Michelle Nussbaumer's Winter Wonderland

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michelle Nussbaumer is an interior designer and antiques buyer based in Dallas, Texas. Her background as a theater set designer is evident in the magical space she created for a Christmas party in her store, Ceylon et Cie. The inspiration for the blue and white "wonderland" was a set of twelve-foot-high wallpaper panels that feature handpainted icebergs in the Antarctic sea. They were created by the French firm Zuber in the nineteenth century. Plaster statues and a Chinese root table that was painted white add to the ethereal feel. Nussbaumer used the unique items in her store to set the stage for her event. She suggested to <i>Veranda</i> readers that they select a "theme and a limited color scheme" - such as blue and white - to "make a statement" when entertaining. The work of Margaret Gragg literally provided the icing on the cake. Her magical confections featured rock candy and snow made of sugar. Although Nussbaumer's party was a celebration of Christmas, the colors and Antarctic theme would suit a New Year's Eve gala or any elegant winter event. </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/AVvXsEhckuhRt6vi0GBWBKC5UOA8jo59HQOT-XgFdnCxUgOc9qYymv0Etxi92Yig3f20YDoCtYvhgwxoUCOeocYn8z2fH0eFjyZz1kkO9h24DGhPU8uQ4oo1T7Zv6empA_Bieg5aFWuWj9gqb1sF/s1600/BlogMichelle+NussBaumerWinterWonderland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckuhRt6vi0GBWBKC5UOA8jo59HQOT-XgFdnCxUgOc9qYymv0Etxi92Yig3f20YDoCtYvhgwxoUCOeocYn8z2fH0eFjyZz1kkO9h24DGhPU8uQ4oo1T7Zv6empA_Bieg5aFWuWj9gqb1sF/s640/BlogMichelle+NussBaumerWinterWonderland.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designer Michelle Nussbaumer invents  a dreamy dessert party in <a href="http://www.ceylonetcie.com/">Ceylon et Cie</a>, her Dallas [Texas] shop. Ice blue petits fours rest on coral with Venetian champagne flute, blue celestite and blue coral."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.ceylonetcie.com/">Michelle Nussbaumer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Confections designed by Margaret Gragg of <a href="http://dallasaffairescakeco.com/">Dallas Affaires Cake Company</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.brianmcweeney.com/">Brian McWeeney</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Gaynor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Crystal Blue Winter Wonderland" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_7ZccOd6cLHlNes-loEnBFXudouojNS5ZRvJFOigh8RFc7Mu8Dz_DoYswKoOXfySSXsjbn1miGURn_9SxV-Z6nh8RRVO8H1PWb40CvNZ0HB6Aq_uddAyf7yoWwsrJPCevrWrrSwg2MVs/s1600/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_7ZccOd6cLHlNes-loEnBFXudouojNS5ZRvJFOigh8RFc7Mu8Dz_DoYswKoOXfySSXsjbn1miGURn_9SxV-Z6nh8RRVO8H1PWb40CvNZ0HB6Aq_uddAyf7yoWwsrJPCevrWrrSwg2MVs/s640/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland2.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rare</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.zuber.fr/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zuber</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">winter wallpaper panels of icebergs set the stage for vintage cake stands filled with White Chocolate Coral Cupcakes and Clamshell Cookies."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.ceylonetcie.com/">Michelle Nussbaumer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Confections designed by Margaret Gragg of <a href="http://dallasaffairescakeco.com/">Dallas Affaires Cake Company</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.brianmcweeney.com/">Brian McWeeney</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Gaynor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Crystal Blue Winter Wonderland" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjnJC2ZEHGr7D69wJFweEKhbsinuZEJ2ycUP8zNIJtaJUMjN6BepE1nOkMRV5a-9OhIFUnt1kaKmSqgqsWr2uWYdX0Kcqat5Iy2_G0hzDntXhrJGopjM6MHZUvrWFKhLp0Lyt9_lYIGg4/s1600/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjnJC2ZEHGr7D69wJFweEKhbsinuZEJ2ycUP8zNIJtaJUMjN6BepE1nOkMRV5a-9OhIFUnt1kaKmSqgqsWr2uWYdX0Kcqat5Iy2_G0hzDntXhrJGopjM6MHZUvrWFKhLp0Lyt9_lYIGg4/s640/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland3.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Michelle] Nussbaumer's line, Ceylon Portfolio, includes Chippendale side chairs, Chinese-style table and rock crystal candlesticks and bowls. Vintage Spanish ceramic garden seats. Silver bowl brimming with ivory and coral. Satin spar, coral and glass accessories. Beaux Arts artists' model plaster statues. Swedish 19th-century chest."