Decor Kitchens and Interiors

A Touch of Green

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the best ways to add a touch of green in a room is to buy a plant. Foliage adds texture, shape and variegated color to a space. Studies indicate that plants can reduce stress and many, such as English ivy, the Boston fern and the peace lily, can help improve air quality. Unfortunately, not all of us are blessed with "green thumbs," and keeping houseplants and indoor trees alive can become a daunting task. A low maintenance way to bring the outdoors in is to decorate with botanical prints, as well as wall coverings and fabrics featuring ferns, palms and other leaf motifs.   </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first few images that appear below were created by Becky Davis of <a href="http://bdbotanicals.com/" target="_blank">Becky Davis Botanicals</a> whose work is featured in the October - November edition of <a href="http://gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank"><i>Garden and Gun</i></a>. Ms. Davis wears waders and uses a canoe to gather the plants she dries and has framed. She even has encountered alligators while foraging for flowers near her South Carolina home.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CJvgO-cDOmHUfc86nS8D4JIGGNTZbSVTaPQgLmHdeIgznQXRiGmL7TYHapW1Q3_lqpVnUqVTaNk8l-byKNuFslz2NIZsqSSgY1uFWVfPO_xEurUdtuGazZ414NF15u1JBLD9M-cs9BGV/s1600/dwarf_palmetto.229221156_std.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CJvgO-cDOmHUfc86nS8D4JIGGNTZbSVTaPQgLmHdeIgznQXRiGmL7TYHapW1Q3_lqpVnUqVTaNk8l-byKNuFslz2NIZsqSSgY1uFWVfPO_xEurUdtuGazZ414NF15u1JBLD9M-cs9BGV/s320/dwarf_palmetto.229221156_std.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dwarf palmetto</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sabal minor</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bdbotanicals.com/gallery/leaves" target="_blank">Becky Davis Botanicals</a></span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSR1aJifZSrfgkZCjN7jHXLeYVmP_uZUtwT-X6gq8y-jX2Pdlw3Jh_b09aTGEGW5TYqL2V8jGMz0bFXZ-NONJnw2BCmPbR2B9ibt0_Ng4QUhmGaqLrJwT-TpoTku6WnUKjngZvprEz8yw-/s1600/netted_chainfern.229220936_std.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSR1aJifZSrfgkZCjN7jHXLeYVmP_uZUtwT-X6gq8y-jX2Pdlw3Jh_b09aTGEGW5TYqL2V8jGMz0bFXZ-NONJnw2BCmPbR2B9ibt0_Ng4QUhmGaqLrJwT-TpoTku6WnUKjngZvprEz8yw-/s320/netted_chainfern.229220936_std.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Netted chain fern</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Woodwardia areolata</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bdbotanicals.com/gallery/ferns" target="_blank">Becky Davis Botanicals</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><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/AVvXsEiUjsnyBV2V6sm6xlO0z5_sZeGcnJVZpW59LlGng_vVgcM95-2IH8BqnDgIogBJJFbt6r63t-RE1yCXpWuF0_MPXbmgzFeKxA-qzFWcE6ivAmqHn4KG86YlG2idiQ_E2lbh5abXBgL4Y9CV/s1600/grasses.229221257_std.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjsnyBV2V6sm6xlO0z5_sZeGcnJVZpW59LlGng_vVgcM95-2IH8BqnDgIogBJJFbt6r63t-RE1yCXpWuF0_MPXbmgzFeKxA-qzFWcE6ivAmqHn4KG86YlG2idiQ_E2lbh5abXBgL4Y9CV/s640/grasses.229221257_std.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bdbotanicals.com/gallery/grasses" target="_blank">Becky Davis Botanicals</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></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/AVvXsEjr2SDoOcyCmqJgGHXzKtD7S7yRGEQoZ6Zh9fEN8vJHIbU4xqRz6X8Gg2-KzBtoGk0p6Ik8i_X7Kj7-4Zu8CnBLAHFOYumC3fGk4Ld_G587yGOnUJ-FGnubdMCE8KsfUXC_W1CVCb4Mornj/s1600/6-comfort-hallway-1008-xlg-23414924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2SDoOcyCmqJgGHXzKtD7S7yRGEQoZ6Zh9fEN8vJHIbU4xqRz6X8Gg2-KzBtoGk0p6Ik8i_X7Kj7-4Zu8CnBLAHFOYumC3fGk4Ld_G587yGOnUJ-FGnubdMCE8KsfUXC_W1CVCb4Mornj/s640/6-comfort-hallway-1008-xlg-23414924.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Fern prints and a Regency bench lend presence to a small upstairs hall."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/decorating-change-it-comfort-1008?click=main_sr#slide-6" target="_blank">Markham Roberts</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Francesco Lagnese.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/decorating-change-it-comfort-1008?click=main_sr#slide-6" target="_blank">A Traditional Design Gives Comfort to This Southampton Home</a>" by Amanda Lovell.</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><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/AVvXsEg6SchsxPW_F-3qruUMva-Ok5Z-msi1Uinv_gA9M435oZ09fSDan1bpC_3Kel7ZNITq4D7QiCruWjGYL4nASdV5RvAI55OB0QPfg5erPXW7LGffu0Jcwle4Kyjbf3nkYXm6a2se0_bjIkfe/s1600/bedroom-stripes-print-traditional-0411-scheerer13-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SchsxPW_F-3qruUMva-Ok5Z-msi1Uinv_gA9M435oZ09fSDan1bpC_3Kel7ZNITq4D7QiCruWjGYL4nASdV5RvAI55OB0QPfg5erPXW7LGffu0Jcwle4Kyjbf3nkYXm6a2se0_bjIkfe/s640/bedroom-stripes-print-traditional-0411-scheerer13-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Designer Tom] Scheerer visually linked twin beds in a girl's room with a single headboard, covered in Botanical Fern by <a href="http://www.fschumacher.com/" target="_blank">Schumacher</a>. 'I thought it was appropriate for a Maine house,' he says. 'It's a paradise of ferns here.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.tomscheerer.com/" target="_blank">Tom Scheerer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Francesco Lagnese.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/maine-interior-design-cottage-0411?click=main_sr#slide-11" target="_blank">A Fresh Take on an Old-Fashioned Maine Home</a>" by James Servin.</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><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/AVvXsEitQpVjsGIKXNs2_7ai_9B_DkqC4qaUE7x_ICeoM2yj1AGvDq6wpLhLwPLSrqBntI__XWIOGs4zpNbOvaiq_qH-ChoYu7_sQj5xaAb0MVoHzSFAXlRwJxcVXMjhUS_epP_J0IUN5QmnC_f0/s1600/paladino-8-0909-xl+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQpVjsGIKXNs2_7ai_9B_DkqC4qaUE7x_ICeoM2yj1AGvDq6wpLhLwPLSrqBntI__XWIOGs4zpNbOvaiq_qH-ChoYu7_sQj5xaAb0MVoHzSFAXlRwJxcVXMjhUS_epP_J0IUN5QmnC_f0/s640/paladino-8-0909-xl+(1).jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the master bedroom, a bed from Drexel Heritage's Postobello collection and nightstands by Thomas Pheasant for Baker are 'rich and elegant' against walls painted <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Mesquite. Settee is covered in <a href="http://www.cowtan.com/" target="_blank">Cowtan and Tout</a>'s Trailing Leaf Linen."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://apinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Allison Paladino</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/bright-palm-beach-house?click=main_sr#slide-8" target="_blank">A Palm Beach Home That's Bright and Full of Energy</a>" by Lisa Cregan.</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><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/AVvXsEgh-twPU0FYYGSsOBj3Y_TW4-OAnSAaxBjvQIbAt5n2ea21S3HMoEoQa0Q5L-3UoUnqSpStfHwMDEUFjIMAncun0rIX3nfYKjf_IGP8ohw4q0TagD-wzYXVRNJTfefYqmGLT2zT_OLKrqTN/s1600/paladino-9-0909-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-twPU0FYYGSsOBj3Y_TW4-OAnSAaxBjvQIbAt5n2ea21S3HMoEoQa0Q5L-3UoUnqSpStfHwMDEUFjIMAncun0rIX3nfYKjf_IGP8ohw4q0TagD-wzYXVRNJTfefYqmGLT2zT_OLKrqTN/s640/paladino-9-0909-xl.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"On the loggia, [designer Allison] Paladino used her favorite palm tree fabric, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.brunschwig.com/" target="_blank">Brunschwig and Fils</a>' West Indies Toile, on a pair of wicker armchairs from Whitecraft. Garden stools, the Van Cleve Collection."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://apinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Allison Paladino</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/bright-palm-beach-house?click=main_sr#slide-9" target="_blank">A Palm Beach Home That's Bright and Full of Energy</a>" by Lisa Cregan.</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;"><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/AVvXsEjHwYq0J0BzkZXeF23wNMAb3mdtQyT6lLFzmU41FtAVObhCMjprn2EHdPg1inxUxWAMuPRhKFoJFXEEeYiUMd9bTwu_A0XLoDnliEEOePAYkLu0ODa21cGf4Njtb-LGd33ek-eWRGk1tZpB/s1600/paladino-1-0909-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwYq0J0BzkZXeF23wNMAb3mdtQyT6lLFzmU41FtAVObhCMjprn2EHdPg1inxUxWAMuPRhKFoJFXEEeYiUMd9bTwu_A0XLoDnliEEOePAYkLu0ODa21cGf4Njtb-LGd33ek-eWRGk1tZpB/s640/paladino-1-0909-xl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In this oceanfront Palm Beach house, designer Allison Paladino glazed the sunroom walls bright green to capture the light and painted the woodwork white to calm it down. Ficks Reed's St. Denis Lounge Chairs and ottomans are covered in Woodland Fern and Baker Slipper chairs are covered in Monterey in Citron Green; both fabrics from </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.brunschwig.com/" target="_blank">Brunschwig and Fils</a>. Ferncroft needlepoint rug from Jack Walsh Carpets."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://apinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Allison Paladino</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/bright-palm-beach-house?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">A Palm Beach Home That's Bright and Full of Energy</a>" by Lisa Cregan.