A Whiter Shade of Pale

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you wear white before Memorial Day? In honor of everyone who obeys the "no white after Labor Day" rule as well as those who choose to break it, I offer a whiter shade of pale . . .</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/AVvXsEjNXuXJ4lkCn_tFew_ngRvD6H7k_AzVj0_UDqQpt98_5V8_YBMKgKBK5xZQBxZ43oWjPTsWt0zW4tovABGdhMeni1-JxXtSZULEkaMINChPudtzshxFJKcPMnfJ9cmD8MU04EFDqYRpBFg/s1600/hbx-1210-nygren-hallway-curtains-28-de-84589153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXuXJ4lkCn_tFew_ngRvD6H7k_AzVj0_UDqQpt98_5V8_YBMKgKBK5xZQBxZ43oWjPTsWt0zW4tovABGdhMeni1-JxXtSZULEkaMINChPudtzshxFJKcPMnfJ9cmD8MU04EFDqYRpBFg/s640/hbx-1210-nygren-hallway-curtains-28-de-84589153.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer <a href="http://www.smithhanes.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Smith Hanes</a> "turned a negative into a fresh, beautiful positive: he broke up the long hallway leading to the master suite by adding a row of ethereal white portieres. Bedside tables are vintage John Dickinson."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marie and Steve Nygren's town house in the sustainable village of Serenbe - an eco-community the couple founded in Georgia.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Marie Nygren and <a href="http://www.smithhanes.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Smith Hanes</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographs by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/serenbe-community-1210?click=main_sr#slide-20" target="_blank">The New Utopia</a>"</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">House Beautiful</a> (December 2010 - January 2011).</span></div><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/AVvXsEjg_83QBRc59bLECxuwMAjcC6vN8IZ-8g8GyIVZf6br5ryPYy2Vofa_8c6LRrrqZSL8ELaLGC_hhagTyWO3ABsrmEcMYOORAZxFZY12hBnCF5awYaZfLC6ys4B1GCNRvlb2kU96xK5fqdA/s1600/comfortable_quirky_home_05-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_83QBRc59bLECxuwMAjcC6vN8IZ-8g8GyIVZf6br5ryPYy2Vofa_8c6LRrrqZSL8ELaLGC_hhagTyWO3ABsrmEcMYOORAZxFZY12hBnCF5awYaZfLC6ys4B1GCNRvlb2kU96xK5fqdA/s640/comfortable_quirky_home_05-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A wire dress form Carol [White] uses to examine the jewelry she designs adds a sculptural element to the white-tiled guest bath."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home of Jim and Carol White.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://erinmartindesign.com/projects.php?id=3#" target="_blank">Erin Martin Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Carte Blanche" by Susan Kleinman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Metropolitan Home (January 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMzCV79WTGt6fY5B1Yn130kjd4E9urK4Lv9OxNshuQQ0fbVqShuoGoT0eZpspmbJS-W1hpSJkuwsRah4KNVDdiV30ENAinDHIl-co4x9O9uTs0m3iKYp4r_BW382q3fqIsIr9kqCFouA/s1600/item12.rendition.slideshowVertical.steven-volpe-lewis-butler-13-bathroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMzCV79WTGt6fY5B1Yn130kjd4E9urK4Lv9OxNshuQQ0fbVqShuoGoT0eZpspmbJS-W1hpSJkuwsRah4KNVDdiV30ENAinDHIl-co4x9O9uTs0m3iKYp4r_BW382q3fqIsIr9kqCFouA/s640/item12.rendition.slideshowVertical.steven-volpe-lewis-butler-13-bathroom.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Calacatta gold marble and glass-front lacquered cabinetry give the master bath a cool sheen; the chandelier is by Emmanuel Babled, the tub is by <a href="http://www.kohler.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Kohler</a>, and the lounge chair, upholstered in Pratesi terry towels, is by Liz O'Brien."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Northern California home.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Steven Volpe, <a href="http://www.stevenvolpe.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Steven Volpe Design</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation by Lewis Butler, <a href="http://www.butlerarmsden.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Butler Armsden Architects</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mayer Rus.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-11/steven-volpe-lewis-butler-california-home-slideshow#/slide=13" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Power Play</a>" produced by Howard Christian.