Home Work: Stylish Home Offices

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you work at home? If you do, you are not alone. <a href="http://www.aia.org/practicing/AIAB095957">According to more than a third of all residential architects who participated in the American Institute of Architects Home Design Trends Survey covering activity during the second quarter of 2012, the home office is the most popular "special function room."</a> The survey cites the continued popularity of telecommuting, as well as increasing numbers of self-employed and contract workers and the need for many people to bring work home at night and on weekends as reasons for the steady demand for home offices. The following photos may provide inspiration if you are creating a personal work space in your home. Take a look . . . </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/AVvXsEgyss5rPkiyYh6ddIS23jEa7-SVtnQGBvuyh4sShFG9UwbkWFfVNlbKjRTleNsDE6n7UISKe_NEkfeYvQmLRDZKCQFdMNLwRtXtgAx3Chjt_9GeyWxqipN_xAmpj_oBomLWv6wv9Oqb7T6R/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.brooke-shields-david-flint-wood-new-york-home-09-study.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyss5rPkiyYh6ddIS23jEa7-SVtnQGBvuyh4sShFG9UwbkWFfVNlbKjRTleNsDE6n7UISKe_NEkfeYvQmLRDZKCQFdMNLwRtXtgAx3Chjt_9GeyWxqipN_xAmpj_oBomLWv6wv9Oqb7T6R/s640/item9.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.brooke-shields-david-flint-wood-new-york-home-09-study.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An Italian neoclassical secretary from <a href="http://hollyhockinc.com/">Hollyhock</a> in [Brooke] Shields's study."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greenwich Village townhouse owned by Brooke Shields, husband Chris Henchy, and their two daughters.</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;">Architectural renovation by <a href="http://www.made-nyc.com/houses/greenwich-village-townhouse/">MADE</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 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=10">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/">Architectural Digest</a> (March 2012).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGL9A0uiyG86iSSkTuKajfbVn7Am1miNkmcR2u80yGazc04DcStY_2NbGw2JTNQwePTmK9IytjVyh7zoIwbnmQh3Fesp3SvSqTEgZckp-xXZ554eDYw6luXySzhgLeSJLspybXDXMRtUs/s1600/02_apartment_life-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGL9A0uiyG86iSSkTuKajfbVn7Am1miNkmcR2u80yGazc04DcStY_2NbGw2JTNQwePTmK9IytjVyh7zoIwbnmQh3Fesp3SvSqTEgZckp-xXZ554eDYw6luXySzhgLeSJLspybXDXMRtUs/s640/02_apartment_life-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Williams-Sonoma Home desk fitted with swing-arm lamps by Sandy Chapman becomes an instant office when open."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Matthew White and Frank Webb, <a href="http://www.whitewebb.com/">White Webb, LLC</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Udom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/apartment-life-a-jewel-of-a-studio#slide-3">Apartment Life: A Jewel of a Studio</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Metropolitan Home (September 2009).</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/AVvXsEj_ce-YVSt0f0gnW9nfhwUxC4HBvxMDKdQVixMDan2ME0MNEOYDeuiaupTgPPimvc-penG8EEYHPbDBMQL_kdDYnj9OvhSkjBYE-AqQcXCw-N_5KAgJMKOFJf85SbiDHC6HNlKVuzX0lU4x/s1600/BlogWorkspacesVerandaJulyAug2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ce-YVSt0f0gnW9nfhwUxC4HBvxMDKdQVixMDan2ME0MNEOYDeuiaupTgPPimvc-penG8EEYHPbDBMQL_kdDYnj9OvhSkjBYE-AqQcXCw-N_5KAgJMKOFJf85SbiDHC6HNlKVuzX0lU4x/s640/BlogWorkspacesVerandaJulyAug2012.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Custom shagreen desk. Herman Miller chair in Edelman leather. Table lamp, Flos. Floor lamp, Cedric Hartman."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vacation home in Bridgehampton, New York.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.vicentewolf.com/">Vicente Wolf</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by John P. Laffey Architects.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Olga Naiman.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Season in the Sun" written by Stephen Treffinger.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (July - August 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFE_CQMyEWPzEKQyydYa-yH_fkOpSSy2d3LUZgLpN46oM30YHXAaDJ7iNciayb_qqDaF0b62I1r3dN0w-kC73tsPVhA2fGghWuDv84Hv7NJAbLVEXn_lwj25ZFod5hQmNS7KOsXcrO3GxP/s1600/03-Claudia-Benvenuto-Design-Solutions-0912-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFE_CQMyEWPzEKQyydYa-yH_fkOpSSy2d3LUZgLpN46oM30YHXAaDJ7iNciayb_qqDaF0b62I1r3dN0w-kC73tsPVhA2fGghWuDv84Hv7NJAbLVEXn_lwj25ZFod5hQmNS7KOsXcrO3GxP/s640/03-Claudia-Benvenuto-Design-Solutions-0912-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In Benvenuto's office, the desk is her own design, the ladder is 1920s French, and the steel filing cabinet and light fixture are from the '50s, the floor lamp is by IKEA, and the shelving is painted in <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Super White."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100-year-old Craftsman-style cottage of Los Angeles designer Claudia Benvenuto.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Claudia Benvenuto.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Joe Schmelzer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Stephen Pappas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/claudia-benvenuto-craftsman-house-interiors#slide-4">Small Wonder</a>" interview by Michael Lassell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (September 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaoC1_9lk6abvE5YYgVZNnuBZ8mhbrK1gntGPjb8Vdcf_4ph22vXfJlmzYXvoCffABLflXMaZ7DZZieuUit_U94XWJRtdFyAAnruvpvPjbeTTKDs65clsXyS2peYfe_VTIA7Ac1MSwCLM/s1600/1-forward-living-room-0408-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaoC1_9lk6abvE5YYgVZNnuBZ8mhbrK1gntGPjb8Vdcf_4ph22vXfJlmzYXvoCffABLflXMaZ7DZZieuUit_U94XWJRtdFyAAnruvpvPjbeTTKDs65clsXyS2peYfe_VTIA7Ac1MSwCLM/s640/1-forward-living-room-0408-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A West Elm Parsons dining table in designer Mary McGee's Los Angeles living room does double time as a desk and cocktail table for entertaining. McGee put mostly white furniture against the brown bookshelves 'to lighten up the area,' she says. 'I kept everything clean and modern, but with classical lines.' A pair of lamps from House in Rhode Island is paired with Louis Ghost chairs and a French antique armchair that McGee covered in China Seas Lyford Background in Brown on White - 'as close to a floral as I'll ever get.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beverly Hills bungalow of designer Mary McGee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.marymcgeeinteriors.com/">Mary McGee</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/fashion-forward-0408#slide-1">Fashion Forward</a>"</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">interview by Alexandria Abramian-Mott.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (April 2008).</span><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/AVvXsEgVb1s4KsK-zyTr9R8mzTDG1toCw37oYFQwWrkYoW5gP1h1q-KeF9Eksjr1IUYpwqXIHF-yBo54RxbCR3ZvxySR_2P3pMx3u8Ns2cSKOUf5hBq5A7UDT-zQUDrIk3ezog5hos8zvbx2AUl9/s1600/BlogWorkspacesHBJulyAug2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVb1s4KsK-zyTr9R8mzTDG1toCw37oYFQwWrkYoW5gP1h1q-KeF9Eksjr1IUYpwqXIHF-yBo54RxbCR3ZvxySR_2P3pMx3u8Ns2cSKOUf5hBq5A7UDT-zQUDrIk3ezog5hos8zvbx2AUl9/s640/BlogWorkspacesHBJulyAug2012.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Design inspiration and personal photos crowd linen-wrapped corkboards in the home office. A rare 19th-century French crystal ship chandelier hangs above the Oly desk and a Louis XV-style leather chair."