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Red and White Stripes

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>In each stocking there was a pair of bright red mittens, and there was a long, flat stick of red-and-white-striped peppermint candy, all beautifully notched along each side.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1932)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQn6kpj0XUY7aA4JTonMKv5HEKnVZNmMA64xwCIXoJvHJEldxW1_4qxp4xJUvRAxT-5hpBM62MLU8y9W2aZQOBnx5UTJ4IQjo50yjy_ZzOYjFt3hbhlBtuYCyLItyCn-IvWt8a7SjFgD60/s1600/14-dining-room-xlg-43763333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQn6kpj0XUY7aA4JTonMKv5HEKnVZNmMA64xwCIXoJvHJEldxW1_4qxp4xJUvRAxT-5hpBM62MLU8y9W2aZQOBnx5UTJ4IQjo50yjy_ZzOYjFt3hbhlBtuYCyLItyCn-IvWt8a7SjFgD60/s640/14-dining-room-xlg-43763333.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designed by <a href="http://www.myrahoeferdesign.com/">Myra Hoefer Design</a>, this dining room features side chairs by <a href="http://olystudio.com/">Oly</a> slipcovered in Grey Watkins Indian cotton strip and a table by Astier de Villatte."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/designer-dining-rooms?click=img_sr#slide-20">Photography by Ray Kachatorian</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2rza0IcdMroAodnomuZP74846kEHDNo0fcoj09vXDMUCdlApl5rTKrXYrn2IvKrDjk13ggHPTY067pm933RWomNjvcpK69_yU5F91CkwWaS0-Tyzt7zkE1jw9WhBN8cQwX3aBNa2zHH4/s1600/0910-miller-bed-master-pink-16-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2rza0IcdMroAodnomuZP74846kEHDNo0fcoj09vXDMUCdlApl5rTKrXYrn2IvKrDjk13ggHPTY067pm933RWomNjvcpK69_yU5F91CkwWaS0-Tyzt7zkE1jw9WhBN8cQwX3aBNa2zHH4/s640/0910-miller-bed-master-pink-16-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Striped bedding and a striped rug echo the lines of wooden French blinds in the bedroom of one of [Carolyn] Espley-Miller's two sons."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach house of Carolyn Espley-Miller and family in Carpinteria, California.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Carolyn Espley-Miller.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by David Tsay.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Lisa Cregan.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/white-beach-house-in-california-0910?click=main_sr#slide-14">White Wash</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (September 2010).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2H4DolisCnNR60vrpnXFZetTS9CPK_STq5ge-4Eq2IR2XLXEUyZ_DpXph16qxRfpLs8FCoI_MgP5nTzeUKCGWIKXLeL-c-URgCcnJnkA39gfCppQHaryyVzmzrOe2bpgY16G4qf6rhLW5/s1600/design-ideas-ayres-ED07-03-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2H4DolisCnNR60vrpnXFZetTS9CPK_STq5ge-4Eq2IR2XLXEUyZ_DpXph16qxRfpLs8FCoI_MgP5nTzeUKCGWIKXLeL-c-URgCcnJnkA39gfCppQHaryyVzmzrOe2bpgY16G4qf6rhLW5/s640/design-ideas-ayres-ED07-03-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the living room, an 18th-century mirror, a Louis XVI-style gilt armchair, English Regency-inspired pilasters painted to resemble Macassar ebony, and a Beauvais cowhide rug."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apartment in 1928 building on Manhattan's Upper East Side.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.bjminc.com/">Brian McCarthy</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Mitchell Owens.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/the-transformers#slide-3">The Transformers</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2007).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrz34mBd0o39TaORjGU-05e41V9fYJNA1icyA0vgNqcpAcVbfE7N63drUBto7YDIjXxC6sAmixe6k7OALQ2PrIMQpJkCG7QYsGsZfJKa7y4MyXTDHG9IZVma0vFvck7w4_ydccnjX6c-0/s1600/design-ideas-ayres-ED07-06-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrz34mBd0o39TaORjGU-05e41V9fYJNA1icyA0vgNqcpAcVbfE7N63drUBto7YDIjXxC6sAmixe6k7OALQ2PrIMQpJkCG7QYsGsZfJKa7y4MyXTDHG9IZVma0vFvck7w4_ydccnjX6c-0/s640/design-ideas-ayres-ED07-06-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The breakfast room's banquette is upholstered in <a href="http://www.luludk.com/">Lulu DK</a>'s Fruit Punch, the 1940s American side chairs are from Gerald Bland, and the coral chandelier is from Mecox Gardens."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apartment in 1928 building on Manhattan's Upper East Side.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://bjminc.com/">Brian McCarthy</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Mitchell Owens.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/the-transformers#slide-6">The Transformers</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2007).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uJixLN8RTXJWZtJwC_Y4_W-pFwca2lkGpDj2ZWEnqaI5eISBIMJcj5j57727UlXLDvQQF7nHz4dCMSC-yEdlyxc6NdL-CeVWxjz_GPnId02IBRuZ9YFYpMXIzkDrbSO2JsbZHHIAHamj/s1600/design-trends-repeating-fabrics-08-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uJixLN8RTXJWZtJwC_Y4_W-pFwca2lkGpDj2ZWEnqaI5eISBIMJcj5j57727UlXLDvQQF7nHz4dCMSC-yEdlyxc6NdL-CeVWxjz_GPnId02IBRuZ9YFYpMXIzkDrbSO2JsbZHHIAHamj/s640/design-trends-repeating-fabrics-08-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The bedroom features curtains and a canopy of Irish linen, custom-made bedding, and a taboret and daybed from [Alessandra] Branca."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.branca.com/">Alessandra Branca</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/ideas/bedrooms-canopy-beds?click=main_sr#slide-3">Photography by Joshua McHugh</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSIWEMdthT5C94IQidPPpG2nzfI57-LRwapi7xqRnmUCQqVDlDRW1PtVwFdGB72Pi3FhE0bneWUhH_uHYLlaGHJrnuQ2I61MISpEjIyso2UyB6B0W7kJzq5Nk33-1uRV-RZm1_mphzbyo/s1600/ED0112_Provence_001-400-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSIWEMdthT5C94IQidPPpG2nzfI57-LRwapi7xqRnmUCQqVDlDRW1PtVwFdGB72Pi3FhE0bneWUhH_uHYLlaGHJrnuQ2I61MISpEjIyso2UyB6B0W7kJzq5Nk33-1uRV-RZm1_mphzbyo/s640/ED0112_Provence_001-400-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Says Ines de la Fressange of her country house in Provence, "This is where we get our bearings. It's our little corner, where we read, sleep, dream."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ines de la Fressange's home in Tarascon, France.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Marie-Pierre Morel.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Produced by Barbara Bourgois.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/taking-it-easy#slide-1">Taking it Easy</a>" produced by Philippe Tretiack.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (January - February 2012).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally published in <i>Elle Decoration</i> France.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEXxijewHPQW-T08ZkY-rlnwZpt3G4HfKuCmq-u8tv4HDOxa2ObNFYtdl4Q752sgWClge18FMywQjWSo22VZflXtyVhJvlM8oDg4HiAJUPC5-B8CnLA2OaXuJQQ3V4Ehh1pQ8dyyZI-D4H/s1600/item14.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.alberto-pinto-15-brazil-apartment-guest-room-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEXxijewHPQW-T08ZkY-rlnwZpt3G4HfKuCmq-u8tv4HDOxa2ObNFYtdl4Q752sgWClge18FMywQjWSo22VZflXtyVhJvlM8oDg4HiAJUPC5-B8CnLA2OaXuJQQ3V4Ehh1pQ8dyyZI-D4H/s640/item14.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.alberto-pinto-15-brazil-apartment-guest-room-3.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Modeled after the work of Alexander Calder, a guest room's maguey-fiber wall hanging was hand-woven in Central America in the '70s; the [Alberto] Pinto-designed bed is upholstered in a mix of leather and fabric."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rio de Janeiro apartment of <a href="http://www.wwd.com/markets-news/people/aldo-pinto-interior-designer-dies-at-69-6474752">the late interior decorator Alberto Pinto</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mitchell Owens.