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2011).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirybVI7iAb5Tv1_xfylHh1MGUiexTHY8duvFBaSh9ZcIbxuXBaEi7_c9v6D8VSmC9TOkMwStifkb9tiGs4onskKQJaRqbU6Z9xkniYbwx1zyGHqKe7RCVprJ8H92hlzqPqOjKi21eh3uM/s1600/laquered-root-table-corner-sink-master-bedroom-0712-dempster18-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirybVI7iAb5Tv1_xfylHh1MGUiexTHY8duvFBaSh9ZcIbxuXBaEi7_c9v6D8VSmC9TOkMwStifkb9tiGs4onskKQJaRqbU6Z9xkniYbwx1zyGHqKe7RCVprJ8H92hlzqPqOjKi21eh3uM/s640/laquered-root-table-corner-sink-master-bedroom-0712-dempster18-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">"In the master bedroom, a lacquered root table from Erin Martin Design proves that big furniture works in a small space. A corner sink by Duravit reminds [Kim] Dempster of Europe."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Weekend house in Marin County, California belonging to Kim and Mark Dempster.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Interior design by Kim Dempster and <a href="http://erinmartindesign.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Erin Martin</a>.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Photography by Alec Hemer.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/beach-house-decor-ideas-0712#slide-14" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A Chic Little Beach House</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwS71ldlvSSnF_I4vVv7eeHAx3duOHNle7mM1lcZWf1NJycq7OrMR0zY5tiozCRRVCOAHKAOfQa7yuprJntX31CFpRzLQ92X06bDiyfd3pu7eSUlKmFYjZX-hy-bkZhyr3t2HlRtW-25o/s1600/mirrored-closet-doors-white-bedroom-arched-ceiling-0712-dempster22-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwS71ldlvSSnF_I4vVv7eeHAx3duOHNle7mM1lcZWf1NJycq7OrMR0zY5tiozCRRVCOAHKAOfQa7yuprJntX31CFpRzLQ92X06bDiyfd3pu7eSUlKmFYjZX-hy-bkZhyr3t2HlRtW-25o/s640/mirrored-closet-doors-white-bedroom-arched-ceiling-0712-dempster22-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">"Closet mirrors in the master bedroom expand the sense of space. The CB2 platform bed is covered in vintage French linen."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Interior design by Kim Dempster and <a href="http://erinmartindesign.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Erin Martin</a>.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Photography by Alec Hemer.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/beach-house-decor-ideas-0712#slide-13" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A Chic Little Beach House</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" 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/AVvXsEjn_BwhIhiIdzCfZSh57RHPIxGmOGLKydconYg9SxMz7KNpmMbZpC18q-Lu5vgAcc2fiCauvDRL8z1qYbZnaOba3fIy3z1MP9ewbkIBha5Jt5GnEE3VO-x_SLHi_T3ALPYc1PPeeYOCtuU/s1600/TradHomeLoiThai.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_BwhIhiIdzCfZSh57RHPIxGmOGLKydconYg9SxMz7KNpmMbZpC18q-Lu5vgAcc2fiCauvDRL8z1qYbZnaOba3fIy3z1MP9ewbkIBha5Jt5GnEE3VO-x_SLHi_T3ALPYc1PPeeYOCtuU/s640/TradHomeLoiThai.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the foyer, a floor mirror and a Swedish clock both stand 8 feet tall, accentuating the ceiling height."</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mora clock and mirror: Tone on Tone.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loi Thai's early-1900s four-level Edwardian townhouse in Bethesda, Maryland.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Loi Thai, <a href="http://tone-on-tone.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Tone on Tone</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Erik Johnson.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/shade-of-pale_1.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">A Lighter Shade of Pale</a>" produced by Eileen A. Deymier.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbJ8zt-ZoYOwwCHsFcbIIpUALoEc4WhkVjUNoMbUqJJA29j5wqS-pCLN84OPLaUogeLOc-AvPNySvHSJUl8hyphenhyphendrddKPmT8nPFfI18Xv6sa-T7FcJ4eadjA8Lv6BJ1Lv7L7JVSbXazqNQ/s1600/img_shadepale_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbJ8zt-ZoYOwwCHsFcbIIpUALoEc4WhkVjUNoMbUqJJA29j5wqS-pCLN84OPLaUogeLOc-AvPNySvHSJUl8hyphenhyphendrddKPmT8nPFfI18Xv6sa-T7FcJ4eadjA8Lv6BJ1Lv7L7JVSbXazqNQ/s640/img_shadepale_5.