A Whiter Shade of Pale

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you wear white before Memorial Day? In honor of everyone who obeys the "no white after Labor Day" rule as well as those who choose to break it, I offer a whiter shade of pale . . .</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXuXJ4lkCn_tFew_ngRvD6H7k_AzVj0_UDqQpt98_5V8_YBMKgKBK5xZQBxZ43oWjPTsWt0zW4tovABGdhMeni1-JxXtSZULEkaMINChPudtzshxFJKcPMnfJ9cmD8MU04EFDqYRpBFg/s1600/hbx-1210-nygren-hallway-curtains-28-de-84589153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXuXJ4lkCn_tFew_ngRvD6H7k_AzVj0_UDqQpt98_5V8_YBMKgKBK5xZQBxZ43oWjPTsWt0zW4tovABGdhMeni1-JxXtSZULEkaMINChPudtzshxFJKcPMnfJ9cmD8MU04EFDqYRpBFg/s640/hbx-1210-nygren-hallway-curtains-28-de-84589153.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer <a href="http://www.smithhanes.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Smith Hanes</a> "turned a negative into a fresh, beautiful positive: he broke up the long hallway leading to the master suite by adding a row of ethereal white portieres. Bedside tables are vintage John Dickinson."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marie and Steve Nygren's town house in the sustainable village of Serenbe - an eco-community the couple founded in Georgia.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Marie Nygren and <a href="http://www.smithhanes.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Smith Hanes</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographs by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/serenbe-community-1210?click=main_sr#slide-20" target="_blank">The New Utopia</a>"</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">House Beautiful</a> (December 2010 - January 2011).</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_83QBRc59bLECxuwMAjcC6vN8IZ-8g8GyIVZf6br5ryPYy2Vofa_8c6LRrrqZSL8ELaLGC_hhagTyWO3ABsrmEcMYOORAZxFZY12hBnCF5awYaZfLC6ys4B1GCNRvlb2kU96xK5fqdA/s1600/comfortable_quirky_home_05-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_83QBRc59bLECxuwMAjcC6vN8IZ-8g8GyIVZf6br5ryPYy2Vofa_8c6LRrrqZSL8ELaLGC_hhagTyWO3ABsrmEcMYOORAZxFZY12hBnCF5awYaZfLC6ys4B1GCNRvlb2kU96xK5fqdA/s640/comfortable_quirky_home_05-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A wire dress form Carol [White] uses to examine the jewelry she designs adds a sculptural element to the white-tiled guest bath."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home of Jim and Carol White.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://erinmartindesign.com/projects.php?id=3#" target="_blank">Erin Martin Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Carte Blanche" by Susan Kleinman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Metropolitan Home (January 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMzCV79WTGt6fY5B1Yn130kjd4E9urK4Lv9OxNshuQQ0fbVqShuoGoT0eZpspmbJS-W1hpSJkuwsRah4KNVDdiV30ENAinDHIl-co4x9O9uTs0m3iKYp4r_BW382q3fqIsIr9kqCFouA/s1600/item12.rendition.slideshowVertical.steven-volpe-lewis-butler-13-bathroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMzCV79WTGt6fY5B1Yn130kjd4E9urK4Lv9OxNshuQQ0fbVqShuoGoT0eZpspmbJS-W1hpSJkuwsRah4KNVDdiV30ENAinDHIl-co4x9O9uTs0m3iKYp4r_BW382q3fqIsIr9kqCFouA/s640/item12.rendition.slideshowVertical.steven-volpe-lewis-butler-13-bathroom.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Calacatta gold marble and glass-front lacquered cabinetry give the master bath a cool sheen; the chandelier is by Emmanuel Babled, the tub is by <a href="http://www.kohler.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Kohler</a>, and the lounge chair, upholstered in Pratesi terry towels, is by Liz O'Brien."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Northern California home.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Steven Volpe, <a href="http://www.stevenvolpe.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Steven Volpe Design</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation by Lewis Butler, <a href="http://www.butlerarmsden.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Butler Armsden Architects</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mayer Rus.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-11/steven-volpe-lewis-butler-california-home-slideshow#/slide=13" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Power Play</a>" produced by Howard Christian.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2011).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirybVI7iAb5Tv1_xfylHh1MGUiexTHY8duvFBaSh9ZcIbxuXBaEi7_c9v6D8VSmC9TOkMwStifkb9tiGs4onskKQJaRqbU6Z9xkniYbwx1zyGHqKe7RCVprJ8H92hlzqPqOjKi21eh3uM/s1600/laquered-root-table-corner-sink-master-bedroom-0712-dempster18-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirybVI7iAb5Tv1_xfylHh1MGUiexTHY8duvFBaSh9ZcIbxuXBaEi7_c9v6D8VSmC9TOkMwStifkb9tiGs4onskKQJaRqbU6Z9xkniYbwx1zyGHqKe7RCVprJ8H92hlzqPqOjKi21eh3uM/s640/laquered-root-table-corner-sink-master-bedroom-0712-dempster18-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">"In the master bedroom, a lacquered root table from Erin Martin Design proves that big furniture works in a small space. A corner sink by Duravit reminds [Kim] Dempster of Europe."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Weekend house in Marin County, California belonging to Kim and Mark Dempster.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Interior design by Kim Dempster and <a href="http://erinmartindesign.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Erin Martin</a>.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Photography by Alec Hemer.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/beach-house-decor-ideas-0712#slide-14" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A Chic Little Beach House</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwS71ldlvSSnF_I4vVv7eeHAx3duOHNle7mM1lcZWf1NJycq7OrMR0zY5tiozCRRVCOAHKAOfQa7yuprJntX31CFpRzLQ92X06bDiyfd3pu7eSUlKmFYjZX-hy-bkZhyr3t2HlRtW-25o/s1600/mirrored-closet-doors-white-bedroom-arched-ceiling-0712-dempster22-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwS71ldlvSSnF_I4vVv7eeHAx3duOHNle7mM1lcZWf1NJycq7OrMR0zY5tiozCRRVCOAHKAOfQa7yuprJntX31CFpRzLQ92X06bDiyfd3pu7eSUlKmFYjZX-hy-bkZhyr3t2HlRtW-25o/s640/mirrored-closet-doors-white-bedroom-arched-ceiling-0712-dempster22-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">"Closet mirrors in the master bedroom expand the sense of space. The CB2 platform bed is covered in vintage French linen."