This visual feast left a lasting impression that’s evident in his own home and in his work at Woodson & Rummerfield. But it wasn’t just what he saw that influenced him; that same elegance and refinement was part of his upbringing. There were piano lessons and art classes at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His parents reinforced etiquette, manners, and respect for beautiful things. “Friends of my mother’s would come over when I was a kid and they’d ask her, ‘Don’t you have to put that away?’ and my mother would say, ‘No.’ We were taught to take care of our nice things; that’s just the way it was.”