Meet Remy Renzullo, Decorator, New York City

How would you describe your apartment in one word?

Unfinished. 

Tell us three things people might not know about you? 

I originally wanted to study Middle Eastern history and become a diplomat. 

I hate eating in restaurants. 

I can’t drive a car. 

What makes a home in one word?

Warmth.

How would you describe your taste in one word?

Layered.

Where do you think your interest in interior came from? 

My childhood home was a world of endless inspiration. 

Define bad taste in interiors?

Trying too hard.

What would be your dream project? 

I’d love to do a really cavernous Georgian country house. 

What interior in retrospect would you have liked to have designed?

I once walked away from a project that was a full renovation of a house by Robert Adam, I don’t like to live with regrets, but I always imagine in my head how it could have turned out. 

If you could have worked alongside any designer. Who would that be?
 
Christopher Gibbs wasn’t a decorator per se, but either him or Geoffrey Bennison. 

How different is the approach of a restaurant/ hotel project rather than a home?

I wouldn’t be able to comment, since I’ve stuck to residential up to now. I’d love to do a small country hotel – but largely because I’d like to make it feel like a really warm and inviting house. My grandmother always told me her favorite place to stay was the Connaught, in the 70s and 80s, as it felt more like staying in the home of a great rich friend – rather than a hotel. If I did a hotel, I’d like it to feel like that.