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Interior design by Kim Dempster and <a href="http://erinmartindesign.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Erin Martin</a>.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Photography by Alec Hemer.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/beach-house-decor-ideas-0712#slide-13" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A Chic Little Beach House</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_BwhIhiIdzCfZSh57RHPIxGmOGLKydconYg9SxMz7KNpmMbZpC18q-Lu5vgAcc2fiCauvDRL8z1qYbZnaOba3fIy3z1MP9ewbkIBha5Jt5GnEE3VO-x_SLHi_T3ALPYc1PPeeYOCtuU/s1600/TradHomeLoiThai.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_BwhIhiIdzCfZSh57RHPIxGmOGLKydconYg9SxMz7KNpmMbZpC18q-Lu5vgAcc2fiCauvDRL8z1qYbZnaOba3fIy3z1MP9ewbkIBha5Jt5GnEE3VO-x_SLHi_T3ALPYc1PPeeYOCtuU/s640/TradHomeLoiThai.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the foyer, a floor mirror and a Swedish clock both stand 8 feet tall, accentuating the ceiling height."</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mora clock and mirror: Tone on Tone.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loi Thai's early-1900s four-level Edwardian townhouse in Bethesda, Maryland.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Loi Thai, <a href="http://tone-on-tone.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Tone on Tone</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Erik Johnson.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/shade-of-pale_1.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">A Lighter Shade of Pale</a>" produced by Eileen A. Deymier.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbJ8zt-ZoYOwwCHsFcbIIpUALoEc4WhkVjUNoMbUqJJA29j5wqS-pCLN84OPLaUogeLOc-AvPNySvHSJUl8hyphenhyphendrddKPmT8nPFfI18Xv6sa-T7FcJ4eadjA8Lv6BJ1Lv7L7JVSbXazqNQ/s1600/img_shadepale_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbJ8zt-ZoYOwwCHsFcbIIpUALoEc4WhkVjUNoMbUqJJA29j5wqS-pCLN84OPLaUogeLOc-AvPNySvHSJUl8hyphenhyphendrddKPmT8nPFfI18Xv6sa-T7FcJ4eadjA8Lv6BJ1Lv7L7JVSbXazqNQ/s640/img_shadepale_5.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The library, which is situated between the formal living room and the dining area, is dotted with special furnishings like this Gustavian chair with saber legs and a white-painted French iron stool."</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gustavian chair: Tone on Tone.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loi Thai's early-1900s four-level Edwardian townhouse in Bethesda, Maryland.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Loi Thai, <a href="http://tone-on-tone.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Tone on Tone</a>.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Erik Johnson.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/shade-of-pale_5.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">A Lighter Shade of Pale</a>" produced by Eileen A. Deymier.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDzB8fejjDq9iN2L1yNuczzqh_BneVRFwnBqer47_lZdb8BvC6FfA2xHgTbVlDxmcFA2Klg2zXMimHh6ykvqysFfhYZwoEALldGHq10-qk-QOPw_9O8_KqlXue3P4_HsjZY7yUQkOFG0/s1600/hbx-antique-french-mirror-in-bedroom-GtTUhn-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDzB8fejjDq9iN2L1yNuczzqh_BneVRFwnBqer47_lZdb8BvC6FfA2xHgTbVlDxmcFA2Klg2zXMimHh6ykvqysFfhYZwoEALldGHq10-qk-QOPw_9O8_KqlXue3P4_HsjZY7yUQkOFG0/s640/hbx-antique-french-mirror-in-bedroom-GtTUhn-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Annie] Brahler's 14-year-old daughter, Isabel, a softball-playing Francophile, decorated her own room with a Louis XV-style bed and French mirror." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Annie Brahler's Jacksonville, Illinois, home.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Annie Brahler, owner of <a href="http://euro-trash.us/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Euro Trash</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Philippa Brathwaite.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/victorian-house-design-0512?click=main_sr#slide-11" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Overdoing It With One Thing is Kind of Not Overdoing It</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (May 2012).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AJrRvnurrzevX4kwjMScvoUXY_SOC1g0S49nfi0n-mCNrJyzuaEMUAjp8Lddy1Rq4IHYAhR46aOEVcpi6CELZBDhpE7KZz8iaGi5TTjIeGNmgtabaQT5KBFHTXla3_FQCp3IbSe5gEw/s1600/BlogKayOToole5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AJrRvnurrzevX4kwjMScvoUXY_SOC1g0S49nfi0n-mCNrJyzuaEMUAjp8Lddy1Rq4IHYAhR46aOEVcpi6CELZBDhpE7KZz8iaGi5TTjIeGNmgtabaQT5KBFHTXla3_FQCp3IbSe5gEw/s640/BlogKayOToole5.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"In master bedroom, greyhound Sici on custom iron bed with custom headboard. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Italian chandelier. Bed fabrics by <a href="http://www.fortuny.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Fortuny</a>." </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Houston, Texas, highrise apartment of Kay O'Toole.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Interior design by Kay O’Toole of <a href="http://www.kayotooleantiques.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Kay O’Toole Antiques and Eccentricities</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Architectural renovation by Sharon Perry Wise.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Text by Judith Nasatir.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“A Whiff of Whimsy” produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Veranda</a> (2007).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDINjF8TznKfTQpeQWdayhDSknw5W9Z3TFW4qaQWQ7TwWXT0KHX5whAvT1e_V3Msb5prB8TW3vKfYUns-cfgbiGc9p4WwFqHZWMYUjRtKev9fzKz6mDZplnMPGrTA-VRTt5OdZ3hWbi6w/s1600/5-blues-breakfastroom-0308-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDINjF8TznKfTQpeQWdayhDSknw5W9Z3TFW4qaQWQ7TwWXT0KHX5whAvT1e_V3Msb5prB8TW3vKfYUns-cfgbiGc9p4WwFqHZWMYUjRtKev9fzKz6mDZplnMPGrTA-VRTt5OdZ3hWbi6w/s640/5-blues-breakfastroom-0308-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The breakfast room's banquette from the Verellen Home Collection is upholstered with a detachable button-tufted slipcover of Verellen's Sophisticated Linen in Sea Foam. Antique dining chairs are covered in Kravet's Cameo, a faux leather."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jackson, Mississippi, home of Nancy and John Price.