What is the first and last item you bought for your home?

The first item we bought was a coffee maker, that was a necessity. And the last item I bought was a book on Terry Gilliam from the Oxfam right next to us. He's actually originally from Minnesota where I'm from – and I really like Monty Python. He’s always been an inspiration, I like his doodling style.

Which item in your home brings you the most joy?

It's another found item – a still-life photograph depicting what seems to be someone getting a speeding ticket in the 1970s somewhere in Florida. Everyone has short shorts, tight clothes and the cars are all really boxy. It's something I really cherish – it hangs over our mantelpiece.

What item in your home can’t you bare to part with?

I have a chair that was designed by Emilio Terry in the late 1920s for Carlos de Beistegui’s penthouse designed by Le Corbusier on the Champs Elysées. It’s profound because this was the apartment that put baroque and classical things in a minimalist setting. The chair was an obsession of mine, and one day by accident it was in a shop window in Paris and I bought it! It’s like it was meant to come to me and it’s one of my prized possessions – not because of its value but what it means. I never could have believed I would stumble across it in that way.