Spotted

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can a leopard change his spots? Why should he - when he is so very handsome? He brings a bit of "savage beauty" to a space, but he functions like a neutral. As the rooms below make clear, leopard is compatible not only with interiors of all types but also with crocodiles (such as the bench by Claude Lalanne) and dogs (in the homes of designer Alex Papachristidis and Richmonders John and Meg Gottwald). What could a touch of leopard bring to the rooms of your home?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXe0AB_WHOfqIXYTzyog9vSEde1NGcBY2HuCIetKWpyeUGysTzAdz_cFoYQO17KoQWvgVEI4WvFHb_4q5mvQrP4ovedPu5jmhQn1IJiWIRYaZuCcdpDfBTeMVIT8iRStinCGc-ULpuXWPi/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.frederick-eberstadt-09-foyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXe0AB_WHOfqIXYTzyog9vSEde1NGcBY2HuCIetKWpyeUGysTzAdz_cFoYQO17KoQWvgVEI4WvFHb_4q5mvQrP4ovedPu5jmhQn1IJiWIRYaZuCcdpDfBTeMVIT8iRStinCGc-ULpuXWPi/s640/item1.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.frederick-eberstadt-09-foyer.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the foyer, paintings by Alexander Mihaylovich are interspersed with antique mirrors; the ceiling and walls are sheathed in a wallpaper by <a href="http://www.mayaromanoff.com/">Maya Romanoff</a>. The chair is 18th-century French."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frederick Eberstadt's apartment in Manhattan's Sutton Place.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation by Pietro Cicognani of <a href="http://www.cicognanikalla.com/">Cicognani Kalla Architect</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by John Yunis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Scott Frances.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Fernanda Eberstadt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-08/frederick-eberstadt-manhattan-apartment-slideshow#slide=2">Cabinet of Curiosities</a>" produced by Howard Christian and Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (August 2012). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjmhqCNoozAIuWIVtFsSjAMO0eWVLiZDdcWLsnbYdKJ68Z0-dgcc22-l0-CZ3L7QTpQ6inPamKpzPRQErHYk4j4uCWB4P_5ez7F_kDMn_6QYHlALuT9PpnU96EW2Exko7SZtF9DBi55_A/s1600/item10.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.frederick-eberstadt-11-master-bedroom-desk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjmhqCNoozAIuWIVtFsSjAMO0eWVLiZDdcWLsnbYdKJ68Z0-dgcc22-l0-CZ3L7QTpQ6inPamKpzPRQErHYk4j4uCWB4P_5ez7F_kDMn_6QYHlALuT9PpnU96EW2Exko7SZtF9DBi55_A/s640/item10.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.frederick-eberstadt-11-master-bedroom-desk.jpg" width="489" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A 19th-century slant-top desk displays family photographs and a sketch of Eberstadt by artist William Rayner; the chair is 18th-century French."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frederick Eberstadt's apartment in Manhattan's Sutton Place.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation by Pietro Cicognani of <a href="http://www.cicognanikalla.com/">Cicognani Kalla Architect</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by John Yunis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Scott Frances.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Fernanda Eberstadt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-08/frederick-eberstadt-manhattan-apartment-slideshow#slide=11">Cabinet of Curiosities</a>" produced by Howard Christian and Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (August 2012). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHaXnsiz0e3i1p5BURr88BUKsy48bm8ncq6K-XAYyd6xl2BJUjqhc6dx5UhyphenhyphenExDtZRLlszHcD3gFAzQfHG362K1qZLSgjB7aaHoQexcLYvifUa0fVuiDMsLFxCDdB499gZQ0Jn7KvEznv/s1600/design-trends-repeating-fabrics-10-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHaXnsiz0e3i1p5BURr88BUKsy48bm8ncq6K-XAYyd6xl2BJUjqhc6dx5UhyphenhyphenExDtZRLlszHcD3gFAzQfHG362K1qZLSgjB7aaHoQexcLYvifUa0fVuiDMsLFxCDdB499gZQ0Jn7KvEznv/s640/design-trends-repeating-fabrics-10-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Manhattan sitting room of Lee Radziwill."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Frequent Flyer" by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (April 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRvispxUGQM20eN-sq9pv3IgHgk2zTrczm34e5XX3NJTnpXrm_BDRX-8EcTvKMYbcitf5n6wkbn889lR7lqkt0L_G0K8thRLWz92HmjGecHgDMF5NXIZklsw0i9TkM8YJ_BIzPXywh8cO/s1600/ss_100111807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRvispxUGQM20eN-sq9pv3IgHgk2zTrczm34e5XX3NJTnpXrm_BDRX-8EcTvKMYbcitf5n6wkbn889lR7lqkt0L_G0K8thRLWz92HmjGecHgDMF5NXIZklsw0i9TkM8YJ_BIzPXywh8cO/s640/ss_100111807.