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer Stephen Shubel's 1907 Sausalito fisherman's cottage.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.stephenshubel.com/">Stephen Shubel.</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Luca Trovato.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Douglas Brenner.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"California Cottage" produced by Doretta Sperduto.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Jxs7n7PsfFIDomMhgLYMHkNq2F8_sj_gUJ-xunqxOMJUOaIaXNRXKrndFyUJZMyYKj5w2jN2XFYktUcbM6BTMNFhM9K3_dulXr-uAFXPqA8LbDA0g7J2O9_W3PFRLVvFLZtnnEZh5Bjo/s1600/101418691_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Jxs7n7PsfFIDomMhgLYMHkNq2F8_sj_gUJ-xunqxOMJUOaIaXNRXKrndFyUJZMyYKj5w2jN2XFYktUcbM6BTMNFhM9K3_dulXr-uAFXPqA8LbDA0g7J2O9_W3PFRLVvFLZtnnEZh5Bjo/s640/101418691_ss.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Paul [Corrie] transformed a small bedroom into his home office. A Drexel Heritage round table - the dining table in his previous residence - doubles as a desk where he can look over design options with clients. Shelves hold client files in linen binders."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Paul Corrie, <a href="http://paulcorrie.com/">Paul Corrie Interiors, LLC</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Row house of Paul Corrie and Steve Ewens. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C.</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;">Text by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Produced by Eileen A. Deymier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/remodeled-row-house_ss7.html">Remodeled Row House</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUbzPnbbgX-8rKIu11dcXrwlYc9zwS6GN1Y5RkNlp2SbGv-DzfRD0aAMrJL_cLFNzQ7c5ZctitWCzeKxLmZlYiuYT8VxfofwDqeS5dcfYOjFYk8a9LjydCngiuCGbyMzjkyuDveOeLOs6/s1600/101418697_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUbzPnbbgX-8rKIu11dcXrwlYc9zwS6GN1Y5RkNlp2SbGv-DzfRD0aAMrJL_cLFNzQ7c5ZctitWCzeKxLmZlYiuYT8VxfofwDqeS5dcfYOjFYk8a9LjydCngiuCGbyMzjkyuDveOeLOs6/s640/101418697_ss.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Paul [Corrie] placed a small antique desk and bench, handy for quick notes, next to the front-hall stairs."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Row house of Paul Corrie and Steve Ewens. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Paul Corrie, </span><a href="http://paulcorrie.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paul Corrie Interiors, LLC</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</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;">Text by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Produced by Eileen A. Deymier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/remodeled-row-house_ss5.html">Remodeled Row House</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5a7MYsX5pxzxLkoUqznqCmhDRhZWwGksEwV3QgIzqbGox3xuO0nnZhcIMtkfTD_LWlpjJCGNrX0BeaT1SeHIWd8pjElaroU46k02Y2kx2Jug7qPzdmZsMFQs7girTX6kN7rZY4qrCOP8/s1600/101635879_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5a7MYsX5pxzxLkoUqznqCmhDRhZWwGksEwV3QgIzqbGox3xuO0nnZhcIMtkfTD_LWlpjJCGNrX0BeaT1SeHIWd8pjElaroU46k02Y2kx2Jug7qPzdmZsMFQs7girTX6kN7rZY4qrCOP8/s640/101635879_ss.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the home office, [Melanie] Elston created a bold space with Glen Eden's 'Out of Africa' rug and yellow curtains in Scalamandre's 'Bamboo.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Melanie Elston, <a href="http://melanieelston.com/">Melanie Elston Interiors</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <a href="http://morgantewilson.com/">Morgante-Wilson Architects</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;">Text by Lisa Cregan.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/chicago-apartment-delightful-color_ss11.html">Chicago Apartment With Delightful Color</a>" produced by Jenny Bradley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span><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/AVvXsEgY4Y1KHDfpcqHParqGHOrDpNMQ2fTMCdIWQshp_jp0z0bcbgCnDMEybeL6JPUeaCGixwW2KoUjCZW4bWUhsqjaUl48ZGVoOpdVw3JSdk4957ax_ZanrLsZBdZI003PO4vwi2hvZ_JgKZMf/s1600/BlogWorkspacesADJan2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4Y1KHDfpcqHParqGHOrDpNMQ2fTMCdIWQshp_jp0z0bcbgCnDMEybeL6JPUeaCGixwW2KoUjCZW4bWUhsqjaUl48ZGVoOpdVw3JSdk4957ax_ZanrLsZBdZI003PO4vwi2hvZ_JgKZMf/s640/BlogWorkspacesADJan2011.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Deniot turned the intimate scale of the office into an asset. He upholstered the walls in Le Manach's George Sand toile and a Brunschwig and Fils stripe, then added 1940s Bagues nesting tables and an Empire-period portrait."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An American couple's </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Parisian pied-a-terre in a 1911 building with a view of the Eiffel Tower. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.deniot.com/">Jean-Louis Deniot</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Marina Faust.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Penelope Rowlands.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A la Mode"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (January 2011).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPc18-PuSSZa5_nvLSYeFZI6TZEDlxUXvOQ30fbN0nYlZL2dh90qBfKOcunOWddTKeKxnyWmVXGPRQhyZnHHAxuk_H4Oy9GQY_SHnej-eqcx_b1puFwi8Lk35mVUHR_n2KknMhYtUvIfN/s1600/101756957_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPc18-PuSSZa5_nvLSYeFZI6TZEDlxUXvOQ30fbN0nYlZL2dh90qBfKOcunOWddTKeKxnyWmVXGPRQhyZnHHAxuk_H4Oy9GQY_SHnej-eqcx_b1puFwi8Lk35mVUHR_n2KknMhYtUvIfN/s640/101756957_ss.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A built-in desk is one of a pair in the library that pull out from the chair rail on either side of the doorway to the foyer. File drawers are concealed in the wainscoting. 'We each wanted a place to work, but we didn't want to have a mess to clean up every time the doorbell rang,' explains Skip."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Washington, D.C. home of Skip Sroka and John Kammeier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Skip Sroka, <a href="http://srokadesign.com/">Sroka Design Inc.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Anne Decker, <span id="goog_1753882566"></span><a href="http://annedeckerarchitects.com/">Anne Decker Architects</a>.<span id="goog_1753882567"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Builder: <a href="http://gibsonbuilders.com/">Gibson Builders</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Werner Straube.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Candace Ord Manroe.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/designer-Sroka-home_ss3.html">Designer Skip Sroka's Own Home</a>" produced by Eileen A. Deymier.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Uygcm2ifhtleuGnxUmTksa06h3QBwLZRRpIaSFkGe2704ina_ekdr6B09d_3IOFhSGlYBsLAXX2yGeYBjWs3Yzyv8CaKuLALqShHowTfY1cPdfR7u3E5czjfEUbaXS88nB_9Ho2Ildlo/s1600/BlogVerandaIndiaHicksMayJune2011Two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Uygcm2ifhtleuGnxUmTksa06h3QBwLZRRpIaSFkGe2704ina_ekdr6B09d_3IOFhSGlYBsLAXX2yGeYBjWs3Yzyv8CaKuLALqShHowTfY1cPdfR7u3E5czjfEUbaXS88nB_9Ho2Ildlo/s640/BlogVerandaIndiaHicksMayJune2011Two.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"India's desk holds one of her favorite mementos: a rose from Princess Diana's bridal bouquet. (India [Hicks] was one of the flower girls at the royal wedding.)"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hibiscushillharbourisland.com/">Hibiscus Hill</a>, the home in the Bahamas that India Hicks and David Flint Wood share with their four children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation, interior design and landscape design by India Hicks and David Flint Wood.