I have a seltzer machine and I use that thing every single day. It’s a built in, not a push button thing. It looks like a bar tap. It has seltzer, sparkling water, and fresh water, chilled and filtered on tap. It was the first thing [I added] when I was getting moved in here while doing the design [of the apartment]. I used to have [a Sodastream], and, literally, if someone had to do the terrible honking schnoz sound one more time…I can’t.
What is your favorite home gadget or appliance?
I have a circular cheese grater—or just a grater for anything. And it’s beautiful. When I found it, I was like, “How? Where’s this been all my life?” I’m really into this thing, it comes in a big and a little baby one; I have the baby one at the beach and we have a big mama one at home. I give it as gifts because it’s such a nice thing to have. It’s from a company called Boska—from Holland, of course.
What is your bedtime ritual?
I’m not super ritualistic. I wish I could say I was. Sometimes I just crawl into bed and don’t do anything and I’m asleep in two seconds. Sometimes I like to stay up and watch a show in bed or read. There’s no ritual. But I’m a big fan of a water pick. And I have a real sheet situation; I have pillows and sheet problems. I prefer them cool.
So what’s your ideal bedding setup?
I can’t sleep without the Sferra Giza sheets. They’re the only thing that matters in life. My pillows are from Cuddledown and they’re spectacular. They are by far the most luxurious, important things in my house. I discovered them years ago, I was very fortunate to have my house shot for a magazine, but I had just moved in when they came to shoot, so I hadn’t really figured out [the] bedding. I had a new baby and I was just overwhelmed. The team asked if I would need any props and I brought up bedding. They came with these spare sheets and I literally got in bed that night and I was like, “I mean, who needs sex when you have these sheets?”
Which is your favorite room in the house and why?
The bedroom. That’s where all the magic happens.
What object in your house has extra sentimental value?
My Cy Twombly. That thing brings me to tears. The very first time I went to the MoMA, I think I was 17, there was a Cy Twombly exhibit. I’d come from a small town; I’d only ever seen a Picasso, but I didn’t know about art outside of the really kind of classical perspective. I walked in this exhibit, and it was so moving to me. From that moment, I knew I’d like to have something of his in my possession, in my home.
Seven or eight years ago, I was working in Paris and there was this gallery I visited to see about borrowing some posters because we were setting up an apartment to bring in press and to show the line. An artist friend of mine just so happened to be working in the gallery when I walked in, and so the owner let me borrow real art, a Cy Twombly drawing. I sat underneath it for a whole week doing press. At the end I was like, “Listen…just tell me the price.” The owner was actually closing his gallery and he wanted the piece to go someplace where somebody would love it, and he could tell that I did. I had to call my broker and be like, “Can I do this?” And he said, “You can never buy anything again.” I said, “That’s okay!”