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Leopard bolster and footstool. Fabric: 'Jaguar Velours Soie'/Natural 32297-1, <a href="http://www.clarencehouse.com/">Clarence House</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/decorating-ideas-animal-magnetism_ss16.html">Decorating Ideas: Animal Magnetism</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1Xode1DwkOEHWHmSiJzyA3BwCGMfCgG985WzMrucIpSCROfkaw3n4PcqBwr4Tedymq-XmiA6W2uKCDFhN2H-gidGeISuzT_LUnOxZ1tKlrSYXdY2ZQrVIh8Wb9b2WQUyoP-GRgw_3y8B/s1600/5-history-living-room-0408-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1Xode1DwkOEHWHmSiJzyA3BwCGMfCgG985WzMrucIpSCROfkaw3n4PcqBwr4Tedymq-XmiA6W2uKCDFhN2H-gidGeISuzT_LUnOxZ1tKlrSYXdY2ZQrVIh8Wb9b2WQUyoP-GRgw_3y8B/s640/5-history-living-room-0408-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Warm green and gold stripes on a George Smith sofa are a pleasing surprise against the muted stripes of a classic Colefax and Fowler wallpaper, 'which gives the room an English Regency feeling - sort of genteel, but slightly shabby, too,' says [Eric] Lysdahl. Scalamandre leopard velvet pillows."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eric Lysdahl's Catskills cottage living room.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Eric Lysdahl.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gridley and Graves.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/revising-history-0408?click=main_sr#slide-2">A Catskill Cottage with a Modern Sensibility</a>" by Frances Schultz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (April 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDn2iG1duyqAOes3B8Z_V8VugX0fGppqrbYsRfe_zBcXjxzT1Jhks4h26psrjmoG6GAtuNlWWJDrS2bpND_04IFbR6BK9uRONW3JcKl6Ck3ivsIvt9ucvY80PpkUBSCm4WJQspXd8MnrN/s1600/BlogJohnDickinsonEDDec2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDn2iG1duyqAOes3B8Z_V8VugX0fGppqrbYsRfe_zBcXjxzT1Jhks4h26psrjmoG6GAtuNlWWJDrS2bpND_04IFbR6BK9uRONW3JcKl6Ck3ivsIvt9ucvY80PpkUBSCm4WJQspXd8MnrN/s640/BlogJohnDickinsonEDDec2010.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the master bedroom, crystal drops by sculptor Rob Wynne are mounted above a 1940s vanity and a Samuel Marx mirror; the plaster stool is by John Dickinson and the curtains are of a Lee Jofa silk."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">London duplex.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.alexpapachristidis.com/">Alex Papachristidis</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Master Class" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2010 - January 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_Lc5fl8pRynM2mErU2w5rwi_AEBaFAl2sSWf25qD09uwp7bVaceuaBmVgsqfASeR5S4a6FRlsE-L3xSTLaC2wF5102TIbcU5uD2KN9af-HZSrdSAhrINfy_1RreSKHP4dbe9VQIVBLIt/s1600/BlogJohnDickinsonEDDec2010Jan2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_Lc5fl8pRynM2mErU2w5rwi_AEBaFAl2sSWf25qD09uwp7bVaceuaBmVgsqfASeR5S4a6FRlsE-L3xSTLaC2wF5102TIbcU5uD2KN9af-HZSrdSAhrINfy_1RreSKHP4dbe9VQIVBLIt/s640/BlogJohnDickinsonEDDec2010Jan2011.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A chair by John Dickinson is covered in a Highland Court animal print, the mahogany commode is vintage; the painting is by Bernard Frize."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">London duplex.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.alexpapachristidis.com/">Alex Papachristidis</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Master Class" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2010 - January 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7wLkKkwppv3d9ZM9R0_lanr-FwCND-5X8ibvaRo6Cb9VnF3Xka6Gyr0-ljw2JCzqqiavV2FyOtKP5NAKpqT6KqFhwoN9PbwEyhklxoZ2j9K5Fn77wUpfrxv54CFtyelxHJEH4xYSpKQ5/s1600/Gerard-tremolet-home-1012-11-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7wLkKkwppv3d9ZM9R0_lanr-FwCND-5X8ibvaRo6Cb9VnF3Xka6Gyr0-ljw2JCzqqiavV2FyOtKP5NAKpqT6KqFhwoN9PbwEyhklxoZ2j9K5Fn77wUpfrxv54CFtyelxHJEH4xYSpKQ5/s640/Gerard-tremolet-home-1012-11-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Renaissance-style doors in a guest room were painted by Tremolet, and the Elizabeth Garouste chair is upholstered in a Lelievre cotton; the marquetry-inlaid secretary is Napoleon III, and the rug is Iranian."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gerard Tremolet's Normandy Chateau.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ian Phillips.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/gerard-tremolet-normandy-home-interiors-cheateau#slide-11">Norman Conquest</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (October 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQJbaUnN6T3dZoqodW082DWOVJ8n_iLZ92aIXCtOVbmS2gtveNFhV8lTuRgvjDcp6ogyAKS59rXLcXbXFDtQ_pC5j7dTBQdYY6znXzJWCCacrZHj5p2HE6KTM6u-gCgFlC_LobG9D34xR/s1600/OrangeStephenShubelstraightened.