Eddie Ross

Interior design is where art and design coincide. Interior decorators and designers need to have an artistic eye and the know-how in order to construct a room in a pleasing, practical and livable way. Designer, Eddie Ross‘ tablescapes in his Sitting Room and Dining Room at the New Orleans Home and Garden Show displayed such talent. He collected thrift shop finds and other purchases from various New Orleans locations, such as one of my favorite places, Perch (on Magazine) and had about one day to assemble it all. He’s had a lot of practice for this kind of challenge on the TV show Top Design and as Martha Stewart’s former stylist. Where he wanted to get the look without the expense, he paint spattered pillows and painted shades. I call this pretty clever, artistic thinking.

Michael and my sister Lindsey are shown above with Eddie as we all enjoy getting to know one another and discuss decorating in his dining room. What a nice and down-to-earth person he is, especially after accomplishing so much already, early on in his career.

We were very grateful to have had an opportunity to speak with Eddie during our interview (above) with our long-time friend, Michael Harold, who resides in New Orleans. This interview will be posted on YouTube soon enough and linked on our casart Facebook page. We were all laughing as some of the questions were off-the-cuff. This was definitely a highlight of the show for us.

Here’s the casart crew with Eddie: