Scot Meacham Wood
Southern Home (SH): What was your path to becoming a designer?
I was with Ralph Lauren in Northern California for about 15 years, in a division called Creative Services. We designed all the home collection installations, windows, and mannequins, and that opened me up to a world I loved. We’d take four walls and rethink them every few months. I thrived on the creative churn, but eventually realized I wanted to create personal spaces with things that had real emotional value. I left and opened up a design business because I just assumed I could. Call it an equal balance of arrogance and ignorance! This will date me, but I whipped out my Rolodex and called a couple of store customers who had always asked if I could work on their houses. One dear woman got a little teary and said she had just remodeled, the contractor pulled out of
