The beauty and naturalness of the American West have always informed Mimi London’s interiors. “In the beginning, much of what I did was entirely organic,” she says. “I made furniture from tree trunks. It was an intuitive process. My work has become a bit more structured over time, but nature still inspires me every day.” While London designs and creates pieces for her furniture company, Mimi London Inc., her partner, Mark Boone, focuses on interior design. “I do whatever a project calls for,” he says. “I’ve noticed that clients want to be more discreet these days. They’re building houses for themselves, not for everyone else. That’s a good change. Our interiors have become more casual and larger in scale to match the trend.”

But casual does not mean uniform in color, as Boone points out. “I use a bit more color than Mimi, but we agree that there’s a lot of sameness out there. There’s a lot of brown furniture. Let’s just say, ‘No more soy sauce, please!’ Color can set a design apart.” The biggest challenge London feels designers face? “I wish clients would relax more. They see what they consider to be a problem and try to solve it themselves rather than letting the designers and architects call on their own creative repertoires.” Boone concurs: “We create comfortable yet luxurious interiors that embody the owner’s personality—but then we add that touch of magic.”

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