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The library, which is situated between the formal living room and the dining area, is dotted with special furnishings like this Gustavian chair with saber legs and a white-painted French iron stool."</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gustavian chair: Tone on Tone.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loi Thai's early-1900s four-level Edwardian townhouse in Bethesda, Maryland.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Loi Thai, <a href="http://tone-on-tone.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Tone on Tone</a>.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Erik Johnson.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/shade-of-pale_5.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">A Lighter Shade of Pale</a>" produced by Eileen A. Deymier.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDzB8fejjDq9iN2L1yNuczzqh_BneVRFwnBqer47_lZdb8BvC6FfA2xHgTbVlDxmcFA2Klg2zXMimHh6ykvqysFfhYZwoEALldGHq10-qk-QOPw_9O8_KqlXue3P4_HsjZY7yUQkOFG0/s1600/hbx-antique-french-mirror-in-bedroom-GtTUhn-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDzB8fejjDq9iN2L1yNuczzqh_BneVRFwnBqer47_lZdb8BvC6FfA2xHgTbVlDxmcFA2Klg2zXMimHh6ykvqysFfhYZwoEALldGHq10-qk-QOPw_9O8_KqlXue3P4_HsjZY7yUQkOFG0/s640/hbx-antique-french-mirror-in-bedroom-GtTUhn-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Annie] Brahler's 14-year-old daughter, Isabel, a softball-playing Francophile, decorated her own room with a Louis XV-style bed and French mirror." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Annie Brahler's Jacksonville, Illinois, home.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Annie Brahler, owner of <a href="http://euro-trash.us/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Euro Trash</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Philippa Brathwaite.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/victorian-house-design-0512?click=main_sr#slide-11" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Overdoing It With One Thing is Kind of Not Overdoing It</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (May 2012).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AJrRvnurrzevX4kwjMScvoUXY_SOC1g0S49nfi0n-mCNrJyzuaEMUAjp8Lddy1Rq4IHYAhR46aOEVcpi6CELZBDhpE7KZz8iaGi5TTjIeGNmgtabaQT5KBFHTXla3_FQCp3IbSe5gEw/s1600/BlogKayOToole5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AJrRvnurrzevX4kwjMScvoUXY_SOC1g0S49nfi0n-mCNrJyzuaEMUAjp8Lddy1Rq4IHYAhR46aOEVcpi6CELZBDhpE7KZz8iaGi5TTjIeGNmgtabaQT5KBFHTXla3_FQCp3IbSe5gEw/s640/BlogKayOToole5.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"In master bedroom, greyhound Sici on custom iron bed with custom headboard. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Italian chandelier. Bed fabrics by <a href="http://www.fortuny.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Fortuny</a>." </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Houston, Texas, highrise apartment of Kay O'Toole.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Interior design by Kay O’Toole of <a href="http://www.kayotooleantiques.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Kay O’Toole Antiques and Eccentricities</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Architectural renovation by Sharon Perry Wise.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Text by Judith Nasatir.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“A Whiff of Whimsy” produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Veranda</a> (2007).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDINjF8TznKfTQpeQWdayhDSknw5W9Z3TFW4qaQWQ7TwWXT0KHX5whAvT1e_V3Msb5prB8TW3vKfYUns-cfgbiGc9p4WwFqHZWMYUjRtKev9fzKz6mDZplnMPGrTA-VRTt5OdZ3hWbi6w/s1600/5-blues-breakfastroom-0308-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDINjF8TznKfTQpeQWdayhDSknw5W9Z3TFW4qaQWQ7TwWXT0KHX5whAvT1e_V3Msb5prB8TW3vKfYUns-cfgbiGc9p4WwFqHZWMYUjRtKev9fzKz6mDZplnMPGrTA-VRTt5OdZ3hWbi6w/s640/5-blues-breakfastroom-0308-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The breakfast room's banquette from the Verellen Home Collection is upholstered with a detachable button-tufted slipcover of Verellen's Sophisticated Linen in Sea Foam. Antique dining chairs are covered in Kravet's Cameo, a faux leather."