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by India Hicks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Island Girl" photographed and produced by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (May - June 2011). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0pQ0FKbdUdFdqcE0LQxOv8hPSJjjz_DpFwKQvzpzOpZDKkLEorpUNpcfob2gVhoH9PQB7cKD8p3T79ZMN8msG8Dl1cX76uQ0iYEjiEmEQCXSYGEzf8FyD4PpxXs9o5C2-4ets151lY3g/s1600/BlogWorkspacesHBJune2003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0pQ0FKbdUdFdqcE0LQxOv8hPSJjjz_DpFwKQvzpzOpZDKkLEorpUNpcfob2gVhoH9PQB7cKD8p3T79ZMN8msG8Dl1cX76uQ0iYEjiEmEQCXSYGEzf8FyD4PpxXs9o5C2-4ets151lY3g/s640/BlogWorkspacesHBJune2003.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Mariette Himes] Gomez is well-known for her clean and edited interiors, exemplified in her design for this uncluttered library."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.gomezassociates.com/">Mariette Himes Gomez</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;">"Decorator's Secrets"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (June 2003).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBZzN-GVvMmmbteYoyOLBxoNLI0IEo1oWWztE4wyJ3_qd6OCm_zT5vR68QAvuvbUXlr_AalPi7wTeEysKcm2JEaAw1ntuyMnRIoS9Twvrcebmy8Bl__jq3r_LVdWl2RZVNINaBjzJqjjz/s1600/BlogWorkspacesTradHomeApril2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBZzN-GVvMmmbteYoyOLBxoNLI0IEo1oWWztE4wyJ3_qd6OCm_zT5vR68QAvuvbUXlr_AalPi7wTeEysKcm2JEaAw1ntuyMnRIoS9Twvrcebmy8Bl__jq3r_LVdWl2RZVNINaBjzJqjjz/s640/BlogWorkspacesTradHomeApril2010.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An attic office with flair - thanks to fretwork fabric shades and the dormer's architecture."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Francisco Edwardian built in 1900. Home of Anna and Mason Morfit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Melissa Warner, <a href="http://www.massuccowarnermiller.com/">Massucci Warner Miller</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architects: Robert Stiles and Charlie Barnett.</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/">Traditional Home</a> (April 2010).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsl6wAaKRAvneG8bRAmtI7dGgoA6Zj8F61Maxo_AoGtD3mb5wLATKhsuD_0uNQSlXDeup7KRuaxT9lKucc7SmAGZAIcrVmobujgMn6ecIXFsYOY42R4oXgm_43yR2vcUM6mPK1Z56EZS_/s1600/BlogWorkspacesVerandaJanFeb2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsl6wAaKRAvneG8bRAmtI7dGgoA6Zj8F61Maxo_AoGtD3mb5wLATKhsuD_0uNQSlXDeup7KRuaxT9lKucc7SmAGZAIcrVmobujgMn6ecIXFsYOY42R4oXgm_43yR2vcUM6mPK1Z56EZS_/s640/BlogWorkspacesVerandaJanFeb2009.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Vintage French table. French 19th-c. chair in linen. Draperies of Belgian linen. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seagrass carpet."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Houston, Texas townhome of Donna Temple Brown, owner of <a href="http://www.graydoorantiques.com/">The Gray Door</a> antiques shop.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Donna Temple Brown.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design consultation by <a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/">Pamela Pierce</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Casey and Anne Sills.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Kimberlie Waugh-Bloodworth.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Antique Dealer's Home: A Little Shop Talk" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn and Tara Shaw.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (January - February 2009).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84HxT4itJh7PHlLrnS843Hp9swW9PiysFMxVC3ld8Fy-aRa2T2ZVwPUmX7XAe69r2ZzJmjSPwElcah6NKKckHgpRbAQajNqaqBB3L8tCgA5u9FRIAhmecwNgrMibScbrvUT8QCGL1Cewl/s1600/Interior-Decorating-ideas-ED0310_Rakieten_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/AVvXsEg84HxT4itJh7PHlLrnS843Hp9swW9PiysFMxVC3ld8Fy-aRa2T2ZVwPUmX7XAe69r2ZzJmjSPwElcah6NKKckHgpRbAQajNqaqBB3L8tCgA5u9FRIAhmecwNgrMibScbrvUT8QCGL1Cewl/s640/Interior-Decorating-ideas-ED0310_Rakieten_12-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"One of [Ellen] Rakieten's Emmy Awards sits on a custom-made desk in the family office; the vintage Chippendale chairs are upholstered in a Madeline Weinrib fabric, the computers are Apple, and the wall is covered with nailhead-trimmed burlap."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chicago apartment of television producer Ellen Rakieten, her husband Peter Kupferberg and their sons in a 1927 Beaux Arts building.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by <a href="http://www.nateberkus.com/">Nate Berkus</a> and <a href="http://annecoyleinteriors.com/">Anne Coyle</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation by Oscar Shamamian of <a href="http://www.fergusonshamamian.com/">Ferguson and Shamamian Architects, LLP</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/an-all-star-home-makeover-63004#slide-7">An All-Star Home Makeover</a>" written by Ellen Rakieten.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (March 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5Ln5twbZM0cR5y3uM4ffpTqBACwcK8DYomrjcjmt_LuyDG8Ps9_e5BdnMQHbiNvqb7NgFHGjZ1G5bJ4F8I3qWXjjbIbvtQd4lqe7sYdEIqceYJSVQfLOqtiwJzI_0tGqZ1TWzEy1Z6xQ/s1600/KSFOffice+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5Ln5twbZM0cR5y3uM4ffpTqBACwcK8DYomrjcjmt_LuyDG8Ps9_e5BdnMQHbiNvqb7NgFHGjZ1G5bJ4F8I3qWXjjbIbvtQd4lqe7sYdEIqceYJSVQfLOqtiwJzI_0tGqZ1TWzEy1Z6xQ/s640/KSFOffice+001.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my home office, a leather sofa and cowhide rug temper the more feminine elements of the room. Corkboard covered with old pages of Beethoven's <i>Sonate Pathetique</i>. Antique table used as desk is mahogany. Wall color: <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Enchanted. Trim: Benjamin Moore's Linen White.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Kathleen Sams Flippen, Spaces by KSF.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo credit: Kathleen Sams Flippen.</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/AVvXsEiEXVnlPvoW5rpfhkdeHM8YX-f_nt0FRvgrm3oC3hlBm6D2pBSa-i_Khe_z9AJrYXpAeOBaIxiay9Atsfgj1x2lg3A_qsiQd2SMD_zDtvlsDiXWKi4mZWaBDz4twOyU6-B1ELg0HDruAynw/s1600/decorating-ideas-for-office-spaces-10-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXVnlPvoW5rpfhkdeHM8YX-f_nt0FRvgrm3oC3hlBm6D2pBSa-i_Khe_z9AJrYXpAeOBaIxiay9Atsfgj1x2lg3A_qsiQd2SMD_zDtvlsDiXWKi4mZWaBDz4twOyU6-B1ELg0HDruAynw/s640/decorating-ideas-for-office-spaces-10-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the home office, a desk designed by Lambertson and Truex, an apothecary-cabinet storage unit, and factory lights from Privet House; painting by Truex, vintage commercial art, and sample footwear from the Lambertson Truex men's collection are displayed throughout."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sharon, Connecticut country home of accessories designers, </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Richard Lambertson and John Truex.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Richard Lambertson.</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;">Styled by Lili Abir Regen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/country-chic#slide-11">Country Chic</a>" by Dan Shaw.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (October 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioY_Z6EHVMg_jZi3JB6mKPDrv-YlDeoNEx82f2vYYEIwDmYqfIY6Az7_lX5lhKg7iSjc0dedqEoO-789oPt5d9-1ULHlZKR8ypfjSf4c-4A81O3N5RiQk5WlOktCTPTyO72oYG8NaPrr0t/s1600/design-styles-ED1109-34-Carter-014-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioY_Z6EHVMg_jZi3JB6mKPDrv-YlDeoNEx82f2vYYEIwDmYqfIY6Az7_lX5lhKg7iSjc0dedqEoO-789oPt5d9-1ULHlZKR8ypfjSf4c-4A81O3N5RiQk5WlOktCTPTyO72oYG8NaPrr0t/s640/design-styles-ED1109-34-Carter-014-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A porter chair and Carter-designed desk in the master bedroom; a bronze sculpture sits atop a vintage Parsons table, and the convex mirror is 19th century."