Minotti - Chanintr Living

Thomas PheasantCleans Up ClassicismThomas Pheasant“When I started this collection, I was workingon designs for my own home. So I used manyof them as starting points. It helped personalizethe collection. It reflects me and my style ina new way.”“My personal evolution in design has been built on trying tounderstand the past and involve the present. It’s an endless yetexciting experience of understanding design history. Takingthe familiar and making it new is something I try to do withmy interiors and my furniture collections,” says ThomasPheasant, the award-winning Washington, D.C.-basedinterior designer who divides his time between the U.S.Capitol and Paris, where he has kept an apartmentsince 2000. He has created the Thomas Pheasantcollections for Baker and McGuire furniture since2002 combining classic forms with modernistictouches and uses architectural elements from Greece,China and Italy.Bel-AirLounge Chair“I love this shape so much. It's solean and sculptural. I think it has avery Hollywood style to it, a bit ofglam–thus the name. Group four ina living room or just one in abedroom. It has real presence.”14 CHANINTR LIVING© 2008 Baker Furniture. All rights reserved.