Dara Caponigro, Style director, domino magazine
Inspired by: My decorator mother and Albert Hadley. Personal luxuries: Nice sheets, really good coffee, clean windows. My mantra: Don't let anything into your home that you're not in love with. Be ruthless!
Lili Diallo, Prop stylist for photo shoots
Signatures: Glass candlesticks, Mud Australia ceramics, baskets, vases from Pearl River, animal figures. Favorite bookmarks: anthropologie.com, vivre.com, fabricsandpapers.com. Three top sources: Aero, Moss, Calypso Home.
Steven Gambrel, Interior designer
Inspired by: 19th-century houses in Virginia. Signatures: Easels for art and objects, drum shades, trays on large ottomans, featherbeds over mattresses. Styling tricks: Propping books vertically between book ends on coffee tables, and displaying collections of similar objects, like amber glass in different shapes.
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Allegra Hicks, Designer of textiles, homeware and fashion; owner of boutique Allegra Hicks, London and New York
Makes a house a home: Books in the bathroom, Lapsang souchong tea, good olive oil, tiny carved Ganeshes in every room, lots of coral and shells. Personal luxuries: Rose bath oil, homegrown flowers. Favorite bookmark: abebooks.com.
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Rita Konig, Interior designer; author; Girl About Town blogger
Inspired by: Scotland, for the blend of feminine interiors and dramatic landscape. Signatures: A lacquered table, Porthault linens, Lucy Cope lamp shades and old mirrors. Best decorating solution: A tiny room wallpapered with something crazy like a bold floral.
Delphine Krakoff, Interior designer
Signature: Pillows made from vintage Pucci, Gucci and Hermès silk scarves. Decorating tricks: High-gloss ceilings (to make rooms seem taller), frames fitted with antiqued glass (cheaper than antique mirrors). Personal luxuries: Using the "good silver" every day, buying flowers every week, collecting art and furniture.
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David Netto, Interior designer; creator of the NettoCollection furniture line for kids
Inspired by: My beloved godfather Alan Campbell. Signatures: Cedric Hartman lamps, log baskets, Prouvé chairs from Vitra. Fix for decorator's block: The auction catalog of the Château de Groussay, an extraordinary 19th-century French residence.
Miles Redd, Interior decorator; creative director of Oscar de la Renta Home
Signatures: Animal prints; lacquer tables; something modern, something old-school. Favorite bookmark: circalighting.com. Drives me crazy: Overdone curtains.
Suzanne Rheinstein, Interior decorator; owner of store Hollyhock, Los Angeles
Personal luxuries: Vintage linen napkins, Diptyque candles (Cannelle in winter, Figuier in summer), my garden. Clutter cure: Nice labeled baskets on or nearby your desk. Affordable art: A beautiful drawing from a student exhibit, framed simply but not cheaply.
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Derek Sanders, Architect; co-owner of hip restaurant La Esquina, New York City
Inspired by: Looking at 1960s copies of Interiors magazine transports me to a simpler time.... Even the ads are great. Makes a house a home: Comfortable seating, a functional kitchen, lots of storage, a big bathroom, a place to escape. Favorite bookmarks: architonic.com, dwr.com.
Gil Schafer, Architect; former chairman of the Institute of Classical Architecture
Inspired by: David Adler, for his pitch-perfect understanding of historical precedent, and Francis Elkins for her inimitable style. This brother-sister team was a killer combo. Three top sources: Williams-Sonoma and Restoration Hardware, with a little Niall Smith.
Tom Scheerer, Interior designer
Signatures: Cedric Hartman tent reading lamps and Thonet chairs—there's always a need for that curlicue line somewhere. Best decorating solution: Stacking logs between loggia columns to make a cozy outdoor room. Personal luxuries: Andrée Putman "Preparation Parfumee," custom shirts (in purple ginghams and stripes), an apartment in Paris.
Ruthie Sommers, Interior designer; owner of boutique Chapman Radcliff Home, Los Angeles
Three top sources: Marché aux puces (the famous Paris flea market), 1stdibs.com, Charles Edwards (for lighting). Eco-necessities: Recycling bins, compact fluorescent lightbulbs, love.
Antony Todd, Interior, event and furniture designer; owner of boutique Antony Todd, New York City
Signatures: Mirrors, Parsons-style tables or consoles, ikat fabrics, sea grass and sisals, playing with scale. Personal luxuries: Heavy linen sheets from an old lady in Venice, trumpet lilies, books. My mantra: Under-style it, and always have guts!
