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Design in Mind: Tom Scheerer

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Tom Scheerer has been practicing architectural and interior design in Manhattan since 1985. His work is characterized by clear and logical architectural solutions combined with beautiful, comfortable furnishings. He has some rules. “Informality is my watchword, especially at the beach,” he says. The Manhattan-based designer’s crisp, breezy decorating style has graced escapes including the tony Lyford Cay Club and three of his own homes in the Bahamas. “I don’t like anything too shiny, too glitzy, or too polished along the shore.”

He grew up spending summers at his grandmother’s shingled cottage a few feet behind the dunes of Georgica Beach in East Hampton, New York, and from there followed a deep familiarity with the cultural nuances and easygoing nature of watery places. “In decorating, great locales tell me what to do,” he explains. “Different places call for different design choices. For instance, I use batiks in the tropics but not in the Northeast. Airy, flowery chintzes always seem right in East Hampton but would be an off note in my house in the Abacos. So I always start with the beach.”

TOM SCHEERER: MORE DECORATING

Tom Scheerer’s second book, 16 of his latest projects are featured, including city houses and apartments in New York, Dallas, Houston, and Paris; summer houses in Nantucket, the Hamptons, and Maine; and tropical houses in Harbour Island, Antigua, and Abaco. Each project exudes a serenity and a sense of comfort and ease that derives from its perfect proportions combined with fresh, unpretentious beauty. It all seems completely effortless, belying the fierce intelligence and impeccable eye behind every decorating decision. Illustrated with Francesco Lagnese’s luminous photographs, Tom Scheerer: More Decorating is a master class in interior design for aficionados and practiced professionals alike.