Red and White Stripes

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

Red and White Stripes

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

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Black and White

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Black and white. Perfect for the kitchen, the bath, a foyer or a gracious curving stair. Perfect even for circus tents, or the illusion of one . . .</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvqN7FQnICtfwA2k4w1fWVnU1C5EPfUTE7H7cfmoka3mUrjaHKwR18pUdY_n38VQk71Aiu91U1JuwOtBDzfMRg6TQAWU4cfgzh21PttX0vUJSc7EX0TvZowTpXjPKTImqwegoh2LvJ-Q/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.jean-louis-deniot-chicago-apartment-07-kitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvqN7FQnICtfwA2k4w1fWVnU1C5EPfUTE7H7cfmoka3mUrjaHKwR18pUdY_n38VQk71Aiu91U1JuwOtBDzfMRg6TQAWU4cfgzh21PttX0vUJSc7EX0TvZowTpXjPKTImqwegoh2LvJ-Q/s640/item6.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.jean-louis-deniot-chicago-apartment-07-kitchen.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I told Jean-Louis [Deniot] I wanted the apartment to be beautiful without a stick of furniture in it," the wife says. "You had to say, 'Ooh,' even when it was completely empty."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prewar apartment in Chicago.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.deniot.com/">Jean-Louis Deniot</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</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;">"The French Connection" 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> (December 2011).</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJigQ67yk8RHCSx3cQjI7DKh_mabOGsmBKwi45QyyJ2SUW8z_RQhbhBWeggJd9nMex35ZYE0I2v2fswYULhfU03eKDlDSXxy5kze5fJRClqcnrkpgtKskgUBlSnaJ2TXhBR3m3dbZAH5I/s1600/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesEDDec2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJigQ67yk8RHCSx3cQjI7DKh_mabOGsmBKwi45QyyJ2SUW8z_RQhbhBWeggJd9nMex35ZYE0I2v2fswYULhfU03eKDlDSXxy5kze5fJRClqcnrkpgtKskgUBlSnaJ2TXhBR3m3dbZAH5I/s640/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesEDDec2008.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The walls of the bathroom and adjacent laundry are covered in <a href="http://www.clarencehouse.com/">Clarence House</a>'s Large Stripe wallpaper applied both vertically and horizontally, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the checkerboard ceramic-tile floor is American Olean."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chicago apartment of decorator <a href="http://www.branca.com/">Alessandra Branca</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Return Engagement" text by Jan Parr.</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 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tS1MCz_5ezXwm2hqzIj3yy_xhb97gen0zp1b6lAGiDVC0VoKn0fvalh6N5HjcvyLUGNhXoPMyfACqlSF0Z0S9bfkkkgRdYrAwJVbcJFkYkUdx1GDxsBDl8mDQZMMqgbIuOP7d2q9vgo/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-01-foyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tS1MCz_5ezXwm2hqzIj3yy_xhb97gen0zp1b6lAGiDVC0VoKn0fvalh6N5HjcvyLUGNhXoPMyfACqlSF0Z0S9bfkkkgRdYrAwJVbcJFkYkUdx1GDxsBDl8mDQZMMqgbIuOP7d2q9vgo/s640/item0.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-01-foyer.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Iconic photographs of New York greet visitors in the foyer; the plasterwork ceiling and picture lights were designed by <a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Historic Manhattan apartment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation and furnishings by <a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Joshua McHugh.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Leading Role" 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 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5QWucCS-TUxwc2YJspBXklJBnwLWuJC4lo82IsOXd7x_47Z7laBvNpOCs_jSgseewOcKBIHQOpFD-Z9YqkX7qplzKV0X6lqIR7cn30sLqTbv4To2iPqm93geffCjv7O2UOyke2jW4Bo/s1600/item01.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.then-and-now-01-entry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5QWucCS-TUxwc2YJspBXklJBnwLWuJC4lo82IsOXd7x_47Z7laBvNpOCs_jSgseewOcKBIHQOpFD-Z9YqkX7qplzKV0X6lqIR7cn30sLqTbv4To2iPqm93geffCjv7O2UOyke2jW4Bo/s640/item01.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.then-and-now-01-entry.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oval entrance hall with a ceiling dome. Belgian marble tiles.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Francisco apartment of Gary and O.J. Shansby.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.suzannetuckerhome.com/">Suzanne Tucker</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <a href="http://www.skurman.com/">Andrew Skurman</a>.</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;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Wish Fulfillment" 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> (February 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/AVvXsEgRJ2fE0k-tTPvQwUInN9OkwpWZeonNgwNuMSJb_s84A__kIodzmt_fL4gznrFfqxgTbAFFna7AUEttx-s1JZ-5QT4-QrN-fl8GAqLsFBzirhCnrGgVcW75BogsNkLEQYDZnx_fI2rbr8g/s1600/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesHBSept2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJ2fE0k-tTPvQwUInN9OkwpWZeonNgwNuMSJb_s84A__kIodzmt_fL4gznrFfqxgTbAFFna7AUEttx-s1JZ-5QT4-QrN-fl8GAqLsFBzirhCnrGgVcW75BogsNkLEQYDZnx_fI2rbr8g/s640/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesHBSept2011.