Where the Mermaid Lives

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I cannot wait to read <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Bald-Mermaid-A-Memoir/dp/1938461053/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374328962&sr=8-1&keywords=the+bald+mermaid" target="_blank">The Bald Mermaid</a></i>, the memoir of interior designer <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>. The book, published by <a href="http://www.pointedleafpress.com/" target="_blank">Pointed Leaf Press</a> and available for sale August 1, 2013, details Ms. Bridges's diagnosis of alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that took her hair and changed her life. " 'There's a lot about decorating and design in my new book, because that's part of my DNA,' Sheila Bridges says [in <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>, July - August 2013]. 'But when I lost my hair as a result of alopecia, that presented a whole new set of challenges for me, both personally and professionally. I got through it, but I wanted to write about issues of self-esteem. I hope the book will help people to feel more comfortable in their own skin." A high-profile black woman in the rather white world of design, Ms. Bridges began her career as an assistant at <a href="http://aflippenlife.blogspot.com/2012/09/in-memory-of-peter-shelton.html" target="_blank">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a>, and later designed the Harlem office of former president Bill Clinton. The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/garden/weeding-out-the-riffraff.html?_r=0" target="_blank">July 18, 2013 edition of the Wall Street Journal features Ms. Bridges's Harlem home</a>, while <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/small-blue-kitchen-0713?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">her kitchen appears in the July/August 2013 edition of House Beautiful</a>. I share the photos here. Enjoy . . . </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/AVvXsEi8dGLnN5orHQBrywbrcdTSJBTxBYNPgb_AQsMQYDy6RoNeKr1egWH3eKwj7SC0j2GMuGILECFo24n61EA9xCoTWhvNXV-HJblGNwHkb-EfxaUBpZTasYX4D3FPpkigJnpwx8Mtn4V2rws/s1600/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-ZNIW-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dGLnN5orHQBrywbrcdTSJBTxBYNPgb_AQsMQYDy6RoNeKr1egWH3eKwj7SC0j2GMuGILECFo24n61EA9xCoTWhvNXV-HJblGNwHkb-EfxaUBpZTasYX4D3FPpkigJnpwx8Mtn4V2rws/s640/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-ZNIW-jumbo.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ms. Bridges is "known for her use of color. On the walls of her front hall, Orange Blossom by <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>. The 'B' pillow was made by Pintura Studio." Ms. Bridges found the painting at the 26th Street flea market."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/07/18/garden/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES.html#2" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/garden/weeding-out-the-riffraff.html" target="_blank">Weeding Out the Riffraff</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (Thursday, July 18, 2013).</span></div></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/AVvXsEiYCmjovU-k6l4tkitdT1GLCuCzU9CvUzbebhK908vGLkmFdOlSb3749XC_rd2__a7EU57b-IQROT8nUnF4BEPkuUX-AWHRbG8DXSIXtpbjbR0vmwzY3uiFUt8PtNyozfW0vRFG4FMt2ng/s1600/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-J9XU-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCmjovU-k6l4tkitdT1GLCuCzU9CvUzbebhK908vGLkmFdOlSb3749XC_rd2__a7EU57b-IQROT8nUnF4BEPkuUX-AWHRbG8DXSIXtpbjbR0vmwzY3uiFUt8PtNyozfW0vRFG4FMt2ng/s640/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-J9XU-jumbo.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the dining room, a collection of horse-themed plates from <a href="http://www.hermes.com/" target="_blank">Hermes</a>. Ms. Bridges uses the painted console to store china."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/07/18/garden/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES.html#3" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/garden/weeding-out-the-riffraff.html" target="_blank">Weeding Out the Riffraff</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (Thursday, July 18, 2013).