Eleanor Stockstrom McMillen Brown, who founded McMillen Inc., was best known for a signature style “at once restrained and elegant,” according to the New York Times.
Her flair for antiques, intuitive sense of special relations and “genius” for furniture placement created a signature look that informed American decorating and inspired generations of designers.
In 1924 she started McMillen Inc. with $13,000 of her own money invested in an office on East 55th Street, and went on to create interiors for clients ranging from business leaders such as Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Field to media legends such as Mr. and Mrs. William S. Paley to Blair House in Washington, D.C. Her firm and its affiliate McMillen Plus are still considered one of the country’s authorities on timeless design with an aesthetic it describes as “timeless, informed and personal.” The firm’s approach is summed up by the words of its founder: “If you do it right the first time, you don’t have to do it over.”
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Image courtesy McMillen, Inc. Special thanks to House Beautiful for the inspiration!
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