Perfectly Draped

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Portiere: </i></span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a curtain hanging across a doorway</i></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Merely decorative or truly functional, portieres can provide an elegant alternative to doors. The following example by interior designer <a href="http://www.suellengregory.com/" target="_blank">Suellen Gregory</a> is especially beautiful:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7D7S84zgiMQ0FbHUitA-I17OVOv-ymv6USYu8sBEqhTU2fZIRnBx589oNIi1dvXiuejXHjc8VSsVcFh9twDSAlkd3L42Uvl6cMDqOmp8LTUxtqQzq50hkUAJxlWl1bA2v3LUhfvujiG9E/s1600/SuellenGregory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7D7S84zgiMQ0FbHUitA-I17OVOv-ymv6USYu8sBEqhTU2fZIRnBx589oNIi1dvXiuejXHjc8VSsVcFh9twDSAlkd3L42Uvl6cMDqOmp8LTUxtqQzq50hkUAJxlWl1bA2v3LUhfvujiG9E/s640/SuellenGregory.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This is an interior hall space. It is between the entrance hall and the rear hall, off of which are the French doors leading to the yard behind the house. Off this hall is a darling powder room with a mirrored door to make the most of the natural light coming from the front and back. This little area feels cozy and crisp at the same time."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.suellengregory.com/of-interest/blog" target="_blank">Center Hall</a> of Richmond, Virginia, residence.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Suellen Gregory, <a href="http://www.suellengregory.com/" target="_blank">Suellen Gregory Interior Design</a>.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Consider using portieres to define a private dressing area in a bedroom. Remove closet doors and replace them with curtains to create a reading nook or mini home office. Let floor-to-ceiling draperies add drama and height to a space - leading the eye upward. Portieres made of <a href="http://www.sunbrella.com/" target="_blank">Sunbrella</a> or other outdoor fabrics can be open or closed as needed in a sunroom or pool pavilion. I have used portieres to frame less-than-attractive sliding glass doors, simultaneously dressing up the room and drawing the eye to the view outside. </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/AVvXsEgITc_6m0v9puCPVrj4xEF1fsrg5y7NBoNJe3hIeYIjBHyh-EtQ9vqH7m1a2cRYlYs9_jSjzgkof-tqEvYo4bFzFqKQMrCnGJYY96FKpBLaV_6IQquCimgwcupJcXM8xH5yN9ysxtcvElub/s1600/9-craftsmanship-livingroom-1107_xlgHBBilhuber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITc_6m0v9puCPVrj4xEF1fsrg5y7NBoNJe3hIeYIjBHyh-EtQ9vqH7m1a2cRYlYs9_jSjzgkof-tqEvYo4bFzFqKQMrCnGJYY96FKpBLaV_6IQquCimgwcupJcXM8xH5yN9ysxtcvElub/s640/9-craftsmanship-livingroom-1107_xlgHBBilhuber.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Portieres separate the living and dining rooms."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Bedford, New York.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.bilhuber.com/" target="_blank">Jeffrey Bilhuber</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Don Freeman.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ultimate-craftsmanship-1107?click=main_sr#slide-9" target="_blank">The Ultimate Craftsmanship</a>" by Mimi Read.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (November 2007).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbzXzdPojfHBKW5ejUKrx0-GT3z4qiJ7zFG7KJ3vm4VsDI4QRFJNK06TyMCKJOT6W44F1EsfqwErBcyHxV0ZxnDSj2pyckeXGVWxcjsfn8_i9oRXVNG5KRa5log_sdTiN2zCr2yhWE7hb/s1600/7-craftsmanship-livingroom-1107_xlgHBBilhuber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbzXzdPojfHBKW5ejUKrx0-GT3z4qiJ7zFG7KJ3vm4VsDI4QRFJNK06TyMCKJOT6W44F1EsfqwErBcyHxV0ZxnDSj2pyckeXGVWxcjsfn8_i9oRXVNG5KRa5log_sdTiN2zCr2yhWE7hb/s640/7-craftsmanship-livingroom-1107_xlgHBBilhuber.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the living room (foreground), the pair of 1950s French oak and rush fauteuils are from Amy Perlin Antiques; beyond the portieres is a soft, quietly appealing dining room. Armless Elephant Ear dining chairs by Bilhuber and Associates. <a href="http://www.polo.com/" target="_blank">Ralph Lauren</a>'s woven rush Joshua Tree armchairs add weight at each end of the table and balance the general 'legginess' of the room."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Bedford, New York.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.bilhuber.com/" target="_blank">Jeffrey Bilhuber</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Don Freeman.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ultimate-craftsmanship-1107?click=main_sr#slide-10" target="_blank">The Ultimate Craftsmanship</a>" by Mimi Read.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (November 2007).</span><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4go8XsJmkwbdQx0PA1vV5xwRhdnCZv7F-SgT1-46-pUWuMohbTTR7sI4fP_eD-H_WPt_qBuM1td8HBEsmogLIGIV73QGdvvnR-9gStP50BLtLoJUo0Xu_SJE3Lps5S3TLuYIxLUyDHOAI/s1600/alcove-curtains-bedroom-1110-Rivers05-deHB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4go8XsJmkwbdQx0PA1vV5xwRhdnCZv7F-SgT1-46-pUWuMohbTTR7sI4fP_eD-H_WPt_qBuM1td8HBEsmogLIGIV73QGdvvnR-9gStP50BLtLoJUo0Xu_SJE3Lps5S3TLuYIxLUyDHOAI/s640/alcove-curtains-bedroom-1110-Rivers05-deHB.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An unused basement nook was turned into a guest bedroom. Rich brown burlap portieres create privacy and a cozy-hideaway feel."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A young family's home in Cashiers, North Carolina.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Kathleen Rivers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Stanley Dixon.</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;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/blue-ridge-mountain-homes-1110?click=main_sr#slide-5" target="_blank">A Rustic Retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains</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/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (November 2010).</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/AVvXsEiTgRryOusFKq7Ph-MG7COEvmWgFKn9ktpVujnqq1bbs7I1tXyUn-5gbFzOMh_szsZAfqSzgo-53ma3LKz_Zfy_5WennILUqrbgZI5ucJNu0XvHpkEh5qdgEyBITgP1sNQE8S2as4hvWIZU/s1600/4-makeovermood-niche-0208-xlgHBCarolCurtis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgRryOusFKq7Ph-MG7COEvmWgFKn9ktpVujnqq1bbs7I1tXyUn-5gbFzOMh_szsZAfqSzgo-53ma3LKz_Zfy_5WennILUqrbgZI5ucJNu0XvHpkEh5qdgEyBITgP1sNQE8S2as4hvWIZU/s640/4-makeovermood-niche-0208-xlgHBCarolCurtis.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Carol] Curtis and [Sarah] Norwood removed the doors of a closet to re-create a niche they'd seen in a photo of a bedroom designed by the legendary Frances Elkins. Curtains in Jim Thompson silk frame an 18th-century Provencal commode."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Atlanta, Georgia, home of Carol Curtis.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Carol Curtis and her daughter Sarah Norwood.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by J. Savage Gibson.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/makeover-mood-0208?click=main_sr#slide-4" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">A Makeover with Mood</a>" by Christopher Petkanas.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (February 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YS_sJlIzWNqB5aWr16kbxyB_7DgiscaI4J6diWNCsrDrfQaT0z-8qMiCetNMe37C2kp26LN0HXNF4WYZO1z0wxRn1vywUmv5B_GLaSfef6JXG3sJ4SRZx6dGf_K9KX8S63tjhSWq1F_c/s1600/Photo-House-Home-VMacdonald-BetsyAziz-ConnieBraemer-JA12-walk-in-closet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YS_sJlIzWNqB5aWr16kbxyB_7DgiscaI4J6diWNCsrDrfQaT0z-8qMiCetNMe37C2kp26LN0HXNF4WYZO1z0wxRn1vywUmv5B_GLaSfef6JXG3sJ4SRZx6dGf_K9KX8S63tjhSWq1F_c/s640/Photo-House-Home-VMacdonald-BetsyAziz-ConnieBraemer-JA12-walk-in-closet.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Separate a closet or dressing area with affordable curtains in lieu of doors. Damask drapes create an elegant entrance into homeowner Betsy Aziz's principal bedroom's dressing room. The star pendant, a trademark of designer Connie Braemer, adds a touch of whimsy."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drape fabric: <a href="http://www.osborneandlittle.com/" target="_blank">Osborne and Little</a> "Amelienborg Rocaille" (F 1428-02).