</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><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/AVvXsEjw71Er8zhvNZJfWZmJgnxMxE-9U7Ek_YkDgZewOdK06ApM5muob5Rc9iezGpxvjJx02vTDCUxyb-rikflw0cd2FFIsEwd80c3UNoeThpUXsnOcKWIEfwsVfPeJyJucEOsi9F9c0GRkcW9F/s1600/ss_101917351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw71Er8zhvNZJfWZmJgnxMxE-9U7Ek_YkDgZewOdK06ApM5muob5Rc9iezGpxvjJx02vTDCUxyb-rikflw0cd2FFIsEwd80c3UNoeThpUXsnOcKWIEfwsVfPeJyJucEOsi9F9c0GRkcW9F/s640/ss_101917351.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"To complement the green colorings that are prominent around the house, ivy-embroidered sheers filter the light streaming in through the large window in the library."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">English Tudor-style home in the Hamptons, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.jfhillipsdesign.com/" target="_blank">Jack Fhillips</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Robert Brantley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/beach-house-antiques-beauty_ss6.html" target="_blank">You've Never Seen a 'Beach House' Like This</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><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/AVvXsEjWS1wzg6TV2-ZNkYBg4-nYijY0-PpTrPqxS-_P_K-tcBfNaomeyR18hPyG98FZzq8iZx8ey1C26e_8ISJZlqsnO1lHXUnsceUeG_rfTrtEReMUI6ehGUKFgeZtNbJDPrfcfnR0FBwSKw6p/s1600/hbx0910murphy07-8N24Ff-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWS1wzg6TV2-ZNkYBg4-nYijY0-PpTrPqxS-_P_K-tcBfNaomeyR18hPyG98FZzq8iZx8ey1C26e_8ISJZlqsnO1lHXUnsceUeG_rfTrtEReMUI6ehGUKFgeZtNbJDPrfcfnR0FBwSKw6p/s640/hbx0910murphy07-8N24Ff-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the master bath, a freestanding Empire tub by <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" target="_blank">Waterworks</a> is positioned under a skylight. Fern wallpaper by Spring Street Designs creates an instant tropical rain forest."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach house in Oyster Bay, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.christinamurphyinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Christina Murphy</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/modern-beach-house-pictures-0910#slide-8" target="_blank">A Retro Beach House Made Modern</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>.</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/AVvXsEjEzsAXDgglUU1W_6qDTM26aWnbCBXacWVFiHXPYcK0CCym-6z9n5NVhe3YyQey2o_pX0xPXR8101za7XeIqUQyvuF_oJnAK22Y4K7NSLnRvUmCO5rkZa97lKEHh0VgZ6piBOThCWa8LxNq/s1600/0910-murphy-master-bed-headboard-08-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzsAXDgglUU1W_6qDTM26aWnbCBXacWVFiHXPYcK0CCym-6z9n5NVhe3YyQey2o_pX0xPXR8101za7XeIqUQyvuF_oJnAK22Y4K7NSLnRvUmCO5rkZa97lKEHh0VgZ6piBOThCWa8LxNq/s640/0910-murphy-master-bed-headboard-08-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The master bedroom's knockout punch is a dramatically overscale headboard covered in <a href="http://www.raoultextiles.com/" target="_blank">Raoul Textiles</a>' Exoticus Elephant  Leaf."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach house in Oyster Bay, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.christinamurphyinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Christina Murphy</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/modern-beach-house-pictures-0910#slide-7" target="_blank">A Retro Beach House Made Modern</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>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMhSPStE8agRy-39i3IgeTpy_U5gq84q7llLX8eOip00WlTYmuiMBpjrijBYZki0fH66I1VS7OV0Bemagvfg-_XAnJwaWD_jVKl_9o76cLoWxHvqHk1q4pSiLNO0FWB9zOa-EthUizrSH/s1600/traditional-bedroom-wallpaper-white-bedding-0411-scheerer11-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMhSPStE8agRy-39i3IgeTpy_U5gq84q7llLX8eOip00WlTYmuiMBpjrijBYZki0fH66I1VS7OV0Bemagvfg-_XAnJwaWD_jVKl_9o76cLoWxHvqHk1q4pSiLNO0FWB9zOa-EthUizrSH/s640/traditional-bedroom-wallpaper-white-bedding-0411-scheerer11-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A guest bedroom has a deliberately old-fashioned look. Wallpaper is Adam's Eden by <a href="http://www.carletonvltd.com/" target="_blank">Carleton V</a>. Chenille candlewick bedspreads by <a href="http://www.chelseatextiles.com/" target="_blank">Chelsea Textiles</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.tomscheerer.com/" target="_blank">Tom Scheerer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Francesco Lagnese.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/maine-interior-design-cottage-0411?click=main_sr#slide-10" target="_blank">A Fresh Take on an Old-Fashioned Maine Home</a>" by James Servin.</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><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/AVvXsEhIgKW20FBv_KilEL4v8I_qbWGJmlEUbR48VLcvgwZFb0HvD3lBJZlgS9r8aVAzZxDY_Hm-DkSBTanbXpw0F5bvzqnfyJ_WZg-26BjJNcgBuRDFZTxOQyMtrCDWjLjzcd-A2UVtu0kNh5DJ/s1600/1-whealon-0609-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgKW20FBv_KilEL4v8I_qbWGJmlEUbR48VLcvgwZFb0HvD3lBJZlgS9r8aVAzZxDY_Hm-DkSBTanbXpw0F5bvzqnfyJ_WZg-26BjJNcgBuRDFZTxOQyMtrCDWjLjzcd-A2UVtu0kNh5DJ/s640/1-whealon-0609-xlg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Stenciled wall paintings based on 18th-century wallpaper in Sweden's Drottningholm Palace Theater bring fresh air and drama into the foyer of a New York apartment. Designer Timothy Whealon extended the alfresco theme with a green lacquer David Hicks garden seat and lattice-motif <a href="http://www.madelineweinrib.com/" target="_blank">Madeline Weinrib</a> Brooke rug in Chocolate."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.timothywhealon.com/" target="_blank">Timothy Whealon</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/contemporary-design-in-manhattan?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">A Classic Design in a Manhattan Apartment</a>" by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><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/AVvXsEjNVYO3Q5-fl1z2qKXDtlEZAuVpTfZapxBe3fcWRpOtlGYZM-8_57N5FHkyozMpP4r9-vvjl0ustVrPvVlmMqLVQCcVyiErnstRb8qnYnoM5-VUIQ4Lyo2rWx8UPTl7lRuwjVNpfcUr8al_/s1600/paladino-5-0909-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVYO3Q5-fl1z2qKXDtlEZAuVpTfZapxBe3fcWRpOtlGYZM-8_57N5FHkyozMpP4r9-vvjl0ustVrPvVlmMqLVQCcVyiErnstRb8qnYnoM5-VUIQ4Lyo2rWx8UPTl7lRuwjVNpfcUr8al_/s640/paladino-5-0909-xl.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The powder room is papered in <a href="http://www.cowtan.com/" target="_blank">Cowtan and Tout</a>'s Palm Frond in Plum Green."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://apinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Allison Paladino</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/bright-palm-beach-house?click=main_sr#slide-5" target="_blank">A Palm Beach Home That's Bright and Full of Energy</a>" by Lisa Cregan.</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;"><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/AVvXsEj9i3JYrSv4uSLf54WOGofVMeWGRWmr_tH_0ER1w8Xx_pvN0f3YmViViITkdIUOjL_7P_3YDDdVF2hiH29kjXXx0kntPpicfKrjTX5cXRoNo11EqQr99yyWi_s58cU6TgyZxSjY-X3cBkgD/s1600/0910-murphy-wall-paint-01-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9i3JYrSv4uSLf54WOGofVMeWGRWmr_tH_0ER1w8Xx_pvN0f3YmViViITkdIUOjL_7P_3YDDdVF2hiH29kjXXx0kntPpicfKrjTX5cXRoNo11EqQr99yyWi_s58cU6TgyZxSjY-X3cBkgD/s640/0910-murphy-wall-paint-01-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'The floor is the room's biggest surface area, so I thought, why not a pond? Besides, I was tired of all the geometric floors everyone's been doing,' says [designer Christina] Murphy. Detail of the den floor's stylized lily pads, painted by <a href="http://www.christopherrollinson.com/" target="_blank">Christopher Rollinson</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach house in Oyster Bay, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.christinamurphyinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Christina Murphy</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Hgo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/modern-beach-house-pictures-0910#slide-2" target="_blank">A Retro Beach House Made Modern</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>.</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/AVvXsEiB6-MCjAPeIlb0qU4uxnwnQ2XStu8FuiFWKX_uzL221T9F70f0ILsEYn0RQHZY5Qhob2XmHUYX25sVvg8yKV27fZzQru31YQHtGhLyY9HxHmAY2XQyuQa41qKS_I66Llwhsz2L3EeJFLdj/s1600/hbx-0910-murphy-green-de.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6-MCjAPeIlb0qU4uxnwnQ2XStu8FuiFWKX_uzL221T9F70f0ILsEYn0RQHZY5Qhob2XmHUYX25sVvg8yKV27fZzQru31YQHtGhLyY9HxHmAY2XQyuQa41qKS_I66Llwhsz2L3EeJFLdj/s640/hbx-0910-murphy-green-de.JPG" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Lighthearted brushwork, as seen in the lily-pad 'pond' Christina Murphy designed for the den, marks a welcome change from dead-serious 1980s faux finishes. <a href="http://www.phillipjeffries.com/" target="_blank">Phillip Jeffries</a> Extra Fine Arrowroot grasscloth freshens up the walls."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach house in Oyster Bay, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.christinamurphyinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Christina Murphy</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/modern-beach-house-pictures-0910#slide-3" target="_blank">A Retro Beach House Made Modern</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>.</span></div>