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jackson, Mississippi, home of Nancy and John Price.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Nancy Price, <a href="http://www.nancypriceinteriors.com/">Nancy Price Interior Design Inc.</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.housebeautiful.com/decorating/price-blues-0308?click=main_sr#slide-5">A Palette of Mississippi Blues</a>" by Mimi Read.</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 2008). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Cp8Fj3s7pwxjhsPVXB9zzqHYPR80GyqG54NjH28p9a92b1lWq_x015UaJQQHVp6VgWVvPfLYqOCd4JC8_pg_h6j7V0innEYOsz0N8bEmLyZl7BnDjYeg3mEzFcAIs3r4tpHiobFwWZM/s1600/noriega-ortiz-0508-2_md%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Cp8Fj3s7pwxjhsPVXB9zzqHYPR80GyqG54NjH28p9a92b1lWq_x015UaJQQHVp6VgWVvPfLYqOCd4JC8_pg_h6j7V0innEYOsz0N8bEmLyZl7BnDjYeg3mEzFcAIs3r4tpHiobFwWZM/s640/noriega-ortiz-0508-2_md%255B1%255D.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Debra Melman's grandmother won this piano on <em>The Price is Right</em>."</span> </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.bnodesign.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Antoine Bootz.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/hamptons-house-0608?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">Hamptons Getaway Contrasts</a>" by Elizabeth Gaynor.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (June 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVi2ZFTrR0qBV3h60hTlNrqxl6xHo2aQyzxgAnNU5yfOMLTgMb7-FWdGL0sEbQSaDtGGihwactm2r2WsMv7BT0QvhIHSgheX8NR1ecYsVfpw8i3Tr583YXi4igjkqIaD7ao5zzdgy-hw8/s1600/img_gatfield_11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVi2ZFTrR0qBV3h60hTlNrqxl6xHo2aQyzxgAnNU5yfOMLTgMb7-FWdGL0sEbQSaDtGGihwactm2r2WsMv7BT0QvhIHSgheX8NR1ecYsVfpw8i3Tr583YXi4igjkqIaD7ao5zzdgy-hw8/s640/img_gatfield_11.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Architect [Stuart] Disston was inspired by an old Shaker design when he created the curving staircase off the kitchen. Even the dogs appreciate it. 'They love to sit on the stairs and look out the little round window,' [homeowner/designer] Eliza [Gatfield] says. 'It's probably the most perfect space in the house.' "</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long Island, New York, home of architect and interior designer, Eliza Gatfield.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Eliza Gatfield, Custom Cool, LLC.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Stuart Disston, AIA, with Joshua Rosensweig and Guy Horvath, AIA, <a href="http://www.apdarchitects.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Austin Patterson Disston Architects</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Amy Elbert.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/gatfield-house_11.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Shingle Style: Capturing the View</a>" produced by Bonnie Maharam.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZYYLs7NybSK-t-f_YSYR8K4V9BEPJveUfBaqzryhQUV34_1yDdp5_i1dy8PMBBkXoQyKUXV0pELFfeoMOXl10YgCS1cFfwnr3de3HNEv06-tlDCo7KkjRDuRF3iqc5q8z79JEtg9gx0/s1600/neunsinger-15-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZYYLs7NybSK-t-f_YSYR8K4V9BEPJveUfBaqzryhQUV34_1yDdp5_i1dy8PMBBkXoQyKUXV0pELFfeoMOXl10YgCS1cFfwnr3de3HNEv06-tlDCo7KkjRDuRF3iqc5q8z79JEtg9gx0/s640/neunsinger-15-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When turning the former master bath into the dining room, workers chipped away tiles to reveal a raw concrete wall, inadvertently creating what [Amy] Neunsinger calls 'the ultimate old-world design moment,' <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/">Pottery Barn</a> chairs; <a href="http://www.shabbychic.com/">Shabby Chic</a> chandelier; Global Table dishes."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, home of photographer Amy Neunsinger, her husband Shawn Gold, and their children.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><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-2" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">A Ranch House Makeover</a>" by Alexandria Mott.