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Principal |
tjayne@thomasjaynestudio.com |
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Designer and scholar Thomas Jayne creates interiors that reflect his passion and wide-ranging knowledge of classical traditions. His work seeks to further those traditions and highlight what is relevant to interior design today. His rooms take inspiration from the past, yet feel fresh and modern.
Jayne’s broad-based knowledge was gained from an exceptional and extensive education in architecture, art history and decorative arts. He holds a Master's degree in American Architecture and Decorative Arts from the Winterthur Museum program and a Bachelor of Arts from the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon. He has completed fellowships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum. He was an intern in the decorative arts department of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Smithsonian Institution and served as an appraiser at Christie's Auction House. He has also worked at several of the most influential design firms such as Parish-Hadley & Associates and Kevin McNamara, Inc., before starting his own firm in 1990.
Jayne's educated eye and deft sense of color has attracted an international clientele and produced a varied portfolio of projects. Along with his private commissions he has consulted on the preservation and decoration of interiors at the Winterthur Museum and Country Estate and the Shelburne Museum and several private organizations.
His work is regularly published. His projects have been featured in the New York Times, Town & Country, House Beautiful, House and Garden and Vogue. He is regularly listed on House Beautiful list of best decorators. He frequently lectures and has written several pieces on practical decoration including a chapter on Victorian interiors in The Elements of Style edited by Stephen Calloway, and an essay on Edith Wharton in Decorators on Decorators, edited by Susan Gray. |
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Designer |
ckelly@thomasjaynestudio.com |
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Christa Kelly has been a Designer with Thomas Jayne Studio since January 2006. She has a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Set Design for Theater and Film from New York University and Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art and English Literature from Kenyon College. She worked extensively as a set stylist/designer for several years on shows appearing on the A&E and Food networks and as production designer on independent films and theater productions before moving into the interior design field. Christa completed the Victorian Summer School at Newport Mansions in 2007, an intensive study program covering American and English decorative arts of the late 19th and early 20th century. She is a native New Yorker raised in an 1870’s brownstone by parents whose talented but amateur forays into antique restoration, furniture making and sculpture influenced and inspired her – and continue to do so. |
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Designer |
jnewman@thomasjaynestudio.com |
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Jennifer Newman is a Designer and has been with Thomas Jayne Studio since November 2003. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from Syracuse University and an Associates degree in Interior Design from the New York School of Interior Design. Prior to joining the Studio, Jennifer worked in Miami as a design assistant at Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design, where she helped design commercial spaces. She has always been interested in the arts and spent college summers in Manhattan interning at Christies and Artnet.com. Having grown up on Miami Beach, she has a great passion for Modernism and Art Deco. |
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Assistant Designer |
hpaulen@thomasjaynestudio.com |
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Hillary Paulen is an Assistant Designer and joined the Studio in January 2008. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Media Arts and Design and a minor in Cinema Studies from Northeastern University and an Associates degree in Interior Design from the New York School of Interior Design. Past work experience includes Clodagh Design and Interiors by M&S where she worked as a Design Assistant. Hillary is actively involved in the GLAAD Organization where she donates her time to the annual Art Auction. She is interested in travel and spends all her free time seeking out the wonders of the world. Some recent memorable trips include her travels through Italy, Mexico and Eastern Europe. |
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Accounting Manager |
crobinson@thomasjaynestudio.com |
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Catherine Robinson has been with the Studio since 1994 and has been head of accounting since 2002. She has an Associates Degree from Bronx Community College and has over 20 years experience serving as bookkeeper in several companies including Laurriet Printing Co, Inc. Catherine is a member of Mt. Zion CME Church of the Bronx, New York where she also volunteers her services handling the church’s financial record keeping. She enjoys baking and decorating cakes and is an avid collector of antique and custom made hats. |
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Office Manager, Assistant to Thomas Jayne |
nromeu@thomasjaynestudio.com |
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Nancy Romeu received a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from Harvard University. Prior to joining Thomas Jayne Studio in 2001, she worked at David Easton, Inc. as Administrative Manager and Assistant to David Easton. Nancy is an avid book collector, with a particular interest in books on New York City (especially Brooklyn) and graphic arts. She also dabbles as a graphic designer and enjoys helping out when she can at animal welfare organizations. |
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Designer |
eseward@thomasjaynestudio.com |
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Egan Seward received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Haverford College and then joined Thomas Jayne Studio after graduating in 2003. While working on the decoration of several historic houses, she developed a keen interest in the history of decorative arts, particularly textiles. This spurred her to pursue her own study of the subject as well as complete an intensive program at Winterthur Museum on American decorative arts. |
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Assistant Designer |
mstokes@thomasjaynestudio.com |
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Marissa has been an Assistant Designer for Thomas Jayne Studio since 2007. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Interior Design from Parsons School of Design. While attending Parsons, Marissa interned as at Morgan Venderzee Design and later with David Kleinberg Design Associates. After graduating, she was hired to work with David Kleinberg as a Junior Designer. One of Marissa’s inspirations has been her parents, the influence of having a creative mother and technical father naturally landing her in the interior design field. She has a strong interest in decorative painting and furniture restoration and has been known to transform mundane pieces of into impressive works of art. |
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Assistant Designer |
ltrucks@thomasjaynestudio.com |
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Leigh Trucks received a Bachelor of Arts in Government with a minor in Art History from Hamilton College. During her Junior year, she studied capitol politics, international relations and art history in Rome and gained proficiency in Italian. More recently she worked at Reger Designs before joining Thomas Jayne in May 2008. |
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