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Connie Braemer Design.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Richard Wengle Architect.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Virginia Macdonald.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/photo-gallery-closets-dressing-rooms?page=4" target="_blank">Photo Gallery: Chic Closets and Dressing Rooms</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</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/AVvXsEgiW1VhJ5mb_-qI3vBj7J6dnrlOmFMw2oXrwNTE-ssbaHCNoanvuTnPIxtaq-rPkT24oIPwEoG_MUvVBE2ZSjTU46AOdGQOTm8YTisOlBoTVJtrbnBShIyBKkHUMgJ1dwKglmlPCllBmsSJ/s1600/Feb08_DraperyDoorjpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiW1VhJ5mb_-qI3vBj7J6dnrlOmFMw2oXrwNTE-ssbaHCNoanvuTnPIxtaq-rPkT24oIPwEoG_MUvVBE2ZSjTU46AOdGQOTm8YTisOlBoTVJtrbnBShIyBKkHUMgJ1dwKglmlPCllBmsSJ/s640/Feb08_DraperyDoorjpg.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Curtain panels offer a plush alternative to a sliding closet door in this contemporary bedroom. Here, an inexpensive floral bedspread [from Urban Outfitters] was used to create the look of custom drapery. The fabric injects color and pattern into the space, while the pleated-style header adds polish. A large oval stool provides a surface for laying out clothing items or a comfortable spot for donning footwear."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tracy Shumate.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/photo-gallery-closets-dressing-rooms?page=19" target="_blank">Photo Gallery: Chic Closets and Dressing Rooms</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (February 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTWE0jsA2C1zhqaEH1Ulr57xfu9l3-LNOjMbA3cBEKVGirD9Bevuan3fV6vhJArJzfqp1OMaDNdA8Bexm7Ckm7jsMnOHT0PahXAw8MkrV80TeeM8VohRgFllyyP_BI-mWUkBqrvGxGap6/s1600/VER-PALM-SPRINGS-HOUSE-11-90726177VerandaSaladino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTWE0jsA2C1zhqaEH1Ulr57xfu9l3-LNOjMbA3cBEKVGirD9Bevuan3fV6vhJArJzfqp1OMaDNdA8Bexm7Ckm7jsMnOHT0PahXAw8MkrV80TeeM8VohRgFllyyP_BI-mWUkBqrvGxGap6/s640/VER-PALM-SPRINGS-HOUSE-11-90726177VerandaSaladino.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Curtains in C and C Milano fabric."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://saladinostyle.com/" target="_blank">John Saladino</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/palm-springs-home?click=main_sr#slide-11" target="_blank">Serene Palm Springs Home</a>" by Linda O'Keefe.</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>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibhpl8lOwjjesUhbuLREBeuZ7yZmL2S6f72y5srMGk1tN6WeDRup6SdaBmZCvDHnazgGsMa_7Wx2eC80RlFqCcttFarlfauHiK3bp4s297pLLDU4phAiMR6QBG2f1cT0z1aZ4zqLjuoCYp/s1600/hbx-dutch-dining-table-dining-room-lgnHBAnnie+Brahler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibhpl8lOwjjesUhbuLREBeuZ7yZmL2S6f72y5srMGk1tN6WeDRup6SdaBmZCvDHnazgGsMa_7Wx2eC80RlFqCcttFarlfauHiK3bp4s297pLLDU4phAiMR6QBG2f1cT0z1aZ4zqLjuoCYp/s640/hbx-dutch-dining-table-dining-room-lgnHBAnnie+Brahler.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Slipcovered armchairs from <a href="https://www.rachelashwellshabbychiccouture.com/#" target="_blank">Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic Couture</a> encourage lingering around the 19th-century Dutch dining table. Curtains like these often fill in for interior doors in the Netherlands."</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Annie Brahler's Jacksonville, Illinois, home.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; 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="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Euro Trash</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Philippa Brathwaite.<br />Written by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; 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=img_sr#slide-5" 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; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (May 2012).</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/AVvXsEinjGyVcKbhhUgxhQAMi72bZATdnsR8dxZWXLeKYfGodw9ZZRiYyPpQrzPQR3FG9gIe1NFYk4UWGj64ZzyZ0VZC-np6OCIltU-9eN9BBd52GJOqoV3sQlV5ZKgD5LWL1FUOu-br7Q6UoDiR/s1600/02-hbx-steel-and-glass-casement-window-kitchen-webb-0612-webb05-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjGyVcKbhhUgxhQAMi72bZATdnsR8dxZWXLeKYfGodw9ZZRiYyPpQrzPQR3FG9gIe1NFYk4UWGj64ZzyZ0VZC-np6OCIltU-9eN9BBd52GJOqoV3sQlV5ZKgD5LWL1FUOu-br7Q6UoDiR/s640/02-hbx-steel-and-glass-casement-window-kitchen-webb-0612-webb05-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the kitchen . . . a linen curtain runs on a track spanning the room and can be pulled 'to conceal the mess of preparation,' [designer Beth] Webb says. Steel-and-glass casements frame views of the pool and garden. KWC Gastro faucet."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Curtain fabric: Samba in Whitewash by Larsen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Atlanta.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Beth Webb, Beth Webb Interiors.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/home-makeovers/quick-easy-home-decorating-ideas-0612?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">Go Light</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 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtDnvF5SOxuoAXmTKoGQgECGdb1o_ABlaGwVxCGGqzrgs2spovPstU8bmllWAyO8f7TzI_uqPv44o5CalreB11J6zAdYwvo7vsFmjCRwbScaphHG5acoTaegru5zkDf49SNLbjxbA-ho2/s1600/hbx-1210-nygren-hallway-curtains-28-de--2ZinZFHB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtDnvF5SOxuoAXmTKoGQgECGdb1o_ABlaGwVxCGGqzrgs2spovPstU8bmllWAyO8f7TzI_uqPv44o5CalreB11J6zAdYwvo7vsFmjCRwbScaphHG5acoTaegru5zkDf49SNLbjxbA-ho2/s640/hbx-1210-nygren-hallway-curtains-28-de--2ZinZFHB.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer <a href="http://www.smithhanes.com/" style="display: inline; outline: none; 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 <span id="goog_710499245"></span><span id="goog_827184842"></span><span id="goog_1774144129"></span><span id="goog_104580839"></span><a href="http://aflippenlife.blogspot.com/2012/08/john-dickinson-primitive-elegance.html" target="_blank">John Dickinson</a><span id="goog_104580840"></span><span id="goog_1774144130"></span><span id="goog_827184843"></span><span id="goog_710499246"></span>."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; 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; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Marie Nygren and <a href="http://www.smithhanes.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Smith Hanes</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographs by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; 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" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">The New Utopia</a>" </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">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/AVvXsEgLvoq1rJ6FxA7UNWHtQTVYpn0iCUXWAwhiNEomY2wUE0OHUiGVXw_R7lXgs9N2w8NkExX0Bqc-lr0EYuPaFBH5oXrriqY5Aiu9w3RtnJdjSXKacK-SgFBibRPN-QSDPxGMxDzpFxmp2Gmm/s1600/Riding-the-waves-EDC-08-13-27-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvoq1rJ6FxA7UNWHtQTVYpn0iCUXWAwhiNEomY2wUE0OHUiGVXw_R7lXgs9N2w8NkExX0Bqc-lr0EYuPaFBH5oXrriqY5Aiu9w3RtnJdjSXKacK-SgFBibRPN-QSDPxGMxDzpFxmp2Gmm/s640/Riding-the-waves-EDC-08-13-27-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Set just 12 feet from the cliff's edge, the one-story house feels . . . like it's floating on the sea's waves, and the decorators capitalized on that sensation with a palette of serene blues, greens, grays and creams. . . . a striped runner down the long central hall echoes Diane Keaton's living room in <i><a href="http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/somethingsgottagive/" target="_blank">Something's Gotta Give</a></i>. Custom-made light fixtures, a runner by <a href="http://www.rubybeets.com/" target="_blank">Ruby Beets</a>, and a work by Robert Motherwell in the entry."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dana Point, California, home overlooking Salt Creek Beach and the Pacific Ocean.