Alison swapped a piece of art for her best friend’s dining table, which perfectly complements her 1940s dining chairs.
As a leader in the movement for a healthy, grounded relationship to food, Alison practices what she preaches. Her whole crew — her children range in age from 9 to 17 — know to be home by 6:30 p.m. for dinner. All friends are welcome thanks to a dining table that easily expands with an added leaf. “Dinner is 100 percent cell-phone free. It’s the one moment we can all connect. I like to hear about everyone’s day.” After dinner, the table goes back to being the homework station.
All of this happens against the backdrop of a serious art collection. Alison loves “quiet but bold” art, gravitating to the Minimalism of the 1960s and ’70s, and her taste for restraint is evident. The pieces range from a black line drawing by Alberto Giacometti to a giant white Robert Ryman piece.