A Touch of Green

One of the best ways to add a touch of green in a room is to buy a plant. Foliage adds texture, shape and variegated color to a space. Studies indicate that plants can reduce stress and many, such as English ivy, the Boston fern and the peace lily, can help improve air quality. Unfortunately, not al…

27Sep2012

Sunbursts

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Louis XIV was born in 1638 and was crowned king of France at the age of 5. He reigned for 72 years - a "golden century" during which France was the most powerful political and cultural force in Europe. Louis XIV enjoyed absolute sovereignty, which he believed was a God-given right. He moved his court from Paris to the Chateau de Versailles in 1682 - a strategy that allowed him to keep watch over his nobles and prevent them from rebelling against him. Versailles, with its Hall of Mirrors, was a fitting home for a monarch who chose the sun as his symbol. The sun god was Apollo, the patron of music, poetry and truth. Louis XIV, the Sun King, surrounded himself with the best artists and playwrights of the time. According to the <a href="http://en.chateauversailles.fr/" target="_blank">Chateau de Versailles website</a>, he played the guitar, rode horses, enjoyed billiards and was an excellent dancer who performed in ballets. The mirror was very popular in Baroque design (approximately 1600 to 1750), and the sunburst mirror became a symbol of Louis XIV's illustrious reign. Centuries have passed, yet the sunburst continues to add beauty to interiors of all types. </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/AVvXsEhIRpcje9iOUQlH6popGphXaLZYVFmn90MhXFtHnMrYgcndmU4KCTNn0jHa18VH3cAcQOdgn2zBWiKNYL-gC6NFQ4mFHbYc2811zhHMfzQpIGWSBU_LIx7qyoVvUnun6u9v6Gd7Ec1zJmbW/s1600/DSC_0006-529x800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRpcje9iOUQlH6popGphXaLZYVFmn90MhXFtHnMrYgcndmU4KCTNn0jHa18VH3cAcQOdgn2zBWiKNYL-gC6NFQ4mFHbYc2811zhHMfzQpIGWSBU_LIx7qyoVvUnun6u9v6Gd7Ec1zJmbW/s640/DSC_0006-529x800.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gold leaf sunburst frame from France c. 1780.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sixteen rays appear to be symmetrical, but closer inspection reveals that each one has a different thickness.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by <a href="http://www.carlmooreantiques.com/" target="_blank">Carl Moore Antiques</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/AVvXsEjBvCk1itHtPnoHNtOvEmzmBZ7rTYyHtoY8S04j3uFC4s48hkWh-ySntSlrqwSyu799ShBzx3GGNm1G_hIW9IpYmxIf-MURXif_hFnoniagCbMKX90WG0c3wPACp1twYCcAhwkSJZnDBTaW/s1600/1-kincaid-0509-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvCk1itHtPnoHNtOvEmzmBZ7rTYyHtoY8S04j3uFC4s48hkWh-ySntSlrqwSyu799ShBzx3GGNm1G_hIW9IpYmxIf-MURXif_hFnoniagCbMKX90WG0c3wPACp1twYCcAhwkSJZnDBTaW/s640/1-kincaid-0509-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A raw umber glaze over stenciled walls adds some age. Moorish tiles from <a href="http://www.countryfloors.com/" target="_blank">Country Floors</a>. Benches covered in Lyon Stripe from Travers. Sunburst clock from <a href="http://johnrosselliantiques.com/" target="_blank">John Rosselli</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://cathy-kincaid.com/" target="_blank">Cathy Kincaid</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Reed Davis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/cathy-kincaid-french-country-design?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">Sophisticated French Country Design</a>" by Christine Peters.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5WlvfGn1aIQN45n0Nw_xD7dQCPPY0V07xrtwz10DnRBHNJQONM3JL0EHFIrECWPTeRMOuhyphenhyphenDJJBQJPekVzrrQt1NPflFkXyC6gJ4X8yvCiUzYpC3ucuY4FPqdHJLMnWxWBvo28sKyFRB/s1600/3-feature-shubel-0109-xlg-17252392.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5WlvfGn1aIQN45n0Nw_xD7dQCPPY0V07xrtwz10DnRBHNJQONM3JL0EHFIrECWPTeRMOuhyphenhyphenDJJBQJPekVzrrQt1NPflFkXyC6gJ4X8yvCiUzYpC3ucuY4FPqdHJLMnWxWBvo28sKyFRB/s640/3-feature-shubel-0109-xlg-17252392.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The living room walls are painted <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Bridal Pink, a soft color balanced by the deep browns and earth textures in the room. Hanna chairs in leather flank an antiqued brass drum table, both from <a href="http://www.olystudio.com/" target="_blank">Oly</a>. The girandoles are 19th-century French. Natura carpet in Seagrass is from <a href="http://www.starkcarpet.com/" target="_blank">Stark</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Stephen Shubel of <a href="http://www.stephenshubeldesign.com/" target="_blank">Stephen Shubel Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jeremy Samuelson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/power-of-color?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">A California Home Shows Off the Power of Color</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>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgR_FFvr3yYWDjwYihtipaQmpmrmEC_SARrQNwbBjXGA_2BTLRA8dC2M6NXhu3JavqHNfpPwaE20llLa36QFfNeQ_ntYCSpauMRYujb3PqbfdYqFHfJmZMSHOZ7YrVbe5nKpbprkrVg6A/s1600/BlogStarburstsADJan2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgR_FFvr3yYWDjwYihtipaQmpmrmEC_SARrQNwbBjXGA_2BTLRA8dC2M6NXhu3JavqHNfpPwaE20llLa36QFfNeQ_ntYCSpauMRYujb3PqbfdYqFHfJmZMSHOZ7YrVbe5nKpbprkrVg6A/s640/BlogStarburstsADJan2011.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A circular carpet from Galerie Diurne, designed by [Jean-Louis] Deniot, simplifies the five-sided living room. A 20th-century gilt-wood sunburst clock echoes the carpet's pattern."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pied-a-terre in Paris.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.deniot.com/" target="_blank">Jean-Louis Deniot</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Marina Faust.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Penelope Rowlands.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A la Mode"</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> (January 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IufJl_g4k29EA88pw51GRJ9kJ9SST7AWIQOi5eLG4EpQ3R5s9mpTYXk1O61DEyUH-EjX0zD9IhMdmu2Db7Ut7DU-PwZAPwWSQ_1ajKOKLHGK1FU7RC7BUKOdGv3oU2wvo07EI5PjEFBX/s1600/BlogStarburstsVerandaMarch2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IufJl_g4k29EA88pw51GRJ9kJ9SST7AWIQOi5eLG4EpQ3R5s9mpTYXk1O61DEyUH-EjX0zD9IhMdmu2Db7Ut7DU-PwZAPwWSQ_1ajKOKLHGK1FU7RC7BUKOdGv3oU2wvo07EI5PjEFBX/s640/BlogStarburstsVerandaMarch2011.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Midcentury mirror in Austin, Texas home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.janshowers.com/" target="_blank">Jan Showers</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architecture by <a href="http://www.steinbomer.com/" target="_blank">Steinbomer and Associates Architects</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Stephen Karlisch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Degen Pener.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Clearly Luminous" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (March 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEVan3nNECxT8Wk0ajcMmSQuZkDCgHcRWFF2-i2gyuQ9MWLnRHmjdBzG23SilglYrh-mjSYTIqZRFPlNnjl3Irt5wULErVzcRhJTL-zrwmUqS620hSVX7tF-YQKwYrxdsLxpEt935nZjH/s1600/BlogTubVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEVan3nNECxT8Wk0ajcMmSQuZkDCgHcRWFF2-i2gyuQ9MWLnRHmjdBzG23SilglYrh-mjSYTIqZRFPlNnjl3Irt5wULErVzcRhJTL-zrwmUqS620hSVX7tF-YQKwYrxdsLxpEt935nZjH/s640/BlogTubVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A graphic mirror over a sculptural tub illustrates the power of simplicity.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tub with burnished metallic finish, faucets; by <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" target="_blank">Waterworks</a>. Sunburst mirror, <a href="http://www.bakerfurniture.com/" target="_blank">Baker</a>, repainted by Rising Tide. Limestone floor, Architectural Ceramics."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marwood Estate (outside of Washington, D.C.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation and interior design by <a href="http://www.marydrysdale.com/" target="_blank">Mary Douglas Drysdale</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Restoration architecture by Anthony S. Barnes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale and Max Kim-Bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Susan Stiles Dowell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Capital Idea" produced by Charles L. Ross.