Scott Salvator is an American interior designer.

Early life

Salvator was born in Rome, New York and raised in Lawrenceville, NJ. He began his education in building and design by joining his grandfather's businesses in construction and historic preservation in Princeton, N.J. He was responsible for the first total renovation of the Café Carlyle in New York's

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, The Ardsley Building's

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lobby, as well as the Ritz Tower. As a design associate to

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, Salvator and

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worked on the restoration of

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, the President's Guest House. Salvator was named one of America's Top 100 Designers by House Beautiful magazine for eight consecutive years and was admitted to the New York Design Center Hall of Fame in 2004. He is a lecturer and panelist at New York's

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. He has worked on numerous charity show houses, including several for New York City's

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. and has been featured in

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, House Beautiful and Elle Decor. He began his education in building and design by joining his grandfather's businesses in construction and historic preservation in Princeton, N.J. He holds degrees in accounting and law, is a member of the

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in three jurisdictions. He also attended the Fashion Institute of Technology and

Parsons School of Design Parsons School of Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is a private art and design college located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1896 after a group of progressive artists broke away from established Manhatt ...

for interior design.

References

External links

Official website
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