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQJbaUnN6T3dZoqodW082DWOVJ8n_iLZ92aIXCtOVbmS2gtveNFhV8lTuRgvjDcp6ogyAKS59rXLcXbXFDtQ_pC5j7dTBQdYY6znXzJWCCacrZHj5p2HE6KTM6u-gCgFlC_LobG9D34xR/s640/OrangeStephenShubelstraightened.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Original oak beams lend rustic charm to interiors filled with antique, vintage and new furnishings collected in France. Sofa from Habite, Paris. Old World Weavers leopard silk velvet on pillows. Bust, 19th-century, sits atop 1930s pedestal."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Francisco designer Stephen Shubel's Loire Valley 16th-century home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.stephenshubel.com/">Stephen Shubel</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Gregory Firlotte.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Loire Holiday" produced by Carolyn Englefield.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (November - December 2005).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKH79e2LZczciL8JsNwG0fFSW8TXyhBnA_DZGjDpfAGI_F0kj_3F4Rw9vTtuEXGd8syBiEJjC9_HyWIt21Bs2ItAv9P11wEODT3iGBcyixzi3csOXLOEOQitEI_SxO8accorAsNGQAkvB/s1600/BlogSpottedShubel4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKH79e2LZczciL8JsNwG0fFSW8TXyhBnA_DZGjDpfAGI_F0kj_3F4Rw9vTtuEXGd8syBiEJjC9_HyWIt21Bs2ItAv9P11wEODT3iGBcyixzi3csOXLOEOQitEI_SxO8accorAsNGQAkvB/s640/BlogSpottedShubel4.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Avalon" throw by Hermes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bedroom in Stephen Shubel's San Francisco loft.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.stephenshubel.com/">Stephen Shubel</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Master of Illusion" produced by Dara Caponigro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomag.com/">Domino</a> (May 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-Vu0FAHBvQNv6Ip5gaS3BbjAMkck5K8-PLbtq_jJ7eqE3CCnPxYsnabpmQxmjzeMV_cVEElgP5EUk-hnimZRPiQYSKm0SBuzNa_Sm2dYXmwY3Ap4D6YDRFHu8_Gs6mkLWziMVj7uxXub/s1600/BlogSpottedShubel2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-Vu0FAHBvQNv6Ip5gaS3BbjAMkck5K8-PLbtq_jJ7eqE3CCnPxYsnabpmQxmjzeMV_cVEElgP5EUk-hnimZRPiQYSKm0SBuzNa_Sm2dYXmwY3Ap4D6YDRFHu8_Gs6mkLWziMVj7uxXub/s640/BlogSpottedShubel2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Workspace under the staircase in Stephen Shubel's San Francisco loft.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.stephenshubel.com/">Stephen Shubel</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Master of Illusion" produced by Dara Caponigro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomag.com/">Domino</a> (May 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIASKOxzWSI4RS1DLtqj-X1WqSW2mFr3MvGc5TqREV6AXsWIWOldpu4N3OsjHVSbwrSB_ZwZ448p0NsU-saRERSlE1tuUilLkEkIGhUuWjzW8eFdY4D2VxHdTvdK9I3dXcPM9zUjxGYI1/s1600/BlogSpottedShubel3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIASKOxzWSI4RS1DLtqj-X1WqSW2mFr3MvGc5TqREV6AXsWIWOldpu4N3OsjHVSbwrSB_ZwZ448p0NsU-saRERSlE1tuUilLkEkIGhUuWjzW8eFdY4D2VxHdTvdK9I3dXcPM9zUjxGYI1/s640/BlogSpottedShubel3.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This animal print is not leopard. It is cheetah, but I like it very much.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carpeting: Glen Eden Wool Company "Out of Africa" in Cheetah (California Carpet).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Staircase in Stephen Shubel's San Francisco loft.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.stephenshubel.com/">Stephen Shubel</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Master of Illusion" produced by Dara Caponigro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomag.com/">Domino</a> (May 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaeABvAPN9d-bPbi8hlH59ExStCbOvpfwdIcnVmGi-egeAnXPFHwqTtB8daj9nd87mEWtChFrUj37h8JvSpXdNebV5V7qd7a4o1MtlTAjcMJGJU8GoS_EnRrJLFNpzjR8-kFmkkSAp1Xlg/s1600/item10.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.alex-papachristidis-14-bedroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaeABvAPN9d-bPbi8hlH59ExStCbOvpfwdIcnVmGi-egeAnXPFHwqTtB8daj9nd87mEWtChFrUj37h8JvSpXdNebV5V7qd7a4o1MtlTAjcMJGJU8GoS_EnRrJLFNpzjR8-kFmkkSAp1Xlg/s640/item10.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.alex-papachristidis-14-bedroom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Teddy, a Yorkshire terrier, perches on leopard-spot bed steps in [Alex] Papachristidis's room; the commode is 18th-century French, the throw is by Anichini, and the carpeting is by David Easton for Beauvais."