The Influence of Babs Watkins

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I'm most influenced by Babs Watkins, a Houston designer. Babs makes it look so unconstructed, yet it looks just right. She and the Europeans do timeless so well.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior designer Pamela Pierce to <a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> ("European Influence," </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">July - August 2009).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My last <a href="http://aflippenlife.blogspot.com/2015/03/pamela-pierce-in-garden.html" target="_blank">post</a> featured the designs of Pamela Pierce. Today's post features the work of Babs Watkins, whose style has influenced Ms. Pierce. Take a look . . . </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggU-kJb4AubHptcw3VavLEOEjHjXHC-E2EVSXJYwqkr7UDQOqBU58hX1uE_vD26eddiwZ2Qa3Ho9aTiyOtOgGgzwDqWYP3OwaHtpfH2ReEx8NOoh3GZuDButK1kDAZhFqV7R3wkHLaSYE/s1600/54bf872b56e93_-_0310-watkins-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/AVvXsEggU-kJb4AubHptcw3VavLEOEjHjXHC-E2EVSXJYwqkr7UDQOqBU58hX1uE_vD26eddiwZ2Qa3Ho9aTiyOtOgGgzwDqWYP3OwaHtpfH2ReEx8NOoh3GZuDButK1kDAZhFqV7R3wkHLaSYE/s1600/54bf872b56e93_-_0310-watkins-01-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Moody blues on gently worn surfaces, such as the weave of this 18th-century French tapestry, lead the eye from room to room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1980s Houston, Texas, house.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins Baker, and Eleanor Cummings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerri McCaffety.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/colors/g836/blue-as-a-titian/?slide=1" target="_blank">Decorating in Antique Blues</a>" by Erin Dailey.</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 2010).</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/AVvXsEgSd1kiyT5HQP3Xw29daGOzeUFvD-HVcEC1TqLEDaOyuO2WeTWbFHqCzUbFYT262oV6iOne8ZyKXGeCw_SGoWKVFD_Q1LO2A-L5DkwwJpxM6HU_9gw27_1x9RiaXLgC1AjN18tc-GsThqc/s1600/54bf872bdc302_-_0310-watkins-02-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSd1kiyT5HQP3Xw29daGOzeUFvD-HVcEC1TqLEDaOyuO2WeTWbFHqCzUbFYT262oV6iOne8ZyKXGeCw_SGoWKVFD_Q1LO2A-L5DkwwJpxM6HU_9gw27_1x9RiaXLgC1AjN18tc-GsThqc/s1600/54bf872bdc302_-_0310-watkins-02-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"European antiques and architectural details layer this 1980s Houston house, designed by Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins Baker, and Eleanor Cummings, with the patina of history. Louis XV carved-walnut front doors with traces of the original paint open into a foyer lighted by a gilt-edged Venetian lantern."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1980s Houston, Texas, house.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins Baker, and Eleanor Cummings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerri McCaffety.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/colors/g836/blue-as-a-titian/?slide=2" target="_blank">Decorating in Antique Blues</a>" by Erin Dailey.</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 2010).</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;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaeO8kEy_Kz9WrxckrBwsXa6cjnnuybgx-fCeyDvDw58UirZh2zO43e9UcwxoYExxhfp4Iv75-yIv52zuKe0uuOIT_UdJkGn02uGgDSH_H-XTTlwj05FzcYHKf4kOhe7s2VVVpQ_E9N0/s1600/54bf872f13c7c_-_0310-watkins-living-room-03-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaeO8kEy_Kz9WrxckrBwsXa6cjnnuybgx-fCeyDvDw58UirZh2zO43e9UcwxoYExxhfp4Iv75-yIv52zuKe0uuOIT_UdJkGn02uGgDSH_H-XTTlwj05FzcYHKf4kOhe7s2VVVpQ_E9N0/s1600/54bf872f13c7c_-_0310-watkins-living-room-03-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the living room, French and Italian chairs work well together, next to sofas with Fortuny Delfino pillows. Curtains in Nancy Corzine Chantel in Savannah are extra full. A 1920s Oushak carpet, an Italian tole chandelier, and a Gustavian painted breakfront round out the mix of styles. Wall colors in the house are custom, by Iarussi Studio."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1980s Houston, Texas, house.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins Baker, and Eleanor Cummings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerri McCaffety.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/colors/g836/blue-as-a-titian/?slide=3" target="_blank">Decorating in Antique Blues</a>" by Erin Dailey.</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 2010).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcEhjQEPkNnX6htqIJxh2MzP1ia-ZlLB3vLs8szJ8mcJn9hHqyIpWUZ3ZAHcSxG3XzsFUYlytiyoJHswhptDG7wtf0XGqwYzSFfBk-yKTSK1FrLu0MIMU9QHoMeAyomt0TtXd3Xw1lps/s1600/54bf872c14073_-_0310-watkins-04-lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcEhjQEPkNnX6htqIJxh2MzP1ia-ZlLB3vLs8szJ8mcJn9hHqyIpWUZ3ZAHcSxG3XzsFUYlytiyoJHswhptDG7wtf0XGqwYzSFfBk-yKTSK1FrLu0MIMU9QHoMeAyomt0TtXd3Xw1lps/s1600/54bf872c14073_-_0310-watkins-04-lg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Silvery tones are the dominant note in the dining room, where Gustavian chairs ring a table set with antique Royal Crown Derby china and Miller Rogaska crystal. The French tapestry and the Sivas rug are from Matt Camron Rugs and Tapestries. Curtains are Nancy Corzine Silk Canvas in Azure."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1980s Houston, Texas, house.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins Baker, and Eleanor Cummings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerri McCaffety.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/colors/g836/blue-as-a-titian/?slide=4" target="_blank">Decorating in Antique Blues</a>" by Erin Dailey.</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 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/AVvXsEihyphenhyphen-h38OeeI6ecB3oC7NMgt5SPqLlyu46dV-3J4wobYaBNMGsBiL9ko3zq8AiYXqBkDYqfQFT6BfIdOZzPEmSg1triihRojzYgVaxKBDrucj-CzOVu_7Sf2rzfaZq8GJWxA2Df3RQvtLg/s1600/54c932849ce10_-_0310-watkins-06-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphen-h38OeeI6ecB3oC7NMgt5SPqLlyu46dV-3J4wobYaBNMGsBiL9ko3zq8AiYXqBkDYqfQFT6BfIdOZzPEmSg1triihRojzYgVaxKBDrucj-CzOVu_7Sf2rzfaZq8GJWxA2Df3RQvtLg/s1600/54c932849ce10_-_0310-watkins-06-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Swedish hutch, aging gracefully behind a Gustavian bench in a guest bedroom."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1980s Houston, Texas, house.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins Baker, and Eleanor Cummings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerri McCaffety.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/colors/g836/blue-as-a-titian/?slide=5" target="_blank">Decorating in Antique Blues</a>" by Erin Dailey.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (February 2010).</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/AVvXsEjEhUUJyTT6c95-oB-jOk3J-x2ZeALUdgVVYPXKgiM3zAJf1QGf23nQ-xooeyrpDR1Np9OoaWvsELui9t_iBEEQahVn138b4DDgN77A4Wn1pQFAFs8fy2XzgZNgyBH1GXzHH-fYDjNBbpc/s1600/54c9328511784_-_0310-watkins-05-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhUUJyTT6c95-oB-jOk3J-x2ZeALUdgVVYPXKgiM3zAJf1QGf23nQ-xooeyrpDR1Np9OoaWvsELui9t_iBEEQahVn138b4DDgN77A4Wn1pQFAFs8fy2XzgZNgyBH1GXzHH-fYDjNBbpc/s1600/54c9328511784_-_0310-watkins-05-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An antique onion-dome aviary frames the kitchen range hood, perched above a backsplash of 19th-century concrete tiles. Antique Belgian blue limestone countertops, cabinets built with wood from a Scandinavian dairy, and a vintage French worktable set off the stainless-steel Viking stove and Sub-Zero refrigerator. Custom stools through Eleanor Cummings."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1980s Houston, Texas, house.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins Baker, and Eleanor Cummings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerri McCaffety.