L “I t was like a lightning bolt; I realized I had to be designing,” said Bailey, who has an autographed picture of her childhood idol, Martha Stewart, hanging in her bathroom. “I’ve always been crafty and artistic and interested in interiors, but I’d never put it all together as a potential career.”
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She left House and Garden to study interior design at Parsons, graduating with an Associate’s degree in 2008. Proof of her talent came quickly afterward: She entered and won a competition sponsored by Traditional Home that required her to design an eco-friendly bedroom to be featured in the maga47
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zine. After she walked away with the grand prize, the magazine decided to replicate her design into a room in the Hampton Designer Showhouse, giving further validation to her classic and fresh aptitude for interiors. resently, Bailey works at Gerald Bland Inc., a gallery in the Upper East Side that specializes in a variety of English and French antiques. Although seemingly adrift from her goal to work as a designer, her position has proved both inspirational and beneficial. Constant-