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alex Papachristidis's family vacation home in Bridgehampton, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.alexpapachristidis.com/">Alex Papachristidis</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldrom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by David Colman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-11/alex-papachristidis-hamptons-family-home-slideshow#slide=11">The Gathering Place</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3uT7lDTXxa_eN79WCQwcAtpx0mJMRSD4JKQmaD80Q4r2WKCt0MOmBFcTJs8Ij84cbyvUW9e4n7r6_WM-4ShrrC-ARN7QcibWZNR8_DbdkzSGh-i4ru5HpCrkJC_pmq3f1LdWYeu2wq-q/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.alex-papachristidis-07-living-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3uT7lDTXxa_eN79WCQwcAtpx0mJMRSD4JKQmaD80Q4r2WKCt0MOmBFcTJs8Ij84cbyvUW9e4n7r6_WM-4ShrrC-ARN7QcibWZNR8_DbdkzSGh-i4ru5HpCrkJC_pmq3f1LdWYeu2wq-q/s640/item4.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.alex-papachristidis-07-living-room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A living room wall displays two Roman bronze busts from Kentshire and a Mona Kuhn photograph of Venice; the leopard-print silk velvet on the armchairs is by Brunschwig and Fils."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alex Papachristidis's family vacation home in Bridgehampton, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.alexpapachristidis.com/">Alex Papachristidis</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldrom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by David Colman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-11/alex-papachristidis-hamptons-family-home-slideshow#slide=5">The Gathering Place</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWjqdMZCS3L204wP97gC7nAMNfhGtOtJaQvswkfH1ULUNgXHelo3AiZ4ft894hGPq97ypJeggfYsKjz4KDzIZBgu2OfMGIU2w3_ZN7fWprLwNA9jycVgev7rCwr2IfnvGrERwiLzJqcPK/s1600/design-ideas-ayres-ED07-04-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWjqdMZCS3L204wP97gC7nAMNfhGtOtJaQvswkfH1ULUNgXHelo3AiZ4ft894hGPq97ypJeggfYsKjz4KDzIZBgu2OfMGIU2w3_ZN7fWprLwNA9jycVgev7rCwr2IfnvGrERwiLzJqcPK/s640/design-ideas-ayres-ED07-04-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Armchairs upholstered in linen velvet by Quadrille, a custom-designed ottoman by Jonas Upholstery, and a Claude Lalanne bronze bench used as a cocktail table in the library; decorative artist Jean Carrau painted the paneling to resemble pine and treated the knots with gold leaf."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.bjminc.com/">Brian McCarthy</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture firm: <a href="http://fairfaxandsammons.com/">Fairfax and Sammons</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/the-transformers#slide-4">The Transformers</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2007).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7n0SYPr5VkO63g0xRWdsFyHfFLeCgfb-qLY_49_2FcWbi7k3j-jFI1b7m-WS-KSkrtr0guhG0uNuxQLXJW3wxMxfmHfDeaBI8Aa04kZ9dJwJxm0JgsbOgoQv8GQdieatQixce2XO_65Q/s1600/Spada0412-mdn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7n0SYPr5VkO63g0xRWdsFyHfFLeCgfb-qLY_49_2FcWbi7k3j-jFI1b7m-WS-KSkrtr0guhG0uNuxQLXJW3wxMxfmHfDeaBI8Aa04kZ9dJwJxm0JgsbOgoQv8GQdieatQixce2XO_65Q/s640/Spada0412-mdn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In an otherwise quite traditional French sitting room, a leopard-print-covered settee takes a starring role, giving the space a refreshingly urbane dose of personality."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://charlesspada.com/">Charles Spada</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Alexandre Bailhache.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/home-rss/looking-back-verandas-most-memorable-rooms-0412#slide-19">Veranda's Most Memorable Rooms</a>" by Mario Lopez-Cordero.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQpkIf26qYL7LH964VMNpOu5RjkNcmzsuFiKK2-5TOXRJKtl_fiR8C1ZyvcaVRYvHv2X4VsPM2QoIhdoHCw1hkELRIX71ZwcyfmoGA6VpVQIHYPpNTPFln0uJIZhG5d8HI8DAqtBkIkQ-/s1600/hbx-animal-print-chairs-hitz-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQpkIf26qYL7LH964VMNpOu5RjkNcmzsuFiKK2-5TOXRJKtl_fiR8C1ZyvcaVRYvHv2X4VsPM2QoIhdoHCw1hkELRIX71ZwcyfmoGA6VpVQIHYPpNTPFln0uJIZhG5d8HI8DAqtBkIkQ-/s640/hbx-animal-print-chairs-hitz-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" The sun beats down, rotting the velvet on the sofas, and I am okay with that,' says chef and cookbook author Alex Hitz of the living room in his Los Angeles house. 'What am I going to do - put up curtains and miss out on the view?' He mixed Maison Jansen bergeres with Marcel Breuer leather-and-steel chairs, which flank a Louis XV-style table."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Lisa Romerein.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/alex-hitz-los-angeles-home-1112?click=main_sr#slide-1">Alex Hitz's Perfect House for Entertaining</a>" by David A. Keeps.