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Nancy Price, <a href="http://www.nancypriceinteriors.com/">Nancy Price Interior Design Inc.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/price-blues-0308?click=main_sr#slide-5">A Palette of Mississippi Blues</a>" by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (March 2008). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Cp8Fj3s7pwxjhsPVXB9zzqHYPR80GyqG54NjH28p9a92b1lWq_x015UaJQQHVp6VgWVvPfLYqOCd4JC8_pg_h6j7V0innEYOsz0N8bEmLyZl7BnDjYeg3mEzFcAIs3r4tpHiobFwWZM/s1600/noriega-ortiz-0508-2_md%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Cp8Fj3s7pwxjhsPVXB9zzqHYPR80GyqG54NjH28p9a92b1lWq_x015UaJQQHVp6VgWVvPfLYqOCd4JC8_pg_h6j7V0innEYOsz0N8bEmLyZl7BnDjYeg3mEzFcAIs3r4tpHiobFwWZM/s640/noriega-ortiz-0508-2_md%255B1%255D.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Debra Melman's grandmother won this piano on <em>The Price is Right</em>."</span> </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.bnodesign.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Antoine Bootz.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/hamptons-house-0608?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">Hamptons Getaway Contrasts</a>" by Elizabeth Gaynor.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (June 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVi2ZFTrR0qBV3h60hTlNrqxl6xHo2aQyzxgAnNU5yfOMLTgMb7-FWdGL0sEbQSaDtGGihwactm2r2WsMv7BT0QvhIHSgheX8NR1ecYsVfpw8i3Tr583YXi4igjkqIaD7ao5zzdgy-hw8/s1600/img_gatfield_11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVi2ZFTrR0qBV3h60hTlNrqxl6xHo2aQyzxgAnNU5yfOMLTgMb7-FWdGL0sEbQSaDtGGihwactm2r2WsMv7BT0QvhIHSgheX8NR1ecYsVfpw8i3Tr583YXi4igjkqIaD7ao5zzdgy-hw8/s640/img_gatfield_11.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Architect [Stuart] Disston was inspired by an old Shaker design when he created the curving staircase off the kitchen. Even the dogs appreciate it. 'They love to sit on the stairs and look out the little round window,' [homeowner/designer] Eliza [Gatfield] says. 'It's probably the most perfect space in the house.' "</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long Island, New York, home of architect and interior designer, Eliza Gatfield.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Eliza Gatfield, Custom Cool, LLC.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Stuart Disston, AIA, with Joshua Rosensweig and Guy Horvath, AIA, <a href="http://www.apdarchitects.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Austin Patterson Disston Architects</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Amy Elbert.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/gatfield-house_11.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Shingle Style: Capturing the View</a>" produced by Bonnie Maharam.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZYYLs7NybSK-t-f_YSYR8K4V9BEPJveUfBaqzryhQUV34_1yDdp5_i1dy8PMBBkXoQyKUXV0pELFfeoMOXl10YgCS1cFfwnr3de3HNEv06-tlDCo7KkjRDuRF3iqc5q8z79JEtg9gx0/s1600/neunsinger-15-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZYYLs7NybSK-t-f_YSYR8K4V9BEPJveUfBaqzryhQUV34_1yDdp5_i1dy8PMBBkXoQyKUXV0pELFfeoMOXl10YgCS1cFfwnr3de3HNEv06-tlDCo7KkjRDuRF3iqc5q8z79JEtg9gx0/s640/neunsinger-15-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When turning the former master bath into the dining room, workers chipped away tiles to reveal a raw concrete wall, inadvertently creating what [Amy] Neunsinger calls 'the ultimate old-world design moment,' <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/">Pottery Barn</a> chairs; <a href="http://www.shabbychic.com/">Shabby Chic</a> chandelier; Global Table dishes."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, home of photographer Amy Neunsinger, her husband Shawn Gold, and their children.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ranch-house-makeover?click=main_sr#slide-2" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">A Ranch House Makeover</a>" by Alexandria Mott.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fVhQvNn7kGjnlQ5Ie1ZVngiQEp4OICqy0ChQdEKUsNYpBBAlO0FHwC4xS9D8GXFJz2pZVGlGLuDpsiFcLa9x8KeO5zhX6xWtNOewS_IH2ve7D233c64SyAqSc-9U5K1YW0TLu1dpODE/s1600/slipcovers-chairs-diningroom-chandelier-0311-tracery04-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fVhQvNn7kGjnlQ5Ie1ZVngiQEp4OICqy0ChQdEKUsNYpBBAlO0FHwC4xS9D8GXFJz2pZVGlGLuDpsiFcLa9x8KeO5zhX6xWtNOewS_IH2ve7D233c64SyAqSc-9U5K1YW0TLu1dpODE/s640/slipcovers-chairs-diningroom-chandelier-0311-tracery04-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hot pink hydrangeas bring the dining room alive and the mix of cane-back and slipcovered chairs keeps it interesting. . . . An antique beaded-crystal chandelier 'has an ethereal quality that doesn't overpower this small room."</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Mountain Brook, Alabama.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Paige Schnell and Doug Davis of <a href="http://www.traceryinteriors.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Tracery Interiors</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/traditional-decorating-ideas-0311#slide-4" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">All Dressed Up</a>"</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (March 2011).</span> </div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrsO_O3DGBQuNIPqSNAkUSmoCUgsiyWvwFljtm-ybRLeRNDdPfIA9GHxIWA3r6Sc_C6XvqvTRD07qr-fLGwugM8I83-vZL7MVCPn0-jYLCcFEjKRr94u0OHmgdc9OJ83Xg7Cz9ajciww/s1600/french-country-entryway-sconce-0311-tracery03-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrsO_O3DGBQuNIPqSNAkUSmoCUgsiyWvwFljtm-ybRLeRNDdPfIA9GHxIWA3r6Sc_C6XvqvTRD07qr-fLGwugM8I83-vZL7MVCPn0-jYLCcFEjKRr94u0OHmgdc9OJ83Xg7Cz9ajciww/s640/french-country-entryway-sconce-0311-tracery03-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Walls painted China White by <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a> set off a Swedish demilune table and French pen-and-inks." </span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Mountain Brook, Alabama.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Paige Schnell and Doug Davis of <a href="http://www.traceryinteriors.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Tracery Interiors</a>.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/traditional-decorating-ideas-0311#slide-2" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">All Dressed Up</a>"</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (March 2011).