Alexa Hampton is an alumna of Brown University who took her degree with honors, she pursued graduate studies at New York University's The Institute of Fine Arts and holds honorary doctorates from Moore College of Art & Design and the New York School of Interior Design. Alexa is an American interior designer based in New York City, principal of the interior design firm Mark Hampton LLC. She worked with her father, interior designer Mark Hampton, first as an apprentice and then as a senior designer. After her father’s death in 1998, she assumed ownership of his firm, Mark Hampton LLC. Regularly named to Architectural Digest’s AD100 and House Beautiful’s Top Designer list as well as Elle Décor’s A-List, Hampton translates the classical principles of good design and decoration into some of today’s most elegant, enduring, and functional domestic landscapes. She also designs home furnishings through her company Alexa Hampton Inc., and acts as the creative director, strategic partner and brand ambassador for The Mine, formerly known as ATGStores.com. Hampton has served as senior design consultant for PBS TV’s This Old House. She was the show’s first and only regularly appearing female cast member. She was also a co-host on Find!, a PBS series, and she worked on a special magazine edition of Find! and contributed to their website. She continues to make various television appearances. In addition to her two critically praised books on design to date – The Language of Interior Design and Decorating in Detail – she is a contributing columnist for The Wall Street Journal’s weekend Off Duty section.