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Washington, D.C. townhouse of designer Darryl Carter.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.darrylcarter.com/">Darryl Carter</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 Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/darryl-carters-dc-townhouse#slide-10">Cool, Calm, and Collected</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (November 2009).</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/AVvXsEjCp0FsCjhPM-0TzKU9mCrtm3xEERj1SiXnF23PGroLL1RMGXsDo17IhBsYb859ATZX8fuTwc5mx4imYhU723LHYE4qhvlF5nVPs-mIfcXIuq583D1X-ZPgGJLUo5FMdDWiut2E2ksFuR0W/s1600/office-desk-fan-0710-o-neill-06-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCp0FsCjhPM-0TzKU9mCrtm3xEERj1SiXnF23PGroLL1RMGXsDo17IhBsYb859ATZX8fuTwc5mx4imYhU723LHYE4qhvlF5nVPs-mIfcXIuq583D1X-ZPgGJLUo5FMdDWiut2E2ksFuR0W/s640/office-desk-fan-0710-o-neill-06-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A huge mirror leaning against the wall opposite the windows reflects light and adds to the illusion of more space to the room. [Ellen] O'Neill's farm table-desk does double duty as a dining table when she entertains. Mirror and table from Laurin Copen Antiques."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ellen O'Neill's 450-square-foot studio in Gramercy Park, New York City.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/studio-apartment-decorating-ideas-0710?click=main_sr#slide-15">A Surprisingly Large New York Studio</a>" by Carol Prisant.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcM2vxE1shNqnd-NMbZr5EKoRBqVQIwUd-zFajsbU9NAUIy8g7Q6xYJeGmV1FB0kVw7NpdjMqrtJnbBcMabLJQt3dhvu7npyXmgcDdXpfaUqwMBOfg3IQ0yU30648D8xugCESZ3UuFLZpL/s1600/item07.rendition.slideshowVertical.jean-paul-beaujard-07-office.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcM2vxE1shNqnd-NMbZr5EKoRBqVQIwUd-zFajsbU9NAUIy8g7Q6xYJeGmV1FB0kVw7NpdjMqrtJnbBcMabLJQt3dhvu7npyXmgcDdXpfaUqwMBOfg3IQ0yU30648D8xugCESZ3UuFLZpL/s640/item07.rendition.slideshowVertical.jean-paul-beaujard-07-office.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The home-office bulletin board bears a colorful portrait of Castaing and swatches of [Jean-Paul] Beaujard's favorite fabrics, including Verrieres by Brunschwig and Fils, </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a blue floral print."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan duplex of interior designer Jean-Paul Beaujard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jean-Paul Beaujard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</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/decor/2011-09/jean-paul-beaujard-manhattan-home-slideshow#slide=7">Jean-Paul Beaujard's New York City Apartment</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (September 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEASIbsIzi2wfRfPxC1EqQ9ILIL172yglgC8chq94MZJBsV62Ew9XrGugdhC5JHyIocN5TMWTwsPruVIbGVr_JOkZXfKxzCAw0DsBuEOtefJo3s5kF-qAFFr_mGtsUD0i4Y91cXLNHZK1m/s1600/neunsinger-8-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEASIbsIzi2wfRfPxC1EqQ9ILIL172yglgC8chq94MZJBsV62Ew9XrGugdhC5JHyIocN5TMWTwsPruVIbGVr_JOkZXfKxzCAw0DsBuEOtefJo3s5kF-qAFFr_mGtsUD0i4Y91cXLNHZK1m/s640/neunsinger-8-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Shawn] Gold's small home office appears bigger with mirrored-back built-in shelves that hold his collection of vintage books."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles home of photographer Amy Neunsinger, her husband Shawn Gold, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ranch-house-makeover?click=main_sr#slide-18">A Ranch House Makeover</a>" by Alexandria Mott.</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/AVvXsEiBlQCKwMiI-CcUlzwhh1jxsKvBh8ECziAQO9tVp29ScBHQEeV1bbUkfcdQcvRNwE8vf4uKJMwp_TSWMvqg8PRwkwQVszSHuxIXkRxpH5s1KAMMaGkb2ZbO94TJ9dCasr15kZMjpV_vEbx5/s1600/ss_101761944_w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlQCKwMiI-CcUlzwhh1jxsKvBh8ECziAQO9tVp29ScBHQEeV1bbUkfcdQcvRNwE8vf4uKJMwp_TSWMvqg8PRwkwQVszSHuxIXkRxpH5s1KAMMaGkb2ZbO94TJ9dCasr15kZMjpV_vEbx5/s640/ss_101761944_w.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Barbara's enviable home office is ensconced on her third floor, a neutral space for a designer who tolls all day with a dizzying array of fabrics, accessories, swatches, and paint chips. Uncluttered and meticulously organized, the workspace incorporates a glorious collection of books, auction catalogs, and her inspiration boards with an ever-changing collection of snippets of this and that, plus tearsheets from magazines. 'I like a neutral envelope in which to work and lay out fabrics and draw plans,' Barbara says." A painting of Jacqueline Kennedy pays tribute to her mother, who once was a docent for the First Ladies Exhibition at the National Museum of American History."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alexandria, Virginia town home of designer Barbara Franceski.</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;">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/townhouse-great-personal-style_ss11.html">Town House With Great Personal Style</a>" produced by Eileen A. Deymier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXgxlDqegYJYd_MNaazLEynmZfQEd8NRUhgcelKIcnX-2C0gFOA73GWL0LtHEPM4tqGSmWSPcaGo7obDKfugcmv3EPFuRw5MWh4G-kZ2-KG4B7zoTbdn6P5lLGWfAjM88paKu0Nb11lxuC/s1600/item7.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.alfredo-paredes-brad-goldfarb-new-york-apartment-08-study.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXgxlDqegYJYd_MNaazLEynmZfQEd8NRUhgcelKIcnX-2C0gFOA73GWL0LtHEPM4tqGSmWSPcaGo7obDKfugcmv3EPFuRw5MWh4G-kZ2-KG4B7zoTbdn6P5lLGWfAjM88paKu0Nb11lxuC/s640/item7.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.alfredo-paredes-brad-goldfarb-new-york-apartment-08-study.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sid [the couple's Labrador retriever] is seated before the study's armoire, which was adapted for use as a desk."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">East Village duplex of writer Brad Goldfarb and <a href="http://www.polo.com/">Ralph Lauren</a> chief retail creative officer Alfredo Paredes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Alfredo Paredes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architecture: <a href="http://www.mnarch.com/">Michael Neumann</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Brad Goldfarb.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-04/alfredo-paredes-brad-goldfarb-new-york-apartment-slideshow_slideshow_item1_2#slide=8">A Stellar Renovation in New York City</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (April 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

Home Work: Stylish Home Offices

Do you work at home? If you do, you are not alone. According to more than a third of all residential architects who participated in the American Institute of Architects Home Design Trends Survey covering activity during the second quarter of 2012, the home office is the most popular "special functio…

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Best Dressed: Beautiful Closets