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Mary Lynn Turner and Marie Turner Carson of <a href="http://melledesign.com/" target="_blank">M. Elle Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Bob  White of Forest Studio.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Julie L. Belcove.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interiors/riding-the-waves-m-elle-design?click=main_sr#slide-8" target="_blank">Riding the Waves</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_1029915009"></span>Elle Decor<span id="goog_1029915010"></span></a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0L8rVdSLJIqPrMjAlmIrR8VZJZWTSDQsemWOf5B17SjG9bam9Gbp3nM38ExFz3BGf4bVkq2tp0jt5o-PtyySlhVLRV5LNz7uo4pEW6fcEShPmfFbRZ4TMgJOxn6KtQ37iw_c_nqqVHgD/s1600/ss_101891099tradhome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0L8rVdSLJIqPrMjAlmIrR8VZJZWTSDQsemWOf5B17SjG9bam9Gbp3nM38ExFz3BGf4bVkq2tp0jt5o-PtyySlhVLRV5LNz7uo4pEW6fcEShPmfFbRZ4TMgJOxn6KtQ37iw_c_nqqVHgD/s640/ss_101891099tradhome.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the terrace: "Megan found the faux grass chairs in Paris along with custom-made matching pillows and draperies."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Izmir, Turkey, home of Megan Perry Yorgancioglu, a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">furniture and interior designer,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and her husband Doruk Yorgancioglu.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Megan Perry Yorgancioglu, Dorya Interiors.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design/beautiful-homes/fresh-face-traditional-style?page=8" target="_blank">Fresh Face on Traditional Style</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</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/AVvXsEjC5rUqlBz6xJidT24Ys6HLNNH6ieks1dfTM7rrWSXyjMEOVnfSO4yGlGzZuH6H91bGKXK29phpH8E0FET-QArK_JJ_cJ6-wwN3X3ZlOoI1oNnOgs3ReiTqGwFvn90QPWEYAf4PlB5jKMr7/s1600/p_102053594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5rUqlBz6xJidT24Ys6HLNNH6ieks1dfTM7rrWSXyjMEOVnfSO4yGlGzZuH6H91bGKXK29phpH8E0FET-QArK_JJ_cJ6-wwN3X3ZlOoI1oNnOgs3ReiTqGwFvn90QPWEYAf4PlB5jKMr7/s640/p_102053594.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Splashes of orange and hot pink offset the creamy white <a href="http://www.sunbrella.com/" target="_blank">Sunbrella</a> fabric used on the narrow settees and for the portieres to achieve a clean, classic look."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Outdoor pavilion of Hamptons-style shingle house and gardens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Santa Barbara Design House and Gardens. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Linda Chase, Linda Chase Assoc. Inc. Design Studio.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Karyn Millet and John Bessler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/outdoor-living/gorgeous-outdoor-spaces?page=1" target="_blank">Out in the Open</a>" written by Clara Haneberg.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</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/AVvXsEgwUmcjqxq4ZqRyr-ePm0qLWHhwPFmclSBWBGgps8DgtL5e5xiRnkfTYqCDiphEyQ5nEt-I5w9dsBgNecNoefvb9m-Sh73IIVGhJIIPCPdmEnOIo5iNmjztS2oRkf8vRgDsHNnZIQ05Fo9a/s1600/VER-PALM-SPRINGS-HOUSE-1-50632877.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUmcjqxq4ZqRyr-ePm0qLWHhwPFmclSBWBGgps8DgtL5e5xiRnkfTYqCDiphEyQ5nEt-I5w9dsBgNecNoefvb9m-Sh73IIVGhJIIPCPdmEnOIo5iNmjztS2oRkf8vRgDsHNnZIQ05Fo9a/s1600/VER-PALM-SPRINGS-HOUSE-1-50632877.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Open or closed, the loggia curtains change the mood. Curtains in <a href="http://www.kravet.com/" target="_blank">Kravet</a> fabric."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://saladinostyle.com/" target="_blank">John Saladino</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/palm-springs-home?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">Serene Palm Springs Home</a>" by Linda O'Keefe.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DrKzS56WbgPOV-oli6H9RZK0HaEYQagyk74J8wKqH7Nca_NEazihCgKBA-qgGfgZ71JvTejDzFbTkEla04NkxFhfJyOaEaeEQX_sC69C6dAPnWVrl0VDAUM_N_xzyXhA4B232EG3JRsr/s1600/item05.rendition.slideshowVertical.jean-paul-beaujard-05-salon-dining-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DrKzS56WbgPOV-oli6H9RZK0HaEYQagyk74J8wKqH7Nca_NEazihCgKBA-qgGfgZ71JvTejDzFbTkEla04NkxFhfJyOaEaeEQX_sC69C6dAPnWVrl0VDAUM_N_xzyXhA4B232EG3JRsr/s640/item05.rendition.slideshowVertical.jean-paul-beaujard-05-salon-dining-room.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">"A doorway curtained with a velvet from <a href="http://www.starkcarpet.com/homeMain.cfm" target="_blank">Stark</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">New York City duplex of interior designer Jean-Paul Beaujard.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Interior design by Jean-Paul Beaujard.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Text by Judith Thurman.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-09/jean-paul-beaujard-manhattan-home-slideshow_slideshow_item4_5" target="_blank">Romance Language</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.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">Architectural Digest</a> (September 2011).</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">At least one set of portieres has played an important role in the movies. Anyone who has seen the 1939 film, <i><a href="http://warnervideo.com/gonewiththewind/" target="_blank">Gone With The Wind</a></i>, will remember the dress Scarlett O'Hara wore to visit Rhett Butler and ask him for money to pay the taxes on Tara, her family's plantation:</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKxhhiy5gKjTPzsijS8PXOXqhV2VWkcKoq-JHH8k_4QhXWLP3qYCbgsZ6MevzpYk6wylBQ1d2vs8CgLSQkVnOwhnGenE28bOK4gQlduRsjJOrBv30eLbUAnPbkWQ8P9ExJ_Vfa2G58KJZ/s1600/curtain_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKxhhiy5gKjTPzsijS8PXOXqhV2VWkcKoq-JHH8k_4QhXWLP3qYCbgsZ6MevzpYk6wylBQ1d2vs8CgLSQkVnOwhnGenE28bOK4gQlduRsjJOrBv30eLbUAnPbkWQ8P9ExJ_Vfa2G58KJZ/s1600/curtain_small.jpg" width="557" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Green curtain dress (the Portieres Dress) worn by Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara in <i><a href="http://warnervideo.com/gonewiththewind/" target="_blank">Gone With The Wind</a>."<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via <a href="http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/contribute/endowments/opportunities/costumes/" target="_blank">Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin</a>.</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPVASKgKRwD30B3CXC3pLHGeTYo8l_RODq4z8O2FkTCuJ2X9lhFnchqHcE5ZF0l1JI73wZnHILSiXs1lyKqyNWKE5iYk3ib0xuouv1p2P9fu23tF8jmMehesOI_3LrDzmORRmAAVn_YQq/s1600/curt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPVASKgKRwD30B3CXC3pLHGeTYo8l_RODq4z8O2FkTCuJ2X9lhFnchqHcE5ZF0l1JI73wZnHILSiXs1lyKqyNWKE5iYk3ib0xuouv1p2P9fu23tF8jmMehesOI_3LrDzmORRmAAVn_YQq/s640/curt.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Scarlett<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I’m so thin and so pale, Mammy. And I haven’t got any clothes!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Suddenly she straightens up as she catches a glimpse of the green portieres hanging at the windows. She swings around abruptly and with sudden brisk decision, walks to them.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Scarlett<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(fingering the material and looking up)</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Scoot up to the attic and get Ma’s old box of dress patterns, Mammy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Mammy<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Whut you up ter wid Miss Ellen’s po’teers?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Scarlett<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">You’re going to make me a new dress.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Mammy<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Not outta Miss Ellen’s po’teers! Not while Ah got bref in mah body!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Scarlett<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(still staring at the portieres) Great balls of fire! They’re <u>my</u> portieres now!