</span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismq5CBWexbGMXjPhJTQuVDE77MRDCBsKQLfQDVjd6SoIXlplIHANYJp9fsE0wPZS3iWr7zWqzBDXrELM1yDbf3ZCowgBEetYxkYpQmNfVWQ5E8PQHDZi4IG1gqX1tZbJddcLtneqV-ec/s1600/ss_101757043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismq5CBWexbGMXjPhJTQuVDE77MRDCBsKQLfQDVjd6SoIXlplIHANYJp9fsE0wPZS3iWr7zWqzBDXrELM1yDbf3ZCowgBEetYxkYpQmNfVWQ5E8PQHDZi4IG1gqX1tZbJddcLtneqV-ec/s640/ss_101757043.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The master suite is steps from nature, with a terrace accessible through French doors. 'Whether my clients are inside in front of the fireplace or out on their terrace, they have plenty of private space where they can sit, talk, and read,' says [designer Gail] Plechaty."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Larry and Deborah Coven's Chicago-area home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Gail Plechaty, <a href="http://www.gailplechaty.com/">Real Simple Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Robert W. Kirk, <a href="http://groupaarch.com/">Group A Architecture Inc.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Werner Straube.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/bright-white-inviting-home_ss11.html">Bright, White, and Inviting Home</a>" produced by Hilary Rose.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a> (September 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTTwqqlx7V12vBfVv4kyXHtgiALh3T0PNxFVZJN2tupg1It1xGHiEPVs17ZWjNi-aOSomoStZIgBTmYV2WcT_dKCaCqzSeonPoTxTteUTos2x4u_wmixgRQR5G05QKBcE1hGQq7cy1Yk/s1600/ss_101757062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTTwqqlx7V12vBfVv4kyXHtgiALh3T0PNxFVZJN2tupg1It1xGHiEPVs17ZWjNi-aOSomoStZIgBTmYV2WcT_dKCaCqzSeonPoTxTteUTos2x4u_wmixgRQR5G05QKBcE1hGQq7cy1Yk/s640/ss_101757062.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The contemporary tone of the breakfast area complements the streamlined kitchen. Leather armchairs from <a href="http://www.westelm.com/">West Elm</a> surround an oval table. Vintage French posters from the Covens's art collection decorate the walls."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Larry and Deborah Coven's Chicago-area home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Gail Plechaty, <a href="http://www.gailplechaty.com/">Real Simple Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Robert W. Kirk, <a href="http://groupaarch.com/">Group A Architecture Inc.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Werner Straube.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/bright-white-inviting-home_ss6.html">Bright, White, and Inviting Home</a>" produced by Hilary Rose.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a> (September 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLFcJ_YrD-jmkYX9fDrjclDFB-8YixT-g4gN-HYdXxDnLsrMlFcbx90Jmmq9sACz35i06S13GTC_jxE_grNvg_aayuRK66bINJwM5-3nnFWZaZ7T31lf5nmItCDsC0CaVV9lXVWANNa8/s1600/staircase-stair-palm-beach-prints-art-0511-Braff04-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLFcJ_YrD-jmkYX9fDrjclDFB-8YixT-g4gN-HYdXxDnLsrMlFcbx90Jmmq9sACz35i06S13GTC_jxE_grNvg_aayuRK66bINJwM5-3nnFWZaZ7T31lf5nmItCDsC0CaVV9lXVWANNa8/s640/staircase-stair-palm-beach-prints-art-0511-Braff04-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'Chinoiserie is so charming and never goes out of style,' says [designer Meg] Braff, who redid the stair rail in Chinese fretwork to liven up a dull entryway. Chandelier from <a href="http://johnrosselliantiques.com/">John Rosselli</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Meg Braff, <a href="http://megbraff.com/">Meg Braff Designs</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/palm-beach-design-decorating-0411?click=main_sr#slide-4">Step Inside a 1960s Style Palm Beach Home</a>" by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (April 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53lI9vUF957jQLCZlN-mEeQc22k59f-xCnD4U7VA6y040fbiXLn8wF9k_wrXpYA-DZIHiIK2xTBLVD61wmJdsDfWeGrokosqHcD172Ruky_VRmH9tK-BR5HXRKMHnSwwZ5Q55Oe3tnNI/s1600/neunsinger-12-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53lI9vUF957jQLCZlN-mEeQc22k59f-xCnD4U7VA6y040fbiXLn8wF9k_wrXpYA-DZIHiIK2xTBLVD61wmJdsDfWeGrokosqHcD172Ruky_VRmH9tK-BR5HXRKMHnSwwZ5Q55Oe3tnNI/s640/neunsinger-12-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A long stairwell leads from the family room to the second floor, where there are bedrooms and [Shawn] Gold's office, and continues to the third-floor office."</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, home of photographer Amy Neunsinger, her husband Shawn Gold, and their children.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ranch-house-makeover?click=main_sr#slide-16" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">A Ranch House Makeover</a>" by Alexandria Mott.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8M4SxK9WDBmxu2UljRA-vRmdTdLhneNKfxNKKkFQ-MwZrLhtI4eUB79U8VLu5U0EaRPygAqS3cEE04jvc1ecIEZXwD_vVDQGKGEep3xeSU5My95Kjy5zm8g4NXFGvhsCVc0UpayDDxmU/s1600/BlogReneaAbbott.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8M4SxK9WDBmxu2UljRA-vRmdTdLhneNKfxNKKkFQ-MwZrLhtI4eUB79U8VLu5U0EaRPygAqS3cEE04jvc1ecIEZXwD_vVDQGKGEep3xeSU5My95Kjy5zm8g4NXFGvhsCVc0UpayDDxmU/s640/BlogReneaAbbott.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Antique stone torso. Plaster walls by RFJ Meiswinkel in custom color derived from paints by Donald Kaufman. Custom Lucite pedestal. Gustavian-inspired chair by Classic Cloth damask. Italian antique chandelier."</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Provence-style farmhouse in California.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Renea Abbott, <a href="http://www.myshabbyslips.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Shabby Slips</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Building design by Michael Layne.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Degen Pener.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Passion for Provence" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Veranda</a> (September 2007).</span></div></div></div>

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Sliding Doors

