We had the good fortune of connecting with Peri Perry and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Peri, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
Creating the company was never planned – it truly just happened. I have been fortunate enough to pursue my passions and people recognizing my love for interior design and space-making. Finding opportunities to express this passion has lead me to art direction, home design, interior design and personal organizing (organization is KEY to making a space beautiful).

Leveraging my skill set, I have worked in so many different disciplines, and really love all of them, so having my own business was inevitable.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I love space making! It is something I have been obsessed with since my childhood – the dollhouse was constantly under renovation and redecoration!

As a child my family moved often and my mother was great at saving key items and reinventing our homes. I think I learned then the power and possibility associated with interior design. I have always felt that freedom and levity can be found through effective and purposeful use of space and decor.

By following this somewhat instinctual philosophy, so many doors have opened. I am very grateful for the career I have been given leveraging this skill set that comes quite naturally to me. Regardless of this proclivity there still have been challenges and I’ve had to learn many lessons about setting boundaries and being clear about expectations, so that I can have the most effective working relationships with my clients.

Authenticity is key to my practice. By knowing and honoring myself as clearly as possible, I am better at listening and understanding the direction of clients. Whether in a person’s home, or for a film director’s vision of a character, authenticity to help bring the story of that person to life becomes the key motive.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
There is nothing more enjoyable than sharing places to experience in any city I am with others….When sharing suggestions with others food it usually top of my list before the city staples of points of interest. Though VIDIOTS has certainly become part of that top of list for locals and visitors to LA.

Favorite places to share to eat – My list could be endless with specifics for each location….here are some of my most frequent visited.
Marino’s
Sqirl
Pharmacie Du Vin – Silver Lake
Sandwiches from Cook Book – I have a real love for a great sandwich!!
McCall’s Meat & Fish Company – Great sandwiches and fantastic place to shop for food!
Canyon Coffee in Echo Park
Superba Food + Bread – Venice CA. & Hollywood

Favorite Places for Tea & Coffee –
Kumquat – Eagle Rock

My little slice of Heaven & frequent place to be-
Vidiots
And Additionally thrilled for the back and running Vista Theater

Visit & Travel –
Joshua Tree, Pioneertown, & Palm Springs to get out of LA. Experience the desert and the beauty and tranquility that the desert can provide. Visiting Pappy & Harriet’s to enjoy a live show is a massive bonus.

L.A. Louver – love the size of this museum

Korean Spa – Full Day Relaxation, Full Body Scrub, Facial, Manicure & Pedicure, with no pressure of time.

La Vie Wellness Holistic Center & Infrared Sauna – I’m a huge fan of sharing all the wellness techniques that I have done throughout my life…

Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine – Meditation Gardens

Experiencing The Flower Mart in Downtown LA at the insane early morning hours – what a beautiful experience!!!!

Trancas Country Market – Both for food and drink at Vintage Grocers then wander across the street to relax and walk along the beach.

Wandering Abbot Kinney

GOGOSHA OPTIQUE – Echo Park – My number one go to for frames – Eyewear & Opticians

Pierce & Ward – Hillhurst / Los Feliz

+COOP – Beverly Blvd.

Nickey Kehoe – Beverly Blvd

Rolling Greens – Adore their Culver City location & Beverly Blvd

Little Flower Candy Shop – Pasadena

I find I take people often on my regular day excursions, whether work related or not, so they can truly get the experience and see the vast different locations Los Angeles has to offer….and the numerous hidden gems.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
To my parents – My parents gave me an opportunity and the support necessary to pursue a career in the arts from a very young age. It is with that privilege that I was able to travel the world, learning about many different cultures and points of view. I also completed an education in fashion design, where I was focused on textiles, materials and structure, as well as image creation and photography.

The permission to explore physically and emotionally is the biggest influence on the work I am able to do now.

Website: www.periperryproductions.com

Instagram: periperryproductions

Image Credits
Scarlet Mann – Photographer Portraits – Main Image – Portrait Peri Perry – Interiors and Self Portraits 1,4,5,6,&7 Gavin Cater – Interiors – image number 2 & 3

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