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(she jerks down the portieres, pole and all; drapes the material over her shoulder, turns back to Mammy) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I’m going to Atlanta for that three hundred dollars, and I’ve got to go looking like a queen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Scene from <i><a href="http://warnervideo.com/gonewiththewind/" target="_blank">Gone With The Wind</a></i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo and text via <a href="http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/web/gwtw/wardrobe/curtain/curtchoose.html" target="_blank">Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Copyright Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Bros. 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>A house is not just visual - it should be sensual.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer <a href="http://www.mcalpineboothferrier.com/" target="_blank">Susan Ferrier</a>, "Art of the Mix," <a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (January - February 2014)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Using a bit of velvet is one way to add a sensual element to a home. The fabric reflects light beautifully and brings deep, rich color to a space . . .         </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/AVvXsEgcC5l0ZtmaSwXNby0p7xzbPBqUDVZvomIGM1kd6C2M9eIQHIHY6iFwNuZzkaVjqjkwIyMfif95vkXY6nszleG64QvD1qdzguX68B4NZBUsjJLIqIA9OVhk90jWbZdLmTW8WvATUJ6-8spZ/s1600/9-taylorlasts-diningroom-after-0108-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcC5l0ZtmaSwXNby0p7xzbPBqUDVZvomIGM1kd6C2M9eIQHIHY6iFwNuZzkaVjqjkwIyMfif95vkXY6nszleG64QvD1qdzguX68B4NZBUsjJLIqIA9OVhk90jWbZdLmTW8WvATUJ6-8spZ/s1600/9-taylorlasts-diningroom-after-0108-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Suzanne Tucker reupholstered the 18th-century English 's dining chairs in Pierre Frey's Paris velvet in a shade of quince taken from the wallpaper."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Francisco home originally designed by Michael Taylor and updated by designer <a href="http://www.suzannetuckerhome.com/" target="_blank">Suzanne Tucker</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Dominique Vorillon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/michael-taylor-style-lasts-0108?click=img_sr#slide-9" target="_blank">Michael Taylor's Style Really Lasts</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> (January 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8z5SudZ45_flkoS6KsA9Oj_L6NzWzmyf3wpPFzwjnzQeMWx49JtSXbDOXI3F5MyHElI6-tonstKj0oJZkNEPmxtfuK6FeRJpo23hZ8_RApiVauwVB5yHpv0Fh1QTo8Yl2yORqZME5dsVq/s1600/4-HBX-library-albert-hadley-0409-mdn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8z5SudZ45_flkoS6KsA9Oj_L6NzWzmyf3wpPFzwjnzQeMWx49JtSXbDOXI3F5MyHElI6-tonstKj0oJZkNEPmxtfuK6FeRJpo23hZ8_RApiVauwVB5yHpv0Fh1QTo8Yl2yORqZME5dsVq/s1600/4-HBX-library-albert-hadley-0409-mdn.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Albert] Hadley once said, 'You want rooms to be usable and friendly. It's the way we approach all of our work.' A library in a New York apartment is just than. Hadley and Harry Heissmann made it feel relaxed yet refined by adding a custom bench with corner arms upholstered in Tiger silk velvet in Oro by Lee Jofa, a desk chair covered in Liberty's Papgeno from Osborne and Little, and a Stark rug made of vintage carpet fragments."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by the late Albert Hadley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Christopher Baker.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/interior-designers/albert-hadley-interior-design?click=img_sr#slide-4" target="_blank">5 Unforgettable Rooms by Designer Albert Hadley</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>.</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/AVvXsEh2kjTHcExd2RlBXoPF2naJEBdYFjiEZUmmR0-CUNYj7HJHuc7ESHtp37FSQvOGzqrDtY57THvlfWbjnFaURHrWpuj6IXF72lk3IFbYywIRwPKd6noQRRf7yCTu_1HqOk0b6sckSDTDC7vN/s1600/Art-Wall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kjTHcExd2RlBXoPF2naJEBdYFjiEZUmmR0-CUNYj7HJHuc7ESHtp37FSQvOGzqrDtY57THvlfWbjnFaURHrWpuj6IXF72lk3IFbYywIRwPKd6noQRRf7yCTu_1HqOk0b6sckSDTDC7vN/s1600/Art-Wall.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'I constantly change the seat cushions on the sofa, trying out different looks,' says House and Home editor Suzanne Dimma. 'Here they were in velvet, but I have a patterned fabric, I have all white. I have natural linen, and I just change it up all the time. It's a good idea because it's not that expensive - you just re-do the cushions, not the whole couch."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Rob Fiocca.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/suzanne-dimmas-sofa" target="_blank">Suzanne Dimma's Sofa</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzd4MHjBHC07-KyGBFuUTlYHDTuLF6b4FDOuVCmTWJxcK6A28HIwTzGi0DrwkwZUWSHnoqwIsbbmvXJSNiBCOLvYgW6s9__B1BPr4wy15B8igIOcAqFo-nvZwfSGQNIleYyb6eONEQBrYJ/s1600/bathtub-screen-velvet-bathroom-0311-tracery07-NzlJhQ-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzd4MHjBHC07-KyGBFuUTlYHDTuLF6b4FDOuVCmTWJxcK6A28HIwTzGi0DrwkwZUWSHnoqwIsbbmvXJSNiBCOLvYgW6s9__B1BPr4wy15B8igIOcAqFo-nvZwfSGQNIleYyb6eONEQBrYJ/s1600/bathtub-screen-velvet-bathroom-0311-tracery07-NzlJhQ-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'We intended for the master bathroom to feel more like a dressing room than a bathroom,' [designer Paige] Schnell says. They designed the screen and covered it in a luscious Designers Guild cut velvet, Fredensborg. Its curves echo the curves in the <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" target="_blank">Waterworks</a> Empire tub."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Mountain Brook, Alabama.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><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; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Tracery Interiors</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/traditional-decorating-ideas-0311#slide-8" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">All Dressed Up</a>"</span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; 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; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (March 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/AVvXsEjZq-MXGU6pVZZZ7TEKYt8gGWVyQ6PpACdJU10OHLI1ktSgXETT_21xKQyI5Iw2TijQ_m0msGBRQWCgJcCQzyPvZtsM6QeTlPSc-IB3Yb9v9fhMg5ICskKOCC9Gll_1zLhjrSUrGxdgjul0/s1600/insecure_-_insecuress_zoom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZq-MXGU6pVZZZ7TEKYt8gGWVyQ6PpACdJU10OHLI1ktSgXETT_21xKQyI5Iw2TijQ_m0msGBRQWCgJcCQzyPvZtsM6QeTlPSc-IB3Yb9v9fhMg5ICskKOCC9Gll_1zLhjrSUrGxdgjul0/s1600/insecure_-_insecuress_zoom.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.stubbsandwootton.com/shop-women/slippers/insecuress.html" target="_blank">Insecuress</a>" offered by <a href="http://www.stubbsandwootton.com/" target="_blank">Stubbs and Wootton</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Black velvet with black grosgrain trim.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIZipj0RaAp9egundxZTamuoS__MMxDbInQ9bHYuY5vXzHBGXdHZR7DWrrYPioWCZvYTwGfMB2JHaYeyVKCzYBGlEM7TyKkYEpPL3vjVWeRVBvjBLDY5VyiPzgwevAsEphovSnqttMQPh/s1600/item14.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.velvet-rooms-15-suzanne-tucker-napa-valley-bath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIZipj0RaAp9egundxZTamuoS__MMxDbInQ9bHYuY5vXzHBGXdHZR7DWrrYPioWCZvYTwGfMB2JHaYeyVKCzYBGlEM7TyKkYEpPL3vjVWeRVBvjBLDY5VyiPzgwevAsEphovSnqttMQPh/s1600/item14.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.velvet-rooms-15-suzanne-tucker-napa-valley-bath.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A concrete soaking tub from Sonoma Cast Stone dominates the master bath; the Summer Hill ottoman is covered in a Suzanne Tucker Home cotton velvet."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Napa Valley, California, home of Don and Rela Gleason.