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have started taking note of pictures of sliding barn doors, so the following <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/01/03/greathomesanddestinations/20130103-LOCATION.html?ref=greathomesanddestinations#8">photo in today's <i>New York Times</i>'s Home section</a> caught my eye.</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/AVvXsEi1D8yLyOGmaB4BYHCt69_5GF3UXstSrK6_LsIjVwxknUsYgu-0BPMslOPZwdvJxyKiiTDElvpe7K0R5hX1BZAUXj_tG-rkpPA7GvJmQtvPCkKSmWwjdM-YMTfE9phtsnQCTFrmEocuYpyK/s1600/20130103-LOCATION-slide-9QKG-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1D8yLyOGmaB4BYHCt69_5GF3UXstSrK6_LsIjVwxknUsYgu-0BPMslOPZwdvJxyKiiTDElvpe7K0R5hX1BZAUXj_tG-rkpPA7GvJmQtvPCkKSmWwjdM-YMTfE9phtsnQCTFrmEocuYpyK/s640/20130103-LOCATION-slide-9QKG-jumbo.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/01/03/greathomesanddestinations/20130103-LOCATION.html?ref=greathomesanddestinations#8">Photo credit: Emily Andrews</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The guest bathroom is on the mezzanine, a floor down from the guest room. The sliding door doubles as a blackboard."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Williamsburg, Brooklyn home of <a href="http://www.anthonygoicolea.com/">Anthony Giocolea</a> and Paul Kelterborn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architect: Janet Cross.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/greathomesanddestinations/williamsburg-town-house-renovation.html">New Kids in the Block</a>" by Joyce Wadler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</a>, Home Section, Thursday, January 3, 2013</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sliding barn doors - or in this case, sliding blackboard doors - seem to be a modern take on traditional pocket doors, which can offer a practical solution in rooms or hallways that lack space for a hinged door. Unlike pocket doors, these sliding portals don't need to fit inside the wall, which in some cases may make them less expensive or difficult to install or repair. The blackboard sliding door is a creative option for a guest bathroom. Sliding doors can conceal a home office or provide entry to laundry rooms. Sliding barn doors or antique sliding cellar doors (as pictured at the bottom of this post) also provide patina or a sense of history or interest to a space. Take a look . . . </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEgVIRvBLR9skqpxLkbJg0wm9tpvIyPK08WQwSERvgWdg6DmDM8ZbQ6NetX5udDe38OsX6qTdsdLkZqvD-GtsDAJN0EsMoigl33oVqeg7LCNegkNU4_odmlg7-xitCT76KU_fC3FYQLxSAjt/s1600/orange-sliding-barn-doors-0911-berman-mdn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIRvBLR9skqpxLkbJg0wm9tpvIyPK08WQwSERvgWdg6DmDM8ZbQ6NetX5udDe38OsX6qTdsdLkZqvD-GtsDAJN0EsMoigl33oVqeg7LCNegkNU4_odmlg7-xitCT76KU_fC3FYQLxSAjt/s640/orange-sliding-barn-doors-0911-berman-mdn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Barn doors painted [<a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Fresno] pack a punch in the laundry area. 'The doors to the laundry room could have been a lost opportunity - just another pair of white doors,' says [Mona Ross] Berman. 'But we felt they shouldn't be an afterthought. Painting them orange made them very visible and special. They read as art.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laundry area of a 1960s-inspired beach house in New Jersey.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://monarossberman.com/">Mona Ross Berman</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/vintage-colorful-beach-house-0911?click=main_sr#slide-8">A Sixties Surfer-Chic Beach House</a>" produced by Orli Ben-Dor and David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a>. </span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhLkJVLr4GI8NsG8-5CoeutvQq5DW78u3YvC7VIQE7VBChV26oAwCXqWEcU7tNjbml1X36QHmGDF6RQb_vOZc4o878e7LH_TAib-K6IDZzAhlPvMq9gNu7rSXxPpe3OKhV_Y3HfZFiomE/s1600/BlogSlidingBarnDoorsHB2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhLkJVLr4GI8NsG8-5CoeutvQq5DW78u3YvC7VIQE7VBChV26oAwCXqWEcU7tNjbml1X36QHmGDF6RQb_vOZc4o878e7LH_TAib-K6IDZzAhlPvMq9gNu7rSXxPpe3OKhV_Y3HfZFiomE/s640/BlogSlidingBarnDoorsHB2011.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A sliding barn-style door to the laundry took up less space than a hinged door. It's made of reclaimed chestnut, with old barn hardware."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wilmette, Illinois home of Joseph Decker, executive chef and partner in the Wildfire restaurants, and his wife.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://michaeldelpiero.com/">Michael Del Piero</a> and Joseph Decker.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Kitchen of the Month" interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (February 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEiXb5cQATKpQOpWq2LtoPbjF6zYdSsfZphyphenhyphen6MK2oTgebo-kcWukZYy_59WPF_nv5jZfjhCuqD8tt749sB375ya2pCDgbTTpHtLHI4vAhwmpPsUlp-JnTOcqjgZzc_ECMczG2P0zWrf7JqRq/s1600/BlogBarnRaisingFeb2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXb5cQATKpQOpWq2LtoPbjF6zYdSsfZphyphenhyphen6MK2oTgebo-kcWukZYy_59WPF_nv5jZfjhCuqD8tt749sB375ya2pCDgbTTpHtLHI4vAhwmpPsUlp-JnTOcqjgZzc_ECMczG2P0zWrf7JqRq/s640/BlogBarnRaisingFeb2011.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A folk art painting, once part of a barn, was mounted on a track in the owner's home office. She is a marriage counselor, and the sliding door hides a desk and files during sessions. Cameroon chief stools from Martin Showroom."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.erinmartindesign.com/">Erin Martin</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Grand Gestures" interview by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (February 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9Aym5AMrf5Zl0wTZ_4F4kTeNx4JWtpX2JDmQX_xyo9KppDSnRLt6hs4czHXqZWfKSLsZK6kkAKaQ4GNIMChqjtp74BGzmJkBmSEMhXbFPkLYbXP_jDwwigEfMqR6WBW_pPy801HSL1ud/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl06_hayes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9Aym5AMrf5Zl0wTZ_4F4kTeNx4JWtpX2JDmQX_xyo9KppDSnRLt6hs4czHXqZWfKSLsZK6kkAKaQ4GNIMChqjtp74BGzmJkBmSEMhXbFPkLYbXP_jDwwigEfMqR6WBW_pPy801HSL1ud/s640/item5.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl06_hayes.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The building is clad in cedar siding. Large doors, which slide open to reveal the media room, continue the farmstead theme. 'The main house has a formality,' notes Hayes. 'This one needed to feel more outdoorsy.