Prescription for Style

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One might think that the only place for medicine in a home is in the medicine cabinet, but that is not true, as the following photos attest. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Antique pharmacy cabinets can be used to store towels and enhance beauty in a guest bathroom.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chemistry beakers and medical lithographs add interest to interiors. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pills and nurses appear in museum-caliber art.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Old medical lamps and pharmacy signs gain new life in New York homes, and historic hospital beams become floors in restored barns. Take a look . . . </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/AVvXsEjqThjRkwqXo0iutd1CZyciCzQG3A-eQrRdiqubHQv-EZOm-wVpN-mVxk7uAn5CdvOYCgcYVbWngjVfNwvH079MXSpw5mVay84eKTDkjZ0ZORKZ5Ch3JlxvTbIz-3Jw3H9Kc4jeMIP6vRU/s1600/BlogCheckMateVerandaSept2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqThjRkwqXo0iutd1CZyciCzQG3A-eQrRdiqubHQv-EZOm-wVpN-mVxk7uAn5CdvOYCgcYVbWngjVfNwvH079MXSpw5mVay84eKTDkjZ0ZORKZ5Ch3JlxvTbIz-3Jw3H9Kc4jeMIP6vRU/s640/BlogCheckMateVerandaSept2011.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Medicine cabinet art by Damien Hirst.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Chairs, <a href="http://www.ralphlaurenhome.com/" target="_blank">Ralph Lauren Home</a>. Game Table, <a href="http://www.rosetarlow.com/" target="_blank">Rose Tarlow Melrose House</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.hallberg-wiseleydesigners.com/" target="_blank">Richard Hallberg</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <a href="http://www.williamhablinski.com/" target="_blank">William Hablinski</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographed and produced by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oasis of Artistry" written by Linda Sherbert.</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> (September 2011). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnm-OpOVdWwro4c6UQUUHgpUnvfiI0xeXqZRVLH412M17d-uZHlNlpeVidPTa8d3OfdnM1FHQd5LUNJpt72AOOpzqhm5bRsVsRkMv5hHN-a37KDb9X2BaZNXSkRLiKxYLxpa-HTroD1o/s1600/item06.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.06_david_kleinberg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnm-OpOVdWwro4c6UQUUHgpUnvfiI0xeXqZRVLH412M17d-uZHlNlpeVidPTa8d3OfdnM1FHQd5LUNJpt72AOOpzqhm5bRsVsRkMv5hHN-a37KDb9X2BaZNXSkRLiKxYLxpa-HTroD1o/s640/item06.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.06_david_kleinberg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<i>Lake Resort Nurse</i> by <a href="http://www.richardprince.com/" target="_blank">Richard Prince</a> hangs in the dining room, on a wall lacquered peacock-blue. [David] Kleinberg designed the dining table and collaborated on the ceiling light with artist Sharon M. Louden; the hide rug is from Beauvais Carpets."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan apartment designed by <a href="http://www.dkda.com/" target="_blank">David Kleinberg</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;">Text by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">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/decor/2011-06/david-kleinberg-manhattan-renovation-slideshow#slide=7" target="_blank">Finish Line</a>"</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> (June 2011). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZXBr3gXJVg66Hy9-wpCQ5jc9r44bXo3M2Iza2Yq99YOvulBu6vsnwTeVD0nmH-uOKqf28-ElhyphenhyphenbjvhLpNfHojkmGcUHrnVquaTwqQJ7srxJZUywy6yqvHHUGwQLNcFZRy6D3mxPcAvY/s1600/bed-dog-neutral-0710-o-neill-15-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZXBr3gXJVg66Hy9-wpCQ5jc9r44bXo3M2Iza2Yq99YOvulBu6vsnwTeVD0nmH-uOKqf28-ElhyphenhyphenbjvhLpNfHojkmGcUHrnVquaTwqQJ7srxJZUywy6yqvHHUGwQLNcFZRy6D3mxPcAvY/s640/bed-dog-neutral-0710-o-neill-15-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The reading light is from a French hospital. The daybed and screen were made by </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.martinalbert.com/" target="_blank">Martin Albert Interiors</a> to fit the space across the fireplace. <a href="http://www.cowtan.com/" target="_blank">Cowtan and Tout</a>'s chinoiserie toile, Siam, defines the area, and its sepia tone lends a softness to the black-and-white palette."