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-09/alberto-pinto-rio-de-janeiro-brazil-home-slideshow#slide=15">Creative License</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (September 2011).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7SlehHykok8WMgwwXxzxj-mTVK6g2ayyZ_RjI0cVKwpqSK3ALI0mG47fQ3WHDduOb1PNmhGe1tsRAY0MKI2vwmz3yv6sD30qS_bSRIiZO5ZiioeWjyNKN7UaLQyI6ZWGavzvY0USSsuF/s1600/keith-mcnally-martha-vineyard-home-ed-0711-06-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7SlehHykok8WMgwwXxzxj-mTVK6g2ayyZ_RjI0cVKwpqSK3ALI0mG47fQ3WHDduOb1PNmhGe1tsRAY0MKI2vwmz3yv6sD30qS_bSRIiZO5ZiioeWjyNKN7UaLQyI6ZWGavzvY0USSsuF/s640/keith-mcnally-martha-vineyard-home-ed-0711-06-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The chair, sconces, and poster in the second-floor hallway are flea-market finds, and the rugs are by Woodard and Greenstein."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Windy Gates, the Martha's Vineyard farmhouse of restaurateur Keith McNally and his family.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Kate Betts.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/a-marthas-vineyard-escape#slide-6">Farm Fresh</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (July - August 2011).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PaTlItm1hGG4r130hsBNMaL6kUfop5D3LuL-9rfgvsbUc-aqM7blG6VUZ1kxTX4Pq39Yihg4EnnjH35xxlGnECwlhtnjvkujb3plMOKX9aod3t4YNwHF82S_wgVv2py6s5a_vepChktc/s1600/striped-sofa-fireplace-livingroom-0311-oneill03-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PaTlItm1hGG4r130hsBNMaL6kUfop5D3LuL-9rfgvsbUc-aqM7blG6VUZ1kxTX4Pq39Yihg4EnnjH35xxlGnECwlhtnjvkujb3plMOKX9aod3t4YNwHF82S_wgVv2py6s5a_vepChktc/s640/striped-sofa-fireplace-livingroom-0311-oneill03-de.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The living room makes you think of pink in a whole new way. Here, it's faded red, and no two shades - from the urn to the rug to the kilim pillows - are alike. An old cabana stripe was made into slipcovers for two George Sherlock sofas from <a href="http://www.rubybeets.com/">Ruby Beets Old and New</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bridgehampton, New York house of design consultant Ellen O'Neill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/colors/red-decorating-ideas-decor-0311?click=main_sr#slide-4">Worn, Weathered, Wonderful</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (March 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJa37HOHoZ5Juq1zuK2x2mnX3bJ3AZi7A-zx6oO81Xlpv7HWsCJc1jIFxPpcuF2QPOmFPJOmXY5EqFl_X90dsE6TKmzEZEr2DKGicY88-akpmrKOeFIzQOWKfkyN_xkDPjfS6hrLf7DeZ/s1600/vintage-persian-rug-livingroom-0311-oneill04-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJa37HOHoZ5Juq1zuK2x2mnX3bJ3AZi7A-zx6oO81Xlpv7HWsCJc1jIFxPpcuF2QPOmFPJOmXY5EqFl_X90dsE6TKmzEZEr2DKGicY88-akpmrKOeFIzQOWKfkyN_xkDPjfS6hrLf7DeZ/s640/vintage-persian-rug-livingroom-0311-oneill04-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ellen O'Neill "found the wing chair already in that toile at <a href="http://www.laurincopenantiques.com/store/furniture_search.php?FRID=lmmTZ2lpw5mY">Laurin Copen Antiques</a>. The rug, from <a href="http://annmorrisantiques.1stdibs.com/store/furniture_search.php?FRID=ZWrEZmxiwpOW">Ann-Morris Antiques</a>, is vintage Persian, 'but beyond that, it's anyone's guess. I'm never one for provenance, believe me.' "</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bridgehampton, New York house of design consultant, Ellen O'Neill.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/colors/red-decorating-ideas-decor-0311?click=main_sr#slide-5">Worn, Weathered, Wonderful</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (March 2011).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoc9VW0FqQ9lHjXClK0atrdY6Dj2piqJAG2hxPgcwaNXAoTyCZ9p3UCLRkivuScIzLdcqUc6ljY6Bkc3HdSwz32kWDN_TXNc3VFxIpPG6E2euIhFV8wcuimAqau2Bx1Zst8UPxzG5aF60/s1600/dog-cream-ralphlauren-throw-0311-oneill06-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoc9VW0FqQ9lHjXClK0atrdY6Dj2piqJAG2hxPgcwaNXAoTyCZ9p3UCLRkivuScIzLdcqUc6ljY6Bkc3HdSwz32kWDN_TXNc3VFxIpPG6E2euIhFV8wcuimAqau2Bx1Zst8UPxzG5aF60/s640/dog-cream-ralphlauren-throw-0311-oneill06-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A stack of <a href="http://www.madelineweinrib.com/">Madeline Weinrib</a> cushions from <a href="http://www.abchome.com/">ABC Carpet and Home</a> 'is for friends to pull out so we can sit around the coffee table and eat in front of the fire.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bridgehampton, New York home of design consultant Ellen O'Neill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/colors/red-decorating-ideas-decor-0311?click=main_sr#slide-7">Worn, Weathered, Wonderful</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (March 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVj58iDykCIpXiKLjYO-l5vWdBL4RUlyohv2AgDfWS_dRerzZfKKRGSrv8BEqUioeftrM8Ojs9YxzKZvplnotoy1wPJ5CwzIctxdkpVKmyjVTm5Ig6xO8rItAY3sny6baWJna_bgKTxRG7/s1600/bathroom-hamptons-striped-rug-0311-oneill18-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVj58iDykCIpXiKLjYO-l5vWdBL4RUlyohv2AgDfWS_dRerzZfKKRGSrv8BEqUioeftrM8Ojs9YxzKZvplnotoy1wPJ5CwzIctxdkpVKmyjVTm5Ig6xO8rItAY3sny6baWJna_bgKTxRG7/s640/bathroom-hamptons-striped-rug-0311-oneill18-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A striped rug from <a href="http://www.ikea.com/">IKEA</a> brightens the bath. 'There's a discipline to stripes,' [Ellen] O'Neill says. 'When I worked at Ralph Lauren, we attended stripe class - awning stripes, regimental stripes, ticking stripes. I love them all.' Canvas sling chair from Bloom. Striped towels by <a href="http://www.ralphlauren.com/frontdoor/index.jsp">Ralph Lauren</a>. Good Morning towel from <a href="http://www.pearlriver.com/v2/index.html">Pearl River</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bridgehampton, New York home of design consultant Ellen O'Neill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/colors/red-decorating-ideas-decor-0311?click=main_sr#slide-18">Worn, Weathered, Wonderful</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (March 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1aJYYNsSa5ipmEZoOnBOTdEmV1YIbzpyUkM4kvHOftPLZT-v4TD_Il2NeYbUeBdPT_PDYRTpdMhXKlP1CHnQxMcdE-lyZg4mb38qjvlbQvWKh1HwSWkw-jJky2PzOfYXgbi21ffZJHRp/s1600/red-striped-hammock-0311-oneill08-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1aJYYNsSa5ipmEZoOnBOTdEmV1YIbzpyUkM4kvHOftPLZT-v4TD_Il2NeYbUeBdPT_PDYRTpdMhXKlP1CHnQxMcdE-lyZg4mb38qjvlbQvWKh1HwSWkw-jJky2PzOfYXgbi21ffZJHRp/s640/red-striped-hammock-0311-oneill08-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'I felt like I had run into an old friend when I saw this hammock at IKEA,' " says Ellen O'Neill. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bridgehampton, New York home of design consultant Ellen O'Neill.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/colors/red-decorating-ideas-decor-0311?click=main_sr#slide-9">Worn, Weathered, Wonderful</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (March 2011).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwYN_8HRcAFDJjcA1BgGTVl-C1kQHhqMB1iKiI7mXGBxJS7WVcJE_vbfhBKyt9gV6-DrYXoCli7mCZL7Q4lDgpdrgYYgqHWQu9JQa2U1dWGicwVAaC_1QtMfyC4IdZC2jgOPez3gYd71J/s1600/BlogRedandWhiteStripesHB0611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwYN_8HRcAFDJjcA1BgGTVl-C1kQHhqMB1iKiI7mXGBxJS7WVcJE_vbfhBKyt9gV6-DrYXoCli7mCZL7Q4lDgpdrgYYgqHWQu9JQa2U1dWGicwVAaC_1QtMfyC4IdZC2jgOPez3gYd71J/s640/BlogRedandWhiteStripesHB0611.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A quick change for dining room chairs: slipcover them in vintage grain sacks. 