</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ynhPpGFGvQPHFXAaTvZVcO_tigIHCBmTigZq-lf_2RXNcvBQ9VLmRu-mmYY-6qyopqbDtHGRdgu9Fnd-aHWTuAbbzGm-vM37-wEXxVUBhnU9xx9dPbHUL-ZGoIKFUUGXIhZymsXLyV8/s1600/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-BS3V-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ynhPpGFGvQPHFXAaTvZVcO_tigIHCBmTigZq-lf_2RXNcvBQ9VLmRu-mmYY-6qyopqbDtHGRdgu9Fnd-aHWTuAbbzGm-vM37-wEXxVUBhnU9xx9dPbHUL-ZGoIKFUUGXIhZymsXLyV8/s640/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-BS3V-jumbo.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A painted French antique desk in the living room. The convex mirror above is one of Ms. Bridges's favorite objects. The striped silk on the chair is from Beacon Hill Fabrics."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/07/18/garden/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES.html#4" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/garden/weeding-out-the-riffraff.html" target="_blank">Weeding Out the Riffraff</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (Thursday, July 18, 2013).</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmw-lEPISJiHAp8d5Wa71T4MfSptauXQWgulmx3oGz1qNC0awERRmUePrZZkMvSMdSmtZaTPPfjCT3GEcsMSdJwlU8KFev7ekRZOFbIE9EOloycFP1IxmRED1h13AuTAyNTWOJ-NAarU/s1600/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-L6KH-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmw-lEPISJiHAp8d5Wa71T4MfSptauXQWgulmx3oGz1qNC0awERRmUePrZZkMvSMdSmtZaTPPfjCT3GEcsMSdJwlU8KFev7ekRZOFbIE9EOloycFP1IxmRED1h13AuTAyNTWOJ-NAarU/s640/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-L6KH-jumbo.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Swedish grandfather clock is 18th century, and from Evergreen (now shuttered). Ms. Bridges collects all manner of timepieces."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/07/18/garden/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES.html#5" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/garden/weeding-out-the-riffraff.html" target="_blank">Weeding Out the Riffraff</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (Thursday, July 18, 2013).</span></div></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/AVvXsEgQYzkJSCweTtf8AcR2AqNBtW9aSmxJYyxUCR2MVV5b5uC6peVwQH6mIDS_FNIFLaZr2HdneqQfiKM7VP7N2xZhYKe7ALQqahDsvcMe1zea2jIVlsUVIPG9Hosc8R3Lx9-iPNnykNHZOfk/s1600/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-Z9Q7-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYzkJSCweTtf8AcR2AqNBtW9aSmxJYyxUCR2MVV5b5uC6peVwQH6mIDS_FNIFLaZr2HdneqQfiKM7VP7N2xZhYKe7ALQqahDsvcMe1zea2jIVlsUVIPG9Hosc8R3Lx9-iPNnykNHZOfk/s640/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-Z9Q7-jumbo.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the dining room, a gouache by Samella Lewis from 1949 belonged to Ms. Bridges's parents."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/07/18/garden/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES.html#6" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/garden/weeding-out-the-riffraff.html" target="_blank">Weeding Out the Riffraff</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (Thursday, July 18, 2013).</span></div></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/AVvXsEhjRjXEERw9eLs0WoG_SH_LT5mm8cQuXDjHIHyBYCcjSMjyGGwpMKjbq9cYRcdbyVbAE9WZW1saTc3uo4_Nae4MjXa5e9ZoYxjvhhEWTBiIhS6aYUAdJET5jdkgupowlZAtxiFa56HPtXQ/s1600/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-EHF5-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRjXEERw9eLs0WoG_SH_LT5mm8cQuXDjHIHyBYCcjSMjyGGwpMKjbq9cYRcdbyVbAE9WZW1saTc3uo4_Nae4MjXa5e9ZoYxjvhhEWTBiIhS6aYUAdJET5jdkgupowlZAtxiFa56HPtXQ/s640/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-EHF5-jumbo.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the dining room, a Venetian glass chandelier from Sutter Antiques in Hudson, N.Y. The Swedish salon chairs are upholstered in linen. Ms. Bridges bought the Roman bust in the corner from the D and D Building when she was 30."