Nina Campbell has been one of my favorite people I have had the pleasure of sitting down with since I started Duologue — sixty years of designing the most beautiful rooms in the world and she is still the most curious, most passionate person in any room she walks into. In this conversation we talk about how she got her start working under the legendary John Fowler at Colefax and Fowler, the project in mainland China that required flying in thirty people, their own paint, and their own tea, the house in Maine that became her favorite project of her career and the subject of her book, and what it actually means to design a room for the life someone lives in it — not the life they imagine. We also get into Nina’s insider tips on paint, bedding, tabletop, and the best places to find antiques. Nina Campbell is the author of A House in Maine and the creator of fabric and wallpaper collections sold worldwide, as well as the new Nina Campbell for NEXT line.

(00:00:00) Intro
(00:02:04) Learning from John Fowler at Colefax and Fowler
(00:04:23) London's Annabelle's
(00:09:16) Opening a Shop with Mark Birley / Porto Linens
(00:11:37) Cullen House in Scotland
(00:16:06) Starting Her Fabric and Wallpaper Collection
(00:18:25) The Tree-of-Life Wallpaper Rescued from a Scottish Ruin
(00:20:50) The China Project
(00:28:00) A House in Maine and Her Favorite Client Relationship
(00:32:11) The Lavender Telephone Box Bar
(00:35:03) What She Loves Most About the Work
(00:36:54) Breaking All the Rules
(00:37:21) Signature Is Detail
(00:39:56) Lampshades and Cushions: The Shoes and Handbags of Design
(00:42:16) Different Places to Entertain and Dine
(00:44:39) Must Haves: The Embassy Story
(00:47:04) Senior Living Projects and Nina Campbell for Next
(00:51:47) Insider Tips: Argile Paint, Bedding, Tabletop, Antiques

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