'These all come from <a href="http://www.johnderian.com/">John Derian</a>,' [Jesse] Carrier says. 'He has a roomful and you just pick through, or you can find them at flea markets. They're not fragile. Just throw them in the wash.' Brocante silverware chandelier from Interieurs."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Country house in upstate New York.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Francesco Lagnese.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Simplify It" interview by Christine Pittel.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (June 2011).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbK96ia87LZKbLFIt5SebuJ8GrQ8Xwcab5E7L2CTDxdaPKIC6YspcLo1gf3935dOAFVthxvGgMiPll0L-nzyCqjWaFihT9DMJi_A_dho2EreaMj822fsOTxfsWjOUhqWdWkfbq4gGZjn2/s1600/101490761_w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbK96ia87LZKbLFIt5SebuJ8GrQ8Xwcab5E7L2CTDxdaPKIC6YspcLo1gf3935dOAFVthxvGgMiPll0L-nzyCqjWaFihT9DMJi_A_dho2EreaMj822fsOTxfsWjOUhqWdWkfbq4gGZjn2/s640/101490761_w.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Side chairs in red-and-white stripe serve "as the perfect foil" to the chintz that covers the walls and furniture in the sun room.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Historic Neo-Georgian home in Morris County, New Jersey belonging to decorator </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Janet Simon and her family</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Janet Simon, <a href="http://www.janetsimoninc.com/">Janet Simon Inc.</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Bessler.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sabine Rothman.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/neo-georgian-renovation_ss9.html">Garden State Grandeur</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8P2e-r7W3L5UegSSPyGQ9_cqFUwXvcfXfYQgbe5wwtAtUzOThkshSoSPFm_EfvCSxrCPFSJSwFY1IlrIv6W-jkfnRT6fjkF9-BPwJPmoOlH3KsBk9DDME5q6IppAi4-ugWLUBhqipOIr1/s1600/img_storybooklogcabin_8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8P2e-r7W3L5UegSSPyGQ9_cqFUwXvcfXfYQgbe5wwtAtUzOThkshSoSPFm_EfvCSxrCPFSJSwFY1IlrIv6W-jkfnRT6fjkF9-BPwJPmoOlH3KsBk9DDME5q6IppAi4-ugWLUBhqipOIr1/s640/img_storybooklogcabin_8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Antique spool-turned beds and a new red-checked rug make for a cozy loft bedroom. [Carole] Weaks chose graphic patterns that could stand up to the log walls, such as a bold red-and-white leaf pattern on bed pillows and draperies and a stripe on upholstered valances."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Carole Weaks, <a href="http://www.cweaksint.com/">C. Weaks Interiors, Inc.</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Emily Followill.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Amy Elbert.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/weekendlivingsecondhome/storybooklogcabin_ss8.html">Storybook Log Cabin</a>" produced by Lisa Mowry.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQciSMDCXno2y5_Mn_m7cBAnLaVVKRDYw3LNP7XBIULmRtC_48pWNSAGQHkpBB2PK8yS9LUJrtHg6n6pTt2mJYtnj-MGKipO0Ug6oIv5KjIhvQ434icGtuGYl_4l1EvE_a4sh3bjIsauT/s1600/14-fulk-bed-0708-xlg-82608355-27753085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQciSMDCXno2y5_Mn_m7cBAnLaVVKRDYw3LNP7XBIULmRtC_48pWNSAGQHkpBB2PK8yS9LUJrtHg6n6pTt2mJYtnj-MGKipO0Ug6oIv5KjIhvQ434icGtuGYl_4l1EvE_a4sh3bjIsauT/s640/14-fulk-bed-0708-xlg-82608355-27753085.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'Overscale furniture kind of fools you into thinking the tented cabin is bigger than it is,' says [Ken] Fulk. Salvaged columns turn the Ralph Lauren bed into a virtual four-poster. 'I want people to feel pampered, which is why there are lots of pillows.' " </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bedding by <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/">Pottery Barn</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tented cabin owned and designed by <a href="http://www.kenfulk.com/">Ken Fulk</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/fulk-small-idyllic-0708?click=main_sr#slide-13">A Classic Cottage in Napa Valley</a>" by Christine Pittel.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (July 2008).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8MJ8C8qnV09Mgr0FyRmA3qa9Ra9SGniJT_75LP3BJl00brwmvp10o4uKOrnbf3CgMW79vwqsn83vXh9uy9D-TrCCMUCDXy18R5gZS_wPLJsPFHfodZFgg44TdvswvVT4jk3lPzrnJky4/s1600/EDC090112Turner02-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8MJ8C8qnV09Mgr0FyRmA3qa9Ra9SGniJT_75LP3BJl00brwmvp10o4uKOrnbf3CgMW79vwqsn83vXh9uy9D-TrCCMUCDXy18R5gZS_wPLJsPFHfodZFgg44TdvswvVT4jk3lPzrnJky4/s640/EDC090112Turner02-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malibu beachside apartment of Eric Hughes and Nathan Turner.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Martin Bourne.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/beach-house-interiors-nathan-turner-and-eric-hughes#slide-9">Catching a Wave</a>" by David A. Keeps.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Jx08GfBBt1B69NOfbircjiRuGFuAAm-lQxKXrVqh0bbXrJ7G2MYgA_d0WaXptwXl6ZbPKKzZfnPoc-GFCtX_xe_JSduMeBOZ1KNdytB7Y_423n4mZTXdgclfCfAkLUtSVG_rCmiiCzd4/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.striped-rooms-09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Jx08GfBBt1B69NOfbircjiRuGFuAAm-lQxKXrVqh0bbXrJ7G2MYgA_d0WaXptwXl6ZbPKKzZfnPoc-GFCtX_xe_JSduMeBOZ1KNdytB7Y_423n4mZTXdgclfCfAkLUtSVG_rCmiiCzd4/s640/item8.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.striped-rooms-09.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"London designer Nicholas Haslam and his colleague Colette van den Thillart looked to vintage issues of French <i>Vogue</i> and the work of Elsie de Wolfe for inspiration when they decorated Villa Corinne, a guesthouse in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France. To add punch to this hall that leads to a monochromatic bedroom, they covered it in a hand-blocked red-and-white awning stripe wallpaper. 'The bedroom is white on white, so we wanted to make a statement of color and pattern at the entrance,' Haslam explained."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.nh-design.co.uk/">NH Design</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Derry Moore.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Michael Peppiatt.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2008-03/nh_slideshow#slide=10">Dreaming on the Cote d'Azur</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (March 2008).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPZJPGa_YDnv3ZXHtgv2g_LvUEjHAhYwXNY5UT1iDhRvERfpOOUvSwvVXJIrLmHZhd4DxV70foPy4CQ1UuxCrI8zQ2NBDfS1EZJ1ro5gYuOvbkEzSzmz49bAQ9CCs_gA4uk8uid1ZIeTy/s1600/BlogChristmasJackyeLanham3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPZJPGa_YDnv3ZXHtgv2g_LvUEjHAhYwXNY5UT1iDhRvERfpOOUvSwvVXJIrLmHZhd4DxV70foPy4CQ1UuxCrI8zQ2NBDfS1EZJ1ro5gYuOvbkEzSzmz49bAQ9CCs_gA4uk8uid1ZIeTy/s640/BlogChristmasJackyeLanham3.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The small roll-top desk was purchased in Charleston and displays pairs of coin silver mugs and bowls and leather books."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charleston, South Carolina pied-a-terre of Atlanta decorator Jackye Lanham and her husband Bill.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://jackyelanham.com/">Jackye Lanham</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Charleston Gem" by Jill Kirchner Simpson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Southern Accents.</span></div>

Red and White Stripes

In each stocking there was a pair of bright red mittens, and there was a long, flat stick of red-and-white-striped peppermint candy, all bea...