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.ceylonetcie.com/">Michelle Nussbaumer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Confections designed by Margaret Gragg of <a href="http://dallasaffairescakeco.com/">Dallas Affaires Cake Company</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.brianmcweeney.com/">Brian McWeeney</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Gaynor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Crystal Blue Winter Wonderland" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCeW7Z7sB3VWy83JKqcCIZGxy2cs3OlU9bQenJgEk-XSiJY3ovQF5ocSRatg3Kc73l_lRnd23Qm7apE_zHUug6y_wGeZ_QaeOc7BMG3Y-WUS323yBoscRvNImoFsMcrK9aqbaxn0HYth3/s1600/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCeW7Z7sB3VWy83JKqcCIZGxy2cs3OlU9bQenJgEk-XSiJY3ovQF5ocSRatg3Kc73l_lRnd23Qm7apE_zHUug6y_wGeZ_QaeOc7BMG3Y-WUS323yBoscRvNImoFsMcrK9aqbaxn0HYth3/s640/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland4.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Michelle] Nussbaumer's line, Ceylon Portfolio, includes Chippendale side chairs, Chinese-style table and rock crystal candlesticks and bowls. Vintage Spanish ceramic garden seats. Silver bowl brimming with ivory and coral. Satin spar, coral and glass accessories. Beaux Arts artists' model plaster statues. Swedish 19th-century chest.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.ceylonetcie.com/">Michelle Nussbaumer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Confections designed by Margaret Gragg of <a href="http://dallasaffairescakeco.com/">Dallas Affaires Cake Company</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.brianmcweeney.com/">Brian McWeeney</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Gaynor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Crystal Blue Winter Wonderland" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz69ZUFg02MkWidFMjq9dSeMiE0sIEOCwAMfT7_c27pWpnuDshrgpqQWDnVtTWO_F2zN1Y61Ci8pEpFGFcNT09JU_lj0Kotaqsi9iLnrDtEBOLjYLh8pCYdb3OifD2M2p7xE87ti9-_weY/s1600/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz69ZUFg02MkWidFMjq9dSeMiE0sIEOCwAMfT7_c27pWpnuDshrgpqQWDnVtTWO_F2zN1Y61Ci8pEpFGFcNT09JU_lj0Kotaqsi9iLnrDtEBOLjYLh8pCYdb3OifD2M2p7xE87ti9-_weY/s640/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland5.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">White Chocolate Mini-Cake on Wisteria pale marble plate, complemented by crystal decanter and urn, both vintage."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.ceylonetcie.com/">Michelle Nussbaumer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Confections designed by Margaret Gragg of <a href="http://dallasaffairescakeco.com/">Dallas Affaires Cake Company</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.brianmcweeney.com/">Brian McWeeney</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Gaynor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Crystal Blue Winter Wonderland" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKwM_vngomFhRCqjkgVsoqHRhRZSHyFUEVQj8CjOqLtg96mGJcjszsQNZ220iVsJqZFi53msVNWVh3xO9GpyeOmbEZJz5GxoNiY_Jm2DHeaQUYZZ7arPWVlefCiRTS0gb8Qqk4fc2HKzj/s1600/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKwM_vngomFhRCqjkgVsoqHRhRZSHyFUEVQj8CjOqLtg96mGJcjszsQNZ220iVsJqZFi53msVNWVh3xO9GpyeOmbEZJz5GxoNiY_Jm2DHeaQUYZZ7arPWVlefCiRTS0gb8Qqk4fc2HKzj/s640/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland6.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Champagne accompanies mini-cakes and petits fours on otherworldly early-20th-century Chinese root table from Ceylon Portfolio. Rajastani pressed-metal-over-wood chairs, 19th-century, from a maharaja's palace in India."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.ceylonetcie.com/">Michelle Nussbaumer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Confections designed by Margaret Gragg of <a href="http://dallasaffairescakeco.com/">Dallas Affaires Cake Company</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.brianmcweeney.com/">Brian McWeeney</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Gaynor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Crystal Blue Winter Wonderland" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehGd6h-Dej3G4Z6nZiERbH1aSSs92zVGdRJIbbAZzP_knw7Be5aPN8WWL8m-MlvaqZzRaoSrrWGMe04V8KeeWieMle_mMBlaxPbbRXA5dQT-WetcWHFYGfS46dAMvgQCGKuF52VwuYWfa/s1600/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehGd6h-Dej3G4Z6nZiERbH1aSSs92zVGdRJIbbAZzP_knw7Be5aPN8WWL8m-MlvaqZzRaoSrrWGMe04V8KeeWieMle_mMBlaxPbbRXA5dQT-WetcWHFYGfS46dAMvgQCGKuF52VwuYWfa/s640/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland7.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Vintage silver bowl holds coral ad Chinese ivory lobster. Coral on acrylic base with rock crystal candlesticks."