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An outbuilding created to house a media room and indoor pool in upstate New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.thadhayes.com/">Thad Hayes</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <a href="http://www.paulshurtleff.com/">Paul F. Shurtleff, AIA</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape architecture by Douglas Reed of <a href="http://www.reedhilderbrand.com/">Reed Hilderbrand</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Joseph Giovannini.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/AD100/2010/thad_hayes/hayes_slideshow_062008#slide=6">Farmhouse Abstraction</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZp3Vs4IYlsveTNqKKxf7Z2YPs9oNagmhnjIZMQZ0pwpMcLnL30Gq_4m82kqJ1zdrxnx1B40sUHE2Rnd0D9lkPYNeLuZhkRXt5v1U6Vyq82RwNmxLIZofveaBImwnKDLZhP9J6h-3OLsI/s1600/cn_image.size.arar01_hayes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZp3Vs4IYlsveTNqKKxf7Z2YPs9oNagmhnjIZMQZ0pwpMcLnL30Gq_4m82kqJ1zdrxnx1B40sUHE2Rnd0D9lkPYNeLuZhkRXt5v1U6Vyq82RwNmxLIZofveaBImwnKDLZhP9J6h-3OLsI/s640/cn_image.size.arar01_hayes.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The building is clad in cedar siding. Large doors, which slide open to reveal the media room, continue the farmstead theme. 'The main house has a formality,' notes Hayes. 'This one needed to feel more outdoorsy.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An outbuilding created to house a media room and indoor pool in upstate New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.thadhayes.com/">Thad Hayes</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <a href="http://www.paulshurtleff.com/">Paul F. Shurtleff, AIA</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape architecture by Douglas Reed of <a href="http://www.reedhilderbrand.com/">Reed Hilderbrand</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Joseph Giovannini.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/AD100/2010/thad_hayes/hayes_slideshow_062008#slide=1">Farmhouse Abstraction</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyasGDYgLfXlm6YQdPe323nER9RFgD0DeaRpU5RhusMBqnhWbTf5I86stbQcLGEIsi_7x_bblP0wroL3XeMLsIYb6qf6M7apxvvhyphenhyphenuwP8C2LiArLKlmO8n3see1BLfgda59PFUtEwLfgp8/s1600/neunsinger-18-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyasGDYgLfXlm6YQdPe323nER9RFgD0DeaRpU5RhusMBqnhWbTf5I86stbQcLGEIsi_7x_bblP0wroL3XeMLsIYb6qf6M7apxvvhyphenhyphenuwP8C2LiArLKlmO8n3see1BLfgda59PFUtEwLfgp8/s640/neunsinger-18-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Barn doors on sliding tracks separate the guest room from the family room. Vintage pillows by Shabby Chic."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographer Amy Neunsinger's home in Los Angeles's Laurel Canyon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ranch-house-makeover?click=main_sr#slide-6">A Ranch House Makeover</a>" by Alexandria Mott.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQ9EfAPBIPjxgprF87poC5gk7Xb7-yORiX9x6V-1TZNM5gQGp7wxBZltxWW4RMyf38jVC8HDsWg9w6_9z44Iq_KknhziPti5yoOOA6nLLs3OUGo63epnJxBVPhks3_VnF-Ct6LPSg5BAx/s1600/item04.rendition.slideshowVertical.04_ozzy_sharon_osbourne_home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQ9EfAPBIPjxgprF87poC5gk7Xb7-yORiX9x6V-1TZNM5gQGp7wxBZltxWW4RMyf38jVC8HDsWg9w6_9z44Iq_KknhziPti5yoOOA6nLLs3OUGo63epnJxBVPhks3_VnF-Ct6LPSg5BAx/s640/item04.rendition.slideshowVertical.04_ozzy_sharon_osbourne_home.jpg" width="590" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The sectional sofa, the Byron wing chair, and the Jaipur cocktail table are all by Martyn Lawrence Bullard design. The sliding barn doors were found at <a href="http://www.americangarageantiques.com/">American Garage</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Los Angeles home of Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://martynlawrencebullard.com/">Martyn Lawrence Bullard</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Fred Schruers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2011/ozzy-sharon-osbourne-home-slideshow#slide=4">Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne at Home</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2btbmADGJQxbGNWEm1ow4LJlbFE8xo5ik87yF-lFusbo702bIBxSxpWdbM2ddwR_wwe1PERbjucO3hKOOr9AL0hOhSQD6Cxl-yrRHwkpK_OCx3qs7Vxx7G98e4sKvsdNWjuTJxtTaVFZ/s1600/robert-stilin-home-EDC-1212-08-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2btbmADGJQxbGNWEm1ow4LJlbFE8xo5ik87yF-lFusbo702bIBxSxpWdbM2ddwR_wwe1PERbjucO3hKOOr9AL0hOhSQD6Cxl-yrRHwkpK_OCx3qs7Vxx7G98e4sKvsdNWjuTJxtTaVFZ/s640/robert-stilin-home-EDC-1212-08-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A children's bedroom in the guest house features 1950s headboards, radiant-heated concrete floors, and a sliding door made from the barn's original exterior boards."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A family's weekend retreat on eastern Long Island.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.robertstilin.com/">Robert Stilin</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by 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/robert-stilin-hamptons-style#slide-6">Hamptons Classic</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-SQxLvPTygqHNTYUldrspX_pjzAnseKQ4QBGC-EFD8fStotGKiFjtu4H8G3H7QCWRUJ3FKbj3v8RG3Ucl0twj57O5bqxyW8N3EVLRUi1Tl7Ej2ruS-5xhW3hJLyiIuNjA38XCDCLVrxA/s1600/design-solutions-1112-03-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-SQxLvPTygqHNTYUldrspX_pjzAnseKQ4QBGC-EFD8fStotGKiFjtu4H8G3H7QCWRUJ3FKbj3v8RG3Ucl0twj57O5bqxyW8N3EVLRUi1Tl7Ej2ruS-5xhW3hJLyiIuNjA38XCDCLVrxA/s640/design-solutions-1112-03-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In a guest bedroom, an antique French cellar door is mounted on a custom-made track."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Condominium in Bal Harbour, Florida created by Darryl Carter for his parents.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.darrylcarter.com/">Darryl Carter</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Moris Moreno.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Michael Lassell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/design-solutions/designer-darryl-carter-florida-condo?click=main_sr#slide-5">Miami Modern</a>" produced by Linda O'Keeffe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (November 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For additional photos of blackboard doors, please visit my post, <a href="http://aflippenlife.blogspot.com/2012/10/chalk-it-up.html">Chalk It Up</a>, dated October 15, 2012.</span></div>

Sliding Doors

I have started taking note of pictures of sliding barn doors, so the following photo in today's New York Times 's Home section caug...