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In Honor of Christopher Columbus

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second Monday of October is a federal holiday in the United States to celebrate Christopher Columbus, the explorer (believed to have been born in Genoa) who arrived in the New World - the Americas - in 1492. Columbus left Spain in search of a new trade route to Japan but instead landed on an island in the Bahamas. He named this place San Salvador. Columbus received credit for being the first European to discover the Americas, although the Norseman Leif Ericson actually arrived in North America almost 500 years before the Genoese navigator. In celebration of  Columbus and all sea travelers, I share some images of sailors, ships and maps . . .</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19hDngfaREld7ejns7dBaUx67vfg66DkuBSfNtSdgbjkJtIzWHZtFI-CQQyKatw4pXQVBgZd4aQaNtT55tZ4alckA8PDUwU1g4Aq-64hWnhBuwCv3Qe-1ukGdr5opURtCtH0jhHJ1seBU/s1600/BlogSeawothyLisaLubyRyan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19hDngfaREld7ejns7dBaUx67vfg66DkuBSfNtSdgbjkJtIzWHZtFI-CQQyKatw4pXQVBgZd4aQaNtT55tZ4alckA8PDUwU1g4Aq-64hWnhBuwCv3Qe-1ukGdr5opURtCtH0jhHJ1seBU/s640/BlogSeawothyLisaLubyRyan.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Handmade 19th-c. and 20th-c. ships in bottles. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shell frame and lamp, both 19th-c. English."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dallas, Texas home of designer Lisa Luby Ryan and her sailor husband, Jay Ryan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.lisalubyryan.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Luby Ryan</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Aimee Herring.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Linda E. Clopton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Welcome Glow" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda </a>(2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LNHP2Tf0tNRGY-flvak8an_kYZUUiTNETj7Z1fg1ff-v64qNL_0RtdEREUsORJi_Nse0jJFAYA_JtlO5uLW-IByYBVCvA3-0rtowMM08rHE9VSd_W5QXWUZqLmvpBiI2pnXoXMeK7nJN/s1600/BlogSeaworthyLisaLubyRyan2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LNHP2Tf0tNRGY-flvak8an_kYZUUiTNETj7Z1fg1ff-v64qNL_0RtdEREUsORJi_Nse0jJFAYA_JtlO5uLW-IByYBVCvA3-0rtowMM08rHE9VSd_W5QXWUZqLmvpBiI2pnXoXMeK7nJN/s640/BlogSeaworthyLisaLubyRyan2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Handmade 19th-c. and 20th-c. ships in bottles."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dallas, Texas home of designer Lisa Luby Ryan and her sailor husband, Jay Ryan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.lisalubyryan.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Luby Ryan</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Aimee Herring.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Linda E. Clopton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Welcome Glow" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXuo6UPQySNUm87RULAX0ieVSi_rbQ86r3kvAgfmFtSSWvD7Qq_BlICT2XMm0RmHahTZSsjsRLVK4L-472Hrrv4VSzkuSrb19-2Oqe3M7U6ulwqgtubLwcpULZyZA4utYJcUo2PwA0iYI/s1600/BlogOldManoftheSeaVeranda2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXuo6UPQySNUm87RULAX0ieVSi_rbQ86r3kvAgfmFtSSWvD7Qq_BlICT2XMm0RmHahTZSsjsRLVK4L-472Hrrv4VSzkuSrb19-2Oqe3M7U6ulwqgtubLwcpULZyZA4utYJcUo2PwA0iYI/s640/BlogOldManoftheSeaVeranda2008.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Seaside painting and crystal chandelier, both 19th-c. French. <a href="http://olystudio.com/" target="_blank">Oly</a> side chairs in raffia around oak table from Old Timber Table Co."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dallas, Texas home of designer Lisa Luby Ryan and her sailor husband, Jay Ryan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.lisalubyryan.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Luby Ryan</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Aimee Herring.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Linda E. Clopton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Welcome Glow" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda </a>(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/AVvXsEh9sP5Ghphj5yqW4UdKOY1IuLvUPCruO1BJxyUtvflftrGdTA3-EUZ4uaCijvKIhZtvdrDPPxR67a7na-tihGM9IJtBPydNbWAWaB5hpASjQUcvH5GXWYnljY87JtRGktIDzYZVamlvq5fI/s1600/0910-miller-decor-detailing-10-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sP5Ghphj5yqW4UdKOY1IuLvUPCruO1BJxyUtvflftrGdTA3-EUZ4uaCijvKIhZtvdrDPPxR67a7na-tihGM9IJtBPydNbWAWaB5hpASjQUcvH5GXWYnljY87JtRGktIDzYZVamlvq5fI/s640/0910-miller-decor-detailing-10-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A winsome flea market portrait leans against a wicker lamp from <a href="http://www.pompominteriors.com/" target="_blank">Pom Pom</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carolyn Espley-Miller's Carpinteria, California home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Carolyn Espley-Miller.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by David Tsay.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/white-beach-house-in-california-0910?click=main_sr#slide-9" target="_blank">White Wash</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (September 2010).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxvp8i7jo_sv_z0LP2ZPQBtG3nF4qRQgVDoh5wNezy2NeGsZWzVWLB4wA3QfdREy8-TU01d5CYhxRWA50f26dWnGuwo7HzrxsR6d4Z_gPoErYwdzpeN2NGy1EIq-PMWpMxF5U_htphvMM/s1600/country-home-design-ideas-0511-06-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxvp8i7jo_sv_z0LP2ZPQBtG3nF4qRQgVDoh5wNezy2NeGsZWzVWLB4wA3QfdREy8-TU01d5CYhxRWA50f26dWnGuwo7HzrxsR6d4Z_gPoErYwdzpeN2NGy1EIq-PMWpMxF5U_htphvMM/s640/country-home-design-ideas-0511-06-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Nautical artwork and a C. Jere nickel sculpture frame a window in [Patrick] Printy's studio, where a Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams sofa is paired with a Moroccan tray table by Roost; a lamp by Artemide sits on a mahogany table inherited from [Dan] Holland's grandmother, and the vintage screen is decoupaged with maps found at flea markets in Florida."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sonoma County, California home of Patrick Printy and Dan Holland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.patrickprinty.com/" target="_blank">Patrick Printy</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Laura Resen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Kathleen Hackett.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Stephen Pappas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/contemporary-meets-colonial#slide-6" target="_blank">Dutch Treat</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (May 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbMNRcXu9j23u4LzqJaoG-Si07LSpzbeSJgTD53zttpWOchr_c776vDcqXCUN9gl0gEi3auyUn6b7Xw_A0JHVMdKEDlvuaZzhHlfrFJSRixkYNWk9wJI3i1EX3pdDEjOwteLnAgtpZe_9/s1600/hbx-atlas-world-map-wallpaper-15-1010-de-85974095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbMNRcXu9j23u4LzqJaoG-Si07LSpzbeSJgTD53zttpWOchr_c776vDcqXCUN9gl0gEi3auyUn6b7Xw_A0JHVMdKEDlvuaZzhHlfrFJSRixkYNWk9wJI3i1EX3pdDEjOwteLnAgtpZe_9/s640/hbx-atlas-world-map-wallpaper-15-1010-de-85974095.