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/07/18/garden/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES.html#7" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/garden/weeding-out-the-riffraff.html" target="_blank">Weeding Out the Riffraff</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (Thursday, July 18, 2013).</span></div></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/AVvXsEh6XKTDCGiI2DUeljBItTrgRE1MdZAt5Y3SacxdNiFn_7VvbcssD-TIu1dHxJhfMWeQ1WW7QZ6ukrEnpbOVe0_qqZ8RKRquyxGUCcRPZdmRyaG1pR8EPy2BsHrcWSbjQjKwmZzh-0oVUvY/s1600/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-FPN4-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XKTDCGiI2DUeljBItTrgRE1MdZAt5Y3SacxdNiFn_7VvbcssD-TIu1dHxJhfMWeQ1WW7QZ6ukrEnpbOVe0_qqZ8RKRquyxGUCcRPZdmRyaG1pR8EPy2BsHrcWSbjQjKwmZzh-0oVUvY/s640/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-FPN4-jumbo.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Ms. Bridges found this painting at a gallery in Quebec. The piece in the vitrine, a head with a diving mask, is from Hudson, N.Y. The dog painting is by Earl Swanigan, an outsider artist in Hudson. Ms. Bridges bought it to remind her of Dolby, her Jack Russell, who died in 2008. The '70s ball light, under the table, is from Ms. Bridges's parents' home in Philadelphia."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/07/18/garden/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES.html#8" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/garden/weeding-out-the-riffraff.html" target="_blank">Weeding Out the Riffraff</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (Thursday, July 18, 2013).</span></div></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/AVvXsEjDZLtLcoDxba0ztzHEOJouv5N-svsEYiALsWUc-CGNlUG8z0TlU1xtGEqBsUXeTA8-zLQE90Lc_A_T5Jo6qyMVmQoG7XwBzwpF0WP78Tdb4QvF8E1qxGtFNHtrU3i4oiVD149hcE7yawk/s1600/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-4S9N-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZLtLcoDxba0ztzHEOJouv5N-svsEYiALsWUc-CGNlUG8z0TlU1xtGEqBsUXeTA8-zLQE90Lc_A_T5Jo6qyMVmQoG7XwBzwpF0WP78Tdb4QvF8E1qxGtFNHtrU3i4oiVD149hcE7yawk/s640/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-4S9N-jumbo.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The walls of the guest room are painted with phrases from Ms. Bridges's favorite authors, from Dr. Seuss to Zora Neale Hurston to Langston Hughes. She had so many books, she said, she ran out of space to store them. 'I realized it wasn't so much about the books, but the words that mattered,' she said. The pair of ink on paper works were painted by a monk in Vietnam. The velvet settee is one of Ms. Bridges's own designs." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/07/18/garden/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES.html#9" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/garden/weeding-out-the-riffraff.html" target="_blank">Weeding Out the Riffraff</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (Thursday, July 18, 2013).</span></div></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/AVvXsEjEArlMz7_hzjQfFPrB9Ml_GCb9SGq-pyHfeUGuSWP6jzvajVDzkqf-Sowc_JdtwsgWT6B2kxH49wUpLrxAPNbCk3-il45htjvL59rvH397dyz_sotB6Oqeize9ZM84PtZhqC3Ud9wM460/s1600/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-0VI9-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEArlMz7_hzjQfFPrB9Ml_GCb9SGq-pyHfeUGuSWP6jzvajVDzkqf-Sowc_JdtwsgWT6B2kxH49wUpLrxAPNbCk3-il45htjvL59rvH397dyz_sotB6Oqeize9ZM84PtZhqC3Ud9wM460/s640/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-0VI9-jumbo.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Ms. Bridges made her dining table by pushing two Swedish demi-lune tables together."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/07/18/garden/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES.html#10" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/garden/weeding-out-the-riffraff.html" target="_blank">Weeding Out the Riffraff</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (Thursday, July 18, 2013).