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/colors/g836/blue-as-a-titian/?slide=6" target="_blank">Decorating in Antique Blues</a>" by Erin Dailey.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (February 2010).</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/AVvXsEh-RYNSZxaK8BIXA-pbx4w5_vqc9f6FC9etQ6cMKi7DzrjA4zr7F957JdoY1uHK0fOFVpc0tpVlW076HN7tw9l9fAZoYC279RLfmP_ZciAs31nOW75vlT5J97eLyLzsPtKGpiU_7acGg7o/s1600/54c932853dea4_-_0310-watkins-07-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RYNSZxaK8BIXA-pbx4w5_vqc9f6FC9etQ6cMKi7DzrjA4zr7F957JdoY1uHK0fOFVpc0tpVlW076HN7tw9l9fAZoYC279RLfmP_ZciAs31nOW75vlT5J97eLyLzsPtKGpiU_7acGg7o/s1600/54c932853dea4_-_0310-watkins-07-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the library, an Empire chaise longue and a Louis XV-Revival canapé covered in Dedar's Flair in Conchiglia flank an 18th-century mantel from Aix-en-Provence. Shelves hold part of the client's collection of religious artifacts."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1980s Houston, Texas, house. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins Baker, and Eleanor Cummings.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerri McCaffety.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/colors/g836/blue-as-a-titian/?slide=7" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Decorating in Antique Blues</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" by Erin Dailey.</span><br /><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (February 2010).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYH0RpSgrGuYyehSG5ytQ1Doo_igV1z3-a30PXMcXv-YbVTkAAfGV5IeOWe7w-8wmIIEoa5WUpWJSijQXvHuM1iayaCZYen06aZsMUXV5uDOn8T1h7CQ2xAzL00RL2ir5W-DqEG2jyz4/s1600/54bf872d2aa7d_-_0310-watkins-08-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYH0RpSgrGuYyehSG5ytQ1Doo_igV1z3-a30PXMcXv-YbVTkAAfGV5IeOWe7w-8wmIIEoa5WUpWJSijQXvHuM1iayaCZYen06aZsMUXV5uDOn8T1h7CQ2xAzL00RL2ir5W-DqEG2jyz4/s1600/54bf872d2aa7d_-_0310-watkins-08-xl.jpg" width="500" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The hallway outside the master bedroom. Rug from Matt Camron Rugs and Tapestries."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerri McCaffety.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1980s Houston, Texas, house.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins Baker, and Eleanor Cummings.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/colors/g836/blue-as-a-titian/?slide=8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Decorating in Antique Blues</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" by Erin Dailey.</span><br /><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (February 2010).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LfJcIK2lSCQWaxDqj1k1B71GxdQjjAQI-bJz-mf1H9j0IlmUhp5SzYLLewFMg4UE45op6q3d0T8wqu7XuzRmZE8Vgvy0tMH-yXwKdjW59c9QrA9sdUz4E-98zKmKJkg5ALuxgc4UxC4/s1600/54bf872da4c7d_-_0310-watkins-10-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LfJcIK2lSCQWaxDqj1k1B71GxdQjjAQI-bJz-mf1H9j0IlmUhp5SzYLLewFMg4UE45op6q3d0T8wqu7XuzRmZE8Vgvy0tMH-yXwKdjW59c9QrA9sdUz4E-98zKmKJkg5ALuxgc4UxC4/s1600/54bf872da4c7d_-_0310-watkins-10-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div>"A collection of glass boxes on a living room table."</div><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1980s Houston, Texas, house.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins Baker, and Eleanor Cummings.</span></div></div><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerri McCaffety.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/colors/g836/blue-as-a-titian/?slide=9" target="_blank">Decorating in Antique Blues</a>" by Erin Dailey.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (February 2010).</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoY9SgYdPReJi_bo3-JWIz2YcuoRGqn7W1W_bvcfNtfhwWvdr4Qcgt9IXL-8EBERl6B7_-csxImHnr0qJrzUt5L1kfkCvq4cn9nhzj1kkx6IFKSH8JT3CpgNwTK_X-jgxcPMiH1GZ8xCo/s1600/54bf872e42823_-_0310-watkins-12-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoY9SgYdPReJi_bo3-JWIz2YcuoRGqn7W1W_bvcfNtfhwWvdr4Qcgt9IXL-8EBERl6B7_-csxImHnr0qJrzUt5L1kfkCvq4cn9nhzj1kkx6IFKSH8JT3CpgNwTK_X-jgxcPMiH1GZ8xCo/s1600/54bf872e42823_-_0310-watkins-12-xl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div>"Watkins and Baker refined the master bedroom with a parquet de Versailles floor, Nancy Corzine Satin (in Steel) curtains, an 18th-century Buffet de Corps armoire, and a Louis XVI chaise."</div><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1980s Houston, Texas, house.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins Baker, and Eleanor Cummings.</span></div></div><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerri McCaffety.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/colors/g836/blue-as-a-titian/?slide=10" target="_blank">Decorating in Antique Blues</a>" by Erin Dailey.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (February 2010).</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAn8FsIVGXKY5zJF7SYs-cTj0nKYj1-BUXO0oyeHL02RsTdEhAPowiu07PZlfS86zXJvasIqA7grYnmLBOzr-ankHFMvQWBZPlufiwo1w15Ti7uJczAK-9g98_FzZHQQaEJfhPhvhkUC0/s1600/54bf872e0bc89_-_0310-watkins-11-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAn8FsIVGXKY5zJF7SYs-cTj0nKYj1-BUXO0oyeHL02RsTdEhAPowiu07PZlfS86zXJvasIqA7grYnmLBOzr-ankHFMvQWBZPlufiwo1w15Ti7uJczAK-9g98_FzZHQQaEJfhPhvhkUC0/s1600/54bf872e0bc89_-_0310-watkins-11-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div>"A Baroque Italian mirror hangs above the powder room's antique basin."</div><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1980s Houston, Texas, house.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins Baker, and Eleanor Cummings.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerri McCaffety.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/colors/g836/blue-as-a-titian/?slide=11" target="_blank">Decorating in Antique Blues</a>" by Erin Dailey.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (February 2010).</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5DrbN0gKN-Awsa7p3_jV6srijRx5cgsXtm6vpYm-29x-iFH3KXgs1ItNqs1WByqTPYd2XIBwJFTel14vL9i3DUNuIIkPhxLJga9A9-B5D-chnOZhBH3SqRCitKOGarqR2yIQuRzyZGg/s1600/54bf872d53632_-_0310-watkins-09-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5DrbN0gKN-Awsa7p3_jV6srijRx5cgsXtm6vpYm-29x-iFH3KXgs1ItNqs1WByqTPYd2XIBwJFTel14vL9i3DUNuIIkPhxLJga9A9-B5D-chnOZhBH3SqRCitKOGarqR2yIQuRzyZGg/s1600/54bf872d53632_-_0310-watkins-09-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div>"Just right for informal meals, a massive Belgian blue limestone pedestal table from Chateau Domingue anchors the family room."</div><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1980s Houston, Texas, house.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins Baker, and Eleanor Cummings.</span></div></div><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerri McCaffety.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/colors/g836/blue-as-a-titian/?slide=12" target="_blank">Decorating in Antique Blues</a>" by Erin Dailey.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (February 2010).</span></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKcDlV5hbGy5SE3NBKHPA5SBZrFCHqoItFKKbeHFMIY9shPZpWElvVEx24SCw0FdiK502o4SHyee6PYQ_lqijNbrstb_ett0i-kvDgS4k0TVVN5YpSjrMiHbx_R_kPD6oPdNKkPOLejI/s1600/54c93285dab8e_-_0310-watkins-13-lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKcDlV5hbGy5SE3NBKHPA5SBZrFCHqoItFKKbeHFMIY9shPZpWElvVEx24SCw0FdiK502o4SHyee6PYQ_lqijNbrstb_ett0i-kvDgS4k0TVVN5YpSjrMiHbx_R_kPD6oPdNKkPOLejI/s1600/54c93285dab8e_-_0310-watkins-13-lg.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div>"In the master bedroom, a painted Italian ceiling panel hangs above a headboard made from a salvaged boiserie fragment."</div><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1980s Houston, Texas, house.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins Baker, and Eleanor Cummings.</span></div></div><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerri McCaffety.