Now a household name, Mary McDonald is an award-winning Los Angeles-based interior designer who started her design career when her friends asked if she would help them design their homes. Mary is devoted to her product lines with brands like Chaddock Home, Schumacher, and Hudson Valley Lighting, and she most recently debuted a new rug collection with Patterson Flynn , which she delves into below!
Congratulations on your new collection with Patterson Flynn! Where did the inspiration for this collection come from? I would say it is more of an extension of previous collections in both pattern and materials. For the abaca, it was really an early experimental phase when I wanted to make them in colors and more complex patterns.
Being an early more experimental phase we were limited to what we knew we could control in color production so we kept it more basic for the launch yet my original intention was to replicate the painted seagrass and sisal patterns I showed in my book. This launch showcases my more layered patterned colorful self.
Out of the three new designsβMasquerade, Polestar, and Compassβwhich was the hardest to design? Compass for sure. Putting a circle in a rectangle brings up all sorts of scale issues. Describe your style in three words or less:.
What have been the three biggest influences on your aesthetic in your life:. People just started to ask me to help decorate their homes since I had always made mine stylish for myself since I was in my early 20s. I always had a passion for decor since I was a teenager and knew who all the late 80s designers were.