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"To add character to the boys' bedroom. [Daniel] Sachs blew up an antique map and papered one wall. Galigai pillow fabric from <a href="http://www.claremontfurnishing.com/" target="_blank">Claremont</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Daniel Sachs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/global-antique-decor-1010#slide-14" target="_blank">Classic and Worldly</a>" interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (October 2010).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_tqMvWCTzTziPxWfegAWT5HgrZDUmHKt2ZAXmK0mHZ9_X4ebepkKDhTic3AmayZEsWHu2WwioXrGQa1ojjjCpnHVHeAudgGnWECFNtP8S-XB_wb6Wz1M3KJgFuPXZc0FtgemGPH75yPG/s1600/tufted-cushion-white-victorian-sofa-0712-dempster09-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_tqMvWCTzTziPxWfegAWT5HgrZDUmHKt2ZAXmK0mHZ9_X4ebepkKDhTic3AmayZEsWHu2WwioXrGQa1ojjjCpnHVHeAudgGnWECFNtP8S-XB_wb6Wz1M3KJgFuPXZc0FtgemGPH75yPG/s640/tufted-cushion-white-victorian-sofa-0712-dempster09-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kim Dempster's weekend house in Marin County, California.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://erinmartindesign.com/" target="_blank">Erin Martin</a> and Kim Dempster.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Alec Hemer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/beach-house-decor-ideas-0712#slide-4" target="_blank">A Chic California Beach House</a>" by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzyNitxYDUT_algp8JhHP0lbY51m5Kn5Dn9Y48rKJT70zPDQjjZ77UrdAats97Qm1ATiTXlmTrCN-9u0hxDbG1GzzVz1JafGTsnaAimg4JC5eYMDV8syV6EI9VZ8vo1Krz6NxQd31WR_s/s1600/vintage-pull-down-map-striped-walls-0712-dempster10-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzyNitxYDUT_algp8JhHP0lbY51m5Kn5Dn9Y48rKJT70zPDQjjZ77UrdAats97Qm1ATiTXlmTrCN-9u0hxDbG1GzzVz1JafGTsnaAimg4JC5eYMDV8syV6EI9VZ8vo1Krz6NxQd31WR_s/s640/vintage-pull-down-map-striped-walls-0712-dempster10-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A vintage pull-down map bought on eBay hides the TV."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kim Dempster's weekend house in Marin County, California.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://erinmartindesign.com/" target="_blank">Erin Martin</a> and Kim Dempster.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Alec Hemer.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/beach-house-decor-ideas-0712#slide-10" target="_blank">A Chic California Beach House" by</a> Christine Pittel.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2012).</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHu_2DNkBSE90wp7sgJOiJkyoScGWBfAK87np1fqoQU5uKmrWqUQ5RTI9CNzD0_HyTlWkGF61HteSDPeE4vuYfToXloDfBZCbTLo7BPepro-wgS3knqIlEfO422PfE6YmQNIk8Tl_pMo/s1600/steven-gambrel-remodel-ed0711-09-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHu_2DNkBSE90wp7sgJOiJkyoScGWBfAK87np1fqoQU5uKmrWqUQ5RTI9CNzD0_HyTlWkGF61HteSDPeE4vuYfToXloDfBZCbTLo7BPepro-wgS3knqIlEfO422PfE6YmQNIk8Tl_pMo/s640/steven-gambrel-remodel-ed0711-09-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"World maps roll down from bookshelves in the playroom."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan apartment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.srgambrel.com/" target="_blank">Steven Gambrel</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/room-to-grow#slide-7" target="_blank">Room to Grow</a>" by David Colman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (July - August 2011).</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/AVvXsEgRPtxpKHOy0sAwg0gK7LLe4RHaYaYoEfsZHx9mgXNFctpb_EVjRTWkUVpDQ0MRhcC64PbQ7SCXyEUmrt2rlChjzsrHdqPnCETveEBUY5PtJ5xj5XwkE3q-yKovn2OVAJzxLk-hXxVGVBgU/s1600/0310-coleman-01-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPtxpKHOy0sAwg0gK7LLe4RHaYaYoEfsZHx9mgXNFctpb_EVjRTWkUVpDQ0MRhcC64PbQ7SCXyEUmrt2rlChjzsrHdqPnCETveEBUY5PtJ5xj5XwkE3q-yKovn2OVAJzxLk-hXxVGVBgU/s640/0310-coleman-01-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"For the walls of the 'map room,' artist Lori Barnaby painted a nautical chart of Long Island in the style of a blueprint, 'In keeping with the theme,' says designer Kim Coleman, 'the blues of the sofa, chairs, rug, and accessories create an aquatic aura. . . . An antique library chair is covered in <a href="http://www.edelmanleather.com/" target="_blank">Edelman</a> leather."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Southampton, New York beach house.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.kimcoleman.com/" target="_blank">Kim Coleman</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by James Merrell.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/blue-beach-house-0310?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">A Beach House as Blue as the Ocean</a>" by Bob Morris.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (March 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgro1YCtMrDEoLv3UXFg80kXi1HXdgBxM6LiUMC7biA5slA0FTqTsUzLWSYc-tNrhHrz0ks_p6m6fL4z7r18pyHNW_sCpIB5eTTI4qiGstcW-wzXMubilI7egPceWs9k4Ny1cJTrd2jLhZ9/s1600/2-sendus-davideaston-0608-xlg-13393883.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgro1YCtMrDEoLv3UXFg80kXi1HXdgBxM6LiUMC7biA5slA0FTqTsUzLWSYc-tNrhHrz0ks_p6m6fL4z7r18pyHNW_sCpIB5eTTI4qiGstcW-wzXMubilI7egPceWs9k4Ny1cJTrd2jLhZ9/s640/2-sendus-davideaston-0608-xlg-13393883.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'My universal equinoctial ring dial is English and dates from about 1730. Essentially, it's a type of sundial that allows you to tell the time wherever you are in the world, as long as the sun is shining. It was cutting-edge technology at the time, and these were important navigational tools for sailors. I've set it and seen it work, but I don't have all the technical know-how to really use it properly. I bought it because it's beautiful - a combination of art, science, and mathematics,' " said by designer <a href="http://www.davideastoninc.com/" target="_blank">David Easton</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/send-picture-accessory-0608#slide-2" target="_blank">Send Us a Picture of . . . Your Favorite Accessory</a>" by Shax Riegler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (June 2008). </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rHvewh0A_YGXUvc5NqeToQTwktGZDn1vIqryTnvkLzVkzuYP5y629QwI6rOTrbxnJs49PF0VgL91m-lFfQ3aTVkI2lEsGL6HnZcY8x6noeBAWwBGRcn0c7joIjZQnWwXLxrQ2h3L1dkf/s1600/gwynn-griffith-ed0911-08-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rHvewh0A_YGXUvc5NqeToQTwktGZDn1vIqryTnvkLzVkzuYP5y629QwI6rOTrbxnJs49PF0VgL91m-lFfQ3aTVkI2lEsGL6HnZcY8x6noeBAWwBGRcn0c7joIjZQnWwXLxrQ2h3L1dkf/s640/gwynn-griffith-ed0911-08-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A zinc bathtub and a tumbled-travertine floor in the guest bath; a marble platter atop an Italian base serves as a table."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Former factory in San Antonio, Texas that is now the home of Gwynn Griffth.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Gwynn Griffith.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Willian Waldron.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/texas-treasure#slide-8" target="_blank">Texas Treasure</a>" by Rob Brinkley.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (September 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPt_gx4sHGRxNQdKxPHI27jqgG5IomZNGdhFBI5AUwoB0EA8OkAWTWnnCO29qW57lC0KE0quRvzvZyyTgZU-ZZ5orToYndpX4FJh7Xe5dgRD4MkTj6lZdWJz8tSBsY7LPB1kDkA5DgmOIP/s1600/BlogSeaworthyADMarch2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPt_gx4sHGRxNQdKxPHI27jqgG5IomZNGdhFBI5AUwoB0EA8OkAWTWnnCO29qW57lC0KE0quRvzvZyyTgZU-ZZ5orToYndpX4FJh7Xe5dgRD4MkTj6lZdWJz8tSBsY7LPB1kDkA5DgmOIP/s640/BlogSeaworthyADMarch2011.