Alfredo Paredes has spent his career refining a luxurious-yet-relaxed take on quintessentially American interior design. For 33 years, he worked at Ralph Lauren, where he was named a chief creative officer and tasked with ensuring that the esteemed brand’s stores, restaurants, events and home furnishings collection were as captivating as they were comfortable.
In 2019, Mr. Paredes, 61, left to found his design firm, Alfredo Paredes Studio. At the same time, he focused on completing his own homes, which are featured in the new book, “Alfredo Paredes at Home” (Rizzoli, 2025; $60).
During the pandemic, Mr. Paredes and his husband, Brad Goldfarb, a writer and editor, relocated from Manhattan’s East Village to Locust Valley, N.Y., with their two children, where they renovated a house originally designed in the 1920s by the architect Harrie T. Lindeberg.
“Every time I came across one of his houses, I fell in love with it,” said Mr. Paredes, the son of Cuban immigrants who was born and raised in Miami. “And it turns out that he built a lot of houses out here on the North Shore of Long Island.”
Mr. Paredes renovated the expansive house as a family home but built himself a studio on the lower level. “It’s a combination man cave, studio and office,” Mr. Paredes said. “It’s where many of my personal things — my collection of photography, my books, my pottery — have ended up.”