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designer <a href="http://www.martynlawrencebullard.com/">Martyn Lawrence Bullard</a> creates an MGM musical moment with a checkerboard floor and a coordinating staircase in high-contrast black and white. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'The contrast creates a sense of drama,' he says."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walls are Decorators White by Benjamin Moore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.martynlawrencebullard.com/">Martyn Lawrence Bullard</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tim Street-Porter.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Drama, Dahling" written by David A. Keeps.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (September 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWUVQjVY-S4f_90u8ZGHDemapL8-z_AK_hD3WP8Ctz5xly-wUXMLKcAghuzg_-kqHamJFBc4O7HQCLVbnkVx_qsqsNBFLulfiM4QxkNwuJv3cMEGve-Ypl-xTYoVJI_GfIRqUiOM-DAc/s1600/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesDominoMay2008Two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWUVQjVY-S4f_90u8ZGHDemapL8-z_AK_hD3WP8Ctz5xly-wUXMLKcAghuzg_-kqHamJFBc4O7HQCLVbnkVx_qsqsNBFLulfiM4QxkNwuJv3cMEGve-Ypl-xTYoVJI_GfIRqUiOM-DAc/s640/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesDominoMay2008Two.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A striped tent on the terrace "shelters outdoor tools and extra furniture."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer <a href="http://www.stephenshubeldesign.com/">Stephen Shubel</a>'s San Francisco "office and overnight getaway."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Master of Illusion" produced by Dara Caponigro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomag.com/">Domino</a> (May 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOk6niuMLvuNiXegQn-sANyxoI4SIQwadrGcHy_P4GXjQ_N5n-S4coKo3l03Xxb1U70o48ELzl00mFq7olLt2UiAlUgGUEQ-Zhnv-Z0GyqnRBzLbNLOUDhH6gT5YjqN2bto1cSVVWncms/s1600/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesDominoMay2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOk6niuMLvuNiXegQn-sANyxoI4SIQwadrGcHy_P4GXjQ_N5n-S4coKo3l03Xxb1U70o48ELzl00mFq7olLt2UiAlUgGUEQ-Zhnv-Z0GyqnRBzLbNLOUDhH6gT5YjqN2bto1cSVVWncms/s640/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesDominoMay2008.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Don't let your eyes deceive you: the ceiling of the studio's bathroom is completely, 100 percent flat. Shubel hired local decorative painter <a href="http://www.willemrackestudio.com/">Willem Racke</a> to paint stripes that make the room . . . seem like a dramatically peaked tent, inspired by the circus-like storage tent on the terrace. . . . A matching curtain hides not only a washer and dryer, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but the studio's trove of research materials."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer <a href="http://www.stephenshubeldesign.com/">Stephen Shubel</a>'s San Francisco "office and overnight getaway."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Master of Illusion" produced by Dara Caponigro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomag.com/">Domino</a> (May 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrezNkxgTyIoUFu0zavDg4zzvbXp6uFKuaInc2vdqrBqRpq5F2nNkpzOKYYefABII2az0X8qFb7mk612ewZQzUB9czpA9GxWvMO1-TDrn9ngoogrM0pVwNPamIaKaqFU3KAgDYB1fyhE/s1600/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesADJuly2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrezNkxgTyIoUFu0zavDg4zzvbXp6uFKuaInc2vdqrBqRpq5F2nNkpzOKYYefABII2az0X8qFb7mk612ewZQzUB9czpA9GxWvMO1-TDrn9ngoogrM0pVwNPamIaKaqFU3KAgDYB1fyhE/s640/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesADJuly2011.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Lined with marble and painted decades ago to resemble a tent, a bath is furnished with a Judi Boisson rug and antique Chinese garden stools."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greek Revival house in Philadelphia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.jaynedesignstudio.com/">Thomas Jayne</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jean Nathan.</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;">"Restorative Power" 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> (July 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZqIBLcAfmriY_yJEYzuBSS7T7iqHYmMI998MWO6CT9aa5vOeAfCP88N5rVGwk0oJAePnFj9Zrus1N1W1ovXnqbHM9xrMPX4pdtk3kkmPzlmSpR8gf6pMq2B9sqRKKHeZ2Pq2He8gM_o/s1600/BlogGamesPeoplePlayADMarch2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZqIBLcAfmriY_yJEYzuBSS7T7iqHYmMI998MWO6CT9aa5vOeAfCP88N5rVGwk0oJAePnFj9Zrus1N1W1ovXnqbHM9xrMPX4pdtk3kkmPzlmSpR8gf6pMq2B9sqRKKHeZ2Pq2He8gM_o/s640/BlogGamesPeoplePlayADMarch2011.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Graphic patterns give the exercise room a fanciful attitude; the bold carpeting is by Durkan, and the striped fabric that tents the ceiling is by Romo."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.richardkeithlangham.com/">Richard Keith Langham</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Julia Reed.</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;">"State of Grace" 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 2011).</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

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