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (November 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJtQ0uZ3wVVkfB6gZHCTTYieEXR-OILyv_Bl83lD4ZrUOo3wHJ9FEF003lZOZ5baLIqj64Y-hm50Lhuo4UXkFMFltWV2oLMX9NZiO7czuuRTTp79bqMXdFDi8SSLgD6oeaUFxC1I_uKyLZ/s1600/gwynn-griffith-ed0911-07-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJtQ0uZ3wVVkfB6gZHCTTYieEXR-OILyv_Bl83lD4ZrUOo3wHJ9FEF003lZOZ5baLIqj64Y-hm50Lhuo4UXkFMFltWV2oLMX9NZiO7czuuRTTp79bqMXdFDi8SSLgD6oeaUFxC1I_uKyLZ/s640/gwynn-griffith-ed0911-07-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the guest bedroom, velvet curtains enclose a Russian sleigh bed with a coverlet and pillows in a Clarence House silk velvet, a screen is covered in an Aubusson tapestry; and the Italian footstool retains its original upholstery."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Antonio, Texas home of decorator Gwynn Griffith.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by Gwynn Griffith,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/texas-treasure#slide-7">Texas Treasure</a>" by Rob Brinkley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (September 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeI7fPabVn0LWDHtgQ88JFrxgQ7wp8toT618SL2mQmlFBgm_OeQBYGN_tL7cdFfzyQSE3YIqePi4nskw2_QICsifowF1-9c7wyJwq_EavMmmbrkQnoGggOCwFqhQak1szgcQsU9x5qInp/s1600/matthew-patrick-smyth-designer-visions-EDC-1212-01-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeI7fPabVn0LWDHtgQ88JFrxgQ7wp8toT618SL2mQmlFBgm_OeQBYGN_tL7cdFfzyQSE3YIqePi4nskw2_QICsifowF1-9c7wyJwq_EavMmmbrkQnoGggOCwFqhQak1szgcQsU9x5qInp/s640/matthew-patrick-smyth-designer-visions-EDC-1212-01-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the living area, Schumacher fabrics cover the sectional, pillow, and chair. The mirror is Indonesian."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan apartment designed for <i>Elle Decor</i>'s Designer Visions Showhouse. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.matthewsmyth.com/">Matthew Patrick Smyth</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Quy Nguyen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Michael Lassell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/design-solutions/matthew-patrick-smyth-designer-visions?click=main_sr#slide-2">All the Right Moves</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigEnlYiSDmWS0-d4OiY6dQ92911krB-QNVBmK_8tux76hyzM_MikPreU-eAdviEMnQ42LsHy174YmqtvdhKipKWSk-XwW4_P8Svdg6VJ_3_v2YX-juJBUGIOGXJJN3AeTOPAe4nQtZtLnL/s1600/grecian-wooden-outdoor-bedroom-1110-tucker05-de-99272309.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigEnlYiSDmWS0-d4OiY6dQ92911krB-QNVBmK_8tux76hyzM_MikPreU-eAdviEMnQ42LsHy174YmqtvdhKipKWSk-XwW4_P8Svdg6VJ_3_v2YX-juJBUGIOGXJJN3AeTOPAe4nQtZtLnL/s640/grecian-wooden-outdoor-bedroom-1110-tucker05-de-99272309.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A ceiling of natural cedar brings the outdoors in and creates texture and warmth in the master bedroom. The silk and linen Stark rug adds plush softness. Curtains and bed skirt are Leopard by Raoul Textiles. Dome pendant light from Hilliard."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Suzanne Tucker, <a href="http://www.tuckerandmarks.com/">Tucker and Marks Design Inc.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Edmund Barr.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Frances Schultz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/indoor-outdoor-living-1110?click=main_sr#slide-5">Open House</a>" produced by Mary Emmerling.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (November 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8oYGmCONB2cLJq9QOQCymimZeMeDwMZijzBbj2fFzhl-FLFwakJeQ0-3KSCV2ZP8wwuqG-Xl7n87fSGUvIxf8sze6IDxeHJo8B1b6jUWWIBYFO9QDY8m0Q3MD_f2lhs2SDWiMiiw3iwi/s1600/ss_100536457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8oYGmCONB2cLJq9QOQCymimZeMeDwMZijzBbj2fFzhl-FLFwakJeQ0-3KSCV2ZP8wwuqG-Xl7n87fSGUvIxf8sze6IDxeHJo8B1b6jUWWIBYFO9QDY8m0Q3MD_f2lhs2SDWiMiiw3iwi/s640/ss_100536457.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designer Jeffrey Bilhuber identifies his decorative mojo as a dashing marriage of modernity (like luxurious fabrics and clean lines) and tradition (what he calls 'the connective tissue that bonds the past with the future'). This room exemplifies his style with natural textures, sleek furniture, and a subtle dash of leopard print on the throw pillows to tie it all together."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.bilhuber.com/">Jeffrey Bilhuber</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/decorating-ideas-animal-magnetism_ss56.html">Decorating Ideas: Animal Magnetism</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgxnR3Sy5i2uAEp-cRHYBaVu-lSzifzU7cOAlgGlfEvSVmF7g9MZ10ZcldgBIchiEEiS9l7VBlgAY2E2G5PFYNL5hKR5x3aRSUiIhFFfY3J87TKEQdkqyW93-qD_O3qj4VbKyt5c7XV30/s1600/101670823_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgxnR3Sy5i2uAEp-cRHYBaVu-lSzifzU7cOAlgGlfEvSVmF7g9MZ10ZcldgBIchiEEiS9l7VBlgAY2E2G5PFYNL5hKR5x3aRSUiIhFFfY3J87TKEQdkqyW93-qD_O3qj4VbKyt5c7XV30/s640/101670823_ss.