</span></div></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/AVvXsEhGRbarQ0nC7reUNq_cV8vcF57KCFilcr5mQlrEmsdslYoQ-hoG2lrbNTaB3S4Estn-PKVS2cIIT8L3WjMhG1w-JUEuJq29XD5w0higthYmegXVNq5jBg3hG9PUu4Rnp9AE1VFcxFmPKT4/s1600/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-7FH0-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRbarQ0nC7reUNq_cV8vcF57KCFilcr5mQlrEmsdslYoQ-hoG2lrbNTaB3S4Estn-PKVS2cIIT8L3WjMhG1w-JUEuJq29XD5w0higthYmegXVNq5jBg3hG9PUu4Rnp9AE1VFcxFmPKT4/s640/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-7FH0-jumbo.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The faux-marble-topped painted console table is from Tepper Galleries (an early favorite of Ms. Bridges that closed in 2010). The painting above is from Elliott Galleries."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/07/18/garden/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES.html#11" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/garden/weeding-out-the-riffraff.html" target="_blank">Weeding Out the Riffraff</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (Thursday, July 18, 2013).</span></div></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/AVvXsEhlcN3XG6o_SEl9nm8GFka_LN0_AcXSgL0J-0x2yLyqrMIh0SQbZV2jM2lDyHqVgbBmXxOea1KRMdnUoftnjdD936tH8m4g6ZFbHiCewwavvYuQvC8jz1ZPvM3hAANmGA8yM8phw7pKGdI/s1600/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-EVXJ-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlcN3XG6o_SEl9nm8GFka_LN0_AcXSgL0J-0x2yLyqrMIh0SQbZV2jM2lDyHqVgbBmXxOea1KRMdnUoftnjdD936tH8m4g6ZFbHiCewwavvYuQvC8jz1ZPvM3hAANmGA8yM8phw7pKGdI/s640/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-EVXJ-jumbo.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the guest room, another painting by Earl Swanigan, the Hudson outsider artist."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/07/18/garden/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES.html#12" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/garden/weeding-out-the-riffraff.html" target="_blank">Weeding Out the Riffraff</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (Thursday, July 18, 2013).</span></div></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/AVvXsEi0bE0LfPuGGo5bIr8ez0VnAR1lEJz110M0REXwvGYJGiBEBPITpwmP4xQafjlRrbTIGftFXKy2CruTla-P_9g9jcjmU48LUoPlRywAXOC7SlP9nrAs8iJFC_LfIbwpoqmNKUyEvWmOXDM/s1600/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-X4DU-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bE0LfPuGGo5bIr8ez0VnAR1lEJz110M0REXwvGYJGiBEBPITpwmP4xQafjlRrbTIGftFXKy2CruTla-P_9g9jcjmU48LUoPlRywAXOC7SlP9nrAs8iJFC_LfIbwpoqmNKUyEvWmOXDM/s640/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-X4DU-jumbo.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Before Ms. Bridges moved in, her apartment was used for film shoots. Spike Lee's 'Jungle Fever' was the last film shot there. The floor under the rug in the living room is still stained with fake blood from Samuel Jackson's character."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/07/18/garden/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES.html#13" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/garden/weeding-out-the-riffraff.html" target="_blank">Weeding Out the Riffraff</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (Thursday, July 18, 2013).</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLlGAJRW22D5dsr-U8zbpOOXdFaJvjd3Y2vwNQzmjK979CyPfHSNPmdAbQ3KmwQ1hQ6VB8klUTwacoonJMwX0Fg_PkM77QQy9CwHk9OuaOISw7ROQ8SyQ65I0mhsQ4dh2IK9F8mKlu9pA/s1600/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-ITTL-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLlGAJRW22D5dsr-U8zbpOOXdFaJvjd3Y2vwNQzmjK979CyPfHSNPmdAbQ3KmwQ1hQ6VB8klUTwacoonJMwX0Fg_PkM77QQy9CwHk9OuaOISw7ROQ8SyQ65I0mhsQ4dh2IK9F8mKlu9pA/s640/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-ITTL-jumbo.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the front hall, Ms. Bridges' collection of Moroccan slippers."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/07/18/garden/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES.html#14" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/garden/weeding-out-the-riffraff.html" target="_blank">Weeding Out the Riffraff</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (Thursday, July 18, 2013).