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fVhQvNn7kGjnlQ5Ie1ZVngiQEp4OICqy0ChQdEKUsNYpBBAlO0FHwC4xS9D8GXFJz2pZVGlGLuDpsiFcLa9x8KeO5zhX6xWtNOewS_IH2ve7D233c64SyAqSc-9U5K1YW0TLu1dpODE/s1600/slipcovers-chairs-diningroom-chandelier-0311-tracery04-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fVhQvNn7kGjnlQ5Ie1ZVngiQEp4OICqy0ChQdEKUsNYpBBAlO0FHwC4xS9D8GXFJz2pZVGlGLuDpsiFcLa9x8KeO5zhX6xWtNOewS_IH2ve7D233c64SyAqSc-9U5K1YW0TLu1dpODE/s640/slipcovers-chairs-diningroom-chandelier-0311-tracery04-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hot pink hydrangeas bring the dining room alive and the mix of cane-back and slipcovered chairs keeps it interesting. . . . An antique beaded-crystal chandelier 'has an ethereal quality that doesn't overpower this small room."</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Mountain Brook, Alabama.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Paige Schnell and Doug Davis of <a href="http://www.traceryinteriors.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Tracery Interiors</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/traditional-decorating-ideas-0311#slide-4" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">All Dressed Up</a>"</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (March 2011).</span> </div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrsO_O3DGBQuNIPqSNAkUSmoCUgsiyWvwFljtm-ybRLeRNDdPfIA9GHxIWA3r6Sc_C6XvqvTRD07qr-fLGwugM8I83-vZL7MVCPn0-jYLCcFEjKRr94u0OHmgdc9OJ83Xg7Cz9ajciww/s1600/french-country-entryway-sconce-0311-tracery03-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrsO_O3DGBQuNIPqSNAkUSmoCUgsiyWvwFljtm-ybRLeRNDdPfIA9GHxIWA3r6Sc_C6XvqvTRD07qr-fLGwugM8I83-vZL7MVCPn0-jYLCcFEjKRr94u0OHmgdc9OJ83Xg7Cz9ajciww/s640/french-country-entryway-sconce-0311-tracery03-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Walls painted China White by <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a> set off a Swedish demilune table and French pen-and-inks." </span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Mountain Brook, Alabama.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Paige Schnell and Doug Davis of <a href="http://www.traceryinteriors.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Tracery Interiors</a>.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/traditional-decorating-ideas-0311#slide-2" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">All Dressed Up</a>"</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (March 2011).</span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismq5CBWexbGMXjPhJTQuVDE77MRDCBsKQLfQDVjd6SoIXlplIHANYJp9fsE0wPZS3iWr7zWqzBDXrELM1yDbf3ZCowgBEetYxkYpQmNfVWQ5E8PQHDZi4IG1gqX1tZbJddcLtneqV-ec/s1600/ss_101757043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismq5CBWexbGMXjPhJTQuVDE77MRDCBsKQLfQDVjd6SoIXlplIHANYJp9fsE0wPZS3iWr7zWqzBDXrELM1yDbf3ZCowgBEetYxkYpQmNfVWQ5E8PQHDZi4IG1gqX1tZbJddcLtneqV-ec/s640/ss_101757043.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The master suite is steps from nature, with a terrace accessible through French doors. 'Whether my clients are inside in front of the fireplace or out on their terrace, they have plenty of private space where they can sit, talk, and read,' says [designer Gail] Plechaty."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Larry and Deborah Coven's Chicago-area home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Gail Plechaty, <a href="http://www.gailplechaty.com/">Real Simple Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Robert W. Kirk, <a href="http://groupaarch.com/">Group A Architecture Inc.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Werner Straube.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/bright-white-inviting-home_ss11.html">Bright, White, and Inviting Home</a>" produced by Hilary Rose.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a> (September 2012).</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/AVvXsEiwTTwqqlx7V12vBfVv4kyXHtgiALh3T0PNxFVZJN2tupg1It1xGHiEPVs17ZWjNi-aOSomoStZIgBTmYV2WcT_dKCaCqzSeonPoTxTteUTos2x4u_wmixgRQR5G05QKBcE1hGQq7cy1Yk/s1600/ss_101757062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTTwqqlx7V12vBfVv4kyXHtgiALh3T0PNxFVZJN2tupg1It1xGHiEPVs17ZWjNi-aOSomoStZIgBTmYV2WcT_dKCaCqzSeonPoTxTteUTos2x4u_wmixgRQR5G05QKBcE1hGQq7cy1Yk/s640/ss_101757062.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The contemporary tone of the breakfast area complements the streamlined kitchen. Leather armchairs from <a href="http://www.westelm.com/">West Elm</a> surround an oval table. Vintage French posters from the Covens's art collection decorate the walls."