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ellen O'Neill's 450-square-foot studio in Gramercy Park, New York City. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Carol Prisant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/studio-apartment-decorating-ideas-0710?click=main_sr#slide-6" target="_blank">Living Big in a Studio</a>" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2010). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5T7dYYE0t4-xxO03ur_F48dFwIZMrvZiywW_r79-2TttLNfNcN5gm3do5X33u3LnGGLtoxYlGnxAZZYjxZBFSe-A3ZHC0UpRd28e8JvxhYX3gbdhaDi3tc9ZkZeMPidEWM6444WOQv_8/s1600/EDC050112Fillipone01-400-lgn%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5T7dYYE0t4-xxO03ur_F48dFwIZMrvZiywW_r79-2TttLNfNcN5gm3do5X33u3LnGGLtoxYlGnxAZZYjxZBFSe-A3ZHC0UpRd28e8JvxhYX3gbdhaDi3tc9ZkZeMPidEWM6444WOQv_8/s640/EDC050112Fillipone01-400-lgn%5B1%5D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the dining room, a circa-1910 fireplace surround, chairs from Provence, and a '20s mirror; the prints are by Piranesi; the flooring was originally beams in a Civil War hospital in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; walls are painted <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Sag Harbor Gray." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11,000-square-foot "live and work space" of Andrea Filippone and William Welch created in New Jersey from four old barns. The couple owns <a href="http://www.tendenzedesign.com/" target="_blank">Tendenze Design</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;">Styled by JC Garcia-Lavin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Nancy Haas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/ode-to-the-past-fb#slide-1" target="_blank">Ode to the Past</a>"</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> (May 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabqllmvnfXLF1R7KasaNFGjdFqUUF9cKRUW5UX-db42vmFbY99VQ756Jkrw_yYVh-V6dJzsN5uTyldPsFlVy35R3XXByAtTuuqTn7gLSBAeUSboL2Brk3pifA5fp-XcVRyfI7W6_iSfw/s1600/EDC070112Jiminez04-400-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabqllmvnfXLF1R7KasaNFGjdFqUUF9cKRUW5UX-db42vmFbY99VQ756Jkrw_yYVh-V6dJzsN5uTyldPsFlVy35R3XXByAtTuuqTn7gLSBAeUSboL2Brk3pifA5fp-XcVRyfI7W6_iSfw/s640/EDC070112Jiminez04-400-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The light fixture is by <a href="http://www.visualcomfort.com/" target="_blank">Visual Comfort and Co</a>., and the 1920s armchairs are French. A Knox Martin print hangs above the original mantel, and the vintage zinc [pharmacy] sign was found at the Brimfield, Massachusetts flea market."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Living room of Jaime Jimenez and Quinn Pofahl's home in Southampton, New York. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jason Schmidt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Noemi Bonazzi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Kate Betts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/an-eminent-victorian-jaime-jimenez-and-quinn-pofahls-southampton-house#slide-4" target="_blank">An Eminent Victorian</a>"</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> (July - August 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmA6R_EsCHEsLid8Nv2VydOT7ReJAWsL_HPjZ-RUoVoeWMeyVsRPVGOzYCZEc_FnqMNpAbdXiZxPJD9Zx2T2XYujIONr11ZEF0OaiuvDTysEW1uork08I6HUWVWSBTRhlazClgyyhvZk/s1600/hbx-bathroom-french-luxury-bathtub-0311-bath01-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmA6R_EsCHEsLid8Nv2VydOT7ReJAWsL_HPjZ-RUoVoeWMeyVsRPVGOzYCZEc_FnqMNpAbdXiZxPJD9Zx2T2XYujIONr11ZEF0OaiuvDTysEW1uork08I6HUWVWSBTRhlazClgyyhvZk/s640/hbx-bathroom-french-luxury-bathtub-0311-bath01-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Gleaming silver tones enhance the room's old world elegance. An antique mirror propped behind the burnished cast-iron Candid tub from <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" target="_blank">Waterworks</a> reflects a vintage pharmacy cabinet [from <a href="http://www.scottantiquemarket.com/" target="_blank">Scott Antique Market</a>]." