Mimi Fong

 

 

OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCE: If you love restored industrial vintage furniture, Get Back, Inc., in Oakville, Connecticut, is a must-visit. 

 

FAVORITE ANTIQUES STORE: The Yellow Monkey in Cross River has a good variety of furniture and accessories. You need to go often and catch new items as they arrive.

 

EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE: A houseplant.

 

COOLEST DESIGN ELEMENT USED IN A CLIENT’S HOUSE: An indoor pond with a beautiful fountain. What tranquility it brings just listening to the water splashing while having a glass of wine after a long, tiring day.

 

BIGGEST DESIGN INFLUENCE: Vicente Wolf. I worshipped him as a high-school student. I have learned more from him than from anyone else.

 

HOT TREND FOR 2013: Anything green, literally and metaphorically.

 

WORST DESIGN MISTAKE: Letting a client hire a cheap contractor, who eventually made his money back through change orders. Ouch!

 

FAVORITE PAINT:  Benjamin Moore’s Color Stories Collection, and Farrow & Ball.