Making her Designer Diaries debut, one of our senior FF&E designers, Melissa Bell, gives us the inside scoop on some of her favorite things!
1) What is your favorite BHD project (either that you have worked on or not)?
I have to go with Casa San Pancho in Mexico. I’m a sucker for combining modern and local design. Plus I’ve heard I can stay there for a night or two.
2) What is your favorite design product?
I love this collection from Apparatus Studio. The horsehair sconce and pendant are beautiful examples of mixed materials.
3) What (or who) inspired you to be a designer?
I have always been interested in design. My major in college was Art History and I always gravitated more toward architecture, interior design, and furniture design. Even though I started my career in advertising, I was always reading design books and going to design shows and museums. I eventually made the decision to go back to art school and start over as an interior designer. No regrets.
4) If you could have dinner with any 3 people dead or alive who would they be?
Ice Cube, Jon Stewart, and Charles & Ray Eames (I know that’s 4, but they’re a team).
5) What is your favorite hotel or restaurant?
The Marshall Store on Tomales Bay. It’s not much to look at, but it’s my favorite place to go for clam chowder and a plate of oysters (grilled or raw).
6) What is your most used emoji?
It’s a toss-up between 😬 and 🤘
7) What are you streaming right now?
I just finished Lupin on Netflix. I’m starting Season 2 of The Sinner but thinking The Queen’s Gambit might need to come before that.
8) What is your favorite snack food?
Chips and Salsa
9) If you could teleport somewhere right now where would you go?
St. Lucia sounds nice right about now.
10) How do you get your news?