I have been an equestrian since I was five years old. Horses aren’t just my hobby: they’re my passion, my lifestyle, and they represent who I am to the core. We have a running joke in my house that my natural scent is Au de Cheval.  

During my years of riding in Pony Club, fox hunting, playing polo, and working for the International Polo Club in the luxury horse world of Wellington, FL, I grew up immersed in the equestrian lifestyle and surrounded by high end equestrian design. In high school, my first job was working for Ralph Lauren. When I saw how he translated the equestrian lifestyle into a home, I was transfixed. My experiences watching Ralph Lauren’s designs come to life continues to inspire me today in my own work as an interior designer.

Interior design has been a part of my life since I was a child, in large part because of my father’s work as a real estate investor. My dad specialized in high end residential properties.  He would take me to jobsite meetings, stone yards, and to look at properties he was thinking about buying for renovation. I remember one house in particular that we looked at when I was about eight years old. As we walked through the house, Dad asked me what I would do to the house if I could make the decisions. I began mentally demolishing the house. I told him that I would start by removing the green shag carpet and the popcorn ceiling, and the 70s wall paneling would definitely have to go. Later, my dad found out from his realtor that the old woman who lived there, had raised her family there, and was now widowed and planning to downsize, was listening to us on the intercom system, and she would absolutely not sell the house to a little girl who was going to tear her beloved house apart. Needless to say, my dad lost the sale, but fortunately he had a good sense of humor about it. By nine years old, I had announced to the family that I was going to be an interior designer.

I shine my best and brightest light when I’m combining my experiences in the equestrian lifestyle with my deep-seated understanding of the elements of interior design. I love historic houses with soul, modern farmhouses, old barns, tack rooms, and the trappings of sophisticated country living. There’s nothing I love better than mixing antiques and modern elements to create warm, inviting spaces where individuals and families can live, love, and play – because life is too short to live with bad design.