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/colors/g836/blue-as-a-titian/?slide=13" target="_blank">Decorating in Antique Blues</a>" by Erin Dailey.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (February 2010).</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzl2ed20u6LR9INv0BgE8DR1gtZnr70hyphenhyphenE_HoKFgdCQsfLVPp1Lo7XB6oFEdS7jQLveLIKJZHwsKY35UB0jltEInTCBdCsyfBDDTK8oT1a-jfxKiiWnmUPkfxdd1rZFMbOfQGVgcShcE/s1600/54c93286248ac_-_0310-watkins-14-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzl2ed20u6LR9INv0BgE8DR1gtZnr70hyphenhyphenE_HoKFgdCQsfLVPp1Lo7XB6oFEdS7jQLveLIKJZHwsKY35UB0jltEInTCBdCsyfBDDTK8oT1a-jfxKiiWnmUPkfxdd1rZFMbOfQGVgcShcE/s1600/54c93286248ac_-_0310-watkins-14-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div>"Rich textures in subtle shades of blue and gray give the guest bedroom a luminous beauty. Embroidered throw pillows were made to order by B. Viz Design from vintage textiles. Curtains are Nancy Corzine Silk Canvas in Seafoam. Sferra linens."</div><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1980s Houston, Texas, house.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins Baker, and Eleanor Cummings.</span></div></div><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerri McCaffety.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/colors/g836/blue-as-a-titian/?slide=14" target="_blank">Decorating in Antique Blues</a>" by Erin Dailey.</span></div><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (February 2010).</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are photos of another Houston home decorated by Babs Watkins. (I originally posted these images in a November 2012 post called <a href="http://aflippenlife.blogspot.com/2012/11/juxtapositions.html" target="_blank">Juxtapositions</a>.)  </span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBYtWw6U2TuqBjrMDYvCGzCusMKyDTGyb-EVkRbdpbkoTbivdlDdwcL-6vD6eaxqWYt_q0FmJ_pTVV5Pnhg7iV1POD0XRIgh126PwdJTKn75jEg_qz29FglRdZX5zJ3Qq_jMUTXt2tlU/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBYtWw6U2TuqBjrMDYvCGzCusMKyDTGyb-EVkRbdpbkoTbivdlDdwcL-6vD6eaxqWYt_q0FmJ_pTVV5Pnhg7iV1POD0XRIgh126PwdJTKn75jEg_qz29FglRdZX5zJ3Qq_jMUTXt2tlU/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Home in River Oaks (Houston, Texas).</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Interior design by Babs Watkins.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Architectural renovation by Patton W. Brooks.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Landscape design by Sarah W. Lake, M.L.A.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Text by Charles L. Ross.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">“Light Touch: An Unclouded Vision” produced by Chris King.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</div></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWwqb2K8WmwY_zy2CEpS0ZjyqoeRzAmoaqhyG-iNQdC3lnxNDoSw9wv1OTAVWte243GdFZKoabzAuqajQk1THOhESZSIaALJqQO9lHpjcs4p35SmSfxCVjtCpC2BPZZw1KBz5w3_mQtA/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWwqb2K8WmwY_zy2CEpS0ZjyqoeRzAmoaqhyG-iNQdC3lnxNDoSw9wv1OTAVWte243GdFZKoabzAuqajQk1THOhESZSIaALJqQO9lHpjcs4p35SmSfxCVjtCpC2BPZZw1KBz5w3_mQtA/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins2.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Home in River Oaks (Houston, Texas).</span><br /><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Interior design by Babs Watkins.</span><br /><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Architectural renovation by Patton W. Brooks.</span><br /><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Landscape design by Sarah W. Lake, M.L.A.</span><br /><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span><br /><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Text by Charles L. Ross.</span><br /><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">“Light Touch: An Unclouded Vision” produced by Chris King.</span><br /><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;" target="_blank">Veranda</a><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">.</span><br /><span style="color: black;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: black;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicP1NFy92HoKkAluU6vJ562PMY7GVH6b-byWYCUub1UfYAZGIdLcWrl_-85ioGG30HgrmxzAH3p1y7G0J9R3N5noLDqET5l6ecqtju0KMGrDuiZ16z58kpKJWJTxMHCqwj9YDogYmadLk/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicP1NFy92HoKkAluU6vJ562PMY7GVH6b-byWYCUub1UfYAZGIdLcWrl_-85ioGG30HgrmxzAH3p1y7G0J9R3N5noLDqET5l6ecqtju0KMGrDuiZ16z58kpKJWJTxMHCqwj9YDogYmadLk/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins3.jpg" width="490" /></a></span></div><span style="color: black;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Home in River Oaks (Houston, Texas).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Interior design by Babs Watkins.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Architectural renovation by Patton W. Brooks.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Landscape design by Sarah W. Lake, M.L.A.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Text by Charles L. Ross.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">“Light Touch: An Unclouded Vision” produced by Chris King.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92U2d5jYY2mr2EwaOAayGUbq8I76wmT1Zl1nhKAVZpQ6CLyWXVF51YAyIA3APReXhaGJalN3_otN1a5SXvvFo-6S6bj6hRbgDmohh95R9pUK9NMKDaBBWDZjoeYq93ojCQYOAX4Ao9M4/s1600/BlogBabWatkins4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92U2d5jYY2mr2EwaOAayGUbq8I76wmT1Zl1nhKAVZpQ6CLyWXVF51YAyIA3APReXhaGJalN3_otN1a5SXvvFo-6S6bj6hRbgDmohh95R9pUK9NMKDaBBWDZjoeYq93ojCQYOAX4Ao9M4/s1600/BlogBabWatkins4.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"A French lady of the 19th century sat in a coiffeur chair while having her hair styled. The delicate coloring of the fabric so enchanted the homeowner she decided not to have the chair recovered."</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Home in River Oaks (Houston, Texas).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Interior design by Babs Watkins.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Architectural renovation by Patton W. Brooks.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Landscape design by Sarah W. 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Ross.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">“Light Touch: An Unclouded Vision” produced by Chris King.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCM_iahWeZreQXnpG8Cw7ij7YrWIKnov2TrjG35Ybpu98sPCJLdsLHrvJ3BriNtjl7rD8TKJUxd1Rm8M2Am_PaliTrZTo3DRcTRKuTEpWLhDoPjaRnxpXdriFb9gmd2ISvGtXCjcMA9o/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCM_iahWeZreQXnpG8Cw7ij7YrWIKnov2TrjG35Ybpu98sPCJLdsLHrvJ3BriNtjl7rD8TKJUxd1Rm8M2Am_PaliTrZTo3DRcTRKuTEpWLhDoPjaRnxpXdriFb9gmd2ISvGtXCjcMA9o/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins6.jpg" width="372" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"Sunlight is welcomed through uncurtained windows throughout the house. 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Ross.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">“Light Touch: An Unclouded Vision” produced by Chris King.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWCI25fFaSmaSqyOGj3oh11eiGavjJOp0LKsm30F2MoVlw9EEp7CTsRVS65P2e2oe0GiqqD9RcbfdtJC2U6247MS96SOlrUvgqbWixbzU1w-icH8CCYFJJPYkjfr-x4OKY17-AF_NnAI/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWCI25fFaSmaSqyOGj3oh11eiGavjJOp0LKsm30F2MoVlw9EEp7CTsRVS65P2e2oe0GiqqD9RcbfdtJC2U6247MS96SOlrUvgqbWixbzU1w-icH8CCYFJJPYkjfr-x4OKY17-AF_NnAI/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins7.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Home in River Oaks (Houston, Texas).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Interior design by Babs Watkins.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Architectural renovation by Patton W. 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Ross.