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A beautiful chandelier, a library ladder, custom shoe shelving and leather-lined drawers. These are a few details that can transform an ordinary closet from a merely functional space to a personal retreat. <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrennan/2012/10/05/whats-next-for-celebrity-homes-a-boutique-in-your-closet/">Forbes</a> magazine recently noted that buyers of multimillion-dollar homes often expect bespoke closets. <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrennan/2012/10/05/whats-next-for-celebrity-homes-a-boutique-in-your-closet/">Journalist Morgan Brennan reported</a> that the average cost of a space designed by <a href="http://www.laclosetdesign.com/">LA Closet Design</a> is $60,000 to $80,000. She noted that one LA Closet Design client, a Hollywood director, spent $200,000 to create a dressing area that looks like a private luxury boutique. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While a five- or six-figure closet with rolling shoe racks, secret safes and miniature golf greens may suit the well-heeled, lovely storage options are available to homeowners unable or unwilling to pay large sums for spaces to house their clothes. The entire East Village apartment that designer David Kaihoi shares with his wife and child is a mere 390 square feet - smaller than some celebrity closets. Yet with careful editing, "Tulip Red" paint from <a href="http://www.finepaintsofeurope.com/">Fine Paints of Europe</a>, and antique wallpaper, Kaihoi turned a tiny nook into a glamorous dressing area: </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/AVvXsEgVEGnkaYBeSsnjB9nwPg2haxiC7F5pAorAZFrwTJ0oPyBcuVLNQ2lgUlzn1e7-M3cblj50rzE3y1_3tIq0iouAE9_SpdjB1MhsgNZWvxntBGBYGxBdbKD8TcRAiogqPqWMUk_jMB5Ed4bD/s1600/closets-red-hanging-0710-kaihoi-16-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEGnkaYBeSsnjB9nwPg2haxiC7F5pAorAZFrwTJ0oPyBcuVLNQ2lgUlzn1e7-M3cblj50rzE3y1_3tIq0iouAE9_SpdjB1MhsgNZWvxntBGBYGxBdbKD8TcRAiogqPqWMUk_jMB5Ed4bD/s640/closets-red-hanging-0710-kaihoi-16-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Like her husband, Monique edits her wardrobe to a few classic pieces in basic colors. The [closet] interior is painted Tulip Red by <a href="http://www.finepaintsofeurope.com/">Fine Paints of Europe</a>."</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">East Village, New York City apartment (390 square feet) of David Kaihoi, his wife Monique Simard, and their daughter.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by David Kaihoi. </span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/small-apartment-decorating-0710?click=main_sr#slide-15">Living Big in a One-Bedroom</a>" interview by Barbara King.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2010).</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Family mementos make some dressing areas more meaningful. Laura Vinroot Poole, owner of a clothing boutique, placed her mother's portrait in her closet as stylish inspiration: </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/AVvXsEgHn0Db43xykSCaHXobam-61JnSuyMN5eP8K13v1kw2Xj6bdCmTtlb17noOpl5yZBVmuman_PN052qbsRMJ1J9xbXi8ve4Um8ezDh1r7rREC-xbVhO6F-SrIDuqZ9d5qOGeMlmkRen1sHPt/s1600/BlogDressingRoomsDominoPooleNC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn0Db43xykSCaHXobam-61JnSuyMN5eP8K13v1kw2Xj6bdCmTtlb17noOpl5yZBVmuman_PN052qbsRMJ1J9xbXi8ve4Um8ezDh1r7rREC-xbVhO6F-SrIDuqZ9d5qOGeMlmkRen1sHPt/s640/BlogDressingRoomsDominoPooleNC.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Asuka" wallpaper by <a href="http://www.osborneandlittle.com/">Osborne and Little</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The portrait of [Laura Poole's] mother, which sits off-center on a ledge, serves as inspiration. 'I just look at her and think, 'Okay, if I'm looking at all like you, it's a good day.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Closet of Laura Vinroot Poole, owner of high-fashion boutique, <a href="http://www.capitolcharlotte.com/">Capitol</a>, in Charlotte, North Carolina.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"All Shook Up"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomag.com/">Domino</a> (Fall - Winter 2012).</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Madrid-based designer Isabel Lopez-Quesada created closets by reusing Louis XV-style doors from her maternal grandmother's house:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpXL-3hNgmygWnQGZHDNdcUBZ7FVW6F9Gp4CPKJ036M093yRam-PoD9g58o0bh4sGFnpEwuBiEp8XbkJXf4swotIbxZSBKFC-njVE4p9dFAiFN1S2uSbovkO-j0OdxrukeZzhWJF-Edod/s1600/item10.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.isabel-lopez-quesada-madrid-11-dressing-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpXL-3hNgmygWnQGZHDNdcUBZ7FVW6F9Gp4CPKJ036M093yRam-PoD9g58o0bh4sGFnpEwuBiEp8XbkJXf4swotIbxZSBKFC-njVE4p9dFAiFN1S2uSbovkO-j0OdxrukeZzhWJF-Edod/s640/item10.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.isabel-lopez-quesada-madrid-11-dressing-room.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Fronting the closets in [Isabel] Lopez-Quesada's dressing room are Louis XV-style doors from her maternal grandmother's house; the chaise longue is upholstered in a floral print by Bennison."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Madrid home that Isabel Lopez-Quesada created for her family in a former wax factory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation by <a href="http://www.isabellopezquesada.com/">Isabel Lopez-Quesada</a> and architect Pablo Carvajal.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Watson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-04/isabel-lopez-quesada-madrid-villa-slideshow#slide=11">Industrial Revolution</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/">Architectural Digest</a> (April 2012).</span><br /><div><br /></div></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A mirror and a place to sit are useful in a walk-in, but careful organization and regular purging of unworn items is essential for an efficient closet, no matter its size. </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/AVvXsEjWVMW4eN2Uaf0UpTYNhuu_qEC1y7zftJWEeP02Mea8DkVfLS24nmJJ1jheMYbzQsPMDyvNmHWtpLffqewHszizxQ66rJqz7n04dx5T9LK1-vhmToC-WqZEk4YFSC80mqN8mOOeRH6el26G/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.ledbetter-10-closet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWVMW4eN2Uaf0UpTYNhuu_qEC1y7zftJWEeP02Mea8DkVfLS24nmJJ1jheMYbzQsPMDyvNmHWtpLffqewHszizxQ66rJqz7n04dx5T9LK1-vhmToC-WqZEk4YFSC80mqN8mOOeRH6el26G/s640/item8.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.ledbetter-10-closet.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An antique French chandelier hangs in [Sidney] Torres's closet."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New Orleans home of Sidney D. Torres IV.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation and decoration by <a href="http://www.leeledbetter.com/">Lee Ledbetter 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 Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-09/lee-ledbetter-new-orleans-house-slideshow#slide=9">High Contrast</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/">Architectural Digest</a> (September 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANbhXqKsH3apJJYrW4llN8996UmL1PBA6pB_TAFpwuaQrR7hrlYO9qzChjIRCOYTxR4REQbJfd5l35lP-pzY_NaY9oeNRxTXW4kIF9bbZ_GQlJjzmQ-1oRNt2-x8i9Loc88FB92wflRd7/s1600/BlogDressingRoomsHBMay2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANbhXqKsH3apJJYrW4llN8996UmL1PBA6pB_TAFpwuaQrR7hrlYO9qzChjIRCOYTxR4REQbJfd5l35lP-pzY_NaY9oeNRxTXW4kIF9bbZ_GQlJjzmQ-1oRNt2-x8i9Loc88FB92wflRd7/s640/BlogDressingRoomsHBMay2012.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Annie] Brahler's carpenter 'stretched' a vintage armoire to hold shoes. The Belle Epoque chandelier casts a rosy glow over an island cobbled together from multiple cabinets."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Annie Brahler, owner of <a href="http://euro-trash.us/">Euro Trash.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Overdoing it With One Thing is Kind of Not Overdoing It": Annie Brahler on a Landmark House in Jacksonville, Illinois"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Philippa Brathwaite.