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blue and white porcelain in an antique sideboard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The more than 200-year-old Richmond, Virginia, home of Meg and John Gottwald."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Suellen Gregory, <a href="http://www.suellengregory.com/">Suellen Gregory Interior Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gordon Beall.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/gorgeous-updated-classic-home_ss8.html">Gorgeous, Updated Classic Home</a>" produced by Eileen A. Deymier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQfO5oT_1PFclSHE_P8scIJi2w0_eATQ9DGtUPMMscNpOrvOpqDfnn0nxugr8vdvJA_I8GCvEQl_QP_PhjiLEEteZME6V7v9VkMUyY6PEExjUs7s-h_nf60JwPqylve4T-_vt2yyRpwrv/s1600/101670843_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQfO5oT_1PFclSHE_P8scIJi2w0_eATQ9DGtUPMMscNpOrvOpqDfnn0nxugr8vdvJA_I8GCvEQl_QP_PhjiLEEteZME6V7v9VkMUyY6PEExjUs7s-h_nf60JwPqylve4T-_vt2yyRpwrv/s640/101670843_ss.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The wooden arms of an antique upholstered chair in the living room display carved dogs' heads."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The more than 200-year-old Richmond, Virginia, home of Meg and John Gottwald."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Suellen Gregory, <a href="http://www.suellengregory.com/">Suellen Gregory Interior Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gordon Beall.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/gorgeous-updated-classic-home_ss20.html">Gorgeous, Updated Classic Home</a>" produced by Eileen A. Deymier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div>

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In the Billiard Room

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I was growing up, I used to play the murder mystery board game <em>Clue</em>. My family had an old 1950s version of the game that looked like this copy I found on eBay.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotRb9z9_fIbA6pdtzQwO7RzJoNUrUm5_p-OibJgTWqi-MyorNiObdppEBl3R3Igp9TjLgTZ0jm-pKsJ7klaCcGA0GEGXxaPC-wN7_ihxafIyngNtea8Ji2Qpblq6blxnql-DxqNGZw4U/s1600/il_570xN.312277284%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotRb9z9_fIbA6pdtzQwO7RzJoNUrUm5_p-OibJgTWqi-MyorNiObdppEBl3R3Igp9TjLgTZ0jm-pKsJ7klaCcGA0GEGXxaPC-wN7_ihxafIyngNtea8Ji2Qpblq6blxnql-DxqNGZw4U/s400/il_570xN.312277284%5B1%5D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The game is set in a large country home. Players must determine the room in which the murder was committed (library, kitchen, conservatory, etc.), the weapon that was used (rope, lead pipe, revolver, etc.), and the character (Miss Scarlet, Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum, Mrs. Peacock, etc.) who committed the crime. <em>Clue</em> is perfect for fans of Agatha Christie novels, which I read in abundance when I was younger. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the rooms in the <em>Clue</em> manor is the billiard room. I imagined this space to be dark with wood-paneled walls, leather furniture, the smell of a pipe. The perfect place for mystery. Like the billiard room in <span id="goog_150440206"></span><a href="http://www.wrothampark.com/" target="_blank">Wrotham Park<span id="goog_150440207"></span></a>, the English manor where some scenes from the movie <em>Gosford Park</em> were filmed. The billiard rooms I have seen recently in decorating magazines are not exactly like the one I envisioned long ago. Some are rather beachy and most are full of light. Take a look . . . <em> </em></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaI9SYd7izAnDVVb4SNDDSJFJosjyKsFsxIzpRoxHglWXgvbfKmZ-lwRFmgXq2vCzN6OpdyyebsFztbhCgJx-uP-RtXPH_RvWFhahP1PXCHv-X4V4kwXxx7DN2G9kn0yt5TXGv9VcPydE/s1600/15-craftsmanship-familyroom-1107_xlg%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaI9SYd7izAnDVVb4SNDDSJFJosjyKsFsxIzpRoxHglWXgvbfKmZ-lwRFmgXq2vCzN6OpdyyebsFztbhCgJx-uP-RtXPH_RvWFhahP1PXCHv-X4V4kwXxx7DN2G9kn0yt5TXGv9VcPydE/s640/15-craftsmanship-familyroom-1107_xlg%5B1%5D.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new house in Bedford, New York. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Jeffrey Bilhuber.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Don Freeman.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9cwmTU8mOj99fsexEm6rW6fboT-BFTYPLUG3390Pus-nQPqebpIMgvq-ZrbJbDoL6Pb0Lildm8AafGLT1CvSi3HVQQfluPTLzjJEQCpg-7XGVLLJ0mBzvFyDm855RkcNkxYx8TGGgB74/s1600/BlogBilliardRoomADSept2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9cwmTU8mOj99fsexEm6rW6fboT-BFTYPLUG3390Pus-nQPqebpIMgvq-ZrbJbDoL6Pb0Lildm8AafGLT1CvSi3HVQQfluPTLzjJEQCpg-7XGVLLJ0mBzvFyDm855RkcNkxYx8TGGgB74/s640/BlogBilliardRoomADSept2011.