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Chalk It Up

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chalkboard paint is a creative option for children's playrooms, but the spaces below demonstrate that it works just as well for the grown-ups at home. Take a look . . . </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZN_A5gz3EEmIIbkbtjAjpC94ZMLeCC9rEVqrMqklnaNqetyH-pxSHUFTfrPY39We9F73RLD0DGAG-R6s4I_AYHA0jooHFj2cwBu_ipJSoTVftw21lKX8u_lCIt6fEwha8-bxz_r39XP1q/s1600/20121011-LOCATION-slide-JCBW-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZN_A5gz3EEmIIbkbtjAjpC94ZMLeCC9rEVqrMqklnaNqetyH-pxSHUFTfrPY39We9F73RLD0DGAG-R6s4I_AYHA0jooHFj2cwBu_ipJSoTVftw21lKX8u_lCIt6fEwha8-bxz_r39XP1q/s640/20121011-LOCATION-slide-JCBW-jumbo.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When your walls are painted with chalkboard paint, </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you can create your own changing art work."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Fort Greene, Brooklyn brownstone of Hilary Robertson - a stylist for </span><a href="http://www.garnethill.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Garnet Hill</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, Whole Living, and Ochre - and Alastair McCowan, chief executive of <a href="http://chesneys.com/" target="_blank">Chesney's</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/10/11/greathomesanddestinations/20121011-LOCATION.html?ref=greathomesanddestinations#19" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the <i>New York Times</i></a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/greathomesanddestinations/staple-gun-decorating-in-fort-greene-brooklyn.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1350269534-s4aYTYx4Ac6lRhkNhGZOCw" target="_blank">Staple-Gun Decorating</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.newyorktimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a></i>, October 11, 2012</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5hoFz_xWfK-YgxRWM4N1dKWd7g5NUFyDc4FaXE7a62KyKc-_a3iTDBHY7682CbCainjAJaNenOyNJhJ5q1EQjmbf7jadPd1eR4GfhaDmUhWF5FeZbgxpBt_IWINPHhV12Vg7Z7bUut7h/s1600/20121011-LOCATION-slide-SY98-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5hoFz_xWfK-YgxRWM4N1dKWd7g5NUFyDc4FaXE7a62KyKc-_a3iTDBHY7682CbCainjAJaNenOyNJhJ5q1EQjmbf7jadPd1eR4GfhaDmUhWF5FeZbgxpBt_IWINPHhV12Vg7Z7bUut7h/s640/20121011-LOCATION-slide-SY98-jumbo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The parlor floor has all the wedding cake details people prize in a 19th-century townhouse. And the basement floor has all the drawbacks, including two windowless interior rooms, the larger of which Mr. McCowan handled by covering the walls in chalkboard paint. 'It was already dark, so why not paint it black?' his wife said."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Fort Greene, Brooklyn brownstone of Hilary Robertson - a stylist for <a href="http://www.garnethill.com/" target="_blank">Garnet Hill</a>, Whole Living, and Ochre - and Alastair McCowan, chief executive of <a href="http://chesneys.com/" target="_blank">Chesney's</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/10/11/greathomesanddestinations/20121011-LOCATION.html?ref=greathomesanddestinations#17" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the <i>New York Times</i></a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/greathomesanddestinations/staple-gun-decorating-in-fort-greene-brooklyn.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1350269534-s4aYTYx4Ac6lRhkNhGZOCw" target="_blank">Staple-Gun Decorating</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.newyorktimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a></i>, October 11, 2012</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPZBImKnTTm7Gx-XlwNRaCbiYuQTP2ch1lnLAdpcx4DEponC1n5d8ywQ-LrBry8CBE_Ie_RM_YUN76hG5fmoxo2jb7qWftL6jRYUgq50bDc64Fo42yYD__muQ8ZmZJ4BhjZh4_4735YtB/s1600/white-vintage-stove-blackboard-breakfast-bar-kitchen-0712dempster04-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPZBImKnTTm7Gx-XlwNRaCbiYuQTP2ch1lnLAdpcx4DEponC1n5d8ywQ-LrBry8CBE_Ie_RM_YUN76hG5fmoxo2jb7qWftL6jRYUgq50bDc64Fo42yYD__muQ8ZmZJ4BhjZh4_4735YtB/s640/white-vintage-stove-blackboard-breakfast-bar-kitchen-0712dempster04-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The blackboard on the breakfast bar is an opportunity for an intriguing quote."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vintage Chambers range from <a href="http://antiqueappliances.com/">antiqueappliances.com</a>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paint is <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Snow on the Mountain. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weekend house in Marin County, California belonging to Kim and Mark Dempster.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Kim Dempster and <a href="http://erinmartindesign.com/" target="_blank">Erin Martin</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Alec Hemer.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/beach-house-decor-ideas-0712#slide-6" target="_blank">A Chic Little Beach House</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2012).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCumxem_DngBNngpbKKrkqDl1eywA7XxVKufFTsIPQaq6DRO6UBY0pbPSw_gzwCp3DvucXVYMtf32dZTEwDKCL4GGilphPMDGyJ5OfjwxzPCJLF0e-WRpPH7u2uaGSt2078JIopNSdzBek/s1600/vintage-white-icebox-refrigerator-marble-counters-0712-dempster05-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCumxem_DngBNngpbKKrkqDl1eywA7XxVKufFTsIPQaq6DRO6UBY0pbPSw_gzwCp3DvucXVYMtf32dZTEwDKCL4GGilphPMDGyJ5OfjwxzPCJLF0e-WRpPH7u2uaGSt2078JIopNSdzBek/s640/vintage-white-icebox-refrigerator-marble-counters-0712-dempster05-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Dempster had the refrigerator made by <a href="http://antiquevintageappliances.com/" target="_blank">Antique Vintage Appliances</a>, in Tucson, </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to look like an old icebox."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weekend house in Marin County, California belonging to Kim and Mark Dempster.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Kim Dempster and <a href="http://erinmartindesign.com/" target="_blank">Erin Martin</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Alec Hemer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/beach-house-decor-ideas-0712#slide-6" target="_blank">A Chic Little Beach House</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2012).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFz0pTt1qKm__BGXEymjYhs9W30EB3w3Y9cRgoc1U-d9T2TInpGP77ILPaWXKXzc8Noxu2JhJI8W6FdhcRO1tLYOckvV8vO3y4CMthuDcdcycZkYZ8gUXdaF1Q6NSAk5XMNM96EgwV52BR/s1600/2-hbx-kitchen-with-island-0412-kitchen02-lgn+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFz0pTt1qKm__BGXEymjYhs9W30EB3w3Y9cRgoc1U-d9T2TInpGP77ILPaWXKXzc8Noxu2JhJI8W6FdhcRO1tLYOckvV8vO3y4CMthuDcdcycZkYZ8gUXdaF1Q6NSAk5XMNM96EgwV52BR/s640/2-hbx-kitchen-with-island-0412-kitchen02-lgn+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The island is topped with Calacutta Gold marble and trimmed with brass corner guards for steamer trunks, from Brettuns Village Trunk Shop. Its metal tubular legs are fitted with parts from Brass Finders. Footed cabinets by <a href="http://www.wood-mode.com/" target="_blank">Wood-Mode</a> reflect the period of the 1905 house. The black countertops are made of two slabs of soapstone equaling two inches and forming a double ogee edge."  </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chalkboard panels: </span><a href="http://nyblackboard.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">New York Blackboard Online</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ridgewood, New Jersey kitchen of Nicole Hough and family in a 1905 American foursquare.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by Nicole Hough.