</span></div></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/AVvXsEgxQKfR2Wfz7X2l5rlZQXxiNigZB5iSy246z_GPkZEl2sJq44Ej6LpDwxvpPOcTseTsgO3dCJOUOBasCvDB9S6R_gT0p0Ykf642V5TFZ9irlBahlocaQpS0a49_eMdYjj8zu4YdmyKF3as/s1600/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-DCAJ-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQKfR2Wfz7X2l5rlZQXxiNigZB5iSy246z_GPkZEl2sJq44Ej6LpDwxvpPOcTseTsgO3dCJOUOBasCvDB9S6R_gT0p0Ykf642V5TFZ9irlBahlocaQpS0a49_eMdYjj8zu4YdmyKF3as/s640/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES-slide-DCAJ-jumbo.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The designer Sheila Bridges in the Harlem apartment that has become her calling card. (The building, Graham Court, was constructed in 1901 by the Astor family and designed by the architects responsible for the Apthorp. Before she moved in 20 years ago, the apartment was used for film shoots. That blue is Oval Room Blue from <a href="http://us.farrow-ball.com/" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/07/18/garden/201300718_SHEILABRIDGES.html#1" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/garden/weeding-out-the-riffraff.html" target="_blank">Weeding Out the Riffraff</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (Thursday, July 18, 2013).</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">   </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_Ser94Bpk49HsE0VBbb2lj17xAGvRb-I5g7YhagKjllaaopgB1MO-NxXu9ERXty4KSVnnz-5UzkjU9DoKSaM34f63SwTFb4gyPKQR-cRxi7lNVZ_9vHB05wWk7Spb0mrNNlK31r38bI/s1600/01-hbx-torino-damask-wallpaper-bridges-0713-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_Ser94Bpk49HsE0VBbb2lj17xAGvRb-I5g7YhagKjllaaopgB1MO-NxXu9ERXty4KSVnnz-5UzkjU9DoKSaM34f63SwTFb4gyPKQR-cRxi7lNVZ_9vHB05wWk7Spb0mrNNlK31r38bI/s640/01-hbx-torino-damask-wallpaper-bridges-0713-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The glint of silver in the Torino Damask wallpaper by Sheila Bridges works well with stainless steel; a <a href="http://www.fisherpaykel.com/" target="_blank">Fisher and Paykel</a> refrigerator, a Bosch dishwasher, a Bertazzoni range, and a GE microwave. Globe lantern by Alison Spear for Stephanie Odegard. Paint is <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Hemlock on cabinets and <a href="http://us.farrow-ball.com/" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball</a>'s All White on floor."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York, New York, kitchen of interior designer <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Annie Schlechter.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Gregory Bissonnette.</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;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/small-blue-kitchen-0713?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a>" produced by Samantha Emmerling.</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 2013). </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGAQ5D2DQoF9Ea57_Lq3ub-HZaaXIBhdNiesWJy3Z2oOyuBBCpWCekYW6i998vPXkG40VyRrpxiAyFaHW4yk48ZlHyLC-UKkeniHuNHCKiA2WeFjG_a4xEiNkINplzxTPSFRmHu0CRZEQ/s1600/02-hbx-white-marble-subway-tiles-bridges-0713-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGAQ5D2DQoF9Ea57_Lq3ub-HZaaXIBhdNiesWJy3Z2oOyuBBCpWCekYW6i998vPXkG40VyRrpxiAyFaHW4yk48ZlHyLC-UKkeniHuNHCKiA2WeFjG_a4xEiNkINplzxTPSFRmHu0CRZEQ/s640/02-hbx-white-marble-subway-tiles-bridges-0713-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Grecian White polished-marble subway tile complements the Carrara Marble countertops; both from <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/" target="_blank">Home Depot</a>; the range is Bertazzoni."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York, New York, kitchen of interior designer <a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Photography by Annie Schlechter.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Styled by Gregory Bissonnette.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Interview by Christine Pittel.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/small-blue-kitchen-0713?