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">“Light Touch: An Unclouded Vision” produced by Chris King.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></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/AVvXsEi5Fl6vg4muDsw7FNQRnY-V6P1gEVKsPO4EMiY-gwYUq3CHwDtSFFKUpUltTwbTtEoKa0jI_W22alFG3ZIQqlX_y3BhTy-zsDhQFKUH-VM6Ogr7r0HrGGKGkxskWURb4LjR2fBmcJVnxmE/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Fl6vg4muDsw7FNQRnY-V6P1gEVKsPO4EMiY-gwYUq3CHwDtSFFKUpUltTwbTtEoKa0jI_W22alFG3ZIQqlX_y3BhTy-zsDhQFKUH-VM6Ogr7r0HrGGKGkxskWURb4LjR2fBmcJVnxmE/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins10.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"Beneath a 1940s Parisian wrought-iron and crystal chandelier, Louis XVI side chairs surround metal-legged table. Trumeau rests on Louis XVI chest. Silver tureen is English."</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Home in River Oaks (Houston, Texas).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Interior design by Babs Watkins.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Architectural renovation by Patton W. Brooks.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Landscape design by Sarah W. 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Ross.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">“Light Touch: An Unclouded Vision” produced by Chris King.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDARa62bgVAgXXgcG7aUCgrqbeaFhJCCMJeBn5Yw5TYEnyArTQha5uPg8UCwr0W6oBGpQiFD-w2Lyq9UggquK4r1CDBfMdACoI6jT9TflyvsR4wYleqimXnPrskoBirUISk2vAdTBSLM/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDARa62bgVAgXXgcG7aUCgrqbeaFhJCCMJeBn5Yw5TYEnyArTQha5uPg8UCwr0W6oBGpQiFD-w2Lyq9UggquK4r1CDBfMdACoI6jT9TflyvsR4wYleqimXnPrskoBirUISk2vAdTBSLM/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins8.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"Minimalism is continued in the great room where limestone floors are deliberately left bare."</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Home in River Oaks (Houston, Texas).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Interior design by Babs Watkins.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Architectural renovation by Patton W. Brooks.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Landscape design by Sarah W. Lake, M.L.A.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Text by Charles L. Ross.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">“Light Touch: An Unclouded Vision” produced by Chris King.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GSH4a_OhLcewrLsiZEQ9kZmairMFuI1R3opZkXJuEp0fvE36ZVvF8QCu_F26tz9Fx7ZdfWilJ_mn2FjchWfol4RSIAQAzQ8iqv2UXFOT9BZgY6u75o0yHnMoXgVjPaebO0WQ1RzvYno/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GSH4a_OhLcewrLsiZEQ9kZmairMFuI1R3opZkXJuEp0fvE36ZVvF8QCu_F26tz9Fx7ZdfWilJ_mn2FjchWfol4RSIAQAzQ8iqv2UXFOT9BZgY6u75o0yHnMoXgVjPaebO0WQ1RzvYno/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins9.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Home in River Oaks (Houston, Texas).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Interior design by Babs Watkins.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Architectural renovation by Patton W. Brooks.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Landscape design by Sarah W. Lake, M.L.A.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Text by Charles L. Ross.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">“Light Touch: An Unclouded Vision” produced by Chris King.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1I2FuyTc24MxkMUe0awN963Hpxg93s8rZXcGSHFdHm9wULEmQG8a2PQwQNVHHkIm91-oMhCA-OdYKyZFJSLrAnz9aLrjGKgqDS489C1PlG4x3WaKIUfAu-RG4u0Nflt6ulnxJSwH9zIU/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1I2FuyTc24MxkMUe0awN963Hpxg93s8rZXcGSHFdHm9wULEmQG8a2PQwQNVHHkIm91-oMhCA-OdYKyZFJSLrAnz9aLrjGKgqDS489C1PlG4x3WaKIUfAu-RG4u0Nflt6ulnxJSwH9zIU/s1600/BlogBabsWatkins11.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"Torchere is Italian. Jay Iarussi painted the modulated walls throughout the house."</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Home in River Oaks (Houston, Texas).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Interior design by Babs Watkins.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Architectural renovation by Patton W. Brooks.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Landscape design by Sarah W. Lake, M.L.A.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Text by Charles L. Ross.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;">“Light Touch: An Unclouded Vision” produced by Chris King.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div>

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Pamela Pierce in the Garden

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday was the first day of spring, so it is the perfect time to visit a French garden pavilion designed by Pamela Pierce . . . </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-hpBKY44YO2-PEYRqYexMFMkXJ1Ruivp4j9PM1pRVcy4K63ioYi7_z9dGeVXb1DNNNsf3FcxZ4Z5Qh2RbWIgg89TKdNGaPLtYMSl-brcn5b-f2hw4H0hVl3jAewPk9nabAhKd4LzKDk/s1600/5a4ee34cdd4dfd2c3325671c6b5b2bcb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-hpBKY44YO2-PEYRqYexMFMkXJ1Ruivp4j9PM1pRVcy4K63ioYi7_z9dGeVXb1DNNNsf3FcxZ4Z5Qh2RbWIgg89TKdNGaPLtYMSl-brcn5b-f2hw4H0hVl3jAewPk9nabAhKd4LzKDk/s1600/5a4ee34cdd4dfd2c3325671c6b5b2bcb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designer Pamela Pierce and homeowner Kellie Hepper designed the French garden pavilion. Antique stone including door and window surrounds, all 18th-c. French [via <a href="http://www.chateaudomingue.com/" target="_blank">Chateau Domingue</a>]. Custom band detailing, French lanterns halved and  mounted flush. French antique urns and stone deer. Boxwood topiaries."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Pamela Pierce, <a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Danny McNair.</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;">Text by Tom Woodham.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"European Influence"</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><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(July - August 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDQjPYiJgUVjw3kq4kZJoNrVaASZ60RMVfq5HHAaFTrBrrcx4wvKRlXtRdLxe4hZ56r2lTGvJh6Ps_nl1qpba1VqNs5SelCX11zs3xbr35mxloT9rl0PYNLzyw7rCr6rxJhHQ5hAf4Xk/s1600/bd62d3e8ea0b1e9d184e64b19105f402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDQjPYiJgUVjw3kq4kZJoNrVaASZ60RMVfq5HHAaFTrBrrcx4wvKRlXtRdLxe4hZ56r2lTGvJh6Ps_nl1qpba1VqNs5SelCX11zs3xbr35mxloT9rl0PYNLzyw7rCr6rxJhHQ5hAf4Xk/s1600/bd62d3e8ea0b1e9d184e64b19105f402.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This photo via <a href="http://www.chateaudomingue.com/" target="_blank">Chateau Domingue</a> offers a slightly different view of the pavilion.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ruth Gay is the owner of Chateau Domingue, "the premier source of European, architectural antiques," in Houston, Texas. Pamela Pierce often uses antiques from Chateau Domingue in her designs.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hv2rOYfrnTvtOjU4rxmq-EO98WP_DiOlsdfWGZuisfl5mhstFC3JIo03Far3OuQLTHkIRvpwPYaD8An9TUSLLWTP_-o1RApSUpAjdivYHhSbQUXnq76EKi2V8i1R0UJ74JI94KM-nAU/s1600/Untitled3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hv2rOYfrnTvtOjU4rxmq-EO98WP_DiOlsdfWGZuisfl5mhstFC3JIo03Far3OuQLTHkIRvpwPYaD8An9TUSLLWTP_-o1RApSUpAjdivYHhSbQUXnq76EKi2V8i1R0UJ74JI94KM-nAU/s1600/Untitled3.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Terrace of main house (<a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> Nov. - Dec. 2006) offers garden views. Vintage French chairs. DeLany and Long fabrics. French 19th-c. zinc urns on butcher's shop display tables. Antique French flooring."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Pamela Pierce, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Danny McNair.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Tom Woodham.