posterity, what would you like your work to be known for?
Effortless style

A Few Favorites:

• Movie: Coal Miner’s Daughter, Sissy Spacek; A Quiet Man, Maureen O’Hara & John Wayne (Mara)

• Book: Every book by David Sedaris

• Scent: Vetever or Bergamot (Jesse)

• The fabric you always come back to: Benson Stripe

• Dream project: A boutique hotel or a private compound

• Meal: Fish tacos (Jesse)

• Drink: Manhattan

• Hotel: Villa Igiea, Palermo, Sicily

• Travel Destination: Berlin

• Artist: Michele Oka Doner

• A cause near and dear to me: ASPCA

• Thing to collect obsessively: Pottery (Jesse)

• Era in the history of design: French Moderne

• Museum: The Frick Collection

• Paint Color that always looks great: Farrow & Ball’s Pale Powder #204

• Favorite person to follow on Instagram: Alexa Hampton, of course!

• Dogs, Cats, or No Pets? Dogs AND Cats!