Steven Sclaroff

Sclaroff began working in an antiques shop at age 12, and by 16 was selling modern and Arts and Crafts furniture to dealers at flea markets.

He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University.

In 1994, he joined Aero Studios, where he contributed to the design of Giorgio Armani's New York apartment, the Soho Grand Hotel, 60 Thompson, and the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.{{cite news |last=Viladas |first=Pilar |date=October 8, 2000 |title=Steven Sclaroff - Interior Designer |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/08/magazine/the-new-guard.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123114712/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/specials/20001008new-guard.5.html |archive-date=November 23, 2022}}

In 1999, Sclaroff founded his eponymous design firm, and opened a retail store in 2001, initially located on Greenwich Street.{{cite news |last=Rohrlich |first=Marianne |title=A Designer's Flair on Display at a Furniture Store in the Village |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/garden/currents-interiors-designer-s-flair-display-furniture-store-village.html |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, NY |date=November 22, 2001}} The store later relocated to White Street in 2007.{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Claudine |title=Tribeca Citizen {{!}} Spotlight: Steven Sclaroff |url=https://tribecacitizen.com/2017/03/13/spotlight-steven-sclaroff/ |access-date=December 27, 2023 |website=Tribeca Citizen |language=en}}

His residential clients include Kate and Andy Spade, for whom he designed an Upper East Side apartment{{cite magazine |last=Tapert |first=Annette |title=Kate's Place |magazine=Town & Country |location=New York |volume=158 |issue=5293 |date=October 2004 |pages=204–211, 261}} and a home in Southampton.{{cite magazine |last=Brodie |first=Honor |title=Spade in the Shade |magazine=InStyle |date=August 1, 2002}} Other clients include Edward Klein, Tony Kushner,{{cite magazine |date=October 14, 2002 |title=The City's Top 100 Architects & Decorators |magazine=New York}} Jason Pomeranc,{{cite magazine |last=Garbarino |first=Steve |author-link=Steve Garbarino |title=Man About Town |magazine=Elle Decor |date=November 2005}} and Honey Dijon.{{cite magazine |last=Burrichter |first=Felix |author-link=Felix Burrichter |title=A Taste of Honey |magazine=Candy |issue=3 |date=2011–2012}} His commercial clients include Donna Karan, Kate Spade New York{{cite news|title=Making Over the Oval Office? Couldn't Hurt|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/nyregion/public-lives-making-over-the-oval-office-couldn-t-hurt.html|last=Finn|first=Robin|newspaper=The New York Times|location=New York, NY|date=May 26, 2004|page=B2}} Jack Spade,{{cite magazine |last=Murnighan |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Murnighan |title=Emotional Baggage |magazine=Interiors |date=November 2000}} Quiksilver,{{cite news |title=Quiksilver, Inc. Brings Boardriding Culture to Times Square |newspaper=PR Newswire |location=New York |date=March 31, 2003}} and 6 Columbus, a Thompson Hotel property.{{cite news |last=Conlin |first=Jennifer |title=Anticipation Builds, and Builds Some More, for Latest Chic New York Hotel |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, NY |date=July 1, 2007 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/travel/01transhotel.html}} Sclaroff has designed products for Nanz Custom Hardware,{{cite magazine |magazine=House & Garden |date=November 2001 |title=Domestic Bliss}} Remains Lighting,{{cite magazine |last=Schomer |first=Stephanie |title=Market Report |magazine=Architectural Digest |volume=70 |issue=4 |date=April 2013 |page=94}} and Waterworks.

As a writer, Sclaroff has contributed articles to Metropolitan Home,{{cite magazine |last=Sclaroff |first=Steven |magazine=Metropolitan Home |volume=31 |issue=1 |title=What the Pros Know: A Style Sleuth in Paris |date=January–February 1999}} New York magazine,{{cite magazine |last=Sclaroff |first=Steven |magazine=New York |title=Forging Ahead |pages=68–69 |date=April 9, 2001}} and The New York Times.{{cite news |last=Sclaroff |first=Steven |title=Trade Secrets: The Bath; A Designer Dips into the Big Boxes |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 29, 2001 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/29/garden/trade-secrets-the-bath-a-designer-dips-into-the-big-boxes.html}}

Sclaroff often layers vintage furnishings with contemporary pieces, gravitating toward unusual or overlooked designs rather than well-known icons. "I have a fair amount of midcentury [...] But I stay away from the stuff you see a lot. It's more fun to have stuff be less familiar. It's fresher."

Although his work is sometimes described as eclectic, Sclaroff has rejected the label, suggesting it implies randomness rather than rigor. He often introduces unexpected, surreal elements to break visual monotony and reflect the client's personality. "For people who collect modern art and design, an odd piece of furniture can help break things up and express their personality."{{cite magazine |title=Mix the Surreal with the Modern |magazine=Details |date=April 2008|volume=26|issue=7}}

• 2000: Named among the "new guard" of interior design by Rima Suqi of The New York Times
• 2002: Top 100 architects and designers in New York by New York magazine
• 2004: Top 100 architects and designers in New York by Gotham{{cite magazine |date=March 2004 |title=Gotham's 100 Top Designers |magazine=Gotham}}
• 2011: The World of Interiors named the green bedroom designed for Kate and Andy Spade as one of the "most outstanding" in the magazine's history{{cite magazine |last=Thomas |first=Rupert |date=December 2011 |title=Room by Room |magazine=The World of Interiors |page=126}}

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