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"European Influence"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(July - August 2009).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBl1o7ruWhkHrHDyuXK5lx1zr5WT6bkg0bnQSA_URyY0K2bChIFNdbgAvedivnHPMIvmT6j5T-uO0H6Vv6iSSxFiuC3G9JOsb9jIRpqh8skkT31TvH78G0afOf6pBkKE_LlZhPrKiGDk/s1600/Untitled4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBl1o7ruWhkHrHDyuXK5lx1zr5WT6bkg0bnQSA_URyY0K2bChIFNdbgAvedivnHPMIvmT6j5T-uO0H6Vv6iSSxFiuC3G9JOsb9jIRpqh8skkT31TvH78G0afOf6pBkKE_LlZhPrKiGDk/s1600/Untitled4.jpg" width="592" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Inside pavilion, Herve Baume iron seating. Delany and Long fabrics. Finial on bricklayer's tabletop with vintage base, tole chandelier, center table, 19th-c. table lanterns and 18th-c. stone floor, all French. Florals by Pamela Pierce."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Pamela Pierce, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Danny McNair.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Tom Woodham.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"European Influence"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(July - August 2009).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibc2bpMVrMRqRc5UGaF92DRBaEtNvj0JqmHGnyBB82g6j7Un5Aqp2CygRQ35SvKK2S7V8zBoTw2qSul5ID6FZDADnnVa2uuUnf5_fED629S5WvL04RJo4k2zgMiAe8dK7pVvGL9L7KXQ/s1600/Untitled5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibc2bpMVrMRqRc5UGaF92DRBaEtNvj0JqmHGnyBB82g6j7Un5Aqp2CygRQ35SvKK2S7V8zBoTw2qSul5ID6FZDADnnVa2uuUnf5_fED629S5WvL04RJo4k2zgMiAe8dK7pVvGL9L7KXQ/s1600/Untitled5.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Pamela Pierce, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Danny McNair.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Tom Woodham.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"European Influence"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(July - August 2009).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbJVLDZ8mOkoUFZ_unaIQ3IuBctMUQ8djFT2L0aQ7WKDDrx1zMvHAK5jW_ARAHvaYWHgE6ozr9nFlKICjb4KJmicrAosARB22UrJJDD_CmcP_lj38aUJTb9DVnaYQyZ5-5nTo5084LtY/s1600/Untitled6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbJVLDZ8mOkoUFZ_unaIQ3IuBctMUQ8djFT2L0aQ7WKDDrx1zMvHAK5jW_ARAHvaYWHgE6ozr9nFlKICjb4KJmicrAosARB22UrJJDD_CmcP_lj38aUJTb9DVnaYQyZ5-5nTo5084LtY/s1600/Untitled6.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Pamela Pierce, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Danny McNair.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Tom Woodham.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"European Influence"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(July - August 2009).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81MQnV1VCijyqyxyhyxl2C35ZFFsd5zKm4pA69RXpi0Dxzi0W_y7QlA4pVvR6A-ATtoeHqUv2YpyTwAg826Wl591w85d8zdPzX7_DTQwhA6fExWoorc3gw68e8YTs85HB5fjH-pbksyc/s1600/Untitled7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81MQnV1VCijyqyxyhyxl2C35ZFFsd5zKm4pA69RXpi0Dxzi0W_y7QlA4pVvR6A-ATtoeHqUv2YpyTwAg826Wl591w85d8zdPzX7_DTQwhA6fExWoorc3gw68e8YTs85HB5fjH-pbksyc/s1600/Untitled7.jpg" width="562" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Clipped boxwood hedges outline parterres in exquisite French-inspired garden cooled by evergreen and deciduous trees. French garden elements include late 19th-c. stone cherubs from Provence atop vintage iron plinth." </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Pamela Pierce, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Danny McNair.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Tom Woodham.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"European Influence"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(July - August 2009).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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/AVvXsEg78eYXS265mNBk502K5f8ATPF256Vx8AFgxiS1I5bqb8bXHnaH13D3rUX8SM8kRfZ9msrmDrI601-ChSDsWNOi6hLf1WOl9Op4XhH8kF119_s8lDpgsejQe2Ab-N9QUoeRm93sh1Hq5uM/s1600/Untitled7+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78eYXS265mNBk502K5f8ATPF256Vx8AFgxiS1I5bqb8bXHnaH13D3rUX8SM8kRfZ9msrmDrI601-ChSDsWNOi6hLf1WOl9Op4XhH8kF119_s8lDpgsejQe2Ab-N9QUoeRm93sh1Hq5uM/s1600/Untitled7+(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Arras 19th-c. garden bench, vintage table and chairs, antique breadboards and Provencal yellowware."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Pamela Pierce, <a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Danny McNair.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Tom Woodham.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"European Influence"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(July - August 2009).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></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/AVvXsEgg_ATpg5Mvw_K0RsIH9Nj0DgfEUz596s35UsarNTLZNpyz7ivgL0N7RtTHk9pDAmZAoQIBzfzfbZiEtoBe_KdetZni5fj7YLxb_JxyuTaReSwskt8dFRK_6vdkPhyphenhypheneaBeKXJIRlW1b8oc/s1600/Untitled8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_ATpg5Mvw_K0RsIH9Nj0DgfEUz596s35UsarNTLZNpyz7ivgL0N7RtTHk9pDAmZAoQIBzfzfbZiEtoBe_KdetZni5fj7YLxb_JxyuTaReSwskt8dFRK_6vdkPhyphenhypheneaBeKXJIRlW1b8oc/s1600/Untitled8.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Herve Baume seating. Delany and Long fabrics. Paul Ferrante lanterns. Italian 19th-c. terra-cotta urn on French iron table. Biot jar with lemon tree."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Pamela Pierce, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Danny McNair.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Tom Woodham.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"European Influence"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(July - August 2009).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8v6Yt_Hc1zlGI3fVJOvlvgpMTh6eWqO7JjCUasN47Q_EkN1QepobdPYxvACj1_0RuBmEWAppPhk8jwDnTU_NU6SpdTOafMopEIecqEizijYKgxWDQFUSVfrVL-34288FYZCiWwWmEk4Q/s1600/Untitled9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8v6Yt_Hc1zlGI3fVJOvlvgpMTh6eWqO7JjCUasN47Q_EkN1QepobdPYxvACj1_0RuBmEWAppPhk8jwDnTU_NU6SpdTOafMopEIecqEizijYKgxWDQFUSVfrVL-34288FYZCiWwWmEk4Q/s1600/Untitled9.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Anchoring rose garden, painted 19th-c. <i>gloriette</i> shades 19th-c. French faux bois fauteuils."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Pamela Pierce, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Danny McNair.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Tom Woodham.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"European Influence"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(July - August 2009).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxQIQsvFe4MKGKhURqovJOj21kN4pTbr5SpdGQzwdv1hWqfFwUdXmRXnoIHtjEDQkpFllo0Q-L39gr25IEdj3BNavzW2k5h8V4eTQi1iJDsRb5wzauUvurC81oyQjhRVPcVCMyIX_nUU/s1600/Untitled10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxQIQsvFe4MKGKhURqovJOj21kN4pTbr5SpdGQzwdv1hWqfFwUdXmRXnoIHtjEDQkpFllo0Q-L39gr25IEdj3BNavzW2k5h8V4eTQi1iJDsRb5wzauUvurC81oyQjhRVPcVCMyIX_nUU/s1600/Untitled10.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Iron 18th-c. cherub 'fountain' in stone '<i>bassin</i>.' </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Pamela Pierce, <a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Danny McNair.</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;">Text by Tom Woodham.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"European Influence"</span><br /><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Veranda</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(July - August 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1xawQxt6JVy6xPlxc_IEakfzb1ENb_BjxOJjA9JoRimLvheiLeZGXstISTOWQYYRoXRHVKkDySb64rS8IFWnL8H3Crus2iGI4n-X2cdUdPXSRfSFPAh-XggKOn-WqBDtDElk9nNV2mQ/s1600/Untitled10+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1xawQxt6JVy6xPlxc_IEakfzb1ENb_BjxOJjA9JoRimLvheiLeZGXstISTOWQYYRoXRHVKkDySb64rS8IFWnL8H3Crus2iGI4n-X2cdUdPXSRfSFPAh-XggKOn-WqBDtDElk9nNV2mQ/s1600/Untitled10+(2).jpg" width="570" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"French 19th-c. grand fountain once supplied water in a town, or <i>bastide</i>, square."