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Bobby McAlpine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Therese Bissell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-11/gleason-mcalpine-napa-valley-home-slideshow_slideshow_item13_14" target="_blank">A Fine Vintage</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</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> (November 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBcET24WSoCkgKmKaTxHUhy4t-MdVS4tAOmB6B_ICnuNF4Ea4tKcfNRXDf6DdRJtQ5ivW0I0l51BIht2cFvc2E4aKzJmFhITlNYPvKfb4yrGddcEuW9VZSFHU_-Fa7mDjE6nQgc1H0z2t/s1600/bebcdcc1af4cfb723b0f721b80092355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBcET24WSoCkgKmKaTxHUhy4t-MdVS4tAOmB6B_ICnuNF4Ea4tKcfNRXDf6DdRJtQ5ivW0I0l51BIht2cFvc2E4aKzJmFhITlNYPvKfb4yrGddcEuW9VZSFHU_-Fa7mDjE6nQgc1H0z2t/s1600/bebcdcc1af4cfb723b0f721b80092355.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ralph Lauren Collection.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/253116441530825624/" target="_blank">Photo via Pinterest</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9Lv1pNVCLmEtIlshHDnbh1yd8ByhJkIxjiCz_j_Tv7REUa3EmguayYg5YXMWERmHMWp5f9OBntYcwtFz-PU3wHnCobmbojpTiKjaG9Kst1k6esy1yyuUdZCB4lXwBZrr_BMtmjKuTiOc/s1600/101865115_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9Lv1pNVCLmEtIlshHDnbh1yd8ByhJkIxjiCz_j_Tv7REUa3EmguayYg5YXMWERmHMWp5f9OBntYcwtFz-PU3wHnCobmbojpTiKjaG9Kst1k6esy1yyuUdZCB4lXwBZrr_BMtmjKuTiOc/s1600/101865115_ss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Comfort is key in the family room. A plush French leather chair is inviting after a big dinner. A velvet ottoman doubles as a coffee table."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ottoman fabric: "Lido"/Mallard (2020/4). <a href="http://www.rosetarlow.com/" target="_blank">Rose Tarlow-Melrose House</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1930s Houston home of Lynn and Dave Mannon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Eleanor Cummings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architect: Kirby Mears.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Fran Brennan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Jenny Bradley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design/beautiful-homes/and-after-remodeled-houston-home?page=14" target="_blank"><span id="goog_1198246697"></span>Before and After: Remodeled Houston Home<span id="goog_1198246698"></span></a>" produced by Helen Thompson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIcNRoDjekLv1IGw9n0nunZJUhyphenhyphengrRrM7v8sRj20HEAzm8aD6xaHJSQJDTE8NL0rAv0Ij7G_7b1315hb7RxcY6d4jy_PvyUky6DsZPM5aBIRqzqPkwsENPiWjjxEtc_eW0EvIn9_FRCVc/s1600/collectlifegutblueroom-lgn-36775573.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIcNRoDjekLv1IGw9n0nunZJUhyphenhyphengrRrM7v8sRj20HEAzm8aD6xaHJSQJDTE8NL0rAv0Ij7G_7b1315hb7RxcY6d4jy_PvyUky6DsZPM5aBIRqzqPkwsENPiWjjxEtc_eW0EvIn9_FRCVc/s1600/collectlifegutblueroom-lgn-36775573.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the petit vestibule, a Louis XV ebonized table (estimate $2,700 - $4,000) is flanked by a pair of 19th-century armchairs covered in midnight blue silk velvet (estimate $11,000 - $13,000).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christie's Paris auctioned the contents of Susan and John Gutfreund's apartment in the grand Hotel de Bauffremont on Paris's Left Bank on June 28, 2012.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior designer: Henri Samuel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Alain Reynaud.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: <a href="http://www.christies.com/" target="_blank">Christie's</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/ooh-la-la-tour-susan-gutfreunds-paris-apartment?click=img_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">Well-Lived: Susan Gutfreund's Paris Apartment</a>" by Sallie Brady.</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>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1jT7ig3nsSb6O15Acn6L1Tn1S-XIjgnYPOyg0ziUd7OZTdh2_rTa2OPpz2HEIC1yueCELaXBiqxqILwfq6GaqaVqySEmNBy-BrJ58BaonZTJ6LUvZNqlvw2Ktkx15TjqRf74_DQ0Z6Msr/s1600/living_large_08-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1jT7ig3nsSb6O15Acn6L1Tn1S-XIjgnYPOyg0ziUd7OZTdh2_rTa2OPpz2HEIC1yueCELaXBiqxqILwfq6GaqaVqySEmNBy-BrJ58BaonZTJ6LUvZNqlvw2Ktkx15TjqRf74_DQ0Z6Msr/s1600/living_large_08-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the dressing room, toy poodle Bunny sits atop a custom-made ottoman, the mirrored cabinet were designed by Raymond Lepore, and the Chinese Art Deco rug is from ABC Carpet and Home."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan townhouse of fashion designer <a href="http://www.nanettelepore.com/" target="_blank">Nanette Lepore</a> and her family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.jonathanadler.com/" target="_blank">Jonathan Adler</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/living-large#slide-8" target="_blank">Living Large</a>" by Kathleen Hackett.</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> (September 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWyf4OVFucRdK9mvxovisfNo48FQmG8R9RTy2MHdR4eXKtVmEhxDwNVM1GpYuJeyvxNfVJgqBMX1F2VWE6yygwzYdKYIwi4guuHhWDF11ad-QyTXn1GfYBLSGsbP6tacfHfew2QMfiiWDW/s1600/jv5xi4OfdYtl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWyf4OVFucRdK9mvxovisfNo48FQmG8R9RTy2MHdR4eXKtVmEhxDwNVM1GpYuJeyvxNfVJgqBMX1F2VWE6yygwzYdKYIwi4guuHhWDF11ad-QyTXn1GfYBLSGsbP6tacfHfew2QMfiiWDW/s1600/jv5xi4OfdYtl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Massive built-in bookcases supply the living area with a bold sense of scale. Deep velvet sofas and contemporary fixtures create a sophisticated space for entertaining."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Julie Leach's apartment on Manhattan's Lower East Side.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Julie Leach, founder of the lifestyle brand Chance.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Patrick Cline,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Art direction by Michelle Adams.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.lonny.com/magazine/June+July+2012/g-u0L44vSfp/1#75" target="_blank">Urban Oasis</a>" written by Robert Leleux.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lonny.com/" target="_blank">Lonny</a> (June - July 2012).</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/AVvXsEg9IRQH2kG0cC4pEs1ZAPLxEvQPl4_skP8QHpcqCKDihgc3upU3inCtipJQ-eEnXsrBCz6SizvgS6TRfknmhV4-P81wHO68Qxk2N-nOXI1ZhKC3_0bQv0QLNLFPv32s7-R0vSKUHB63fBOI/s1600/hbx-dark-blue-library-whitson-0613-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9IRQH2kG0cC4pEs1ZAPLxEvQPl4_skP8QHpcqCKDihgc3upU3inCtipJQ-eEnXsrBCz6SizvgS6TRfknmhV4-P81wHO68Qxk2N-nOXI1ZhKC3_0bQv0QLNLFPv32s7-R0vSKUHB63fBOI/s1600/hbx-dark-blue-library-whitson-0613-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'Because the library is small, it lent itself to a rich jewel-box treatment,' Watson says. Woodwork is painted a deep, saturated color, <a href="http://us.farrow-ball.com/" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball</a>'s Hague Blue, and the ceiling is tented with a <a href="http://www.michaelsmithinc.com/" target="_blank">Michael S. Smith</a> Indian block fabric, Jasper. Upholstered in a blue Schumacher silk velvet very close to the color of the walls, the tufted U-shaped sofa - which is all one piece - is where her two teenage children watch movies. 'We call it Big Blue,' she says."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nashville house of antiques dealer Jeannette Whitson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jeannette Whitson, <a href="http://www.gardenvarietydesign.com/" target="_blank">Garden Variety Design</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Watson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/creating-a-new-old-house-0613#slide-11" target="_blank">A New Nashville House With an Old Soul</a>" by Barbara King.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (June 2013).</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/AVvXsEiq9-cfg665Bi_F0gcS9U8-ASfY9VLWSyWkJEpp1jMkpgW2emxgTnK_uMNSfxjAPvyfxMtFGGPMjWRhsvMwJ3dqRCfHToNITfp1itd-g2HkU69tPyXeLf8yDZQS1VhvU_JAC2lcxJhtvfXm/s1600/Estee+Stanley+Black+built+bookcases+surrounding+m-ugzR_sDAMl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9-cfg665Bi_F0gcS9U8-ASfY9VLWSyWkJEpp1jMkpgW2emxgTnK_uMNSfxjAPvyfxMtFGGPMjWRhsvMwJ3dqRCfHToNITfp1itd-g2HkU69tPyXeLf8yDZQS1VhvU_JAC2lcxJhtvfXm/s1600/Estee+Stanley+Black+built+bookcases+surrounding+m-ugzR_sDAMl.