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Larry and Deborah Coven's Chicago-area home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Gail Plechaty, <a href="http://www.gailplechaty.com/">Real Simple Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Robert W. Kirk, <a href="http://groupaarch.com/">Group A Architecture Inc.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Werner Straube.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/bright-white-inviting-home_ss6.html">Bright, White, and Inviting Home</a>" produced by Hilary Rose.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a> (September 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLFcJ_YrD-jmkYX9fDrjclDFB-8YixT-g4gN-HYdXxDnLsrMlFcbx90Jmmq9sACz35i06S13GTC_jxE_grNvg_aayuRK66bINJwM5-3nnFWZaZ7T31lf5nmItCDsC0CaVV9lXVWANNa8/s1600/staircase-stair-palm-beach-prints-art-0511-Braff04-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLFcJ_YrD-jmkYX9fDrjclDFB-8YixT-g4gN-HYdXxDnLsrMlFcbx90Jmmq9sACz35i06S13GTC_jxE_grNvg_aayuRK66bINJwM5-3nnFWZaZ7T31lf5nmItCDsC0CaVV9lXVWANNa8/s640/staircase-stair-palm-beach-prints-art-0511-Braff04-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'Chinoiserie is so charming and never goes out of style,' says [designer Meg] Braff, who redid the stair rail in Chinese fretwork to liven up a dull entryway. Chandelier from <a href="http://johnrosselliantiques.com/">John Rosselli</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Meg Braff, <a href="http://megbraff.com/">Meg Braff Designs</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/palm-beach-design-decorating-0411?click=main_sr#slide-4">Step Inside a 1960s Style Palm Beach Home</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/">House Beautiful</a> (April 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53lI9vUF957jQLCZlN-mEeQc22k59f-xCnD4U7VA6y040fbiXLn8wF9k_wrXpYA-DZIHiIK2xTBLVD61wmJdsDfWeGrokosqHcD172Ruky_VRmH9tK-BR5HXRKMHnSwwZ5Q55Oe3tnNI/s1600/neunsinger-12-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53lI9vUF957jQLCZlN-mEeQc22k59f-xCnD4U7VA6y040fbiXLn8wF9k_wrXpYA-DZIHiIK2xTBLVD61wmJdsDfWeGrokosqHcD172Ruky_VRmH9tK-BR5HXRKMHnSwwZ5Q55Oe3tnNI/s640/neunsinger-12-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A long stairwell leads from the family room to the second floor, where there are bedrooms and [Shawn] Gold's office, and continues to the third-floor office."</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, home of photographer Amy Neunsinger, her husband Shawn Gold, and their children.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><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-16" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">A Ranch House Makeover</a>" by Alexandria Mott.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">House Beautiful</a>.</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/AVvXsEg8M4SxK9WDBmxu2UljRA-vRmdTdLhneNKfxNKKkFQ-MwZrLhtI4eUB79U8VLu5U0EaRPygAqS3cEE04jvc1ecIEZXwD_vVDQGKGEep3xeSU5My95Kjy5zm8g4NXFGvhsCVc0UpayDDxmU/s1600/BlogReneaAbbott.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8M4SxK9WDBmxu2UljRA-vRmdTdLhneNKfxNKKkFQ-MwZrLhtI4eUB79U8VLu5U0EaRPygAqS3cEE04jvc1ecIEZXwD_vVDQGKGEep3xeSU5My95Kjy5zm8g4NXFGvhsCVc0UpayDDxmU/s640/BlogReneaAbbott.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Antique stone torso. Plaster walls by RFJ Meiswinkel in custom color derived from paints by Donald Kaufman. Custom Lucite pedestal. Gustavian-inspired chair by Classic Cloth damask. Italian antique chandelier."</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Provence-style farmhouse in California.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Renea Abbott, <a href="http://www.myshabbyslips.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Shabby Slips</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Building design by Michael Layne.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Degen Pener.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Passion for Provence" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Veranda</a> (September 2007).</span></div></div></div>

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