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calabasas, California vacation home of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The pool room's alder-wood billiard table with nail-head detailing  was designed by Lance and fabricated by Blatt Billiards."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Stephen Samuelson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural Digest (September 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSISJGJdxop-nj4P4ux6dMrLT7S9LGYsq5AZi3Vhi-LrajvefIQR70AlKRtK_yuiAcglAQ2n9jNvXdmLQd1KIYIut7wrUR5JTMJkAdjDAej8gLQb-55lcZfpFGx1QAiqXRe96UITQdfA/s1600/courteney-extra-wm-04-lgn%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSISJGJdxop-nj4P4ux6dMrLT7S9LGYsq5AZi3Vhi-LrajvefIQR70AlKRtK_yuiAcglAQ2n9jNvXdmLQd1KIYIut7wrUR5JTMJkAdjDAej8gLQb-55lcZfpFGx1QAiqXRe96UITQdfA/s640/courteney-extra-wm-04-lgn%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Custom made pool table in home of actress Courteney Cox.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Flagstone floor. Painting by Arsen Roje.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Chairs from Blackman Cruz.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Light fixture by Hivemindesign.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elle Decor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQ8UltNIqtEC1Cdkx4FG-m-AXcPXIOTeoVZNBCwJQ0KTsHMNM4JpYry6H3wyrFh3q_uLk7o_RuAyJjKNxmIP6_oZdf48xlzSb0_YFLurOPygSpSVUhEKy9Iw8RWFgO6B431nrBmlixpU/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.steven-volpe-lewis-butler-04-lounge%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQ8UltNIqtEC1Cdkx4FG-m-AXcPXIOTeoVZNBCwJQ0KTsHMNM4JpYry6H3wyrFh3q_uLk7o_RuAyJjKNxmIP6_oZdf48xlzSb0_YFLurOPygSpSVUhEKy9Iw8RWFgO6B431nrBmlixpU/s640/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.steven-volpe-lewis-butler-04-lounge%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A restored circa-1915 pool table from Blatt Billiards.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, a pair of 1940s French chairs by Marc du Plantier, a black marble mantel by Axel Vervoordt and twin '50s floor lamps by Gino Sarfatti.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Steven Volpe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Renovations by architect Lewis Butler, Butler Armsden Architects.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural Digest (November 2011).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIfMlP-cvscoz2eVPOYpV1bCUjxw4H0tKVQ19V5OMpLUk5eKlpWHX7lWy_EjgtF4vYQ4NJf-ISLmOEKGTtO6teDYiESzwL13BTDZIRYD86mcwNk0zVzbOmD076PDGnLeuUvBDJAvaznM/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.frank-greenwald-03-family-room%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIfMlP-cvscoz2eVPOYpV1bCUjxw4H0tKVQ19V5OMpLUk5eKlpWHX7lWy_EjgtF4vYQ4NJf-ISLmOEKGTtO6teDYiESzwL13BTDZIRYD86mcwNk0zVzbOmD076PDGnLeuUvBDJAvaznM/s640/item3.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.frank-greenwald-03-family-room%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hamptons home of architect Frank Greenwald.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Mary Foley and Michael Cox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Scott Frances.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural Digest (July 2012).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakD2WR5X5X934otExUnlocLZZYmoSOWGl13QbElCyNtLYHjOG-OUOana65uBgNBfv8OEz9kZWxGd-oRjIXRW9f9-HBss3n5ySWC0cXnJCI-Z4n-0TsWEDiUHhAwUa8E_0hOW5eGgXZjA/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.leroy-street-studio-hamptons-house-10%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakD2WR5X5X934otExUnlocLZZYmoSOWGl13QbElCyNtLYHjOG-OUOana65uBgNBfv8OEz9kZWxGd-oRjIXRW9f9-HBss3n5ySWC0cXnJCI-Z4n-0TsWEDiUHhAwUa8E_0hOW5eGgXZjA/s640/item5.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.leroy-street-studio-hamptons-house-10%5B1%5D.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pendant lights by Tom Dixon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hamptons home created by <a href="http://www.leroystreetstudio.com/" target="_blank">Leroy Street Studio</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.kennethalpert.com/" target="_blank">Kenneth Alpert of KA Design Group</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Adrian Wilson.