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (May - June 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdYS9KnWI81bjBLq57Q-8zfZHvHXsMWd3-paCUmITpE6lvzgYFQ12aMZ4WClpOPGK7Lubr7dpyMtw1ih6q-VQC0LNbhaW38GTONSumLWsCFOK6rGY56ZYDsbDhxyFDy8eQy8q3rW6FWgC/s1600/celerie-kemble-ed0711-01-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdYS9KnWI81bjBLq57Q-8zfZHvHXsMWd3-paCUmITpE6lvzgYFQ12aMZ4WClpOPGK7Lubr7dpyMtw1ih6q-VQC0LNbhaW38GTONSumLWsCFOK6rGY56ZYDsbDhxyFDy8eQy8q3rW6FWgC/s640/celerie-kemble-ed0711-01-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A 20th-century gilt-wood clock hangs above a custom-made marble mantle; the antique screen is covered in a <a href="http://www.degournay.com/" target="_blank">de Gournay</a> wallpaper; the 19th-century chair is upholstered in a cotton by Luigi Bevilacqua, and the rug is from Galerie Shabab."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Living room of Jane and Michael DeFlorio's Manhattan townhouse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://kembleinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Celerie Kemble</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ingrid Abramovitch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/tailored-to-perfection-70109#slide-1" target="_blank">Tailored to Perfection</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (July - August 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyrZjIeQOIY2yn_h-u7jRF9HT5MnPbu_R6dRDLzcaWrFR_Yrjg03-GD2u2BHbk2GTSM0Xa7yjmyevjL3hP0cCVcDJeZDxdDGt5rqz0eVTCN1cjBAbiIl-3OSLPp3qExbMO29l_bgNKdsl/s1600/item16.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.suzanne-kasler-atlanta-house-17-terrace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyrZjIeQOIY2yn_h-u7jRF9HT5MnPbu_R6dRDLzcaWrFR_Yrjg03-GD2u2BHbk2GTSM0Xa7yjmyevjL3hP0cCVcDJeZDxdDGt5rqz0eVTCN1cjBAbiIl-3OSLPp3qExbMO29l_bgNKdsl/s640/item16.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.suzanne-kasler-atlanta-house-17-terrace.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sofas by <a href="http://www.janusetcie.com/" target="_blank">Janus et Cie</a> and 1950s French woven chairs from the Nicholson Gallery beckon from the terrace; the sunburst mirror is vintage."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Atlanta, Georgia home of interior decorator Suzanne Kasler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://suzannekasler.com/" target="_blank">Suzanne Kasler</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural renovation by <a href="http://wtbaker.com/" target="_blank">William T. Baker and Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jen Renzi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-04/suzanne-kasler-atlanta-house-slideshow#slide=17" target="_blank">A Perfect Union</a>" produced by Howard Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (April 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhWoZ1qEDOfjPMdYJpg3GreZ4fSot_fpqGa62tZXCrijxHjGvvQBZLXrdulngafKWAFbO5HQs5BJ8P_X9tsAgyxtFHwVkeoQ7WFEJmlrp-RXqovHlBa_5NDAgZjXVvx_z46C-oSRzg17Z/s1600/living-room-palm-beach-0511-Braff01-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhWoZ1qEDOfjPMdYJpg3GreZ4fSot_fpqGa62tZXCrijxHjGvvQBZLXrdulngafKWAFbO5HQs5BJ8P_X9tsAgyxtFHwVkeoQ7WFEJmlrp-RXqovHlBa_5NDAgZjXVvx_z46C-oSRzg17Z/s640/living-room-palm-beach-0511-Braff01-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" The first thing designer Meg Braff bought for this P</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">alm Beach living room was the fabric on the club chairs, <a href="http://www.cowtan.com/" target="_blank">Cowtan and Tout</a>'s Tortola in Multi Fern, and then she pulled her palette from it."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://megbraff.com/" target="_blank">Meg Braff</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/palm-beach-design-decorating-0411#slide-1" target="_blank">Step Inside a 1960s Style Palm Beach Home</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> (April 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtZM55VTjqn2pxNodreIAHofYGBXUZWo6aV2F4ioG6BGDF5z0yNS0VMT_PUgq2y4xQ2awIUIzsNvbBeavOvUXaoje2f2TvLprR13ldLLNuTkFbXiGLdE-zugEG_wkHKOs8x-_J6yr2VLl/s1600/smith-10-0909-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtZM55VTjqn2pxNodreIAHofYGBXUZWo6aV2F4ioG6BGDF5z0yNS0VMT_PUgq2y4xQ2awIUIzsNvbBeavOvUXaoje2f2TvLprR13ldLLNuTkFbXiGLdE-zugEG_wkHKOs8x-_J6yr2VLl/s640/smith-10-0909-xl.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'I found this amazing embroidered satin from <a href="http://www.bergamofabrics.com/" target="_blank">Bergamo Fabrics</a> and used it on the bed, to create a little jewel box,' [Windsor] Smith says. 'And then I added that whimsical Italian mirror. It's like a star hanging over us.' Slim chaise covered in <a href="http://www.kravet.com/" target="_blank">Kravet</a>'s Obsession, and Zebra Bed from Windsor Smith Home."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Windsor Smith's Los Angeles, California home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design 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;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/windsor-smiths-home?click=img_sr#slide-20" target="_blank">A Look Inside Windsor Smith's Stunning Home</a>" by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvqCkmdBWeoaXyGcMNU7hmPw31NxtGBuekAJMB3hiYzGBD4mW6lWEbJC8HofMMSxAbLKve3HBjrC_AqEYNPPNPNFcdy9Zu5-V2JILYDOnLD09x-uQLcevvKUClScKHhhNnvmkiIyPEf5M/s1600/tiny-dining-room-with-big-style-xlg-42804578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvqCkmdBWeoaXyGcMNU7hmPw31NxtGBuekAJMB3hiYzGBD4mW6lWEbJC8HofMMSxAbLKve3HBjrC_AqEYNPPNPNFcdy9Zu5-V2JILYDOnLD09x-uQLcevvKUClScKHhhNnvmkiIyPEf5M/s640/tiny-dining-room-with-big-style-xlg-42804578.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designed by Kim Fiscus, this tiny dining room, once an office area, is practical  . . . with a touch of drama. The 18th-century gilt starburst is six feet in diameter and probably from an Italian church."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Francisco, California house of Bruce and Kim Fiscus, an antiques dealer specializing in 18th- and 19th-century European pieces.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.kimfiscus.com/" target="_blank">Kim Fiscus</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Reed Davis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Reed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/fiscus-soulful-accessories-0608?click=main_sr#slide-11" target="_blank">Accessories are Soulful</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 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodol_t4sYlKAqlgofUaFx_d_RVI_wH_qv531OFBWzD7lshGFLHVLrO_6M5bvA-NtRQ6FFvRNIRZ7pMydIcgnpe0gKNcBwG6gU7gCaHZQQXn7vkjbdaVWZVtYUOQlfhShFv4IuhQx92UEu/s1600/BlogStarburstsVerandaJanFeb2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodol_t4sYlKAqlgofUaFx_d_RVI_wH_qv531OFBWzD7lshGFLHVLrO_6M5bvA-NtRQ6FFvRNIRZ7pMydIcgnpe0gKNcBwG6gU7gCaHZQQXn7vkjbdaVWZVtYUOQlfhShFv4IuhQx92UEu/s640/BlogStarburstsVerandaJanFeb2012.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The walls of the dining room were meticulously hand-painted to look like ikat fabric. Chairs in <a href="http://www.fschumacher.com/" target="_blank">Schumacher</a> fabric with linen backs, dining table, sunburst mirror and chandelier, all custom."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dallas, Texas home of designer Kelli Ford and her family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://kirstenkelli.com/" target="_blank">Kelli Ford and Kirsten Fitzgibbons</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <a href="http://www.larryboerder.com/" target="_blank">Larry E. Boerder</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;">Text by Jeff Turrentine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Haute Hues" produced by Carolyn Englefield.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda </a>(January - February 2012).</span></div>

Sunbursts

Louis XIV was born in 1638 and was crowned king of France at the age of 5. He reigned for 72 years - a "golden century" during which France was the most powerful political and cultural force in Europe. Louis XIV enjoyed absolute sovereignty, which he believed was a God-given right. He moved his cour…

