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Orange Spice

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

Orange Spice

Today is the first day of fall, so I am thinking about the color orange. Orange leaves. Orange pumpkins. Rooms with a bit of orange spice . ...

12:00 AM

Chinoiserie

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