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the library, a zebra-skin rug and a velvet club chair conjure an air of old-Hollywood glamour."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1920s Spanish Colonial in Los Angeles's Brentwood neighborhood.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Estee Stanley.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Patrick Cline.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Art direction by Michelle Adams.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.lonny.com/magazine/August+2012/MjOUVzsleVV/1#59" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Hollywood Remake</a>" written by Robert Leleux.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lonny.com/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lonny</a> (August 2012). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-H0uawtvqPvMjOZTS3ynDGRPRN0ZdPcJYlIXPruCi-mt9ep8hxcNjTySco5rnfm93kiJRcDxv6OWyZnoY69vY2GZN-rKzOLD_ELB8dp1eDXuRdBV4rOyoaET3B2rTd27qSKLYmCFeSr4s/s1600/Caroline+Robert+green+velvet+settee+paired+92FxAQpNkMzl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-H0uawtvqPvMjOZTS3ynDGRPRN0ZdPcJYlIXPruCi-mt9ep8hxcNjTySco5rnfm93kiJRcDxv6OWyZnoY69vY2GZN-rKzOLD_ELB8dp1eDXuRdBV4rOyoaET3B2rTd27qSKLYmCFeSr4s/s1600/Caroline+Robert+green+velvet+settee+paired+92FxAQpNkMzl.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Robert reupholstered this settee in a Fabricut chartreuse velvet. 'It needed to a be a bit more funky,' she says. 'I'm a little too young to have too many staid antiques.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New Orleans home of <a href="http://www.perch-home.com/" target="_blank">perch</a> owner, Caroline Robert, and her family. The Beaux Arts home was built in 1906.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Patrick Cline.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Art direction by Michelle Adams. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.lonny.com/magazine/May+June+2011/3L1wLsWcJgC/1#58" target="_blank">Historic Style</a>" written by Shawn Gauthier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lonny.com/" target="_blank">Lonny</a> (May - June 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/AVvXsEgXr_8CwOi7xRdh_hWw49Vpboc8EkEo65my5onNa3TN4A_E0M6_FtOs3gWYM_qkPrgNKBv9X2LMwCM42H_pcik5UpwioJyQX-MxKNLGbc-YReLV_iBe98SG-m6N8THD7-it5duiSP-LNhyphenhyphenl/s1600/Colette-van-den-Thillart-Dining-Room-Library-JA11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXr_8CwOi7xRdh_hWw49Vpboc8EkEo65my5onNa3TN4A_E0M6_FtOs3gWYM_qkPrgNKBv9X2LMwCM42H_pcik5UpwioJyQX-MxKNLGbc-YReLV_iBe98SG-m6N8THD7-it5duiSP-LNhyphenhyphenl/s1600/Colette-van-den-Thillart-Dining-Room-Library-JA11.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Designer Colette van den Thillart uses this dining room as her home office. "A blue lacquered wall and ceiling fresco are just two of the rich details that give this room personality. The striped tablecloth and green velvet chair adds contrast. Gold shell-shaped lights shine on book spines for easy searching."</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Colette van den Thillart's London home.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Ceiling fresco by Angel Interiors.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Photography by Chris Tubbs.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/multipurpose-dining-room" 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;">Photo Gallery: Amazing Libraries</a>"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (January 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/AVvXsEiAyxs48hh5_shXC_X4CpBZ-QqDgP989HOyYEFgGcksGeekrcamcLkIjEIT2OvJEIZaNTy_wWEr-sTAw3GS0yVLDPxL1wFo1G42HPAYOoNHL8qCG68RWdmwSJ6OOHyspezayNIwklvjrvwD/s1600/Luxury--Lifestyle--Wedding-6-md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyxs48hh5_shXC_X4CpBZ-QqDgP989HOyYEFgGcksGeekrcamcLkIjEIT2OvJEIZaNTy_wWEr-sTAw3GS0yVLDPxL1wFo1G42HPAYOoNHL8qCG68RWdmwSJ6OOHyspezayNIwklvjrvwD/s1600/Luxury--Lifestyle--Wedding-6-md.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">"The bride wears a white plumed fascinator and a 1950s sculptural collar by Line Vautrin, while the groom dons a vest in Gainsborough velvet from F. Schumacher and Co."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Wedding reception of New York interior designer and stylist Kelly d'Halluin.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Chateau de Breteuil.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Photography by Mallory Samson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/luxury-homes/wedding-reception-paris-kelly-dhalluin?click=img_sr#slide-7" target="_blank">Parisian Countryside Wedding</a>" by Tom Woodham.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqN9Ds_okEPTYj7HFFzDLAKtVL4r8txTFLkZhN8mswjE2e3wORjrzX-DEkskjDp6JKcFNDmhyphenhyphend6uDCWj4T2ebBVZgqWwL81TmIVsE-gdrMivj9y73DaaKwAMHhOHt5TOCW0c2Far_UwLsj/s1600/Luxury--Lifestyle--Wedding-10-md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqN9Ds_okEPTYj7HFFzDLAKtVL4r8txTFLkZhN8mswjE2e3wORjrzX-DEkskjDp6JKcFNDmhyphenhyphend6uDCWj4T2ebBVZgqWwL81TmIVsE-gdrMivj9y73DaaKwAMHhOHt5TOCW0c2Far_UwLsj/s1600/Luxury--Lifestyle--Wedding-10-md.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">"Menu cards were sealed with a wax impression from the d'Halluin <i>chevaliere</i>, or family crest ring, banded with a velvet ribbon, and embellished with a lamb's ear."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Wedding reception of New York interior designer and stylist Kelly d'Halluin.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;">Chateau de Breteuil.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Photography by Mallory Samson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/luxury-homes/wedding-reception-paris-kelly-dhalluin?click=img_sr#slide-10" target="_blank">Parisian Countryside Wedding</a>" by Tom Woodham.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipATw6MqFRJRQ2JmFKwXTiyx1RsuFznmnvVh8XKL2MPaL7654QZjhyQ54z1TWd9KHCqKylG8y44ZUv2bi9Ueu162MLcqUTcMZ1RYJZ9nkFpnCkWcF8lPTRgHc1zfukPgmYFmEGHkdF5zQr/s1600/Velvet+antique+velvet+settee+flanked+papier+Xw_xATUPg0al.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipATw6MqFRJRQ2JmFKwXTiyx1RsuFznmnvVh8XKL2MPaL7654QZjhyQ54z1TWd9KHCqKylG8y44ZUv2bi9Ueu162MLcqUTcMZ1RYJZ9nkFpnCkWcF8lPTRgHc1zfukPgmYFmEGHkdF5zQr/s1600/Velvet+antique+velvet+settee+flanked+papier+Xw_xATUPg0al.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chesterfields, the Somerset County, New Jersey, country home of John Dransfield and Geoffrey Ross.</span></span><br /><div style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by John Dransfield and Geoffrey Ross.</span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Patrick Cline.</span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Art direction by Michelle Adams.</span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.lonny.com/magazine/June+July+2012/g-u0L44vSfp/1#66" target="_blank">Time-Honored Style</a>" written by Robert Leleux.</span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><a href="http://www.lonny.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Lonny</a> (June - July 2012).</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7i3oHh2DLfKsDV3L3y5vJrX30KYknSSbRrmx-tVTeJt5mHnbwMhFRyT5PUxNgSMYg8ZON0fWrSfMJEOG3Lxlt7NmsBah8S-O75F3PYh8Sycfb2ZLUrFUylzm6JXpNC3wZlFAXPzYhD5u8/s1600/design-ideas-ayres-ED07-04-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7i3oHh2DLfKsDV3L3y5vJrX30KYknSSbRrmx-tVTeJt5mHnbwMhFRyT5PUxNgSMYg8ZON0fWrSfMJEOG3Lxlt7NmsBah8S-O75F3PYh8Sycfb2ZLUrFUylzm6JXpNC3wZlFAXPzYhD5u8/s1600/design-ideas-ayres-ED07-04-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.18181800842285px;">“Armchairs upholstered in linen velvet by Quadrille, a custom-designed ottoman by Jonas Upholstery, and a Claude Lalanne bronze bench used as a cocktail table in the library; decorative artist Jean Carrau painted the paneling to resemble pine and treated the knots with gold leaf.”</span></div><div style="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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.18181800842285px;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.bjminc.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">Brian McCarthy</a>.