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural Digest (June 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDuxG2eAzywnHk4oCWYNV0I1vOIy5PF__Oq_HzSyowrrS6IrqkMNRVak7LuzBZ6rTHNo9_lUWzdDpZNr95V_AjHoMUSZpwHVCx5JY6P0nhMajsmKFrEhpuUcuvlqfpY8drqjsIWAeeF3g/s1600/item08.rendition.slideshowVertical.08_martyn-lawrence-bullard-vacation-home-mexico%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDuxG2eAzywnHk4oCWYNV0I1vOIy5PF__Oq_HzSyowrrS6IrqkMNRVak7LuzBZ6rTHNo9_lUWzdDpZNr95V_AjHoMUSZpwHVCx5JY6P0nhMajsmKFrEhpuUcuvlqfpY8drqjsIWAeeF3g/s640/item08.rendition.slideshowVertical.08_martyn-lawrence-bullard-vacation-home-mexico%5B1%5D.jpg" width="590" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A custom-made light by Reborn Antiques hangs from a thatched ceiling in a Punta Mita, Mexico beach home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Martyn Lawrence Bullard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Tim Street-Porter.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architectural Digest (August 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShdQrSwUiu3Wi94MfNRI_xce3Gz5KhNwhzQxTeM3kSkXhcZBbTWMCmAfGkmyVrAzza3mnv4B1DOAFxHhW52jmc5DByhq__bF7Fv8t-v_OHOctrlN_lbRCs7Yy0Y2fYHLqrQ324GFHphE/s1600/item08.rendition.slideshowVertical.couturier-08-billiard-room%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShdQrSwUiu3Wi94MfNRI_xce3Gz5KhNwhzQxTeM3kSkXhcZBbTWMCmAfGkmyVrAzza3mnv4B1DOAFxHhW52jmc5DByhq__bF7Fv8t-v_OHOctrlN_lbRCs7Yy0Y2fYHLqrQ324GFHphE/s640/item08.rendition.slideshowVertical.couturier-08-billiard-room%5B1%5D.jpg" width="590" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marshcourt, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a country house 75 miles southwest of London.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The billiard room's Zaha Hadid sofa for Sawaya & Moroni and pair of vintage Italian armchairs complement a reproduction by Lutyens Furniture & Lighting of the original billiard-table light."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architect: Edwin Lutyens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Robert Couturier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"My natural tendency would be to look at Lutyens's books and think you have to have Elizabethan or neo-Gothic furniture here. But then it would become very boring. We soon realized that contemporary furniture would jolt the house to life."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Tim Beddow.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural Digest (September 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wbKUY0LpwPNPuuqLuNd3FwUHSEKFkStSzFbm06nZraTkl5WvKe0XiRoVD9oXPix4RBBAGH2oqWHJNyrznjK-Jr2z4dnK1U2vlnaQtBfXagyZvod0LMgI_GHZ2H5MlUacZkUBQtiGakE/s1600/item01.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.couturier-01-marshcourt-exterior-facade%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wbKUY0LpwPNPuuqLuNd3FwUHSEKFkStSzFbm06nZraTkl5WvKe0XiRoVD9oXPix4RBBAGH2oqWHJNyrznjK-Jr2z4dnK1U2vlnaQtBfXagyZvod0LMgI_GHZ2H5MlUacZkUBQtiGakE/s640/item01.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.couturier-01-marshcourt-exterior-facade%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">External view of Marshcourt (pictured above).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Built in England in the early 1900s.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architect: Edwin Lutyens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OdJS5GNeeJe7ay81NmOyKYldeUccy-HUSqPxs5Oj-dyOR0A1w3eIYGSVlV2dmXS7mSXsoZaC4WqN9wsosRo_oWoERDtRReIFyXG6cKjqTOImxls-JiNXJtGoiSXjOJFLBmGUILQp7_E/s1600/p_101451410%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OdJS5GNeeJe7ay81NmOyKYldeUccy-HUSqPxs5Oj-dyOR0A1w3eIYGSVlV2dmXS7mSXsoZaC4WqN9wsosRo_oWoERDtRReIFyXG6cKjqTOImxls-JiNXJtGoiSXjOJFLBmGUILQp7_E/s640/p_101451410%5B1%5D.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The classic burgundy of a pool table's felt is the inspiration for this billiard room. Fiery reds appear in the grasscloth wall covering, Kilim-covered George Smith club chairs, and the geometric folding screen. The round mirror above the mantel takes its 'cue' from the billiard balls."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Traditional Home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hUKjugsTCh0ZrWlVaz9kimD0_mOk6aj4OXbDnN99yFvVw_8erL3T8VEh1TsycrTnovlUzfPHptIWZGnYH7BbzYFVQEF-2tr1TQ2Sq3PNJHvjZG9ZxVUuLbAo3owPFID_Mbg5nfOWg0w/s1600/ss_101945403%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hUKjugsTCh0ZrWlVaz9kimD0_mOk6aj4OXbDnN99yFvVw_8erL3T8VEh1TsycrTnovlUzfPHptIWZGnYH7BbzYFVQEF-2tr1TQ2Sq3PNJHvjZG9ZxVUuLbAo3owPFID_Mbg5nfOWg0w/s640/ss_101945403%5B1%5D.jpg" width="592" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bel Air, California home of actress Sela Ward.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">The map behind the bar picks up the colors of the billiard balls.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Traditional Home.</span></div>

In the Billiard Room

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