HighStreet People: Jil & Jimmy Baker

NAME: Jil & Jimmy Baker

BIRTHDAY: Jil — August 8 (Leo)   Jimmy — August 2 (Leo)

HOME: Northside. Cincinnati. Ohio.

WORK: Jimmy — Independent artist, rep­re­sented by Foxy Production (New York), Roberts and Tilton (Los Angeles), and New Galerie de France (Paris). Adjunct pro­fes­sor at The Art Academy of Cincinnati. Jil — Architectural Designer for Michael Schuster Associates.

MOTIVATION: “What moti­vates us? A good stiff challenge.”

OBJECTS OF AFFECTION: Toy fox ter­ri­ers. Plywood. Mechanical pen­cils. the iPhone. Oil enamel paint. Scarves. Chuck Taylors. Fort Ancient. Her — Gin mar­ti­nis. Him — Woodford Reserve.

OTHERWISE OBSCURED FACT: Jimmy — “I am secretly a jock at heart.” Jil — “I am secretly good at sports. And we are both nat­ural redheads.”

JIMMY & JIL’S HIGHSTREET: “When we shop, we buy spe­cific objects, not just dec­o­ra­tive pieces. Your selec­tion reflects the kind of objects we have in our own home. We like that you carry spe­cific design­ers that pro­duce unique work. HighStreet is actu­ally the only place we go in Cincinnati to buy things for our house. We like to hunt for excit­ing things.”