</span></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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.18181800842285px;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.18181800842285px;">Text by Mitchell Owens.</span></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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.18181800842285px;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/the-transformers#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">The Transformers</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.18181800842285px;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.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">Elle Decor</a> (December 2007).</span></div></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_slJUAeveJXZh72vKgSW7LVSNpFBPCyxtH6mmufBgFv92GwOuvTCledvdVSao7j46J2Vg_PlhZeLzMQFvuoD99SXc0vWtAryVLiknmc8v9VgFKJfE5glXKyXnbfI40SZg5pGi5pT5AA5B/s1600/carolyn-evans-living-room-l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_slJUAeveJXZh72vKgSW7LVSNpFBPCyxtH6mmufBgFv92GwOuvTCledvdVSao7j46J2Vg_PlhZeLzMQFvuoD99SXc0vWtAryVLiknmc8v9VgFKJfE5glXKyXnbfI40SZg5pGi5pT5AA5B/s1600/carolyn-evans-living-room-l.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'In this room, I started with a rug that had been in the Evans family,' says Angie. 'I loved how the colors in the rug picked up the hues in the bottle cap portrait [by Molly B. Right] above the mantel.' From these elements, she chose a luminescent peach shade for the walls. For more dimension, she layered in texture and interest with vintage pottery and artful lamps. The rich brown velvet curtains, which came with the house, frame the windows' architecture and ground the room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home of author and singer/songwriter Carolyn Evans and her husband Ray.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Angie Hranowsky.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architect: Gordon Nicholson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Laura Moss.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styling by Natasha Louise King.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/decorating/charleston-single-house-00417000071638/page5.html" target="_blank">Charleston Single House Makeover</a>" by Sandra S. Soria.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.southernliving.com/" target="_blank">Southern Living</a> (March 2011).</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/AVvXsEj9K7xohtp5Gp6pHAJShezGHp4Lm1fPaoe5_Er8907sq6EHMEJotlCJV4U0ZHPQvWPENaZSTwa43MRxpiM14GEsOyiBVEVa_AvFB_JHuVu_ORm6G9k88doKfbjdwIKx3vhyLMniLFmeQcOg/s1600/collectlifegutredbdrm-lgn-11863309.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9K7xohtp5Gp6pHAJShezGHp4Lm1fPaoe5_Er8907sq6EHMEJotlCJV4U0ZHPQvWPENaZSTwa43MRxpiM14GEsOyiBVEVa_AvFB_JHuVu_ORm6G9k88doKfbjdwIKx3vhyLMniLFmeQcOg/s1600/collectlifegutredbdrm-lgn-11863309.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The four-poster bed in one of the guest bedrooms, which is not antique, is expected to earn $810-$1,300. At the foot of the bed sits a 19th-century red velvet doghouse (estimate $940 - $1,200)."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christie's Paris auctioned the contents of Susan and John Gutfreund's apartment in the grand Hotel de Bauffremont on Paris's Left Bank on June 28, 2012.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior designer: Henri Samuel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Alain Reynaud.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: <a href="http://www.christies.com/" target="_blank">Christie's</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/ooh-la-la-tour-susan-gutfreunds-paris-apartment?click=img_sr#slide-9" target="_blank">Well-Lived: Susan Gutfreund's Paris Apartment</a>" by Sallie Brady.</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>.</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/AVvXsEhIKSjYG9ioHqBk6Q_2Q7-BDm8g2Q8V-CghRDsenuMo3yT1oVwegecarz3g1FlMPOC1zRoXdBe0TwDjmpoPRyCpF2-Y-7A3-Shhwimztr1whHxBWeMGG9EilIYzbJkFYovKV4dI0V9oXgXO/s1600/Ari+Heckman+pair+twin+beds+striped+rug+guest+NuMnVk7U2w8l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKSjYG9ioHqBk6Q_2Q7-BDm8g2Q8V-CghRDsenuMo3yT1oVwegecarz3g1FlMPOC1zRoXdBe0TwDjmpoPRyCpF2-Y-7A3-Shhwimztr1whHxBWeMGG9EilIYzbJkFYovKV4dI0V9oXgXO/s1600/Ari+Heckman+pair+twin+beds+striped+rug+guest+NuMnVk7U2w8l.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Richly hued velvet headboards contribute a dose of masculine comfort to the guest room's rustic decor."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Late 1700s weekend retreat of Ari Heckman and Will Cooper.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ari Heckman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Patrick Cline.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Art direction by Michelle Adams.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.lonny.com/magazine/November+2012/exBLL1AV0gR/1#62" target="_blank">Sag Harbor Sanctuary</a>" written by Robert Leleux.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lonny.com/" target="_blank">Lonny</a> (November 2012).</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/AVvXsEi0Rv8mOYNwmPvDdzb4aVtv1Ln-uTFK7YDoObVPas1FFSGUb2t7YTgLwVaIKTDxiiMH2QA_ATUomQlZHQoQPwIut0NjwEgOC5Otd8t1LjzcDQYtLWciDZCdd_k745LTcrQSHFoYe6cbumvT/s1600/estates-greystone-great-house-41-0309_MD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Rv8mOYNwmPvDdzb4aVtv1Ln-uTFK7YDoObVPas1FFSGUb2t7YTgLwVaIKTDxiiMH2QA_ATUomQlZHQoQPwIut0NjwEgOC5Otd8t1LjzcDQYtLWciDZCdd_k745LTcrQSHFoYe6cbumvT/s1600/estates-greystone-great-house-41-0309_MD.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hot pink steams up the Master Bath adjoining the Master Bedroom and Dressing Room, while Sherle Wagner's gold-plated marble vanity personifies the ultimate in luxury."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Matador costume, Europa. Scroll armchair, Windsor Smith Home Collection. Hot Pink Silk Velvet Fabric: Scalamandre.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Master Bath designed by <a href="http://www.windsorsmithhome.com/" target="_blank">Windsor Smith</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greystone Estate.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/great-house-greystone-estate?click=img_sr#slide-38" target="_blank">Well-Designed: Greystone Estate</a>" by Deborah Sanders and Catherine Lee Davis.</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>.</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/AVvXsEhhI4OFKvn0HKZQhux1Ybb3y-b-GppdEq3T-B6wCURulIMC1z-vfLf7Y_Jw67905SYKDGDbRUTwLCOMLzizplp4bAke8yD4OELipZ6gETAgwlfdHb-Ba2b7P43oU4o5KUMnE3TktZvV_oNA/s1600/8-jeweltones-bedroom-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/AVvXsEhhI4OFKvn0HKZQhux1Ybb3y-b-GppdEq3T-B6wCURulIMC1z-vfLf7Y_Jw67905SYKDGDbRUTwLCOMLzizplp4bAke8yD4OELipZ6gETAgwlfdHb-Ba2b7P43oU4o5KUMnE3TktZvV_oNA/s1600/8-jeweltones-bedroom-0308-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">"The master bedroom is pure creme fraiche, starting with the white Berber carpet. An ivory mohair headboard from Elitis cozies up to two layers of curtains. The zippy fuchsia velvet Louis XV chair adds pop. Painting above it is <i>Much Magenta</i> by Wolf Kahn."</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Interior design by Amanda Nisbet, <a href="http://www.amandanisbetdesign.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Amanda Nisbet Design</a>.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">"<a href="http://www.blogger.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;"><span id="goog_1883431627"></span>Amanda Nisbet's Jewel-Toned Manhattan Apartment<span id="goog_1883431628"></span></a>" by Carol Prisant.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (March 2008).</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmLZeeE0bthTAmzl07WeYQ_hwlJfesVWqUw6qRQ0MVrFqZ8GnjTv6RzgvwO-Yu-NjPrOPGUIiHcIaXPUFMyyhK0bgzocbeL5VcQzHrhMqWAPJzSKCEzOt3ORtLJGiTgD2aPp7lPcm9vxI/s1600/06VER-Couturier-library-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmLZeeE0bthTAmzl07WeYQ_hwlJfesVWqUw6qRQ0MVrFqZ8GnjTv6RzgvwO-Yu-NjPrOPGUIiHcIaXPUFMyyhK0bgzocbeL5VcQzHrhMqWAPJzSKCEzOt3ORtLJGiTgD2aPp7lPcm9vxI/s1600/06VER-Couturier-library-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">"Floor-to-ceiling columns bring grandeur to the library. Sofa in Prelle silk velvet with pillow in Holland and Sherry fabric. Armchairs and curtain in Le Manach fabric."