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A crystal-and-jade ship light fixture by Claire Cormier-Fauvel sparkles in the library. Facing the vintage Pierre Paulin sofa are chairs custom made by Gina Bianco and a 1960s cocktail table by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne. The rug is by Fedora Design."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan townhouse of Muriel Brandolini and her family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Muriel Brandolini.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Peaceable Kingdom" produced by Howard Christian. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (March 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lQ3A6zRo-rYq8551i2aWWax_5GXc1xoGHcw7OlVn8oZkwHvqU-WJfW11TzxwtIpb3OhqyY5U-4tezPSZ3B06VK93rNXMwoQ6iS1YE4UYAnuSvHp-wemA61zBigUPVe0K44eVX2oM69_S/s1600/BlogSeaworthyDomino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lQ3A6zRo-rYq8551i2aWWax_5GXc1xoGHcw7OlVn8oZkwHvqU-WJfW11TzxwtIpb3OhqyY5U-4tezPSZ3B06VK93rNXMwoQ6iS1YE4UYAnuSvHp-wemA61zBigUPVe0K44eVX2oM69_S/s640/BlogSeaworthyDomino.jpg" width="578" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Crystal Ship" from <a href="http://www.zgallerie.com/" target="_blank">zgallerie</a>. "Beverly" chairs from <a href="http://www.olystudio.com/" target="_blank">Oly</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomagazine.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (March 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGu1kjf5ZSeLgSH76Sj0jaAnv15mw5iHkbXYeJ33FY-rukHC6QBHypEI41D0Z7sgbh3ruCFmDaUnQ2SxdNiqCswRHYhgfZIApVYo4LyBNEX_YosTV039Cc18apF3jd0Rviop0Gqpvh7MEh/s1600/BlogSeaworthyVerandaJulyAugust2006+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGu1kjf5ZSeLgSH76Sj0jaAnv15mw5iHkbXYeJ33FY-rukHC6QBHypEI41D0Z7sgbh3ruCFmDaUnQ2SxdNiqCswRHYhgfZIApVYo4LyBNEX_YosTV039Cc18apF3jd0Rviop0Gqpvh7MEh/s640/BlogSeaworthyVerandaJulyAugust2006+(2).jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.canopydesigns.com/" target="_blank">Canopy Designs</a> chandelier. Mirrored chest by BeachDwelling."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seaside, Florida cottage of Mary and Joe Clark.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Mary Clark and Jessica Hawkins.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Scott Merrill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Chris Little.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jennifer Ash.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Coastal Cues - Seaside's Radiance Captured" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (July - August 2006).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKN9iHPCAGB4iU5p1SsqZYe1yYOvvP5xK3TEYKr1PfEZx-Jq5-WXK9QSvlIb3uU61Ql_a7_pGLziJCn4nf3mcksIbLiAMN4EALpmlx82dwotUY_mmdx5cbbVdBB2yb6_UixR9bhjf6pat9/s1600/hbx-0611-fulk15-ship-shaped-glass-chandelier-de%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/AVvXsEjKN9iHPCAGB4iU5p1SsqZYe1yYOvvP5xK3TEYKr1PfEZx-Jq5-WXK9QSvlIb3uU61Ql_a7_pGLziJCn4nf3mcksIbLiAMN4EALpmlx82dwotUY_mmdx5cbbVdBB2yb6_UixR9bhjf6pat9/s640/hbx-0611-fulk15-ship-shaped-glass-chandelier-de%5B1%5D.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The crystal ship chandelier 'was a whimsical last-minute selection,' says designer Ken Fulk about the master bath in a Victorian San Franciscan house. Floor tiles by <a href="http://www.annsacks.com/" target="_blank">Ann Sacks</a>. <a href="http://www.sunrisespecialty.com/" target="_blank">Sunrise Specialty</a> tub."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.kenfulk.com/" target="_blank">Ken Fulk</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Francesco Lagnese.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<span id="goog_659402321"></span><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/san-francisco-victorian-ken-fulk-0611?click=main_sr#slide-15" target="_blank">Dressing Up a San Francisco Victorian</a><span id="goog_659402322"></span>" by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoDSswaISoQs9jADw3qs7D8AoNC6AccAnZSyY0ed9J3AWO64lOeNC1gOkIweUKh7cOALqKycEr7fau2hJ1gh4eqc5y38pr1pxaiC7suDdy5-HqTpw-FDYSc5uERL-uPXZWDizSS729nxh/s1600/BlogSeaworthyVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoDSswaISoQs9jADw3qs7D8AoNC6AccAnZSyY0ed9J3AWO64lOeNC1gOkIweUKh7cOALqKycEr7fau2hJ1gh4eqc5y38pr1pxaiC7suDdy5-HqTpw-FDYSc5uERL-uPXZWDizSS729nxh/s640/BlogSeaworthyVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David Flint Wood's study at <a href="http://www.hibiscushillharbourisland.com/" target="_blank">Hibiscus Hill</a>, the home in the Bahamas that he shares with India Hicks and their four children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation, interior design and landscape design by India Hicks and David Flint Wood.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographed and produced by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Island Girl" written by India Hicks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (May - June 2011).</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/AVvXsEgePF9yCDTihaK57JafDaNnvNHxCwS4iMJmhk2jsDnj52RCnzakFjeEOOK5hUOXHwx9iHnPiGrDMGQt9XmnBSUZDhuGvCFCyJ9hU7ZR_QxOOHwsgm6FN0xfjZr6b8qljH7L34L15FRSVOl0/s1600/homes-charleston-cohler-12-0309_MD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgePF9yCDTihaK57JafDaNnvNHxCwS4iMJmhk2jsDnj52RCnzakFjeEOOK5hUOXHwx9iHnPiGrDMGQt9XmnBSUZDhuGvCFCyJ9hU7ZR_QxOOHwsgm6FN0xfjZr6b8qljH7L34L15FRSVOl0/s640/homes-charleston-cohler-12-0309_MD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Original 1809 carved mantel over fireplace. Mahogany acorn post bed, inspired by 1840s design, by Thomas O'Brien for Hickory Chair. Ceiling lantern by Circa Lighting."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charleston, South Carolina home of New York designer Eric Cohler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jeff McNamara.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/charleston-single-house-cohler-0208#slide-12" target="_blank">A Charleston Single House with Attitude</a>" by Elizabeth Gaynor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (February 2008).</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/AVvXsEjP1Q7k783Xzp4upHRt6Mvcay-a79QLqH1ho2RxkxOkBQ4RsNtn4nP1GnqzTnR3CA0utNJBtOiokpYthgyFuzSLZKZR4bSPZiRZUwwNUCRTQKqb5buChTUQ0EAObkMl9KpdH7jM5Gh_9S3T/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.nina-griscom-apartment-04-living-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1Q7k783Xzp4upHRt6Mvcay-a79QLqH1ho2RxkxOkBQ4RsNtn4nP1GnqzTnR3CA0utNJBtOiokpYthgyFuzSLZKZR4bSPZiRZUwwNUCRTQKqb5buChTUQ0EAObkMl9KpdH7jM5Gh_9S3T/s640/item3.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.nina-griscom-apartment-04-living-room.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The shagreen desk and chair are by <a href="http://www.garrisonrousseau.com/" target="_blank">Garrison Rousseau</a>; the galleon drawing is one of several formerly owned by fashion designer Bill Blass."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan duplex of Nina Griscom and Leonel Piraino.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Nina Griscom.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-02/nina-griscom-manhattan-apartment-slideshow#slide=4" target="_blank">Nina Griscom's Elegant Manhattan Apartment</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (February 2012).</span></div>

In Honor of Christopher Columbus

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Shower or Bath?

