Mark D. Sikes wants you to embrace joy at home. The AD100 designer and tastemaker, whose award-winning style has reached clients like Reese Witherspoon, Nancy Meyers, and Jill Biden, is teaming up with Pottery Barn for a timeless assortment of Americana-inspired indoor and outdoor pieces. And who’s better suited to the task than Sikes, the man who designed the presidential guest house and has published a trilogy of monographs on the national decor language?
Sikes’s debut collection is now available, and is heavily doused in his preppy-casual take on signature lifestyle cues. Standout design details include ceramic tableware, delicate textiles, and vibrant patterns—all exclusively handpainted in three distinct patterns. Prices range from $15 for striped hand towels to $500 for still life paintings.
Sikes delves into uncharted territory, with pieces that are a first for the designer. “This collaboration spans across categories I hadn’t done before, specifically tabletop and linens, which was how this partnership came about,” Sikes tells AD. The collection draws from East Coast tradition and California charm—namely Orange Hill Farm, his new country home in Ojai, California. The picturesque dwelling is not yet complete (“We’re in the process of building it [and] we’ve been working on it for several years,” Sikes says), but the idealized farmhouse is already a main source of inspiration, resulting in citrus, lilac, and blue and white themes: “three points of view that layer beautifully on one another,” he says.
The citrus aesthetic, for example, is inspired by Ojai’s orange groves and a fascination for Sikes. It is featured on the collection’s dinnerware and table linens, and often complemented with pops of cobalt blue. Lilacs, a springtime classic, are delicately displayed on plush bedding and vibrant wallpaper, while bold cuts of blue and white are found on breezy linens, sleek ceramics, and embellished pillows. “Once we figured out the details of the collaboration, my first instinct was to make three prints, turn them into hero patterns, and use them across all categories,” Sikes says.