Patrick Sutton

Quick Hits

• If you could have a second home anywhere, where would it be? West Palm Beach, coming soon!

• What are three words to describe your style? thoughtful, tactile, and tailored

• What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house? Fine art

• In the history of design, if you could hire any designer other than yourself, who would it be? Jean Michel Frank

• No room is complete without a dog.

• People think of me as aloof, but I am really just reserved.

What You Omit From:

• A flower arrangement: carnations

• An hors d’oeuvre platter: garnish

• A bar cabinet: Chartreuse

A Song For:

• Dinner at home: anything Gershwin

• Working at your desk: anything Moby

• Going for a run: I don’t run

Fun & Personal

• Biggest vice? bourbon

• If you were on an Ambien high and internet shopping, what would you buy? Down pillows

• Do your clothes reflect your design sensibility? If so, how? Yes, comfortable and fashionable without pretense.

• Who is your star crush? Dua Lipa

• What design book do you return to again and again? John Saldino Villa

• For posterity, what would you like your work to be known for? Making people better

A Few Favorites

• Movie: The Princess Bride   

• Book: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

• Scent: Hermes Jardin

• The fabric you always come back to: yarn dyed linen

• Dream project: beach front estate

• Meal: chicken pot pie

• Drink: bourbon

• Hotel: Cap Rocat, Majorca

• Travel destination: St. Barts

• Artist: Manola Valdes

• A cause near and dear to me: Mental Health Awareness (NAMI)

• Thing you collect obsessively: Books

• Era in the history of design: Art Modern

• Museum: The Met

• Benjamin Moore paint color: White Dove

• Dogs, cats, or no pets? Dogs