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Pamela Pierce, <a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Danny McNair.</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;">Text by Tom Woodham.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"European Influence"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></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><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(July - August 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCM8VO_CK1H3tpt1fYq6yghW3DAHXxTYXD58tA70JjJYjp9jibDvZwzKUXOfcVYOc2DqabPTVkWwzvKdO4e-L3xo3L_p0LT-GjoMl4sAQm2p9iBC9XJvLO_CHodCVSV6nX3CXzfIot1g0/s1600/Untitled10+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCM8VO_CK1H3tpt1fYq6yghW3DAHXxTYXD58tA70JjJYjp9jibDvZwzKUXOfcVYOc2DqabPTVkWwzvKdO4e-L3xo3L_p0LT-GjoMl4sAQm2p9iBC9XJvLO_CHodCVSV6nX3CXzfIot1g0/s1600/Untitled10+(3).jpg" width="560" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Pair of 18th-c. French iron candelabra on stone columns, c. 1750, flank 19th-c. faux bois garden bench with original paint; stone 19th-c. urns; white hydrangeas brighten background; crushed limestone underfoot."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Pamela Pierce, <a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Danny McNair.</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;">Text by Tom Woodham.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"European Influence"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></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><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(July - August 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5uIoCaM2F0-6dMUOtlaf6l8H9gS7F2e5y_O7SIx-EmipTSCC4aRjvPqzex3iNLKnEGPffes70sKRRJmjw-FV4jzFLxI0A5_5Rf3Go7tmN684f5JRAOgDF_lWBGrnHUky5KxC0U0uwI4/s1600/Untitled10+(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5uIoCaM2F0-6dMUOtlaf6l8H9gS7F2e5y_O7SIx-EmipTSCC4aRjvPqzex3iNLKnEGPffes70sKRRJmjw-FV4jzFLxI0A5_5Rf3Go7tmN684f5JRAOgDF_lWBGrnHUky5KxC0U0uwI4/s1600/Untitled10+(4).jpg" width="602" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Provencal terra-cotta fruit-basket finials and antique French carriage lanterns flank pine barn doors. with antique hardware, which open to north garden and porte cochere."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Pamela Pierce, <a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Danny McNair.</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;">Text by Tom Woodham.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"European Influence"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></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><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(July - August 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPudUsl2nRPPn1aqMypUUD_ZaeFW7Oh6HfELPyiTwqqyWd86hhKKMSh2K6B259t6VvBxJwIgIG1212LalQCYvIZnGYmpQh1I4ZyQ2-cptVqsqv8yIfQi8xnIXkZsGKliasd3Q0qvlTNBY/s1600/Untitled11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPudUsl2nRPPn1aqMypUUD_ZaeFW7Oh6HfELPyiTwqqyWd86hhKKMSh2K6B259t6VvBxJwIgIG1212LalQCYvIZnGYmpQh1I4ZyQ2-cptVqsqv8yIfQi8xnIXkZsGKliasd3Q0qvlTNBY/s1600/Untitled11.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Stone surround, 1616, from Provence. Pair of 19th-c. jardinnieres. Bell and bracket, c. 1900. Pair of 18th-c. Tuscan doors."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Pamela Pierce, <a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Danny McNair.</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;">Text by Tom Woodham.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"European Influence"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></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 2009).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For a look at Pamela Pierce's own Houston, Texas, home, please visit my September 2013 post, "<a href="http://aflippenlife.blogspot.com/2013/09/milieu-pamela-pierces-magazine-of-style.html" target="_blank">Milieu: Pamela Pierce's Magazine of Style</a>."</span></div>

Pamela Pierce in the Garden

Yesterday was the first day of spring, so it is the perfect time to visit a French garden pavilion designed by Pamela Pierce . . .  "De...

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Stone Age

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the tension created when one combines the rustic and the refined. A beautifully ornate mirror with a stone garden basin. An oil painting with a limestone tub that shows its age. My eye is growing wearing of pristine white bathrooms with nickel-plated fixtures, and I am drawn to the following spaces with their hints of antiquity . . . </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8PDUhZ2gC-Q12GBsPm7zBV9afgM-BhdvTfPqi95o9NCZiuKiELtOs4AdlxOvgR-ZlNFP3w_PTQKt_CK7U8-n51Wf8PBaJriOvRnbN2tbIDHowqwjdyA0sWh5LRFcv-sp99wxaccll6b15/s1600/BrookeSteveGiannettiJuly11-lgn-14535322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8PDUhZ2gC-Q12GBsPm7zBV9afgM-BhdvTfPqi95o9NCZiuKiELtOs4AdlxOvgR-ZlNFP3w_PTQKt_CK7U8-n51Wf8PBaJriOvRnbN2tbIDHowqwjdyA0sWh5LRFcv-sp99wxaccll6b15/s1600/BrookeSteveGiannettiJuly11-lgn-14535322.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Ornate and rustic elements strike a fine balance. Antique marble vessel as sink. Fountain spout, Acquisitions. Vanity, Chelsea Textiles. Custom linen shade on lamp. Antique mirror and fishing baskets."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Said Brooke Giannetti to <a href="http://www.veranda.com/designers-ideas/designer-giannetti-design-ideas?click=main_sr#slide-4" target="_blank">Veranda</a>: " 'I often bring garden elements inside a home to create a connection to the outside. Here, I used a marble planter as a sink in our powder room to make the transition from the indoors into the garden. We couldn't find the perfect spout either so I literally pulled it from the fountain outside of my house.' "</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home of designer-architect team Brooke and Steve Giannetti.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Brooke and Steve Giannetti, <a href="http://www.giannettiarchitects.com/" target="_blank">Giannetti Home</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Steve Giannetti and Lisa Romerein.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/bathroom-decorating-inspiration-verandas-most-memorable-spaces#slide-3" target="_blank">Well-Lived: Bathrooms in Veranda</a>" by Dayle Wood.</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><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVF1X7kxhQtlnpzO5cpJUTArd9vExC-7lH3Ph_L0NLL4Z5r_j9MXs-8BP-BG1fB4u2un7J27Fm3abVViaiAfMo5oNXYZ0RArGM0Mev5ACbQhnsfMQWuiW0QxF1BTWXY2aEdJG1U-bKBr7G/s1600/cummings11-0410-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVF1X7kxhQtlnpzO5cpJUTArd9vExC-7lH3Ph_L0NLL4Z5r_j9MXs-8BP-BG1fB4u2un7J27Fm3abVViaiAfMo5oNXYZ0RArGM0Mev5ACbQhnsfMQWuiW0QxF1BTWXY2aEdJG1U-bKBr7G/s1600/cummings11-0410-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The powder room mirror is behind an antique Italian window grille. 'Not what you'd expect, but everybody loves it. And I love all those dings and splotches on the old stone sink.' Sink from <a href="http://www.chateaudomingue.com/" target="_blank">Chateau Domingue</a> [a Houston antiquities dealer]."