25Sep2012

Orange Spice

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today is the first day of fall, so I am thinking about the color orange. Orange leaves. Orange pumpkins. Rooms with a bit of orange spice . . . </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/AVvXsEimeRsfBsDtsJcbxfnqrtkCC3KS6lHqxC9xicYKgmuhl0QAXIQzMf26jNbxK90HBkZSS_ApUjjC-XsOhxy1OCNbIdp5AfaBgcxTFB8g-CqmX1b3D4dUid8GUOVhdpfDgUKyJw3r1xWG7mZX/s1600/OrangeStephenShubelstraightened.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeRsfBsDtsJcbxfnqrtkCC3KS6lHqxC9xicYKgmuhl0QAXIQzMf26jNbxK90HBkZSS_ApUjjC-XsOhxy1OCNbIdp5AfaBgcxTFB8g-CqmX1b3D4dUid8GUOVhdpfDgUKyJw3r1xWG7mZX/s640/OrangeStephenShubelstraightened.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://stephenshubeldesign.com/portfolio/loire-country.html" target="_blank">Stephen Shubel's 16th-century townhouse in the Loire Valley</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://stephenshubeldesign.com/" target="_blank">Stephen Shubel</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"House of Spirits"</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> (June - July 2002).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlOXsXkc80LLKE_nkt4wfxFMtu1uq2N4xvHXbZUmYvJxkaH790W6YIp4jJnZEoxCASlHMvt2DEVn_Mcfd-M22BCjmiqUn0W7MKihQ7bCRXj21KcnsADRd5-J7v0iTIQtGxPyqAyn59Ghz/s1600/smith-9-0909-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlOXsXkc80LLKE_nkt4wfxFMtu1uq2N4xvHXbZUmYvJxkaH790W6YIp4jJnZEoxCASlHMvt2DEVn_Mcfd-M22BCjmiqUn0W7MKihQ7bCRXj21KcnsADRd5-J7v0iTIQtGxPyqAyn59Ghz/s640/smith-9-0909-xl.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A 1950s fashion photograph inspired a passion for orange. Hermes boxes and a vintage Gucci bag rest on a Louis XVI gilt console in the master bath."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wshcollection.com/Images/09-08_HB.pdf" target="_blank">Los Angeles, California home of designer Windsor Smith</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design 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;">Interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/windsor-smiths-home?click=main_sr#slide-18" target="_blank">Inside Windsor Smith's Stunning Home</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> (September 2009).</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/AVvXsEimIK6WYDJWA95-fg5QCppcEHks6qyeVBFYddoiG12B_iUlk4qEU1JGsf-z8tEtAJam3YUZsZepI08mnbLP7h9KfqKjV-sYee-dcrtouAbQkkpSekmragQfMIVEzZ1VG3v5UiP3EbvWKme3/s1600/4-makeovermood-niche-0208-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIK6WYDJWA95-fg5QCppcEHks6qyeVBFYddoiG12B_iUlk4qEU1JGsf-z8tEtAJam3YUZsZepI08mnbLP7h9KfqKjV-sYee-dcrtouAbQkkpSekmragQfMIVEzZ1VG3v5UiP3EbvWKme3/s640/4-makeovermood-niche-0208-xlg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="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="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Atlanta, Georgia home of Carol Curtis.</span></div><div style="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="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by J. Savage Gibson.</span></div><div style="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" target="_blank">A Makeover with Mood</a>" by Christopher Petkanas.</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> (February 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mHXb8_Zj5oTqsRtMrnE9qIgE954vOC6FAOESMgewLz3liPq5MzSSqdp_niB1DggkMmrwTKjGKc2OHR5vySuCgVP21fVsru40ou9aFf4T9qcJfUVsamHN3sD9PwxtnMYfJWGHrynPLY8R/s1600/BlogOrangeCrushTradHomeApril2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mHXb8_Zj5oTqsRtMrnE9qIgE954vOC6FAOESMgewLz3liPq5MzSSqdp_niB1DggkMmrwTKjGKc2OHR5vySuCgVP21fVsru40ou9aFf4T9qcJfUVsamHN3sD9PwxtnMYfJWGHrynPLY8R/s640/BlogOrangeCrushTradHomeApril2010.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "In the dining room, daring orange, drawn from the hand-painted <a href="http://www.degournay.com/" target="_blank">de Gournay</a> wallpaper, and the high-gloss gray moldings and taffeta curtains that temper the vivid emerald silk background showcase the flair for color demonstrated by designer Melissa Warner."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Francisco, California house built in 1900.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.massuccowarnermiller.com/biography/" target="_blank">Melissa Warner</a> of <a href="http://www.massuccowarnermiller.com/residential/sanfran-residence.php" target="_blank">Massucco Warner Miller</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Werner Straube.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Color Coded" written and produced by Sabine Rothman.</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> (April 2010).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVmGtBb0UTAMyyxuNDk69chaiD9SmXi3NPo7biNCyQQY58wLtgzhoIt_4SEkTMi1IZnsKn-ervqlOjHQvnFAFqM0_tVkbZ5B55pGfpx3MBUV0R99uuAlH9vn4Z5epe24lzNMVedObwHDY/s1600/hbx-orange-and-red-duvet-cover-0912-Dhong-12-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVmGtBb0UTAMyyxuNDk69chaiD9SmXi3NPo7biNCyQQY58wLtgzhoIt_4SEkTMi1IZnsKn-ervqlOjHQvnFAFqM0_tVkbZ5B55pGfpx3MBUV0R99uuAlH9vn4Z5epe24lzNMVedObwHDY/s640/hbx-orange-and-red-duvet-cover-0912-Dhong-12-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Guest bedroom: Orange bedding accents brighten a white room." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://benjamindhong.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Dhong</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Lisa Romerein.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/benjamin-dhong-san-francisco-row-house-0912?click=main_sr#slide-15" target="_blank">A San Francisco Row House with its Own Personality</a>" by David A. Keeps.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (September 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjraioTZi0blr70xpuIfnrd4HO48dgq_YXa3R8z9aISwZDaacMbBK4X-MyBIt_dqNyFj3RRTR57KGtw6pYZ22KZHFzRejdjMMSsV_hrlijpIfJ3Tbp6dCKVi2EnGut9FOrF50nJx9n-JOyS/s1600/BlogOrangeCrushVerandaNovDev2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjraioTZi0blr70xpuIfnrd4HO48dgq_YXa3R8z9aISwZDaacMbBK4X-MyBIt_dqNyFj3RRTR57KGtw6pYZ22KZHFzRejdjMMSsV_hrlijpIfJ3Tbp6dCKVi2EnGut9FOrF50nJx9n-JOyS/s640/BlogOrangeCrushVerandaNovDev2010.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Headboard in Fortuny fabric and Keleen Leathers. Pillows in Fortuny and Rubelli fabrics; Houles trim. Bedside lamp and bedspread fabric, Nancy Corzine."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Santa Barbara, California home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural renovation and interior design by <a href="http://www.saladinostyle.com/" target="_blank">John Saladino</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Luca Trovato.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Classical Cues" text by Degen Pener.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (November - December 2010). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8rGhkwvXuEDy-KpfpuA1tgzo3WUQa2lphx2dAAQIvoKXUWPJznE_PPLFGF4cTCvdAjvZ-QcT-TT09P0A9QLMzlguHQEAQotLUKH0fAbda1CnPYuneU0vkMM0KGpR_6SGscYbZkCg8bVkv/s1600/BlogOrangeCrushVerandaNovDec2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8rGhkwvXuEDy-KpfpuA1tgzo3WUQa2lphx2dAAQIvoKXUWPJznE_PPLFGF4cTCvdAjvZ-QcT-TT09P0A9QLMzlguHQEAQotLUKH0fAbda1CnPYuneU0vkMM0KGpR_6SGscYbZkCg8bVkv/s640/BlogOrangeCrushVerandaNovDec2010.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Lamp, Saladino. Curtains in Rubelli taffeta."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Santa Barbara, California home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural renovation and interior design by <a href="http://www.saladinostyle.com/" target="_blank">John Saladino</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Luca Trovato.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Classical Cues" text by Degen Pener.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (November - December 2010).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJNetRqTD50voho8IpheZCUSYwm6h-tBv_XgUEqlSP00RPhGF96flbH_OtjbntVXFHU2d5vvm1ww5YLQEPcbB9BCSbjSdqwrZ_aC36rvmgTyFf3yhsn_q88vMMC7DMi8hASfKRp4vrcEc/s1600/OrangeMilesReddElleDecorStraightened.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJNetRqTD50voho8IpheZCUSYwm6h-tBv_XgUEqlSP00RPhGF96flbH_OtjbntVXFHU2d5vvm1ww5YLQEPcbB9BCSbjSdqwrZ_aC36rvmgTyFf3yhsn_q88vMMC7DMi8hASfKRp4vrcEc/s640/OrangeMilesReddElleDecorStraightened.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Walls covered in Antinous wallpaper in persimmon from <a href="http://www.brunschwig.com/" target="_blank">Brunschwig and Fils</a>. The dining table is vintage George Nelson and the French chandelier is from Treillage."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gramercy Park, New York apartment of Shyama Patel and family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.milesredd.com/" target="_blank">Miles Redd</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Shyama Patel. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the Mood" styled by Carlos Mota.</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> (November 2006).