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shower or bath - which do you prefer? A beautiful freestanding tub is like sculpture in a room. It can add a vintage touch, a bit of glamour or possibly, a private place to enjoy a beautiful view. Practically speaking, a tub is a necessity for households with young children. While a soak in a luxurious tub is a relaxing way to unwind, an energizing shower is the perfect way to start a new day. Overhead and wall-mounted shower heads provide invigorating massage. Glass shower enclosures contain water while keeping bathroom interiors light and open. So, which is better -- shower or bath? If space and budget permit, the best bathroom is one that offers both. Here are some options . . .</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgau8fLVz93ECLdk9JXOtc16VfmYVeCp5K7tSGkSrSHKooIztZTA_v4Atnv4n8kS7AGQYA5_7bwayP5wmaRq5hlC64mmcCl-NH8ChUJfX_2gZ4NBXFDiYIJ4-YFZrazDtyEqZ-WmWThl9M/s1600/hbx0512Brahler13-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgau8fLVz93ECLdk9JXOtc16VfmYVeCp5K7tSGkSrSHKooIztZTA_v4Atnv4n8kS7AGQYA5_7bwayP5wmaRq5hlC64mmcCl-NH8ChUJfX_2gZ4NBXFDiYIJ4-YFZrazDtyEqZ-WmWThl9M/s640/hbx0512Brahler13-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The master bath's chocolaty walls play up the brilliant whites of a recycled tub, curtains in Kally Almost White sheer from Hancock Fabrics, and Daltile floor and shower tiles. The crystal light fixture is a 1980s update of old-school glamour."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jacksonville, Illinois home of Annie Brahler, owner of <a href="http://euro-trash.us/" target="_blank">EuroTrash</a>, which offers interior design, styling and customized buying trips.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Annie Brahler.</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;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ideas/annie-brahler-interview-0512" target="_blank">Interview </a>by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (May 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOs3_kjVdweUaIqUYpICFJI1pK6qHZ0UzZ6w0EUGuNFFmmmZz5BbNFwba1qqxaAvEuXF5nshDWzwEGAPbkvgLBXu2PyBQfSeodcfDCnikFP5mOQk6DQkGHYjGanY0qous82-O9m2TGC0/s1600/hbx0611fulk15-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOs3_kjVdweUaIqUYpICFJI1pK6qHZ0UzZ6w0EUGuNFFmmmZz5BbNFwba1qqxaAvEuXF5nshDWzwEGAPbkvgLBXu2PyBQfSeodcfDCnikFP5mOQk6DQkGHYjGanY0qous82-O9m2TGC0/s640/hbx0611fulk15-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The crystal ship chandelier 'was a whimsical last-minute selection,' says designer Ken Fulk about the master bath in a Victorian San Franciscan house. Floor tile from <a href="http://www.annsacks.com/" target="_blank">Ann Sacks</a>. <a href="http://www.sunrisespecialty.com/" target="_blank">Sunrise Specialty Tub</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.kenfulk.com/" target="_blank">Ken Fulk</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Francesco Lagnese.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/san-francisco-victorian-ken-fulk-0611#slide-15" target="_blank">Dress it Up</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (June 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMNgBvYwrLIASkK2sUbmIeH1mgaQ3HmcO8f_P7kiX4kG1YCR-uoSQJhKlo6ZlCzEpp8bmIFzwUeu4lHB8aXkuvVwVYRPJETcIss4eRQWXVDgq8OFci1XnSQPozfHU-XkiP_tjsJXYQuY/s1600/hbx-glass-enclosed-shower-1210-bath03-de-76060307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMNgBvYwrLIASkK2sUbmIeH1mgaQ3HmcO8f_P7kiX4kG1YCR-uoSQJhKlo6ZlCzEpp8bmIFzwUeu4lHB8aXkuvVwVYRPJETcIss4eRQWXVDgq8OFci1XnSQPozfHU-XkiP_tjsJXYQuY/s640/hbx-glass-enclosed-shower-1210-bath03-de-76060307.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Glass walls make it feel as if the shower takes up less space. Fixtures from the .25 collection by <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" target="_blank">Waterworks</a>." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The white pebble mosaic in the shower was designed to create a "subtle feeling of the beach." Radiant heat under the marble floor. Glass shower sealed with silicone to waterproof it. Clear plastic gasket on door.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The photo below shows the .25 Freestanding Oval Tub by Waterworks more clearly.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greenwich, Connecticut bathroom designed by Peter Mark and Elizabeth Needham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Julian Wass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stylist: Gregory Bissonnette.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/white-waterfront-bath-1210?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">Bath of the Month</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</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/AVvXsEgJr8uDm7-7rW1HK5-Wfz-iL-tee-M3ZGGBcFhYw7xDw8WPX92Qx2L2zegTUvLR8e-rcHyi8QwYOPXa1D1yJehdDrDm6BXdxpkjj3nJdKNpCfiGBn7G3flHU2-lJkSW2nfSBz9Mj0E92TY/s1600/hbx-modular-bathtub-1210-bath02-de-17071151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJr8uDm7-7rW1HK5-Wfz-iL-tee-M3ZGGBcFhYw7xDw8WPX92Qx2L2zegTUvLR8e-rcHyi8QwYOPXa1D1yJehdDrDm6BXdxpkjj3nJdKNpCfiGBn7G3flHU2-lJkSW2nfSBz9Mj0E92TY/s640/hbx-modular-bathtub-1210-bath02-de-17071151.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The .25 Freestanding Oval tub by <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" target="_blank">Waterworks</a> has clean, sculptural lines." This tub is deeper than usual tubs. "It's a real soaking tub. You can have water up to your shoulders. . . . When you set it at an angle, it looks more ethereal. We also placed it to face the best view. We have a truly spectacular spot on Long Island Sound, and we wanted to keep everything simple so it wouldn't detract from the view."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>This tub is the companion to the glass lined shower pictured above.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greenwich, Connecticut bathroom designed by Peter Mark and Elizabeth Needham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Julian Wass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stylist: Gregory Bissonnette.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/white-waterfront-bath-1210?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">Bath of the Month</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</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/AVvXsEjX_hjxKRPmBIS9xwCogTACXU-QOK-OPNECDBcqtSG0N-x5Q1APioftgc7qDzKR4_ITEDnN0emBASRtg-dgsML9fmmGmcpk6uJjpJ6jqYfToIPd1ErhlECKpa4y_V-EvfOEz1O2vDAvigs/s1600/BlogShowerandTubEDOct2012Two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_hjxKRPmBIS9xwCogTACXU-QOK-OPNECDBcqtSG0N-x5Q1APioftgc7qDzKR4_ITEDnN0emBASRtg-dgsML9fmmGmcpk6uJjpJ6jqYfToIPd1ErhlECKpa4y_V-EvfOEz1O2vDAvigs/s640/BlogShowerandTubEDOct2012Two.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A tub with <a href="http://www.lefroybrooks.com/" target="_blank">Lefroy Brooks</a> fittings in the master bath; the towel stand is custom made, and the mantel is original to the house."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>See picture below for shower room that accompanies this bath.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">London home of Kim Hersov, editor-at-large for <i>Harper's Bazaar UK</i>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Celia Barbour.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"London Assurance" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (October 2012).