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Houston, Texas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Eleanor Cummings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/antique-wood-home-decor?click=img_sr#slide-11" target="_blank">A Texas Home Straight out of Italy</a>" by Helen Thompson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbBpD5qW3pQxXkw7VDWGnFp-viKsex8S95gVDCkJMzs15mMGkHd6ReeOLgxHQtM-EHPwQ4At5Jly9K9cd_5Qphqi21fxQcOz1NAcCv1hoDTvZuPtpkcppjGYF1_-kNi-gPfTaCU0rVHEdH/s1600/3_1367615831_daniels_EDC_03_13_2_de-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbBpD5qW3pQxXkw7VDWGnFp-viKsex8S95gVDCkJMzs15mMGkHd6ReeOLgxHQtM-EHPwQ4At5Jly9K9cd_5Qphqi21fxQcOz1NAcCv1hoDTvZuPtpkcppjGYF1_-kNi-gPfTaCU0rVHEdH/s1600/3_1367615831_daniels_EDC_03_13_2_de-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A vintage Italian chandelier hangs above an antique tub in the master bath, and the 18th-century painting is from [Christopher] Daniels's mother; the custom-made vanities have Caesarstone countertops, <a href="http://www.us.kohler.com/us/" target="_blank">Kohler</a> sinks, and fittings by <a href="http://www.barwil.co.uk/" target="_blank">Barber Wilsons and Co</a>." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SoHo loft of two Virginia transplants, artist Christopher Daniels and Alice Childress Daniels, Vice President, Advertising and Creative Services at <a href="http://www.verawang.com/" target="_blank">Vera Wang</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Courtnay Daniels Haden, Courtnay Daniels Haden Folie Design. Ms. Haden is Christopher Daniels's sister.</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 Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interiors/courtnay-daniels-haden-living-room#slide-5" target="_blank">Southern Exposure: A New York Apartment by Courtnay Daniels Haden</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMQwMsxRt3-1Q6-wpj1qsskMRNUJXuQnQ5Z3Gs8LSvUQASNLT1C7jZwPlMOQe4sBbf0o6bJD5mmMYatY0QzlJD0ySgGBHzxcTk4OdODkXuTrTfH8EIWSHGJL0ipz3EkkH196NE929GihK/s1600/9-Jan12-ColinWay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMQwMsxRt3-1Q6-wpj1qsskMRNUJXuQnQ5Z3Gs8LSvUQASNLT1C7jZwPlMOQe4sBbf0o6bJD5mmMYatY0QzlJD0ySgGBHzxcTk4OdODkXuTrTfH8EIWSHGJL0ipz3EkkH196NE929GihK/s1600/9-Jan12-ColinWay.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Faux paneling adds architectural interest. A 300-year-old Greek marble basin and copper faucet lend an antique look to the main floor bathroom. A contemporary art piece adds a cheeky element."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Nam Dang-Mitchell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colin Way.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/photo-gallery-nam-dang-michell-interiors?page=8" target="_blank">Photo Gallery: Nam Dang-Mitchell Interiors</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (January 2012). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEgu52t2KSFMF03JM9NK478frRt6RQziFRNypOSdmxSFxNXZWj-7adsBxq1XPn_QjKDkB9hgPMTgkAMhYFkAy470q_Gd6H4ms0rRTdA-jt1jplbTI5JwaQ0N_uvhxpMKfCzsL36umQmkZ/s1600/11345-118a_1+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEgu52t2KSFMF03JM9NK478frRt6RQziFRNypOSdmxSFxNXZWj-7adsBxq1XPn_QjKDkB9hgPMTgkAMhYFkAy470q_Gd6H4ms0rRTdA-jt1jplbTI5JwaQ0N_uvhxpMKfCzsL36umQmkZ/s1600/11345-118a_1+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.chateaudomingue.com/architectural_elements/sinks/11345-118a.html" target="_blank">17th c. font from the private chapel of a chateau outside of St. Geneste d'Ambiere, a village in the Touraine region of France</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by Chateau Domingue in Houston, Texas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via <a href="http://www.chateaudomingue.com/" target="_blank">Chateau Domingue</a> website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkGK4h_gnNJT35sEYVF7O59InyoLAoc7FDvBSbbwDyyNCfk0euOqSdUvcM-skQaSGS3K20z-Q6FtkEOmUn78D2grc7ocJKu6o0BgeXJU6hrMBPuihcQYbz92oefq1qz0A_80etdk6hAc1/s1600/BlogStoneSinkVerandaJulyAug2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkGK4h_gnNJT35sEYVF7O59InyoLAoc7FDvBSbbwDyyNCfk0euOqSdUvcM-skQaSGS3K20z-Q6FtkEOmUn78D2grc7ocJKu6o0BgeXJU6hrMBPuihcQYbz92oefq1qz0A_80etdk6hAc1/s1600/BlogStoneSinkVerandaJulyAug2008.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Mirror, c. 1850, and 18th-c. marble sink, both Italian; Compas faucetry; Hollyhock towels."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malibu, California, home of Dan and Luana Romanelli.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.madelinestuart.com/" target="_blank">Madeline Stuart</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Stephen Giannetti, </span><a href="http://www.giannettiarchitects.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Giannetti Home</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> .</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Dominique Vorillon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Degen Pener.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Leading With Style" 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 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVPgJAlF0TBGWbT0jQM3gznv8pvyZYCG93qAApQDgi22JpUWwTXheyTEDyi36YbMLOlX1UacWW2jRlmpjEnLGx7MOTZIFEibV8O14sDh-fmgHhcigoMKVRdQTKz1MZ1PwbtFayqtSvach/s1600/BlogStoneSinkVerandaNovDec2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVPgJAlF0TBGWbT0jQM3gznv8pvyZYCG93qAApQDgi22JpUWwTXheyTEDyi36YbMLOlX1UacWW2jRlmpjEnLGx7MOTZIFEibV8O14sDh-fmgHhcigoMKVRdQTKz1MZ1PwbtFayqtSvach/s1600/BlogStoneSinkVerandaNovDec2010.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Custom sink. Mirror, Starbuck Minikin. Sconces, 20th Century Lighting."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Santa Barbara, California, home with a view of the Pacific Ocean.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural renovation and interior design by <a href="http://saladinostyle.com/" target="_blank">John Saladino</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by 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/AVvXsEhEAA270s7Y7EOG3Q56PJ7ldvyLBkSbrYAWo2zkCWN9z2Tq9H8b5UjXaspdIc3uclYAzBIXTrXtSoTOzT-x2quU8QBZ00c_ApWDkiIyhnAgixo9uKr3LjyCVBPQjmWTfSbydERwjOIlz3uu/s1600/hbx0710-essentials07-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEAA270s7Y7EOG3Q56PJ7ldvyLBkSbrYAWo2zkCWN9z2Tq9H8b5UjXaspdIc3uclYAzBIXTrXtSoTOzT-x2quU8QBZ00c_ApWDkiIyhnAgixo9uKr3LjyCVBPQjmWTfSbydERwjOIlz3uu/s1600/hbx0710-essentials07-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Melanie] Pounds designed a leggy console to hold her bathroom sink instead of a traditional closed cabinet. The open space helps to make the bathroom feel larger."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1,400 square-foot Alabama cottage.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Melanie Pounds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/organizing-small-homes-0710?click=img_sr#slide-11" target="_blank">11 Essential Organizing Tips for Small Spaces</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> (July 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFrL1YSb6NyErVRcG3Wo924J9x2kb7PbnKg7oKy240fAKKXBjJR9vOWWae8nzAoIJ0aT2JdpL_TsIw_VUf-TeyMzuDIauCIv_XhkMWKx_Uzw_uG_O2LfKVyEa4z2bSru4gxLtxz4nepj0S/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.richard-hallberg-09-powder-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFrL1YSb6NyErVRcG3Wo924J9x2kb7PbnKg7oKy240fAKKXBjJR9vOWWae8nzAoIJ0aT2JdpL_TsIw_VUf-TeyMzuDIauCIv_XhkMWKx_Uzw_uG_O2LfKVyEa4z2bSru4gxLtxz4nepj0S/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.richard-hallberg-09-powder-room.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An antique Flemish mirror graces the powder room, along with a Guido Gambone vase. Sonoma Forge sink fittings, and an 18th-century stone trough sink."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Movie producer Avi Arad's Malibu, California, weekend home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Richard Hallberg and Barbara Wiseley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Peter Haldeman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-01/richard-hallberg-barbara-wiseley-mailbu-california-home-slideshow_slideshow_item6_7" target="_blank">On Location</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (January 2013). </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/AVvXsEhlH56KQ7hUIIS0laHAdGlIoyjhYjWVnApI2yWNXcCJSg7QxW2hn-IiQzo0f8wkMtbDlHxk_CRNfTQg0biKw6aTHE3fKA-2Ue6Z7bCVFvsUcy4QzsjmbQo_8Z_bUg1Dt-qqH0fFSCXIlFip/s1600/bathroom-sink-beach-tile-0710-bathofthemonth-10-decopy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlH56KQ7hUIIS0laHAdGlIoyjhYjWVnApI2yWNXcCJSg7QxW2hn-IiQzo0f8wkMtbDlHxk_CRNfTQg0biKw6aTHE3fKA-2Ue6Z7bCVFvsUcy4QzsjmbQo_8Z_bUg1Dt-qqH0fFSCXIlFip/s1600/bathroom-sink-beach-tile-0710-bathofthemonth-10-decopy.