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (May 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxR7I-_ufN2SrgcsiAGU1l7q7capBSf7Z_YCPqVJ-yTnuSo5Cj7jqMx4kaPgciSoHH4wbdIZMitjRhHKlVffgh6OP7T577TTSsCLZkxR8fJ3wOxUtMeQwC0kLO4VsjYjCynBzD3HQ8lwF/s1600/BlogDressingRoomsVerandaJanFeb2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxR7I-_ufN2SrgcsiAGU1l7q7capBSf7Z_YCPqVJ-yTnuSo5Cj7jqMx4kaPgciSoHH4wbdIZMitjRhHKlVffgh6OP7T577TTSsCLZkxR8fJ3wOxUtMeQwC0kLO4VsjYjCynBzD3HQ8lwF/s640/BlogDressingRoomsVerandaJanFeb2011.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sconces, Palmer Hargrave. Curtains in Scalamandre taffeta. Cabinets, Design Galleria. Carpet, Stark."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Greenwich, Connecticut.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://suzannekasler.com/">Suzanne Kasler</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Harrison Design Associates.</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;">"American Classic" text by Dana Micucci.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (January - February 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTOFQ2Thmg5XG0JaMFi1SrJc0nALE-jeBfF9_8jRQFhaXornEjjyjZ3qLGFpZjX-2d72sPoYvFpITmeUsmbPuJBs2-ZtZuFdMsvt-0JocEaZqY6TyIrm-y0_KJhXFHXLvpHIklGQG46YH/s1600/celerie-kemble-ed0711-07-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTOFQ2Thmg5XG0JaMFi1SrJc0nALE-jeBfF9_8jRQFhaXornEjjyjZ3qLGFpZjX-2d72sPoYvFpITmeUsmbPuJBs2-ZtZuFdMsvt-0JocEaZqY6TyIrm-y0_KJhXFHXLvpHIklGQG46YH/s640/celerie-kemble-ed0711-07-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The dressing room painting is by Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, and the chandelier and sconces are by Visual Comfort and Co."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">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 Celerie Kemble, <a href="http://kembleinteriors.com/">Kemble Interiors</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-7">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/">Elle Decor</a> (July - August 2011).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNSHwhTTDlsRipV4kMRtK148redcgrBeBzxYOb30eNiieXd1DSTTLDg_HT0bfWzHxrrLDqVPnS9H4J_vOdtmZz-ECtQ21tm4rnd24WFJE85l2z3E4JvGJWdeqf1nC_h9XTYtHzLTaZLwN/s1600/item12.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.michael-smith-peter-pennoyer-13-closet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNSHwhTTDlsRipV4kMRtK148redcgrBeBzxYOb30eNiieXd1DSTTLDg_HT0bfWzHxrrLDqVPnS9H4J_vOdtmZz-ECtQ21tm4rnd24WFJE85l2z3E4JvGJWdeqf1nC_h9XTYtHzLTaZLwN/s640/item12.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.michael-smith-peter-pennoyer-13-closet.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A walk-in closet features custom-made shelving."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apartment on Manhattan's Sutton Place.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.michaelsmithinc.com/">Michael S. Smith</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architecture by <a href="http://www.ppapc.com/">Peter Pennoyer Architects</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Michael Mundy.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Rob Haskell.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-11/michael-smith-peter-pennoyer-manhattan-apartment-slideshow#slide=13">Made to Measure</a>" by Howard Christian.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2011).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35ctK0JWTg-52vk-0rgMffQWHEFt5rIOcdp-enlwYQqj_tRDKwNrzLOdvoBbBogS4USLOEMTikUGIiXO6boulSkDx3e731U3ARMgfJmvaaciDUEwZQC63VEvvolHHhN925nxvZn4gIkJw/s1600/item7.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.08_capital_improvement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35ctK0JWTg-52vk-0rgMffQWHEFt5rIOcdp-enlwYQqj_tRDKwNrzLOdvoBbBogS4USLOEMTikUGIiXO6boulSkDx3e731U3ARMgfJmvaaciDUEwZQC63VEvvolHHhN925nxvZn4gIkJw/s640/item7.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.08_capital_improvement.jpg" width="590" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A rolling double bank of custom-made 'egg crate' shelving - a Jacobsen signature - organizes Dr. Alster's shoes."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Tina Alster and Paul Frazer's 1815 townhouse in Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architecture by Hugh Newell Jacobsen and Simon Jacobsen of <a href="http://hughjacobsen.com/">Jacobsen Architecture, LLC</a>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Robert C. Lautman.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-02/simon-hugh-newell-jacobson-washington-home-slideshow#slide=8">Capital Improvement</a>" text by Joseph Giovannini.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (February 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16cAcclgi32_NgOZs4KxyDoyy5-Hp4jDTZpSGbqaG7EsKlJp2GL70dJ9-lAzNx6EhQhturnG1ax3SBpjLHIM-iK32GYCwOmhYU7-GUGHmW6VbXXVD8AQFTnhVOgcWXY5O1qtN6Vb7n8d_/s1600/dv2012closet-lgn-38082637.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16cAcclgi32_NgOZs4KxyDoyy5-Hp4jDTZpSGbqaG7EsKlJp2GL70dJ9-lAzNx6EhQhturnG1ax3SBpjLHIM-iK32GYCwOmhYU7-GUGHmW6VbXXVD8AQFTnhVOgcWXY5O1qtN6Vb7n8d_/s640/dv2012closet-lgn-38082637.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Closet, <a href="http://www.californiaclosets.com/">California Closets</a>. Bench, Ironies. Clothing, shoes, and accessories, Badgley Mischka. Lamp, Restoration Hardware. . . . [The walk-in closet] includes A Lago Italian Pietra finish with wenge backing and horsehair-colored, leather-lined drawers."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Veranda</i>'s Designer Visions showhouse, a loft-style apartment at 250 West Street.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://antonytodd.com/">Antony Todd</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;">Project directed by Alana Frumkes, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Executive Director, Designer Visions.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Mario Lopez-Cordero with reporting by Candace Braun Davison.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/designervisions?click=main_sr#slide-3">Loft Living</a>" produced by Carolyn Englefield.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (January - February 2013).</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/AVvXsEjJ4sLlHVSnfKAKBj_RxgMCfNbU2hTgM_YtXU2jV1e49UN70rn03ybgY-xkfGvTEjBAAN2UxWBhHWlukse5two0pSIjfPjL8wlJYqs7pOiXtbqZP5CUQ2OAQEqd2m2WIUGkYhKXyVA8bLqM/s1600/img_statements2007_9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4sLlHVSnfKAKBj_RxgMCfNbU2hTgM_YtXU2jV1e49UN70rn03ybgY-xkfGvTEjBAAN2UxWBhHWlukse5two0pSIjfPjL8wlJYqs7pOiXtbqZP5CUQ2OAQEqd2m2WIUGkYhKXyVA8bLqM/s640/img_statements2007_9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Jamie Drake spared no style in the dressing room. Polka dots on a bench - and the fuchsia silk moire backing the glass shelves that display the season's latest footwear - give the space an air of insouciance."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paint: Lavender Mist by <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/">Benjamin Moore</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bench fabric: "Cabochon"/"Debussy" #54280; Jamie Drake for <a href="http://fschumacher.com/">F. Schumacher</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pink wallpaper behind shelving: custom color strie wallpaper by <a href="http://alphaworkshops.org/">Alpha Workshops</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club Showhouse in New York City.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jamie Drake, <a href="http://drakedesignassociates.com/">Drake Design Associates</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Krissa Rossbund.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/statements2007_9.html">Statements of Style 2007</a>" produced by Bonnie Maharan.