</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/AVvXsEgnLykr4lcjtQ5OXj4CZEX3LGyEhjnlG9CyAZTPmZ5kRf9wdq4D_mFFbDnRHCOpXkP9qG0zuBEazB51FlXCaQPCxk4sQbqTWuGwBPnCyhy8l7c9kiNp82basEJeQV3xgzAKjUR_yH8U2JNm/s1600/OrangeKarylPiercePaxtonHouseBeautiful2straightened.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLykr4lcjtQ5OXj4CZEX3LGyEhjnlG9CyAZTPmZ5kRf9wdq4D_mFFbDnRHCOpXkP9qG0zuBEazB51FlXCaQPCxk4sQbqTWuGwBPnCyhy8l7c9kiNp82basEJeQV3xgzAKjUR_yH8U2JNm/s640/OrangeKarylPiercePaxtonHouseBeautiful2straightened.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"To [Karyl Pierce] Paxton, mixing cultures makes a livelier room. . . . </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dramatic painting by <a href="http://www.harouni.com/" target="_blank">David Harouni</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1897 side hall Queen Anne cottage in New Orleans, Louisiana. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home of Karyl Pierce Paxton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.piercepaxton.com/about.php" target="_blank">Karyl Pierce Paxton</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Kerri McCaffetty.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/french-furniture-lasts-0108?click=main_sr#slide-4" target="_blank">French Furniture Really Lasts</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> (January 2008).</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/AVvXsEhX_3R4PgrX_hDAjzsj94lLd6goGiV0QUTPfpF5gb0NvU52H7yfZev_TfY-UsuTae3Buujv3I6NAIZznH6DOlFPeJCZqWL5EkzfdwikpGXzTnb4gdiRX2bIPn3SFVpjx_Ke8dRPedLhe503/s1600/OrangeKarylPiercePaxtonHouseBeautifulstraightened.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_3R4PgrX_hDAjzsj94lLd6goGiV0QUTPfpF5gb0NvU52H7yfZev_TfY-UsuTae3Buujv3I6NAIZznH6DOlFPeJCZqWL5EkzfdwikpGXzTnb4gdiRX2bIPn3SFVpjx_Ke8dRPedLhe503/s640/OrangeKarylPiercePaxtonHouseBeautifulstraightened.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In her dining room, a French neoclassical-style dining table, circa 1800, wears its original paint. Pulled up to it are Louis XVI-style chairs upholstered in a silk from ABC Carpet and Home. Upping the room's sex appeal are orange embroidered Indian silk curtains from the Silk Trading Company."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1897 side hall Queen Anne cottage in New Orleans, Louisiana.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home of Karyl Pierce Paxton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.piercepaxton.com/about.php" target="_blank">Karyl Pierce Paxton</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Kerri McCaffetty.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/french-furniture-lasts-0108?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">French Furniture Really Lasts</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> (January 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ewi3D4O1EqiCzwwER-e7CjaQypyJiuRDMsufZRHf0ibMdZkJ-zyD8w1KMchzV5O_cVp71uHkEoof7UFbZu0F9VTjY3B1vX3I8oXJ1mEnUQj1NPwn7FNtDcGyO6S4DEmFz6mdVru_PXvc/s1600/annivNUSSBAUMER0412-mdn-89633211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ewi3D4O1EqiCzwwER-e7CjaQypyJiuRDMsufZRHf0ibMdZkJ-zyD8w1KMchzV5O_cVp71uHkEoof7UFbZu0F9VTjY3B1vX3I8oXJ1mEnUQj1NPwn7FNtDcGyO6S4DEmFz6mdVru_PXvc/s640/annivNUSSBAUMER0412-mdn-89633211.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Travel the world in one room. . . . Lithograph, Dominique Rousserie. Snake prints, Williams-Sonoma Home."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.ceylonetcie.com/" target="_blank">Michelle Nussbaumer</a>.</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;">Written by Degen Pener.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/looking-back-verandas-most-memorable-rooms-0412?click=main_sr#slide-9" target="_blank">High Spirited</a>" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (July - August 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiss1iV863azQEn-nqfUdQFxgNC6LoNK8U_ibtANVfmOkInJ8nzj-0dXDC3XpbGhpyUhV-YYInEhigbb2t6aEZAnkuS1DDdv2k1vZphc-BMyb4OohoUvYs3tOe3Gdp2ALhNWD_6PAOTtoDZ/s1600/BlogOrangeCrushHBDec2003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiss1iV863azQEn-nqfUdQFxgNC6LoNK8U_ibtANVfmOkInJ8nzj-0dXDC3XpbGhpyUhV-YYInEhigbb2t6aEZAnkuS1DDdv2k1vZphc-BMyb4OohoUvYs3tOe3Gdp2ALhNWD_6PAOTtoDZ/s640/BlogOrangeCrushHBDec2003.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charlottesville, Virginia home of Jan Roden, co-owner of the design shop, <a href="http://www.andgeorge.com/" target="_blank">And George</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jan Roden.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gordon Beall.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Ted Loos.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Fresh Look at Tradition" produced by Senga Mortimer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (December 2003).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Vy18NSl8pnOZhyphenhyphenrltl5052a2VXTsbjlzQcuMfngAZpJVe-P99wFX_73DBd3-JED0DM91c94KunA7Ubg8NTn0Is8EWzQK-nwSgcy8VNHuhK2O-urNZvScGNy5EL2m6z96gNk3D8Z7Ap50/s1600/BlogHermesVerandaMarchApril2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Vy18NSl8pnOZhyphenhyphenrltl5052a2VXTsbjlzQcuMfngAZpJVe-P99wFX_73DBd3-JED0DM91c94KunA7Ubg8NTn0Is8EWzQK-nwSgcy8VNHuhK2O-urNZvScGNy5EL2m6z96gNk3D8Z7Ap50/s640/BlogHermesVerandaMarchApril2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Benches, Nancy Corzine. . . . Antique bergere. Throw, Hermes."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Atlanta, Georgia home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://suzannekasler.com/" target="_blank">Suzanne Kasler</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior detailing by Thierry Francois, John Oetgen and William T. Baker.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <a href="http://wtbaker.com/" target="_blank">William T. Baker</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Jennifer Alfano.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Golden Mean" produced by Carolyn Englefield.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (March - April 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEseTUHImEfsh1R4py29vgI2_L6lnh4GYSesvCWpb8eLH6fmQVvlJudSwBwT82Ar7dHJkJEaBkt6YijwXxMWn_hH3jgeiciQfXcXDlYJJ4lSYP7b_OoN7psKdTFKwkzgdy4HWudwVkoBwS/s1600/int-watersound-7-L%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEseTUHImEfsh1R4py29vgI2_L6lnh4GYSesvCWpb8eLH6fmQVvlJudSwBwT82Ar7dHJkJEaBkt6YijwXxMWn_hH3jgeiciQfXcXDlYJJ4lSYP7b_OoN7psKdTFKwkzgdy4HWudwVkoBwS/s640/int-watersound-7-L%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Watersound."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://suzannekasler.com/" target="_blank">Suzanne Kasler</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://suzannekasler.com/interiors/Watersound#" target="_blank">Photo from Suzanne Kasler's website</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV89KWzqMDWIVwV5sawSQnwGekdRN9zDQ-VXOEYDh1gn1ZIPJTOs89G4U0KCSGoAULDhjTtyckvwV_Bwg2nAcrH95-0riczFCBRZSLIii3BnAH2vJUeHSS4_zVlB7I6xj6TDDzjX11uky1/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.brooke-shields-david-flint-wood-new-york-home-05-kitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV89KWzqMDWIVwV5sawSQnwGekdRN9zDQ-VXOEYDh1gn1ZIPJTOs89G4U0KCSGoAULDhjTtyckvwV_Bwg2nAcrH95-0riczFCBRZSLIii3BnAH2vJUeHSS4_zVlB7I6xj6TDDzjX11uky1/s640/item4.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.brooke-shields-david-flint-wood-new-york-home-05-kitchen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"George III-style dining chairs surround a table by MADE in the kitchen . . . and the chimney breast - faced in glazed tile by Mosaic del Sur - displays a Malcolm Liepke painting."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by David Flint Wood.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Judith Thurman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/brooke-shields-new-york-city-townhouse-slideshow#slide=5" target="_blank">An Exclusive Look at Brooke Shields's Manhattan Home</a>" produced by Howard Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (March 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluMxBvfnCTouVVdfvcE09RYj93vci1ykH5dczel9eccTSsY-nmbd4tWAnxsvG_LUBbR9ntHjs7NZIXq2JDL-X6fss1gc27coM5-FlhPICVAHNIi8tnHIukGZb7TLaKBrQb6immPTyFnC5/s1600/steven-gambrel-remodel-ed0711-05-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluMxBvfnCTouVVdfvcE09RYj93vci1ykH5dczel9eccTSsY-nmbd4tWAnxsvG_LUBbR9ntHjs7NZIXq2JDL-X6fss1gc27coM5-FlhPICVAHNIi8tnHIukGZb7TLaKBrQb6immPTyFnC5/s640/steven-gambrel-remodel-ed0711-05-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The bar area contains a stainless-steel sideboard and a circa-1955 Arredoluce light."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan apartment.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.srgambrel.com/" target="_blank">Steven Gambrel</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Gena Sigala.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/design-solutions/room-to-grow-a-70127?click=main_sr" target="_blank">Room to Grow</a>" text by David Colman.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (July - August 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

