About the Author

Alexa Hamptonhas been president of Mark Hampton, LLC, her iconic father's interior design company, since 1998. She has been named one ofArchitectural Digest's AD100 top interior designers every year since 2002 and has been included inHouse Beautiful's list of America's 100 Best Designers every year since 1999. The creator of the recurring "Where-to" feature for theWall Street Journal, she is also the designer of eponymous licensed products for the home, a frequent keynote speaker, and a member of the board of the New York School of Interior Design. In 2012, she became the first female designer to win the International Market Centers' Design Icon Award. She lives in New York City with her husband and children.