PHOTOGRAPHY: ROGER DAVIES
SUZANNE TUCKER
Suzanne Tucker strongly believes that by surrounding ourselves with the authenticity of thoughtful design and timeless architecture, we are able to enrich and enhance the quality of our lives. She is recognized today as one of the country’s leading interior designers, known for her personal approach and enduring style, attention to detail and her passion for architecture and the decorative arts. Having worked under the legendary Michael Taylor and often referenced as his protégée, she and her husband/partner Timothy F. Marks, founded Tucker & Marks in 1986, building it into the distinguished firm it is today. Suzanne Tucker Home was launched in 2010 with her textile, tabletop and home furnishings line. Suzanne is currently putting the finishing touches on her third book which is planned for publication in the fall of 2022.
She shares some of her favorite things with ASID California North.
1. Favorite Hotel:
Locally, the Auberge du Soleil in Napa Valley, CA and abroad, the Villa Feltrinelli, Lake Garda, Italy
COURTESY of AUBERGE RESORTS
COURTESY of villafeltrinelli.com
2. Favorite museum:
Any house museum – from the Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston to Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, and the Villa Kérylos in the south of France
VILLA KERYLOS | COURTESY of THE NEW YORK TIMES
ISABELLA GARDNER MUSEUM | COURTESY of EATER BOSTON
SIR JOHN SOANE’S MUSEUM | COURTESY of THE MAGAZINE ANTIQUES
ISABELLA GARDNER MUSEUM | COURTESY of EATER BOSTON
SIR JOHN SOANE’S MUSEUM | COURTESY of THE MAGAZINE ANTIQUES
VILLA KERYLOS | COURTESY of THE NEW YORK TIMES
3. Favorite garden:
Lotusland in Santa Barbara
OSCAR de la RENTA | LOTUSLAND 25th-ANNIVERSARY Fête
4. Design motto?
Scale and proportion are everything and beyond that… make it personal, make it beautiful!
TUCKER & MARKS | PHOTOGRAPHY: EDWARD ADDEO
TUCKER & MARKS | PHOTOGRAPHY EDWARD ADDEO
5. Best advice you ever received?
When in doubt take it out!
6. Easiest way to transform a room?
Flowers – real or embroidered ones
TUCKER & MARKS | PHOTOGRAPHY: MATTHEW MILLMAN
GERTRUDE EMBROIDERY by SUZANNE TUCKER HOME
5. Biggest vice?
Really good dark chocolate and being late (sorry!)
6. If I wasn’t a designer, I would be…
a philanthropist. The late Brooke Astor and I share a birthday and I can’t imagine anything more wonderful than to spend your life giving away money!
BROOKS ASTOR | PHOTOGRAPHY: FRED W. McDARRAH
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