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designer Phoebe Howard elevates an everyday ritual with this Carrara marble basin. The faucet emerges from a stone-mosaic dado in a spectrum of watery hues."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.phoebehoward.net/" target="_blank">Phoebe Howard</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/powder-room-decorating-ideas-0710?click=img_sr#slide-12" target="_blank">How to Create a Gorgeous Guest Bathroom</a>" by Douglas Brenner.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July 2010). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz82sSGf9Dy3pZJgxiJI38VuZwfs5TVViXXcOWYXzrDTTvIWh177dbu_ryT1Wmduewtbh9QCef_Nr9HmOT3MRq_1M2HVChUx_VZE-nNG_rXf4E0i7lgSUyx3PKoxzrWBtDmKpFhx92Zq_7/s1600/TNSK01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz82sSGf9Dy3pZJgxiJI38VuZwfs5TVViXXcOWYXzrDTTvIWh177dbu_ryT1Wmduewtbh9QCef_Nr9HmOT3MRq_1M2HVChUx_VZE-nNG_rXf4E0i7lgSUyx3PKoxzrWBtDmKpFhx92Zq_7/s1600/TNSK01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.waterworks.com/products/fixtures/sink/lavatory/round-vessel-marble-lavatory-15-34-x-15-34-x-5-78/2115" target="_blank">Titan Round Vessel Marble Lavatory</a>" offered by Waterworks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Handcrafted from Carrara marble.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" target="_blank">Waterworks</a> website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4Uf0Xsi5x-T4xmO55FFaPXK3UZfeVDimWAnSy_Pfycw4yuH_W26OWXd4Xp5XbkpeZVDc_ivMDdIdnAt6pQ9xqvbcpGXKxZC8q6O8X1ZZHkoWZj7hKy7fiSBlZrOC_h0J90ld9QOKdeCV/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowVertical.schafer-cottrell-connecticut-poolhouse-master-bath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4Uf0Xsi5x-T4xmO55FFaPXK3UZfeVDimWAnSy_Pfycw4yuH_W26OWXd4Xp5XbkpeZVDc_ivMDdIdnAt6pQ9xqvbcpGXKxZC8q6O8X1ZZHkoWZj7hKy7fiSBlZrOC_h0J90ld9QOKdeCV/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowVertical.schafer-cottrell-connecticut-poolhouse-master-bath.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the master bath stands a custom-made Concept Studio limestone tub; the ceiling fixture and wall sconces are by Paul Ferrante, and the dressing-table lamps are by Formations."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Summer house" in Litchfield County, Connecticut.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by John Cottrell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Gil Schafer, <a href="http://www.gpschafer.com/" target="_blank">G. P. Schafer Architect</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Billy Cunningham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-08/john-cottrell-gil-schafer-connecticut-poolhouse-slideshow_slideshow_undefined_5" target="_blank">Trading Places</a>" text by Dan Shaw.</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> (August 2011). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTqM8nrM1OWFgAPAAQCMw1Z3475crhwuhL4O0lGXF7-i78vWkeG3Bi2nk1DXXvU5x0x2UYnSeqzvzmoDMTm_Z1_0n-yz2t9c4wYh8RkA0uleM58kM0DMsOyrIOkFKKH74BKzNRYvQu2zd/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowVertical.09_glam_baths.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTqM8nrM1OWFgAPAAQCMw1Z3475crhwuhL4O0lGXF7-i78vWkeG3Bi2nk1DXXvU5x0x2UYnSeqzvzmoDMTm_Z1_0n-yz2t9c4wYh8RkA0uleM58kM0DMsOyrIOkFKKH74BKzNRYvQu2zd/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowVertical.09_glam_baths.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stephen Sills and James Huniford "created a master bath with floor-to-ceiling French doors that open to the garden. They discovered the antique Italian marble sarcophagus tub in Belgium, and the circa-1910 chandelier is French."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A residence in the Midwest.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Stephen Sills and James Huniford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Mary E. Nichols.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Make a Splash"</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> (May 2003). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PowPoQyQgbmSMPqrec-tkh8sOjSiLYXQC7K16OGROezw9Kawl3Fq-lv5o7oaVhOnmNK4PCNvSPqwIjHXIjeoTmbU3dGxjwkpRiZmG2XVCladBOmrQW4hVdKvuIvc3tKwCYdZh90x0txW/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.vicente-wolf-09-bathroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PowPoQyQgbmSMPqrec-tkh8sOjSiLYXQC7K16OGROezw9Kawl3Fq-lv5o7oaVhOnmNK4PCNvSPqwIjHXIjeoTmbU3dGxjwkpRiZmG2XVCladBOmrQW4hVdKvuIvc3tKwCYdZh90x0txW/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.vicente-wolf-09-bathroom.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Richard Prince silkscreen hangs on the bathroom's antiqued-mirror wall, next to a marble sink from VW Home; the snakeskin console is by Garrison Rousseau."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York City apartment of a movie executive and his wife.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.vicentewolf.com/" target="_blank">Vicente Wolf</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Julie L. Belcove.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-01/vicente-wolf-park-avenue-manhattan-apartment-slideshow_slideshow_item9_10" target="_blank">Breaking the Mold</a>" produced by Howard Christian.<br /><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (January 2013).</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/AVvXsEjoCTgja-kTNptanGqGilwywJ8-UlAleMAaNrF06ssrm5Ja8wqPjLcdWgCvXoE0700Hw-H-3BmPo-xd5nOX-6Nh4GfDONGjUBjNataQfHppLfc4oYQf0qN1LNp2tIlap3pIqP5VDdgaZ2x0/s1600/08-hbx-pan-fountain-whitson-0613-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCTgja-kTNptanGqGilwywJ8-UlAleMAaNrF06ssrm5Ja8wqPjLcdWgCvXoE0700Hw-H-3BmPo-xd5nOX-6Nh4GfDONGjUBjNataQfHppLfc4oYQf0qN1LNp2tIlap3pIqP5VDdgaZ2x0/s1600/08-hbx-pan-fountain-whitson-0613-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A garden urn and a Pan fountain are the washbasin and waterspout in the powder room. A brass finial serves as the faucet."</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tennessee home of antiques dealer Jeannette Whitson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jeannette Whitson, <a href="http://www.gardenvarietydesign.com/" target="_blank">Garden Variety Design</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Watson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/creating-a-new-old-house-0613?click=main_sr#slide-10" target="_blank">A Nashville House with an Old Soul</a>" by Barbara King.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (June 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GyYcw7ILkjtYSEUEaha4ttNgEXGds05i_38I_r8jlwJPTAtM9pLa_DhFpc6-_SN0sA3Cwih-qeaNZgoiiCiBB_zR_SRm9ci7ms_yWWpgqI_dHnzX1C2_fgvPLwhe9H2AWi0so0JOoZVG/s1600/page0006_i2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GyYcw7ILkjtYSEUEaha4ttNgEXGds05i_38I_r8jlwJPTAtM9pLa_DhFpc6-_SN0sA3Cwih-qeaNZgoiiCiBB_zR_SRm9ci7ms_yWWpgqI_dHnzX1C2_fgvPLwhe9H2AWi0so0JOoZVG/s1600/page0006_i2.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image from <a href="http://www.milieu-mag.com/" target="_blank">Milieu</a>'s media kit<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;"><a href="http://www.milieu-mag.com/" target="_blank">Milieu</a> is a magazine created by interior designer Pamela Pierce, <a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></span></div><br /><br />

Stone Age

I love the tension created when one combines the rustic and the refined. A beautifully ornate mirror with a stone garden basin. An oil paint...

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