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9A6-c8yMxTURQF4DPufapY44BY0ApvoLZO7dZowRQVPY9KeJ3LEQG0fK0qWuovkOGiLsP2xH8si5rCX1uiRf3FTN5WLpetQRzelGdTL3W5Pt7T8ymHKlRf7SHjpxmWhxnNLh8QhEIGY0H/s1600/06-keri-russell-closet-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9A6-c8yMxTURQF4DPufapY44BY0ApvoLZO7dZowRQVPY9KeJ3LEQG0fK0qWuovkOGiLsP2xH8si5rCX1uiRf3FTN5WLpetQRzelGdTL3W5Pt7T8ymHKlRf7SHjpxmWhxnNLh8QhEIGY0H/s640/06-keri-russell-closet-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Keri Russell's husband Shane] Deary built the shelves in the dressing room; the rug is by Shaw Floors, and the linen-upholstered chair is by <a href="http://www.johnderian.com/">John Derian</a>." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1860s Brooklyn, New York brownstone owned by Keri Russell and her husband Shane Deary.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation by Shane Deary.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by Keri Russell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/keri-russell-at-home-69262#slide-6">Keri Russell at Home</a>" by Kathleen Hackett.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (June 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiYRcsPQTjbGT3-AkaQJC4shUcFtoFtqbWt_yRijl0gdzlphdkuvGWjf74z8PNkF8YcNmNA54MNHQCmV0c_ajeU-gXDDOWKLSlcl0ZbBdYU9wTIQPxq5G4Kq8HXIrgqNrd9m91Opu1yuy/s1600/101683041_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiYRcsPQTjbGT3-AkaQJC4shUcFtoFtqbWt_yRijl0gdzlphdkuvGWjf74z8PNkF8YcNmNA54MNHQCmV0c_ajeU-gXDDOWKLSlcl0ZbBdYU9wTIQPxq5G4Kq8HXIrgqNrd9m91Opu1yuy/s640/101683041_ss.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A wealth of antiqued mirrors creates a clean slate behind which a menagerie of shoes and accessories can be stashed."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1913 Beaux Arts-style home in San Francisco, California.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Antonio Martins, <a href="http://antoniomartins.com/">Antonio Martins Interior Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by David Livington.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jenny Bradley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/bodyandsoul/renovated-dressing-room_ss6.html">Inspire Me: Renovated San Francisco Home</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipX57o-ObLOcURrBmomK9ciakc-FWQ7j7gIcgrRC1jHXSRt4FqWUu0Jkv-S1dDhlJagqWJLYGT3yLvrnMYVHIj1ShParRiMin5mD9mcy60P2adVFMGpGvLDQFSOPqALasSeyxpowy8ozVA/s1600/101683042_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipX57o-ObLOcURrBmomK9ciakc-FWQ7j7gIcgrRC1jHXSRt4FqWUu0Jkv-S1dDhlJagqWJLYGT3yLvrnMYVHIj1ShParRiMin5mD9mcy60P2adVFMGpGvLDQFSOPqALasSeyxpowy8ozVA/s640/101683042_ss.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A practical touch: Overhead lighting within the closets makes it easier to see and choose the right garment. Bifurcated doors were designed to accommodate the narrow space."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1913 Beaux Arts-style home in San Francisco, California.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Antonio Martins, <a href="http://antoniomartins.com/">Antonio Martins Interior Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by David Livington.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jenny Bradley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/bodyandsoul/renovated-dressing-room_ss7.html">Inspire Me: Renovated San Francisco Home</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><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/AVvXsEjPWPMG5nvhE5OYborGUcmyT4Ao0SVyOwEJXk0dkKJ9a7N7vry5II7eOJ7O7D-WtzZi4hpsOpVDGxFEPTeyZMCOXTAx1uuA1YfeRcoLdrOe-k8VwGnBKs5coTWXs-1-NqxcXbsAa3NW6dT8/s1600/item12.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.brooke-shields-david-flint-wood-new-york-home-13-dressing-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPWPMG5nvhE5OYborGUcmyT4Ao0SVyOwEJXk0dkKJ9a7N7vry5II7eOJ7O7D-WtzZi4hpsOpVDGxFEPTeyZMCOXTAx1uuA1YfeRcoLdrOe-k8VwGnBKs5coTWXs-1-NqxcXbsAa3NW6dT8/s640/item12.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.brooke-shields-david-flint-wood-new-york-home-13-dressing-room.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Brooke] Shields's closet, built of rift-sawn white oak, is outfitted with a rolling shoe rack and a library ladder by <a href="http://www.rollingladders.com/">Putnam Rolling Ladder Co.</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greenwich Village townhouse of Brooke Shields and her family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decorating by David Flint Wood.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural renovation by <a href="http://www.made-nyc.com/">MADE Architecture</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 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=13">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/">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/AVvXsEho_bSNvkLCZALo-qufKFtbjL7nvzPJEMBB3sPwuTnTqymut-ly5A5rlvBWdt5FdTFhGYxdgI2r5Jb1UQv02eylwBdR1rVVAHNzjLIrkN9UAVVK471V1SdQ3z9pZ8pSXMkFpbUYQifDe0Hz/s1600/smith-12-0909-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_bSNvkLCZALo-qufKFtbjL7nvzPJEMBB3sPwuTnTqymut-ly5A5rlvBWdt5FdTFhGYxdgI2r5Jb1UQv02eylwBdR1rVVAHNzjLIrkN9UAVVK471V1SdQ3z9pZ8pSXMkFpbUYQifDe0Hz/s640/smith-12-0909-xl.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'I had a little fun with that midcentury modern chair in my dressing room,' [Windsor] Smith says. 'I loved the frame and had it replated in matte gold, and reupholstered the seat in silvery leather.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Los Angeles, California home of Windsor Smith and her family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decorating by <a href="http://www.windsorsmithhome.com/">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#slide-22">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/">House Beautiful</a> (September 2009).</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/AVvXsEg4kFgAo76IKTLsGX5wo_A-EZoQRo798VODLUuj72LCICX431doZJTaYufxlBcyyeV9i9y_VxuMoiGTIcku5H-3Rzi1lCEfS_mKikiC5zpB0B4ZJSBOsrVujH3YLMWlc_KL2k4mVXN6u4gd/s1600/item15.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.ellen-degeneres-portia-de-rossi-beverly-hills-home-16-closet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4kFgAo76IKTLsGX5wo_A-EZoQRo798VODLUuj72LCICX431doZJTaYufxlBcyyeV9i9y_VxuMoiGTIcku5H-3Rzi1lCEfS_mKikiC5zpB0B4ZJSBOsrVujH3YLMWlc_KL2k4mVXN6u4gd/s640/item15.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.ellen-degeneres-portia-de-rossi-beverly-hills-home-16-closet.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Ellen] DeGeneres and [Portia] de Rossi's shoe shelves are filled with their respective sneakers and stilettos."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beverly Hills estate formerly owned by Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designed by architects Buff and Hensman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Expanded by decorator Melinda Ritz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Peter Haldeman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2011/ellen-degeneres-and-portia-de-rossi-beverly-hills-home-slideshow#slide=16">Labor of Love</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiASv_6C9fTZpM9xA-EtQFKvLRPY7JBXpgYdpO3AzBb6TdaQzFUQC3ArREOp5sQBGUGfKEiEwaRAcTTog8cDW-CFr36OwSbR8oiMvrh2rYLeTZiCXp-zUQMOJYhTuWS-mttXpROkq7pbg/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.nina-garcia-09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiASv_6C9fTZpM9xA-EtQFKvLRPY7JBXpgYdpO3AzBb6TdaQzFUQC3ArREOp5sQBGUGfKEiEwaRAcTTog8cDW-CFr36OwSbR8oiMvrh2rYLeTZiCXp-zUQMOJYhTuWS-mttXpROkq7pbg/s640/item8.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.nina-garcia-09.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Frank chaise longue graces the dressing room, along with a Frank tripod table and a carpet by Tai Ping; the watercolor is by Salvador Dali."