They don’t make decorators like they used to. Too many upstart interior designers today are obsessed with their Instagram followers, and look to run before they can walk—fashion victims of a personality economy that prizes selfies and self-promotion more than the satisfaction of their wealthy clients. And for many of them, the selfies go hand-in-hand with the rent-a-friend nature of the business where prospective clients sometimes look to their designers as personal shoppers rather than professionals with expertise that should be trusted.
Shawn Henderson isn’t one of those decorators. You’re more likely to see a photo of him with his mom than you are to see him lounging in Mykonos. And that’s just the way the devilishly handsome, attitude-free New York-based talent likes it. There’s something to