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a>" produced by Samantha Emmerling.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2013). </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMcuCrnRst_Haj_04zzjZwP2_3R7e37myNaQ55SG6U9Hbs1U9cwKEgTJUUB6Ol8LYvt9cbSL0WfVc6fEWudFcwvPvCHxpx72Nn3eYBaB4gq-YjzpOz-z858AHDuHPXyBg-NSrRoid6ok/s1600/03-hbx-antique-pot-rack-bridges-0713-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMcuCrnRst_Haj_04zzjZwP2_3R7e37myNaQ55SG6U9Hbs1U9cwKEgTJUUB6Ol8LYvt9cbSL0WfVc6fEWudFcwvPvCHxpx72Nn3eYBaB4gq-YjzpOz-z858AHDuHPXyBg-NSrRoid6ok/s640/03-hbx-antique-pot-rack-bridges-0713-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An antique pot rack frees up cupboard space. Friends can sit on the antique Swedish chairs and talk with the cook."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York, New York, kitchen of interior designer </span><a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</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 Annie Schlechter.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Styled by Gregory Bissonnette.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Interview by Christine Pittel.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/small-blue-kitchen-0713?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a>" produced by Samantha Emmerling.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2013). </div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgN4_-07ZVmcy5VeE4CwlWkP7Mdw52CaL6zq5ykWiEcpzLw_qZ9qlAJn-DmAIU2J2WoPsY-thdJ1_LlvP8ADKTTd62oK-_Gehyq6Pp2c6kdsjInKZtOgW13UKaGjp6pygiOb-waSco04/s1600/08-hbx-osborne-and-little-fabric-bridges-0713-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgN4_-07ZVmcy5VeE4CwlWkP7Mdw52CaL6zq5ykWiEcpzLw_qZ9qlAJn-DmAIU2J2WoPsY-thdJ1_LlvP8ADKTTd62oK-_Gehyq6Pp2c6kdsjInKZtOgW13UKaGjp6pygiOb-waSco04/s640/08-hbx-osborne-and-little-fabric-bridges-0713-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "A pattern of interlocking cubes - <a href="http://www.osborneandlittle.com/" target="_blank">Osborne and Little</a>'s Balyan, from the Maharani collection - makes antique chairs look more contemporary and picks up the color palette."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York, New York, kitchen of interior designer </span><a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</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 Annie Schlechter.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Styled by Gregory Bissonnette.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Interview by Christine Pittel.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/small-blue-kitchen-0713?click=main_sr#slide-8" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a>" produced by Samantha Emmerling.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2013). </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipyHlgqU0vKYeEsZaucCDubnX9moFXcud-Xm-7QDXJ_PQomIf1D8r9sGpUk9l6Y_ePy473vXxtAMWxjF9WHXUwZ2-oA0najyB_eiQWcxhv-xJHSfRtSZUbpyWLr7tl1CWXSQvhMYfEeeE/s1600/04-hbx-white-farmhouse-sink-bridges-0713-iAT6cL-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipyHlgqU0vKYeEsZaucCDubnX9moFXcud-Xm-7QDXJ_PQomIf1D8r9sGpUk9l6Y_ePy473vXxtAMWxjF9WHXUwZ2-oA0najyB_eiQWcxhv-xJHSfRtSZUbpyWLr7tl1CWXSQvhMYfEeeE/s640/04-hbx-white-farmhouse-sink-bridges-0713-iAT6cL-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "<a href="http://www.kohler.com/" target="_blank">Kohler</a>'s farmhouse sink is paired with a Kingston Brass Heritage Collection faucet."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York, New York, kitchen of interior designer </span><a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</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 Annie Schlechter.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Styled by Gregory Bissonnette.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Interview by Christine Pittel.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/small-blue-kitchen-0713?click=main_sr#slide-4" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a>" produced by Samantha Emmerling.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2013).