</span></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSt9MIe2cNqu67BgSnRPVmyHt9nOFcCYggCpkGL6bDN7bLEm7B5-VuRadxUiFh2ozBBavP5Kv6wkShyphenhyphensSML6mQQSsRSGWk8R8FsQvDsi3taJKHkvWydnTIXCH2M1u3bNpjCBlRyLAO4c/s1600/BlogShowerandTubEDOct2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSt9MIe2cNqu67BgSnRPVmyHt9nOFcCYggCpkGL6bDN7bLEm7B5-VuRadxUiFh2ozBBavP5Kv6wkShyphenhyphensSML6mQQSsRSGWk8R8FsQvDsi3taJKHkvWydnTIXCH2M1u3bNpjCBlRyLAO4c/s640/BlogShowerandTubEDOct2012.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Shower room that accompanies tub pictured above</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The shower room is sheathed in horn tiles, and the floor is teak."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">London home of Kim Hersov, editor-at-large of <i>Harper's Bazaar UK</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.<br />Text by Celia Barbour.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"London Assurance" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">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/AVvXsEgVQFufj6FJHssUtpKmTdCouJdh6vaZrM8sZrh10XEb-Tk4R_NH3V909TSWpIc4YOR_p87-f5GyL9yOBb2otpfgJXO66Fst3sBmZTSls9_nYcR_NI3NpMkloihrV8LKjZkw8mr-yJOtiXA/s1600/BlogShowerandTubVerandaNovDec2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQFufj6FJHssUtpKmTdCouJdh6vaZrM8sZrh10XEb-Tk4R_NH3V909TSWpIc4YOR_p87-f5GyL9yOBb2otpfgJXO66Fst3sBmZTSls9_nYcR_NI3NpMkloihrV8LKjZkw8mr-yJOtiXA/s640/BlogShowerandTubVerandaNovDec2010.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Seamless glass shower doors open up the space to create light and tranquility. Tub and fittings, <a href="http://www.kohler.com/" target="_blank">Kohler</a>. Art, Laurent Elie Badessi. Ceramic table, Christophe Delcourt for </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ralphpucci.net/" target="_blank">Ralph Pucci International</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greenwich, Connecticut home of Ralph Pucci.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.vicentewolf.com/" target="_blank">Vicente Wolf</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural design by Peter Glazer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Vicente Wolf.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Stephen Treffinger.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Comfort Zone" 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/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (November - December 2010).</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/AVvXsEhzyVfH81ysv4PnAFYexjI2FL_Wv9W3kGvF8fTdfOqJgtwvMSPiASyKtrOT_L1iMlrPWNgKdoZ_i3VaQ4yVlmkIabRLGrNDT2b6aWzeWAIUC9LHC2jqkZ7uQdKYm8VJ4LgfrYrj8IOjohU/s1600/open-showers-decorating-ideas-06-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzyVfH81ysv4PnAFYexjI2FL_Wv9W3kGvF8fTdfOqJgtwvMSPiASyKtrOT_L1iMlrPWNgKdoZ_i3VaQ4yVlmkIabRLGrNDT2b6aWzeWAIUC9LHC2jqkZ7uQdKYm8VJ4LgfrYrj8IOjohU/s640/open-showers-decorating-ideas-06-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the master bath of the Manhattan apartment of fashion designer Lela Rose, a partition of glass and steel shelters both an open shower for her husband and an antique claw-foot tub that she prefers. The nickel showerhead and fittings are from George Taylor Specialties in New York City."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Irresistible Open Showers" by Dickson Wong.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</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/AVvXsEgwcBwWxZejSXCCZyBwBcurpTilOwEieNneKYZ342S7B-sa7GEbW5IVUZcroyYuqmYMfX5n5TbGhekg-XwOt6RiaJdQL57KWorp3M4xUCn9w6Ng7WgQnsye8X1x4qG_ZJigqXMt_63mkiM/s1600/neunsinger-4-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcBwWxZejSXCCZyBwBcurpTilOwEieNneKYZ342S7B-sa7GEbW5IVUZcroyYuqmYMfX5n5TbGhekg-XwOt6RiaJdQL57KWorp3M4xUCn9w6Ng7WgQnsye8X1x4qG_ZJigqXMt_63mkiM/s640/neunsinger-4-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A claw-foot tub from</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.sunrisespecialty.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sunrise Specialty</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">adds a period touch to the master bathroom.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Waterworks</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">faucet."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amy Neunsinger's home in Los Angeles's Laurel Canyon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ranch-house-makeover?click=main_sr#slide-20" target="_blank">A Ranch House Makeover</a>" by Alexandra Mott.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4X0__LudBmdw58EPr_98665C0tLO_q0kC-FGgFDNtrviLh6Mb_GQFR-YLjjzJmqB1zRP0EAeP_ggzTbW2G2zJ1E2-C8bm2S3kQGbInxW8-5584PjDMiJtdQRKF45R5nazxx0P9JEwRI/s1600/neunsinger-9-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4X0__LudBmdw58EPr_98665C0tLO_q0kC-FGgFDNtrviLh6Mb_GQFR-YLjjzJmqB1zRP0EAeP_ggzTbW2G2zJ1E2-C8bm2S3kQGbInxW8-5584PjDMiJtdQRKF45R5nazxx0P9JEwRI/s640/neunsinger-9-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Amy Neunsinger's master bathroom is pictured above. Here is her guest bathroom. If a separate tub and shower enclosure are not feasible, a tub with a rain shower head can provide optimal bathing options.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"With its <a href="http://www.sunrisespecialty.com/" target="_blank">Sunrise Specialty</a> cast-iron tub and rain shower head, the guest bath is as inviting as a spa."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amy Neunsinger's home in Los Angeles's Laurel Canyon.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Amy Neunsinger.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ranch-house-makeover?click=main_sr#slide-14" target="_blank">A Ranch House Makeover</a>" by Alexandra Mott.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDEXW9S4CT6noYh5GUGYRFmJjkBA43sss0f49NXDewmXg7Qi25Ps2QBWYplSsSKGebycVaJbCLZm72EaFTglf-n4dK5bgT8gifE4o1Xq6JNj-rTbosJszBhQVt83zwSyuwWj5hPUYJuE/s1600/BlogShowerandTubDominoNov2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDEXW9S4CT6noYh5GUGYRFmJjkBA43sss0f49NXDewmXg7Qi25Ps2QBWYplSsSKGebycVaJbCLZm72EaFTglf-n4dK5bgT8gifE4o1Xq6JNj-rTbosJszBhQVt83zwSyuwWj5hPUYJuE/s640/BlogShowerandTubDominoNov2008.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Jenna] Lyons obsessively sprayed the fixtures with ocean water, so the brass would appear as seasoned as the herringbone floor."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tub (similar to shown): cast-iron claw foot at <a href="http://www.vintagetub.com/" target="_blank">Vintage Tub and Bath</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Faucet: "Regent" exposed thermostatic tub/shower from <a href="http://barwil.co.uk/" target="_blank">Barber Wilsons and Co</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chrome-plated brass towel rack from <a href="http://www.mysoninc.com/" target="_blank">Myson</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Niche Modern solitaire pendant from <a href="http://www.ylighting.com/" target="_blank">YLighting</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Former Park Slope, New York home of <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/" target="_blank">J. Crew</a>'s Jenna Lyons.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lauren Sandler.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Domino (November 2008).</span><br /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />

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