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Laura Moss.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Frances Schultz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/family-kitchen-design-ideas-0412#slide-2" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (April 2012).</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/AVvXsEji9v0fvyhskscRzYnndTBn1SgLgXBhg_-Daq9h5mCjghratGVyZQCxJBovivWVNsOUvnrYma7KNfxq1aElkbO2ZypHuTYwU0xKDgo7yMm4wdBb-NRFZ6S0DlN1aV8bWZMclpHcD4jRkllp/s1600/4-hbx-chalkboard-fridge-kitchen-0412-kitchen03-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9v0fvyhskscRzYnndTBn1SgLgXBhg_-Daq9h5mCjghratGVyZQCxJBovivWVNsOUvnrYma7KNfxq1aElkbO2ZypHuTYwU0xKDgo7yMm4wdBb-NRFZ6S0DlN1aV8bWZMclpHcD4jRkllp/s640/4-hbx-chalkboard-fridge-kitchen-0412-kitchen03-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Nicole] Hough makes her lists on the custom steel chalkboard panels on the fridge doors."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chalkboard panels: <a href="http://nyblackboard.com/" target="_blank">New York Blackboard Online</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ridgewood, New Jersey kitchen of Nicole Hough and family in a 1905 American foursquare.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by Nicole Hough.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Laura Moss.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Frances Schultz.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/family-kitchen-design-ideas-0412#slide-4" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (April 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7H-NIMcoMSBGsJFvqahyphenhyphenr6aMgS7Kv722DElZpyF73aCS90OwcstYg4HcUhWY39J2nFUAUI5o2rb3Q8qdN0y_at7dWDj_lcoyCVQpE-VkE8nx7pS9AGv-YjHaudGq7saLg20z2xQUJT0R/s1600/white-kitchen-4-0307-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7H-NIMcoMSBGsJFvqahyphenhyphenr6aMgS7Kv722DElZpyF73aCS90OwcstYg4HcUhWY39J2nFUAUI5o2rb3Q8qdN0y_at7dWDj_lcoyCVQpE-VkE8nx7pS9AGv-YjHaudGq7saLg20z2xQUJT0R/s640/white-kitchen-4-0307-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This Christopher Peacock kitchen in Chappaqua, New York, has the soft, mellow feel of a beloved antique, and the chalkboard on the pantry cupboard - a Peacock signature - is a detail that adds approachability."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kitchen design by <a href="http://www.peacockhome.com/">Christopher Peacock</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Laura Moss.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/kitchen-of-the-month-0307?click=main_sr#slide-4">Mellow Looks in Chappaqua, New York</a>" by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (March 2007).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoecOOVtFqgejEEdHm06eaXQ8T38Of-bFGh0YOCa641cxyCFaCxRWzPAv_QO40Jx5PqFwyjMDMfEwSRaCpMHOBEqYGhT0-HlRNdu1UL3ZD2MSKgFloqt8gzdW86hSCI_XWhHoKt0pSPxf/s1600/white-library-0706_xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoecOOVtFqgejEEdHm06eaXQ8T38Of-bFGh0YOCa641cxyCFaCxRWzPAv_QO40Jx5PqFwyjMDMfEwSRaCpMHOBEqYGhT0-HlRNdu1UL3ZD2MSKgFloqt8gzdW86hSCI_XWhHoKt0pSPxf/s640/white-library-0706_xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/">Benjamin Moore</a>'s blackboard paint covers the playroom walls, ready for when inspiration strikes. The black Farmhouse chairs are from <a href="http://www.potterybarnkids.com/" target="_blank">Pottery Barn Kids</a> and the worktable is from <a href="http://www.ikea.com/" target="_blank">IKEA</a>, its legs cut down to child-size. The rug is from <a href="http://www.pier1.com/" target="_blank">Pier 1 Imports</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.rubybeets.com/" target="_blank">Ruby Beets</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Don Freeman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ruby-beets-0706#slide-2" target="_blank">May We Introduce Ruby Beets</a>?" produced by Senga Mortimer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July 2006).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivf55aypgJf8nqQ2lrYm91wVgKI0TI9Kvl-DVazf16I3DICZi7yOIqFW-ATGDR7-ZDb5PjYwJWzO5snE-mNCd-ofdC4kH-CBkH5P1JvmCdMEuSde2OALxzHWndZuQoLFAZocRMoOxe-5NX/s1600/larkins-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/AVvXsEivf55aypgJf8nqQ2lrYm91wVgKI0TI9Kvl-DVazf16I3DICZi7yOIqFW-ATGDR7-ZDb5PjYwJWzO5snE-mNCd-ofdC4kH-CBkH5P1JvmCdMEuSde2OALxzHWndZuQoLFAZocRMoOxe-5NX/s640/larkins-11-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A kitchen chalkboard by <a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/" target="_blank">Ballard Designs</a> caters to [Ty] Larkins's seven-year-old twin daughters."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Baton Rouge, Louisiana home of Ty Larkins and family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.tylarkins.com/" target="_blank">Ty Larkins</a>.</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;">Interview by James Servin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/updated-traditional-design?click=main_sr#slide-8" target="_blank">A New Take on Traditional Design</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> (December 2009 - January 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/AVvXsEgeqa-H9W4ridsvgI9jC-XpFVKy_83C2I7Jd6bz_mSuEhm9AI4GI0kLAnibah7X_HzNJnoGZekZ_23FYWKoZWJ2XSTWQx6Hf6M_VHtxN4oleQ5gl8U7kfn4QsbEvO8Pld5_14ftELfZDeb9/s1600/BlogChalkItUpJennaLyonsBath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqa-H9W4ridsvgI9jC-XpFVKy_83C2I7Jd6bz_mSuEhm9AI4GI0kLAnibah7X_HzNJnoGZekZ_23FYWKoZWJ2XSTWQx6Hf6M_VHtxN4oleQ5gl8U7kfn4QsbEvO8Pld5_14ftELfZDeb9/s640/BlogChalkItUpJennaLyonsBath.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wall paint: </span><a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Studio Finishes Chalkboard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.jcrew.com/" target="_blank">J. Crew</a>'s Jenna Lyons "obsessively sprayed the fixtures with ocean water, so the brass would appear as seasoned as the herringbone floor."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890 Brooklyn, New York brownstone formerly owned by Jenna Lyons.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lauren Sandler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomagazine.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (November 2008). </span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKtsjEvE0KA7XtbrRtReIPI-H0-vBiK3clmfIMVxeBrDfbxZn1WJW_b4t4bFgNPfB5eRBR4f-TIn1jvphxfo1yAyfYNVnLPTWx5iomIpilrB9AdyQLThrDLsiRmHq1atWyCFYiK3QR-Xq/s1600/BlogChalkItUpJennLyonsMasterBedroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKtsjEvE0KA7XtbrRtReIPI-H0-vBiK3clmfIMVxeBrDfbxZn1WJW_b4t4bFgNPfB5eRBR4f-TIn1jvphxfo1yAyfYNVnLPTWx5iomIpilrB9AdyQLThrDLsiRmHq1atWyCFYiK3QR-Xq/s640/BlogChalkItUpJennLyonsMasterBedroom.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'I love taking simple materials and finding the beauty in them - letting things be what they are.' Charcoal walls - not the bathtub that's in the bedroom - are what surprise visitors most. 'There's a certain drama in something being unexpected,' says [Jenna] Lyons, 'and an air of formality because it's dark. But there's also an ease you don't usually find.' Why? It's chalkboard paint. [</span><a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'s Studio Finishes Chalkboard]. Likewise, feed sacks tacked to the headboard and rumpled always white linens bring a casual rusticity to the majesty of the marble fireplace and crown molding."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890 Brooklyn, New York brownstone formerly owned by Jenna Lyons of <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/">J.Crew</a>.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lauren Sandler.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomagazine.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (November 2008). </span> </div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

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