</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Interior design by Robert Couturier.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Litchfield, Connecticut, home of Robert Couturier and Jeffrey Morgan.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Written by Emily Evans Eerdman.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/elegant-connecticut-country-house?click=pp#slide-6" target="_blank">Elegant Connecticut Retreat</a>" produced by Carolyn Englefield.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2N1lKwZH4OJ2CKrtuREfrdgUT_TQvyKoMcyiq0d90HJigvTlaurYEG-7t-jrZ2D6ab8oen32gemLaYBkVmsvk5Tm82StfQvEWvyEkygNDRgBHk-yXxI_xlMRve8ujfGfv3saT68-yIkS/s1600/item13.rendition.slideshowVertical.13_ozzy_sharon_osbourne_home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2N1lKwZH4OJ2CKrtuREfrdgUT_TQvyKoMcyiq0d90HJigvTlaurYEG-7t-jrZ2D6ab8oen32gemLaYBkVmsvk5Tm82StfQvEWvyEkygNDRgBHk-yXxI_xlMRve8ujfGfv3saT68-yIkS/s1600/item13.rendition.slideshowVertical.13_ozzy_sharon_osbourne_home.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The master bedroom also includes a Marie Antoinette chaise upholstered in a<br /><a href="http://www.degournay.com/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">de Gournay</a> silk velvet."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Los Angeles, California home of Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.martynlawrencebullard.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Martyn Lawrence-Bullard</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Fred Schruers.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2011/ozzy-sharon-osbourne-home-slideshow#slide=13" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Like Night and Day</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2011).</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></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/AVvXsEiOSIrf-rvvPFZi0_GfOBzukAZHcW-1vAOhe6KFUqbev_0fcVsXlf3gKKTo-0pTzYxg5dDJmnttBZjS1CrV_dW5VT_av3eVjlN1EOrmWPDSkJiI8B9oI_keRoZgLlRf9qsN0Qh9jrBdd5id/s1600/HomesRooms-GCN-0909-3-mdn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSIrf-rvvPFZi0_GfOBzukAZHcW-1vAOhe6KFUqbev_0fcVsXlf3gKKTo-0pTzYxg5dDJmnttBZjS1CrV_dW5VT_av3eVjlN1EOrmWPDSkJiI8B9oI_keRoZgLlRf9qsN0Qh9jrBdd5id/s1600/HomesRooms-GCN-0909-3-mdn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sitting Area: Cameron Collection chaise in Rose Tarlow-Melrose House leather. Fauteuil in Clarence House silk-velvet. Art by Cole Morgan. Rose Tarlow-Melrose House table."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Brian McWeeney.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/dallas-apartment-george-cameron-nash?click=img_sr#slide-5" target="_blank">Well-Lived: George Cameron Nash's Dallas Apartment</a>" by Nancy Perot Mulford.</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>.</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/AVvXsEjE5x2KdEWSL-UMbcw4QN0ha456OiEBTyeYVlNqWBL5s70bhsDdZo2dXgiL1vyqec7j_PrA_BEML3OoVWhssoRyVP48-wdST9zzSdZd10-rdsS-6nPMJOzVvuDXYNC_25XU-3M76ZcAymWz/s1600/img_viewingpleasurelg_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5x2KdEWSL-UMbcw4QN0ha456OiEBTyeYVlNqWBL5s70bhsDdZo2dXgiL1vyqec7j_PrA_BEML3OoVWhssoRyVP48-wdST9zzSdZd10-rdsS-6nPMJOzVvuDXYNC_25XU-3M76ZcAymWz/s1600/img_viewingpleasurelg_3.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An English Chippendale bench fronts a French console."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Animal-print fabric on bench: "Tiger Velvet"/Natural (Number 36510.00), <a href="http://www.brunschwig.com/" target="_blank">Brunschwig and Fils</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Milton, Massachusetts, condominium of interior designer Charles Spada.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Charles Spade, Charles Spada Interiors.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Pamela J. Wilson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design/beautiful-homes/viewing-pleasure?page=0%2C2" target="_blank">Viewing Pleasure</a>" produced by Estelle Bond Guralnick.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_243312161"></span>Traditional Home<span id="goog_243312162"></span></a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></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/AVvXsEi0iQ0sO4H3SQ-jzv6zLHJWJWqyO_5kCft9ZQEI6HxyNBeeMW3pm0ynX_nCKIQ8i6kZFSD43FZ8zm1L0TTOvM_dBXsu4Q34gNkmTqsvuhgWrjhyphenhyphenn5jmHFRNW7noMhmISC9Zopk_bsUJrAN8/s1600/Velvet+Artwork+arranged+atop+radiator+behind+GObeb4jFdaOl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0iQ0sO4H3SQ-jzv6zLHJWJWqyO_5kCft9ZQEI6HxyNBeeMW3pm0ynX_nCKIQ8i6kZFSD43FZ8zm1L0TTOvM_dBXsu4Q34gNkmTqsvuhgWrjhyphenhyphenn5jmHFRNW7noMhmISC9Zopk_bsUJrAN8/s1600/Velvet+Artwork+arranged+atop+radiator+behind+GObeb4jFdaOl.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Artwork arranged atop a radiator behind an orange velvet couch."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hudson, New York, home (built in 1890) of Juan Carretero and David Usborne.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Juan Carretero, Carretero Design. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Genevieve Garruppo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.lonny.com/magazine/December+January+2014/G4ACFTKNUUI/1#55" target="_blank">Artist in Residence</a>" written by Sarah Storms.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lonny.com/" target="_blank">Lonny</a> (December - January 2014).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mRujrlwUdE60RS-13-U8ApNoOaf9hQc4zBlHMEhjRxvUkJDVbeBI8RLimNrFlM9MrsL6jvche1bkkybkcfIE-oawuGEs4pTbbVreBqD0vxdBYdUKtIWWX6iDs09-LNrg53F4eBlR5dDp/s1600/Velvet+velvet+upholstered+stool+oriental+rug+1fgFfpTXheUl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mRujrlwUdE60RS-13-U8ApNoOaf9hQc4zBlHMEhjRxvUkJDVbeBI8RLimNrFlM9MrsL6jvche1bkkybkcfIE-oawuGEs4pTbbVreBqD0vxdBYdUKtIWWX6iDs09-LNrg53F4eBlR5dDp/s1600/Velvet+velvet+upholstered+stool+oriental+rug+1fgFfpTXheUl.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A flocked-velvet stool on an Oriental rug.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Southern California ranch of Ruthie Sommers and her family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.ruthiesommers.com/" target="_blank">Ruthie Sommers</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Coral von Zumwalt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Production and fashion styling by Sarah Storms.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.lonny.com/magazine/December+January+2014/G4ACFTKNUUI/1#117" target="_blank">Once Upon a Time in the West</a>" written by Melissa Goldstein.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lonny.com/" target="_blank">Lonny</a> (December - January 2014).</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/AVvXsEhutDzzbU_v651RMMk5VdCpc_sMWytrZKvNayRKd6IEklU4PjhXtDCUYevxXONrlGGLQPBGwXqS0ZztYjG3FKHg5_9pTnAKXnqmvC7bYx1q5_DeOJRQw98STP2fNAFA7Ru45iB7FX68M88s/s1600/item02.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.jean-paul-beaujard-02-salon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutDzzbU_v651RMMk5VdCpc_sMWytrZKvNayRKd6IEklU4PjhXtDCUYevxXONrlGGLQPBGwXqS0ZztYjG3FKHg5_9pTnAKXnqmvC7bYx1q5_DeOJRQw98STP2fNAFA7Ru45iB7FX68M88s/s1600/item02.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.jean-paul-beaujard-02-salon.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Minton garden stools stand before a gilt-wood sofa covered in a velvet from Stark in the salon; the armchair is by Jacob Freres."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York City duplex of interior designer Jean-Paul Beaujard.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jean-Paul Beaujard.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Judith Thurman.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-09/jean-paul-beaujard-manhattan-home-slideshow_slideshow_item1_2" target="_blank">Romance Language</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> (September 2011).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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