Alexa Hampton: Woman of the House

New York interior designer Alexa Hampton grew up working for her famous decorator father, whose restrained stylishness brought him clients from around the world, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Estee Lauder.

Now Hampton, the 33-year-old president of her late father's company, Mark Hampton Inc., has taken on a project of her own: as an on-camera senior design consultant on “This Old House” and “Find!&#8221 ;

Hampton, a whirlwind of energy, is the first interior designer to appear on “This Old House” and is also the first female cast member of the show, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year by restoring and renovating an 1849 house in suburban Boston. Hampton will help plan the interior, from the location of the outlets to the built-ins.

At a recent television shoot in Woodbridge, Conn., Hampton, with a mane of blond hair, a pastel pink suit and high heels, looked as if she had stepped out of the pages of Town & Country.

“On my first day of shooting for ‘This Old House,' I brought two outfits because they were shooting in two places,” she said. “The guys were wearing their plaid shirts and (jeans and boots). When I changed for the second shot, I said to them, ‘Aren't you going to change?' And they had!” she said, throwing her head back in raucous laughter.

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