Orange Spice

Today is the first day of fall, so I am thinking about the color orange. Orange leaves. Orange pumpkins. Rooms with a bit of orange spice . . . Stephen Shubel's 16th-century townhouse in the Loire Valley.Interior design by Stephen Shubel."House of Spirits"Elle Decor (June - July 2002)."A 1950s fashi…

22Sep2012

Chinoiserie

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to last Saturday's <i><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444100404577643553858386614.html?KEYWORDS=say+ni+hao+to+chinois">Wall Street Journal</a></i>, chinoiserie is popular again. <i>Architectural Digest</i> seems to agree. Its October 2012 edition features retired designer Valentino Garavini's <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/valentino-garavani-paris-chateau-pigeonnier-article">Chateau de Wideville</a>, which is filled with every type of Chinese decorative item imaginable. The same magazine depicts <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/robert-duffy-marc-jacobs-new-york-townhouse-article">Robert Duffy's Greenwich Village townhouse</a>, which is home to a hand-painted chinoiserie mural, Regency lacquer chinoiserie cabinets and 19th-century Chinese porcelain. <i>Chinoiserie </i>is a French term meaning "a style of decoration reflecting Chinese motifs." According to the <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chinoiserie">Merriam-Webster dictionary</a>, the first known usage of the word was in 1883, but interest in Chinese objects developed in the 17th and 18th centuries due to trade expansion to the East. The Western world began appropriating Asian motifs in fanciful ways using blue and white pottery, gilding and lacquered surfaces. An early example of a chinoiserie-inspired interior was the Trianon de Porcelaine, which was built for Louis XIV at Versailles (1670 - 1671). This structure no longer exists, but chinoiserie was the rage until the 19th century, when railroad and steamship travel introduced Westerners to other exotic locales. Here are some examples of chinoiserie in current decor . . . </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/AVvXsEik3zJ3aRNyUEZygQu6s36LvKqhJvvctRxn317que0rgmxaNUezJbaLcfnP5m4wC-hGitQ86He8nsDYDuTSfEqAXdTwJuiemqbJ2BlcBG-x654D_ZpXFQaGLeL0bppyU3zPMaehZOI5-pcw/s1600/hbx-chinoiserie-print-wallpaper-chair-0411-redd06-mdn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3zJ3aRNyUEZygQu6s36LvKqhJvvctRxn317que0rgmxaNUezJbaLcfnP5m4wC-hGitQ86He8nsDYDuTSfEqAXdTwJuiemqbJ2BlcBG-x654D_ZpXFQaGLeL0bppyU3zPMaehZOI5-pcw/s640/hbx-chinoiserie-print-wallpaper-chair-0411-redd06-mdn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The master bedroom is papered with <a href="http://www.degournay.com/">de Gournay</a>'s Earlham, a chinoiserie print on blue India tea paper. The bronze Giacometti-style chair acts as a valet."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.milesredd.com/">Miles Redd</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by James Merrell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/colors/modern-colorful-decorating-ideas-0411?click=main_sr#slide-8">A Wildly Colorful New York Apartment by Designer Miles Redd</a>" by David A. Keeps.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (April 2011). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid97j7Ne07XA2MXjMT0iwaRdZ7gLmlQTYpoGCSIB9JTGV3T6_-24uXxkR0dI9TfHbbueIwZC1FexOLDSb1lignyuoG22mM4087pByNvzj2fdkcWKSmOOcVMRomZzu9rkqx05t6w5ndRh1e/s1600/0910-raquet-oriental-decoration-01-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid97j7Ne07XA2MXjMT0iwaRdZ7gLmlQTYpoGCSIB9JTGV3T6_-24uXxkR0dI9TfHbbueIwZC1FexOLDSb1lignyuoG22mM4087pByNvzj2fdkcWKSmOOcVMRomZzu9rkqx05t6w5ndRh1e/s640/0910-raquet-oriental-decoration-01-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A four-foot-high pagoda in the dining room of a Brookville, New York, house 'is just here to make people smile.' . . . The silver tea-leaf wallpaper is from <a href="http://www.graciestudio.com/">Gracie</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.andrewraquet.com/">Andrew Raquet</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jose Picayo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/gray-rooms-and-interiors-0910?click=main_sr#slide-1">The Glamour of Gray</a>" interview by Emily Evans Eerdmans.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (September 2010). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTPP1AYFK0vM0lw2i8J8ZfAiseZrhKWVd6RvEc-smDdwhNtxxFqD1WOc7DwKesHb99n0d9Oo1ByX7Sg1DO2z-SA4i8IgfItKnny0qRwYCyYP7h2ATwIRKnMzQ1yzPC7Azk16HUMIg702p/s1600/ann-getty-0508-6_md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTPP1AYFK0vM0lw2i8J8ZfAiseZrhKWVd6RvEc-smDdwhNtxxFqD1WOc7DwKesHb99n0d9Oo1ByX7Sg1DO2z-SA4i8IgfItKnny0qRwYCyYP7h2ATwIRKnMzQ1yzPC7Azk16HUMIg702p/s640/ann-getty-0508-6_md.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Restored Louis XV-style German, mid-18th-c. embroidered chinoiserie pelmet from Doris Duke['s] estate atop an original, both for Sherman House."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jamie Hadley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/designers-ideas/designer-ann-getty-0608?click=main_sr#slide-6">Ann Getty: Designer and Entrepreneur</a>" by Victoria Amory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7eRZMPqbnpGDb1zrJrfuBYxfpwrGDQAShE0kFqVXpc2HzMKgv8rOWyA832Yu4ZhAe0gobnUCnUTE-3KNRnn5wFbah2WSWIkvRo3huJrnOSkzvKx3E4EUyC84OrT2n_vYBmp2gB0jRK33/s1600/September182012+078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7eRZMPqbnpGDb1zrJrfuBYxfpwrGDQAShE0kFqVXpc2HzMKgv8rOWyA832Yu4ZhAe0gobnUCnUTE-3KNRnn5wFbah2WSWIkvRo3huJrnOSkzvKx3E4EUyC84OrT2n_vYBmp2gB0jRK33/s640/September182012+078.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Detail of a chinoiserie lamp in my home. From <a href="http://www.shadesoflight.com/">Shades of Light</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo credit: Kathleen Sams Flippen.</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/AVvXsEizh4-tut3xfGorj5zyprr6sG3oBmuStIjLIFvyk8tYfoyeuJQ-h22MiD5Untl9cqw4mw4Kpg-P3oFcI8hC1MMJKIOfz7CvflCjqKBo8LZJUiLjmfaVdsiO458wZAuZcCIcXmPNLAOKAUJx/s1600/estates-greystone-great-house-47-0309_MD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizh4-tut3xfGorj5zyprr6sG3oBmuStIjLIFvyk8tYfoyeuJQ-h22MiD5Untl9cqw4mw4Kpg-P3oFcI8hC1MMJKIOfz7CvflCjqKBo8LZJUiLjmfaVdsiO458wZAuZcCIcXmPNLAOKAUJx/s640/estates-greystone-great-house-47-0309_MD.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"J. Tribble's antique Chippendale mirror and a collection of chinoiserie ceramics provide an alluring entree to the home's culinary quarters."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greystone Estate Showhouse: Family Kitchen by the Veranda Editors.</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=main_sr#slide-44">The Great House at 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/">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2wQSKmgO_ZX58KvEClcCLmQUGaTxkA2YSScdgSHE5T7yaWbyWL3Xgx87kh4jrYzPGyH2BRh9Wq0zzFg8Ahl-jMm3iJMpSpu6tOctttLiqFRtVo161lBTWkbwcCsm_6qWusw5AwJ14I0x/s1600/1g-moss-display-0608-xlg-12666951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2wQSKmgO_ZX58KvEClcCLmQUGaTxkA2YSScdgSHE5T7yaWbyWL3Xgx87kh4jrYzPGyH2BRh9Wq0zzFg8Ahl-jMm3iJMpSpu6tOctttLiqFRtVo161lBTWkbwcCsm_6qWusw5AwJ14I0x/s640/1g-moss-display-0608-xlg-12666951.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Blue and white, forever and always: framed Iznik panels of chinoiserie plates, antique Delft on lattice brackets, Aptware pottery, temple jars, and more chinoiserie. Tiered silver dessert stand is a showstopper."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Display at the <a href="http://charlottemoss.com/">Charlotte Moss</a> Townhouse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by James Merrell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/charlotte-moss-queen-accessories-0608?click=main_sr#slide-10">Charlotte Moss is the Queen of Accessories</a>" by Stephen Drucker.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHVYLfBWjCpDjkSgyLAVoDIfOryF7v_kPjrku9AoBBVr-YTTf26kogc52F0N7mjrMaM6lwMCQSItiXs0_CEEIFbIvX5WmqH9Q0buTabcrBDZXKD8R5apRPmWv6e3uk2CdpWGq-xTCWgwn/s1600/staircase-stair-palm-beach-prints-art-0511-Braff04-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHVYLfBWjCpDjkSgyLAVoDIfOryF7v_kPjrku9AoBBVr-YTTf26kogc52F0N7mjrMaM6lwMCQSItiXs0_CEEIFbIvX5WmqH9Q0buTabcrBDZXKD8R5apRPmWv6e3uk2CdpWGq-xTCWgwn/s640/staircase-stair-palm-beach-prints-art-0511-Braff04-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'Chinoiserie is so charming and never goes out of style,' says [Meg] Braff who redid the stair rail in Chinese fretwork to liven up a dull entryway. Chandelier from <a href="http://johnrosselliantiques.com/" target="_blank">John Rosselli</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://megbraff.com/">Meg Braff</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/palm-beach-design-decorating-0411?click=main_sr#slide-4">Step Inside a 1960s Style Palm Beach House</a>" by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (April 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUT27gZYhSDXnKzzkjewwvbSpKhbBbR7-VK6lA9RQNOdRxOnHpCbHs9IAgaU7EkJfhs7z_Gi3UL302iFhhhft-_91lH1TloEhC9fEXRn12htTgUrPSopowbytdl9InXNHN0LFJwM9eHmBx/s1600/bedroom-palm-beach-wallpaper-vintage-0511-Braff03-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUT27gZYhSDXnKzzkjewwvbSpKhbBbR7-VK6lA9RQNOdRxOnHpCbHs9IAgaU7EkJfhs7z_Gi3UL302iFhhhft-_91lH1TloEhC9fEXRn12htTgUrPSopowbytdl9InXNHN0LFJwM9eHmBx/s640/bedroom-palm-beach-wallpaper-vintage-0511-Braff03-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In a guest bedroom, Lhasa Camel wallpaper from <a href="http://www.brunschwig.com/" target="_blank">Brunschwig and Fils</a> picks up the [chinoiserie] theme. [Meg] Braff bought the vintage chest and then found linens by Jane Wilner with a similar fretwork motif. . . . The light fixture is vintage. 