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan apartment of fashion editor and <i>Project Runway</i> judge Nina Garcia and her family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Carlos Aparicio.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Rob Haskell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/nina-garcia-project-runway-new-york-apartment-slideshow#slide=9">Reality Check</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2012). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONr6ht5o7QfS2MvDhY1QONB1JXwD9b9SHiA2cg9V4ln6ZgwjxoVwFr0FkS8iQEeBrFIiM0v8I0_B6ZM42Pxt50JxSz6ez3FrGbp7DaWLiW7Jf-B568S56eeJ3HTqyaDi-DF8XE8u67Bl7/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.nina-garcia-08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONr6ht5o7QfS2MvDhY1QONB1JXwD9b9SHiA2cg9V4ln6ZgwjxoVwFr0FkS8iQEeBrFIiM0v8I0_B6ZM42Pxt50JxSz6ez3FrGbp7DaWLiW7Jf-B568S56eeJ3HTqyaDi-DF8XE8u67Bl7/s640/item9.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.nina-garcia-08.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Bespoke shoe storage in [Nina] Garcia's dressing room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan apartment of fashion editor and <i>Project Runway</i> judge Nina Garcia and her family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Carlos Aparicio.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Rob Haskell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/nina-garcia-project-runway-new-york-apartment-slideshow#slide=10">Reality Check</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2012). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4URPBck6tsaqm8R8LP-LvLHWZESr5jHCT52v0oLO1N0lw4nh6q0MmCt0jy8sxGTFEO03P6Dgwbaya2tXXsyNUuxuUCxtiQNI8fQ9R7zalL_Omdwl15qKwRNEdQ5mYePl8S49uSg55rqzb/s1600/120827_ED_DesignerVisions_1184-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4URPBck6tsaqm8R8LP-LvLHWZESr5jHCT52v0oLO1N0lw4nh6q0MmCt0jy8sxGTFEO03P6Dgwbaya2tXXsyNUuxuUCxtiQNI8fQ9R7zalL_Omdwl15qKwRNEdQ5mYePl8S49uSg55rqzb/s640/120827_ED_DesignerVisions_1184-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Cabinetry and shelving by <a href="http://www.californiaclosets.com/">California Closets</a> in the dressing room; the clothing and accessories are from Mr. Porter, and the rug is by the Rug Company."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1906 Manhattan warehouse designed as <i>Elle Decor</i>'s Designer Visions showhouse. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.matthewsmyth.com/">Matthew Patrick Smyth</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Quy Nguyen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/design-solutions/matthew-patrick-smyth-designer-visions?click=main_sr#slide-7">The Right Moves</a>" interview by Michael Lassell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioo_qepvaNJfSVx4VTvB1ZpiMHUjhXTSTnMwmuqoWBpgJ_uPAy-UOZu7my-OBr3BT-1bez5_Qpt0kHV985X-ns2xtq7G5FeSAxFSOf2Ae8CYUy-sM6CsNRlqy4c0dWSzs7cMlbBsbhjRQ7/s1600/item13.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.ben-soleimani-13-closet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioo_qepvaNJfSVx4VTvB1ZpiMHUjhXTSTnMwmuqoWBpgJ_uPAy-UOZu7my-OBr3BT-1bez5_Qpt0kHV985X-ns2xtq7G5FeSAxFSOf2Ae8CYUy-sM6CsNRlqy4c0dWSzs7cMlbBsbhjRQ7/s640/item13.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.ben-soleimani-13-closet.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The master closet."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beverly Hills home of Ben Soleimani, head of <a href="http://www.mansourrug.com/">Mansour</a> antique rugs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.waldosdesigns.com/">Waldo Fernandez</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Finn-Olaf Jones.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-11/ben-soleimani-waldo-fernandez-beverly-hills-home-slideshow#slide=14">Well Grounded</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwGZLH-ARmrgMa5rECC-iPIzl03S6KnWx-IfvDe-GjrSwEBm2UJlgkAdGeOhPtHmf4gugtLk65-MR9sXn1UCFxLIf7-D_MqoMHP1kjikM_jj23jmh_swupmQucTYwdejXbklNsbdGtnyo/s1600/item14.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.nate-berkus-before-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwGZLH-ARmrgMa5rECC-iPIzl03S6KnWx-IfvDe-GjrSwEBm2UJlgkAdGeOhPtHmf4gugtLk65-MR9sXn1UCFxLIf7-D_MqoMHP1kjikM_jj23jmh_swupmQucTYwdejXbklNsbdGtnyo/s640/item14.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.nate-berkus-before-13.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The dressing room features a custom-made tufted ottoman, covered in a Clarence House velvet, and carpeting by Stark."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nate Berkus's Manhattan duplex.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation by <a href="http://www.nateberkus.com/">Nate Berkus</a> and Carlos Huber, architectural designer.</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 Samuel Cochran.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/nate-berkus-manhattan-apartment-before-after-renovation-slideshow#slide=15">Nate Berkus Renovates His Manhattan Duplex</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2cbZxtc-5lG9l4nB24xRJi6bSvS3eKGG0mkK7wjRD9VFLdGdoHjg-iQNIEiH-FU15E9Mq6bNNwwxVbL9MZqRlxFB1_v8pD-VL0xjftodH5jAWnqekhUlHQfksbXjsYMZitamg5lidXB_/s1600/item10.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.sig-bergamin-sao-paulo-brazil-11-dressing-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2cbZxtc-5lG9l4nB24xRJi6bSvS3eKGG0mkK7wjRD9VFLdGdoHjg-iQNIEiH-FU15E9Mq6bNNwwxVbL9MZqRlxFB1_v8pD-VL0xjftodH5jAWnqekhUlHQfksbXjsYMZitamg5lidXB_/s640/item10.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.sig-bergamin-sao-paulo-brazil-11-dressing-room.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The dressing room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture and interior design by <a href="http://www.sigbergamin.com.br/">Sig Bergamin</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sao Paulo house of Sig Bergamin and Maurilo Lomas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by James Reginato.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-04/sig-bergamin-sao-paulo-brazil-home-slideshow#slide=11">More is More</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (April 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfA6WF1MMmqgWEm7o0jsTrSjXpEOmNu-62BEKynIMaYTBNPhMP51bD-bJ98ElxjOmsj6nbBgHCE9JO59ZWRofE_cS39TElbsz_jY84DiRFAkS8C8eLzC465qYuZVS821PdGk26ow6_XiK/s1600/len-morgan-loft-1112-03-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfA6WF1MMmqgWEm7o0jsTrSjXpEOmNu-62BEKynIMaYTBNPhMP51bD-bJ98ElxjOmsj6nbBgHCE9JO59ZWRofE_cS39TElbsz_jY84DiRFAkS8C8eLzC465qYuZVS821PdGk26ow6_XiK/s640/len-morgan-loft-1112-03-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The cabinetry in the dressing room is custom made, the walls are painted in <a href="http://www.finepaintsofeurope.com/">Fine Paints of Europe</a>'s Scrimshaw, and the flooring is original."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Industrial loft apartment in Manhattan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Space configured by architect Len Morgan</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Mikkel Vang.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Peter Terzian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interiors/len-morgan-new-york-loft-design?click=main_sr#slide-7">Made to Measure</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (November 2012).</span></div>

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A beautiful chandelier, a library ladder, custom shoe shelving and leather-lined drawers. These are a few details that can transform an ordinary closet from a merely functional space to a personal retreat. Forbes magazine recently noted that buyers of multimillion-dollar homes often expect bespoke c…

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