<br /><br /></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJaV3eiGRZ7NDMYKLtDqXZSva13I55V2bxVlxEEzgFkP2X0l6K9IppZSdWHnz-orp04Zq421m4bRcQtdYbJiWo6kvU3akqojPzCyUBPIZucCLrAWV6VFKB8vppbfQnHwkzQKVxYkdUHQ/s1600/06-hbx-striped-roman-shade-bridges-0713-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJaV3eiGRZ7NDMYKLtDqXZSva13I55V2bxVlxEEzgFkP2X0l6K9IppZSdWHnz-orp04Zq421m4bRcQtdYbJiWo6kvU3akqojPzCyUBPIZucCLrAWV6VFKB8vppbfQnHwkzQKVxYkdUHQ/s640/06-hbx-striped-roman-shade-bridges-0713-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'I never met a stripe I didn't like,' says Bridges, who chose <a href="http://www.osborneandlittle.com/" target="_blank">Osborne and Little</a>'s Killarney, embroidered with white ovals, for the Roman shade."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York, New York, kitchen of interior designer </span><a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Annie Schlechter.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Styled by Gregory Bissonnette.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Interview by Christine Pittel.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/small-blue-kitchen-0713?click=main_sr#slide-6" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a>" produced by Samantha Emmerling.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2013). </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7gN5F_LhBFyC3CtysU7NtbZG4DlU__EsnSS84s6salWevRHUTaLI-uRTxriZvP81zchbjOysrnl2ZJwLy5vvu5BVxYlOxK0TjDMdLqDQalLcxXnSmrZ6ox7j6gYByQ3PF_LzwZE3Obg/s1600/07-hbx-blue-metallic-wallpaper-bridges-0713-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7gN5F_LhBFyC3CtysU7NtbZG4DlU__EsnSS84s6salWevRHUTaLI-uRTxriZvP81zchbjOysrnl2ZJwLy5vvu5BVxYlOxK0TjDMdLqDQalLcxXnSmrZ6ox7j6gYByQ3PF_LzwZE3Obg/s640/07-hbx-blue-metallic-wallpaper-bridges-0713-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Bridges's Torino Damask wallpaper in Blue Metallic has a reflective quality that catches the light. It shimmers in the daytime and adds a glow at night."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York, New York, kitchen of interior designer </span><a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Annie Schlechter.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Styled by Gregory Bissonnette.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Interview by Christine Pittel.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/small-blue-kitchen-0713?click=main_sr#slide-7" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a>" produced by Samantha Emmerling.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2013). </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAq9-XB20w74kyfVC6n8IJ1jNCHnN2gx559fUIzM88BlSZcsmZCBU6DNAXRqt2RyjbwA8KWyupdQsj6scAnot7a-s6MH7ZT3nhr2UczZgBaw4vHc17rNBbKJPALbdKlzZ6cix8COmTlMo/s1600/05-hbx-polished-nickel-cabinet-pulls-bridges-0713-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAq9-XB20w74kyfVC6n8IJ1jNCHnN2gx559fUIzM88BlSZcsmZCBU6DNAXRqt2RyjbwA8KWyupdQsj6scAnot7a-s6MH7ZT3nhr2UczZgBaw4vHc17rNBbKJPALbdKlzZ6cix8COmTlMo/s640/05-hbx-polished-nickel-cabinet-pulls-bridges-0713-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Lugarno pulls in polished nickel by <a href="http://www.restorationhardware.com/" target="_blank">Restoration Hardware</a> add a silvery note to the cabinetry (bird not included)."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York, New York, kitchen of interior designer </span><a href="http://www.sheilabridges.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sheila Bridges</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 Annie Schlechter.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Styled by Gregory Bissonnette.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Interview by Christine Pittel.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/small-blue-kitchen-0713?click=main_sr#slide-5" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a>" produced by Samantha Emmerling.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2013). </div>

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