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.ceylonetcie.com/">Michelle Nussbaumer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Confections designed by Margaret Gragg of <a href="http://dallasaffairescakeco.com/">Dallas Affaires Cake Company</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.brianmcweeney.com/">Brian McWeeney</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Gaynor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Crystal Blue Winter Wonderland" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNsnZLBO7z9s9per5u_gVe5GK2zSWGMYxoPDcP9LXjudtuTpF_VWoxS4oP4WI0MyFD693SkO1YU5x4svMjx2c5La9DwKusX5P1dBGVb74SMMcucYWNIbYAgp8LzRF_hIu5k8TEO7H_Uhg5/s1600/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNsnZLBO7z9s9per5u_gVe5GK2zSWGMYxoPDcP9LXjudtuTpF_VWoxS4oP4WI0MyFD693SkO1YU5x4svMjx2c5La9DwKusX5P1dBGVb74SMMcucYWNIbYAgp8LzRF_hIu5k8TEO7H_Uhg5/s640/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland8.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Michelle] Nussbaumer's polished-nickel cart serves John B.'s Sunday Rum Milk Punch, her father's recipe. Bergere in muslin and Swedish chest, both 19th century."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.ceylonetcie.com/">Michelle Nussbaumer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Confections designed by Margaret Gragg of <a href="http://dallasaffairescakeco.com/">Dallas Affaires Cake Company</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.brianmcweeney.com/">Brian McWeeney</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Gaynor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Crystal Blue Winter Wonderland" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpb0wLjokna8jKYzuXSra_5c2i8EeD9HP2JZnHrG8P33bIccR21h5V3JHnWujpBBKpCpZhCYv2oPLFO-9D4U8Jf-zWwssTx3yGmwzO48-sjfpT9zhR5rcWBr7eqqSI6x19vJyleftpvm-5/s1600/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpb0wLjokna8jKYzuXSra_5c2i8EeD9HP2JZnHrG8P33bIccR21h5V3JHnWujpBBKpCpZhCYv2oPLFO-9D4U8Jf-zWwssTx3yGmwzO48-sjfpT9zhR5rcWBr7eqqSI6x19vJyleftpvm-5/s640/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Michelle Nussbaumer mixes accessories of fine quality from everywhere. Vintage silver in the form of hollowware and engraved flatware, along with Venetian champagne flutes, keep company with Wisteria marble plates as well as rock crystal urns and glass vases. Chinese root table has been painted white. Florals by Michelle Nussbaumer."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.ceylonetcie.com/">Michelle Nussbaumer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Confections designed by Margaret Gragg of</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://dallasaffairescakeco.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dallas Affaires Cake Company</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.brianmcweeney.com/">Brian McWeeney</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Gaynor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Crystal Blue Winter Wonderland" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkXsiTNWD5n1Yc-qJHWvdScasEi9Y8LHRKd_99nIe03qy9uSeR5AJEvFh0b5KvwiHYewA8yZMaeTmjNIOOniIs8Go2Ag26UYcx6Vo4ehMtnlv8jytERIzwxgL715lGcYhKrakxaZdr11w/s1600/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkXsiTNWD5n1Yc-qJHWvdScasEi9Y8LHRKd_99nIe03qy9uSeR5AJEvFh0b5KvwiHYewA8yZMaeTmjNIOOniIs8Go2Ag26UYcx6Vo4ehMtnlv8jytERIzwxgL715lGcYhKrakxaZdr11w/s640/BlogMichelleNussbaumerWinterWonderland10.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Chocolate cupcakes. Murano vase. Ceylon Portfolio mirrored drinks table."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.ceylonetcie.com/">Michelle Nussbaumer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Confections designed by Margaret Gragg of <a href="http://dallasaffairescakeco.com/">Dallas Affaires Cake Company</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.brianmcweeney.com/">Brian McWeeney</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Gaynor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Crystal Blue Winter Wonderland" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a>.</span></div>

Michelle Nussbaumer's Winter Wonderland

Michelle Nussbaumer is an interior designer and antiques buyer based in Dallas, Texas. Her background as a theater set designer is evident i...

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Orange Spice

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

Orange Spice

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

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