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guest bathroom in designer Betty Lou Phillips's French-style Dallas, Texas home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by <a href="http://www.bettylouphillips.com/" target="_blank">Betty Lou Phillips</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Nathan Schroder.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Julia Lewis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/french-bathroom-style-0311?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">Bath of the Month</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> (March 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFYMjoUh3q8f8FjrPKL1dhQAlAKCQukRJPH3zjHqRuZTxYX-YdnVvB_xjGgJekd3WQvVHWJqNuG_skaEvh_boX1D-a6cOwqPmn11n6h8AWImp-uQeo3n8xNHhOqd3j3Yf6gZLrp74cUw/s1600/modern-green-kitchen-1206a_xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFYMjoUh3q8f8FjrPKL1dhQAlAKCQukRJPH3zjHqRuZTxYX-YdnVvB_xjGgJekd3WQvVHWJqNuG_skaEvh_boX1D-a6cOwqPmn11n6h8AWImp-uQeo3n8xNHhOqd3j3Yf6gZLrp74cUw/s640/modern-green-kitchen-1206a_xlg.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Stock medical cabinets store glassware and china" in a butler's pantry.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sally Markham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/kitchen-otm-connecticut-1206?click=main_sr#slide-4" target="_blank">Casual Comfort in Greenwich, CT</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/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifaqzUxDJtm9LGsEf0JBEWYwCED9q8XE7-q92gXxCAKRfbjeJPpJaDE5muZeP_Fb85DvSQUG85SCAdYr4pLsiLEI4n5LOxwDz_imEX8CTtysjFMsXqweot7cs0B2kVfV_-LMNCDO6OHcQ/s1600/interior-design-trends-ED0110-Garcia-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/AVvXsEifaqzUxDJtm9LGsEf0JBEWYwCED9q8XE7-q92gXxCAKRfbjeJPpJaDE5muZeP_Fb85DvSQUG85SCAdYr4pLsiLEI4n5LOxwDz_imEX8CTtysjFMsXqweot7cs0B2kVfV_-LMNCDO6OHcQ/s640/interior-design-trends-ED0110-Garcia-08-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Interior and still-life stylist" Juan Carlos Garcia-Lavin claims to be a minimalist, but "he has managed to amass a surprisingly impressive haul of flea-market paintings, chemical beakers, and 20th-century medical lithographs exploring the inner workings of the human body. 'My mother worked in a pharmacy, and I was always fascinated by anything medical,' [he] explains." <a href="http://www.bisazza.com/" target="_blank">Bisazza</a> glass-mosaic tile.</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;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/a-stylists-small-space-design-solutions#slide-9" target="_blank">A Stylist's Small-Space Design Solutions</a>" by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJCjryYRFstN2NLZwuonnCTtRUHj31Yb8OadT5A9663WEvkWa-RhjlIgyqeceKpB4w7y41R7upj2bpHCbp6TJTCcErUVG9xNf3npnQ357ydxYvaDam46Xcg9uZ3m4UMWhHR6_dPrAqVM/s1600/Liza-Sherman-ed11-2011-06-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJCjryYRFstN2NLZwuonnCTtRUHj31Yb8OadT5A9663WEvkWa-RhjlIgyqeceKpB4w7y41R7upj2bpHCbp6TJTCcErUVG9xNf3npnQ357ydxYvaDam46Xcg9uZ3m4UMWhHR6_dPrAqVM/s640/Liza-Sherman-ed11-2011-06-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A painted screen and midcentury laboratory beakers in the entry; the French mirror and Chinese opium chest are from the 19th century."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan apartment of antiques dealer Liza Sherman.</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 Kathleen Hackett.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/an-eclectic-mix-in-manhattan#slide-6" target="_blank">The Art of Assemblage</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (November 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

Prescription for Style

One might think that the only place for medicine in a home is in the medicine cabinet, but that is not true, as the following photos attest....

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