When designer Brooke Cole first meets with clients, she knows that the first step in getting to know them is to assess their personal styles, including what their current home looks like. “I have always been inspired by the ways people express their personal style visually to the world through fashion, art, and interior design,” Cole says. “Oftentimes these methods can express visual interpretations of our realized selves, or evoke emotions we are feeling or want to feel.” Using this as a springboard for her designs, Cole also likes to dig deeper and look to the home’s existing architectural details as clues to what her clients like or dislike. Cole’s assessment allows her to pull together a design scheme that most often couples old and new. “The mix of design styles keeps things interesting and timeless to me,” she says. “Lately, I have been inspired by the classicism and modernity of black-and-white Hollywood Regency–style elements.” Likewise, Cole says she loves to incorporate vintage finds into her designs
to achieve a classic old-versus-new aesthetic.
Janelle Viridian Chair / $1,970 /curreyandcompany.com
Vintage Wedgewood Collectible Jasperware Round Sacrifice Bowl /$275 / chairish.com
Julie Neill for Visual Comfort Caddo Lantern / $1,449 / circalighting.com
Hickory White Parker Hall Table / to the trade / ahokelimited.com
Gucci Herbarium Porcelain Dessert Plates / $180 / matchesfashion.com
Laura Naples Lyda / $4,150 /upriseart.com
Black Regency Scroll Arm Bench / chairish.com