A DESIGNER IN TRAINING

DAUGHTERS

I think the adage is "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree". Our daughter would never call herself a designer. She says she has no interest in taking over our business yet you have only to look at her room to know she has the potential to be a great designer. So for now she only works for herself but that doesn't stop her from doling out little side comments of advice for her parents.

Emmy's style is an amalgam of what we've exposed her to and her own youthful take on design. If I had to describe her style I'd call it Bohemian Chic.

It's a style she expresses from the design of her room to the items in her closet. She's definitely inherited the quest for a good vintage hunt.

It started out with her as a child rummaging around in our wake as we sought out the newest flea market trend and she hunted for the booth with the most Breyer horses to inhabit her play stables.

Her quest for a bargain only she can uncover has now grown to hunting out vintage clothing stores in places from New York to Madison to Rome

and she is the one who now insists on weekend outings to Antique Malls where she hunts for framed art featuring strong women, sixties album jackets and little objects from decades we lived through but she considers antiques.

Her room is a breath of cannabis air with color and texture and pattern all combined in a way, way beyond our capabilities. It's intuitive and that's a gift but it's all well researched and that's passion. About four times a year the call goes out for help pushing around furniture to test out a new arrangement of her room. I love that she has this interest. It gives us something to do together, and what rarer gift is there than time with your kid.

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