'I'm a great fan of vintage fixtures. They bring a lot of personality.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://megbraff.com/">Meg Braff</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/palm-beach-design-decorating-0411?click=main_sr#slide-3">Step Inside a 1960s Style Palm Beach House</a>" by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (April 2011). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfonl4ZFPh8mXAqmTVrLag7gJGk-t13Kql2b0qVrDxJ8i7tQTPZluLU1Bhj1NmI1gJjQegq_bahCfOKYY8AaryH62J9rphncaXa8GTHKzM6Eh3l5A4BX9HXUJSYN-Jzwj7PBZCEl3qGyQC/s1600/estates-greystone-great-house-32-0309_MD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfonl4ZFPh8mXAqmTVrLag7gJGk-t13Kql2b0qVrDxJ8i7tQTPZluLU1Bhj1NmI1gJjQegq_bahCfOKYY8AaryH62J9rphncaXa8GTHKzM6Eh3l5A4BX9HXUJSYN-Jzwj7PBZCEl3qGyQC/s640/estates-greystone-great-house-32-0309_MD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Mary McDonald mines the past, present and future in the design of the Lady's Bedroom, Large black and white photographs add a modicum of the contemporary to a stylish tableau anchored by the eighteenth-century French <i>bureau plat</i> and recently made chinoiserie screen, creating a room that is both elegant and au courant."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.marymcdonaldinc.com/">Mary McDonald</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greystone Estate Showhouse.</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=main_sr#slide-31">The Great House at 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/">Veranda</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wQsKEmH6lBbQYn2fU7NS3pzNFN8unJ0OwMTy3Znpv4GUy9sXheHUu6Cjv_UoOdWB_nZbKbCyXYFF54xW0504r3BgSGK0mDaTBjPbUQT-eeyDVLcuit7cH3tYiDV7CpCDr-BPC-fltWaA/s1600/hbx-gold-and-white-striped-daybed-0912-Dhong-06-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wQsKEmH6lBbQYn2fU7NS3pzNFN8unJ0OwMTy3Znpv4GUy9sXheHUu6Cjv_UoOdWB_nZbKbCyXYFF54xW0504r3BgSGK0mDaTBjPbUQT-eeyDVLcuit7cH3tYiDV7CpCDr-BPC-fltWaA/s640/hbx-gold-and-white-striped-daybed-0912-Dhong-06-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In a guest room, a <a href="http://www.ceylonetcie.com/" target="_blank">Ceylon et Cie</a> chinoiserie daybed - inspired by Thomas Chippendale's designs - and <a href="http://www.degournay.com/">de Gournay</a>'s Early Views of India wallpaper are a 'theatrical nod to the Raj.' Josephine chair, <a href="http://www.restorationhardware.com/" target="_blank">Restoration Hardware</a>. Hans Barbell brass table 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;">Interior design by <a href="http://benjamindhong.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Dhong</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Lisa Romerein.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/benjamin-dhong-san-francisco-row-house-0912#slide-16">A San Francisco Row House with its Own Personality</a>" by David A. Keeps.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (September 2012). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPs8HX9Ad8cmJK4uRHHSSMYMDUDRBNyCHK0HX6X_ynC6NmSvtesp3gfMbqtJZwb9rrWVKDTb8F_yW6SyG3_-WBDR53cq0Jt4BdjuPHI_6qE9IumnY3KPqydN76uoNxubhLKWgw0fXE0xv/s1600/VER-mcdonald-tips-01-1010-md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPs8HX9Ad8cmJK4uRHHSSMYMDUDRBNyCHK0HX6X_ynC6NmSvtesp3gfMbqtJZwb9rrWVKDTb8F_yW6SyG3_-WBDR53cq0Jt4BdjuPHI_6qE9IumnY3KPqydN76uoNxubhLKWgw0fXE0xv/s640/VER-mcdonald-tips-01-1010-md.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This is a guest bedroom, and the point is fun and fantasy. So I had two big silhouettes of historic Chinese costumes projected and painted on the walls. Now I personally just love chinoiserie - I love the girliness and the whimsy of it. . . . This is a silly guest room, so it is mean to be too much." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.marymcdonaldinc.com/">Mary McDonald</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tim Street-Porter.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/mary-mcdonald-home-decorating-ideas?click=main_sr#slide-2">Mary McDonald's Ideas for Home</a>" by Stephen Singerman.</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/AVvXsEhZntN71IUbQtv6lqG6hdwR0DAKE-71B9DTO9zGSAM6ZCugEe1Dtt0BIolE4L9RRRT3PtM21zJZZLghy3_yd5BcA7eVRMsUbvE07gX9wQDP7g7lHgn_xpQ7-EzPNIWQ4nqC0MPjPGc7sM-w/s1600/hbx0910bianchi10-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZntN71IUbQtv6lqG6hdwR0DAKE-71B9DTO9zGSAM6ZCugEe1Dtt0BIolE4L9RRRT3PtM21zJZZLghy3_yd5BcA7eVRMsUbvE07gX9wQDP7g7lHgn_xpQ7-EzPNIWQ4nqC0MPjPGc7sM-w/s640/hbx0910bianchi10-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"1860s zinc-lined copper tub. A vintage Chinese birdcage hung from the ceiling adds another element of quirkiness." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Penelope Bianchi's Santa Barbara, California house.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://mccormickinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Penelope Bianchi</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/patina-interiors-decor-0910?click=main_sr#slide-12" target="_blank">Patina</a>" interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (September 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLQEma-WqVAqBo-wMsEG3y0PVQrZ15MxHjglW7FTRkK8XXkoEG0sr8ospVCNMuAKMLCBxwnEHkJpGXS8U2vAGAobNzN6N3knRNXhx5HDV6lSxXgnbAGbujRy93gwGpyy2s_QT0zKhbpds/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.robert-duffy-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLQEma-WqVAqBo-wMsEG3y0PVQrZ15MxHjglW7FTRkK8XXkoEG0sr8ospVCNMuAKMLCBxwnEHkJpGXS8U2vAGAobNzN6N3knRNXhx5HDV6lSxXgnbAGbujRy93gwGpyy2s_QT0zKhbpds/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.robert-duffy-03.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The library features a hand-painted chinoiserie wall mural by <a href="http://www.mattaustin.net/" target="_blank">Matt Austin</a> and curtains of a Holly Hunt fabric; the portrait over the Edwardian leather armchair is by Charles Webster Hawthorne."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greenwich Village townhouse of Robert Duffy, president of <a href="http://www.marcjacobs.com/" target="_blank">Marc Jacobs</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation by Stephan Jaklitsch of <a href="http://jaklitschgardner.com/" target="_blank">Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.mcgeehandesign.com/" target="_blank">Richard McGeehan</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Wiliam Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Howard Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/robert-duffy-marc-jacobs-new-york-townhouse-article">In His Element</a>" written and produced by David Colman.</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> (October 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJglNSFWl4gW-d9Ba51Xdt41DFaBMq3jIE0-ypCQIe2ngakAZAY887s22Dhf36j-Ciu0hU_OZbh6MVY6KJHqo4DdMYA7I752h4g6mWu4fMIEY4Hsk5Olb8dbHH2Y3KxwDk2PrJLrwCmMd/s1600/item07.rendition.slideshowVertical.07_in_her_fashion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJglNSFWl4gW-d9Ba51Xdt41DFaBMq3jIE0-ypCQIe2ngakAZAY887s22Dhf36j-Ciu0hU_OZbh6MVY6KJHqo4DdMYA7I752h4g6mWu4fMIEY4Hsk5Olb8dbHH2Y3KxwDk2PrJLrwCmMd/s640/item07.rendition.slideshowVertical.07_in_her_fashion.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A screen sheathed in chinoiserie wallpaper meets small-scale British paintings in a bedroom."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York City apartment of Daphne Guinness,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Daniel Romualdez.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Carolina Irving.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/architecture/2011-03/in_her_fashion_slideshow#slide=7">In Her Fashion</a>" written and produced by James Reginato. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (March 2011).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Chinoiserie

According to last Saturday's Wall Street Journal, chinoiserie is popular again. Architectural Digest seems to agree. Its October 2012 edition features retired designer Valentino Garavini's Chateau de Wideville, which is filled with every type of Chinese decorative item imaginable. The same magazine …

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