Antlers: Rustic Chic

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The antlers-on-the-wall trend has been around for a few years now, and many people are tired of it. While I am not crazy about numerous horns hanging on a wall, I do appreciate the sculptural beauty of a single set of antlers. They remind me of the beautiful bare arms of a crepe myrtle in December, and they make a striking addition to a winter tablescape. I understand that male deer and moose shed their antlers after the breeding season, so it is possible to find dropped antlers in the wild. I wouldn't mind if one of the many deer who eat my azaleas and hostas dropped an antler for me, but until then, the following photos will have to do . . . </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSF6Mqm7icp1YT_d_2jXQzYhkc1JJjqPFCNbnQNaIjk0uQSXRlvou5zx2W9QIp8qMUIspIo_VgcU8o3WEQU9YLP0mWwkcuDqkM0WPUh9BTpWO45nnThtVX7IcbZYUHAFiUphIrk4UsZuxi/s1600/votives.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSF6Mqm7icp1YT_d_2jXQzYhkc1JJjqPFCNbnQNaIjk0uQSXRlvou5zx2W9QIp8qMUIspIo_VgcU8o3WEQU9YLP0mWwkcuDqkM0WPUh9BTpWO45nnThtVX7IcbZYUHAFiUphIrk4UsZuxi/s640/votives.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via <a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun website</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://gardenandgun.com/blog/ten-tips-easy-entertaining" target="_blank">Ten Tips for Easy Entertaining</a>" by Jessica Mischner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a> (December 1. 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauFPfjU7sz4zYUCOOyRGhdBgx5NDd55APLPoYSUMfWfSYk2fDPbvGzxaDfA5Ev2cFCTI8tO-EEZpVRr6hPiVh7bG_3WXgHaM_ZeR1VovPj5jc8HpjFj8LiPhBbbbelnUCXX3y9M9JxZJM/s1600/oldworldNO08_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauFPfjU7sz4zYUCOOyRGhdBgx5NDd55APLPoYSUMfWfSYk2fDPbvGzxaDfA5Ev2cFCTI8tO-EEZpVRr6hPiVh7bG_3WXgHaM_ZeR1VovPj5jc8HpjFj8LiPhBbbbelnUCXX3y9M9JxZJM/s640/oldworldNO08_0.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Create a variety of stations for guests to help themselves to drinks, appetizers and desserts. In this dining room, purple calla lilies, pewter antiques and variegated feathers offer traditional holiday charm." Antler candleholder.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Virginia Macdonald.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/vintage-looking-party-sideboard" target="_blank">Old-World Style Party Sideboard</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEw31HVjp4vKeXEEGoFQM8UNWgzNs420LadRPXz1y_dBXvpwhmcneFHEbp5zVRooNhS5WQFvrol9e7456ajOLGYzNp3F95A74Y-8fuKf2vVUAeonKNX8c1W2YjsizzvzbbwDt4AF2s3uE/s1600/norris-0210-1-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEw31HVjp4vKeXEEGoFQM8UNWgzNs420LadRPXz1y_dBXvpwhmcneFHEbp5zVRooNhS5WQFvrol9e7456ajOLGYzNp3F95A74Y-8fuKf2vVUAeonKNX8c1W2YjsizzvzbbwDt4AF2s3uE/s640/norris-0210-1-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The decorous white facade of Richard Norris and Mark Leslie's Montgomery, Alabama, house hardly prepares visitors for the embrace of its dark, intimate foyer. It's furnished in a freewheeling mix, including moose antlers, a Gothic crystal chandelier, and a rustic 19th-century French grandfather clock."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/home-makeovers/remodeling-old-southern-home?click=img_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">Remodeling a Southern Home</a>" by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" 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/AVvXsEg7lAGOwRkzg8AMSXeDb_l94dDmGFvOzvx5o8Zy0qSzVFwqnk-jMfSucyZ8nhjKfImcMi7GfpqUnWjpqT7mpB3iOWSeNFLtKxbR2hyphenhyphenxB6H5NGRtGG3aQwaOD0i_epEvXsrV32KQe1gVw5RH/s1600/Neutral_CT_JA11_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lAGOwRkzg8AMSXeDb_l94dDmGFvOzvx5o8Zy0qSzVFwqnk-jMfSucyZ8nhjKfImcMi7GfpqUnWjpqT7mpB3iOWSeNFLtKxbR2hyphenhyphenxB6H5NGRtGG3aQwaOD0i_epEvXsrV32KQe1gVw5RH/s640/Neutral_CT_JA11_0.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The hallway is a study in neutrals with wall-to-wall seagrass and patterned wallpaper. Homeowner and designer Colette van den Thillart accessorized the foyer with gilded antlers, a unique art piece with a plaster frame and warm white furnishings, including an 18th-century Russian side chair. The console works to conceal a radiator underneath."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">London home of interior designer Colette van den Thillart, <a href="http://www.nh-design.co.uk/" target="_blank">Nicky Haslam Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Chris Tubbs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/subtle-feminine-hallway" target="_blank">Subtle and Feminine Hallway</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (January 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVwTEYDF3mwptXEg39ePGcmS2kbBIlogfxMkZJbUCGxIP0QV3WcPhy4oinJPWbHe09qQD9-WJJ7VuS-J-SYs91SfcvNTHhCEeKWj_T9z-SecMvyOPysAlUSaAgRrMyhdqA_bxky-f0PSF/s1600/hbx-gold-mirror-daybed-fireplace-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVwTEYDF3mwptXEg39ePGcmS2kbBIlogfxMkZJbUCGxIP0QV3WcPhy4oinJPWbHe09qQD9-WJJ7VuS-J-SYs91SfcvNTHhCEeKWj_T9z-SecMvyOPysAlUSaAgRrMyhdqA_bxky-f0PSF/s640/hbx-gold-mirror-daybed-fireplace-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The parlor's daybed, gilt tables, overmantel, and chandelier are all French. Brahler found just enough vintage wallpaper in France to top wainscots painted <a href="http://www.sherwin-williams.com/" target="_blank">Sherwin-Williams</a> Cloud White. The mantel shelf holds one of the designer's hallmark 'extreme juxtapositions': a massive empty picture frame, propped against the mirror, alongside antlers her children collected on hikes. Glass domes shelter antique taxidermy."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jacksonville, Illinois, home of designer Annie Brahler, <a href="http://euro-trash.us/about/" target="_blank">Euro Trash</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/victorian-house-design-0512?click=img_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">An Antique-Filled Victorian House in Illinois</a>" by Douglas Brenner.</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> (May 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjNZvIn42eoQ9FvSSSlTcngttyDWUIv7ZCLkA_NEw6vGMqrxwEG4jZFaCzy9Zjscu3qH5majA2UfPf4Rjb8QwlqzgX0JOAt1miFHvpoGcbxVhNRZLjbaCvQsbbuqQdEMdIP4mwX98B-77r/s1600/mountain-homes-turner-ed1210-01-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjNZvIn42eoQ9FvSSSlTcngttyDWUIv7ZCLkA_NEw6vGMqrxwEG4jZFaCzy9Zjscu3qH5majA2UfPf4Rjb8QwlqzgX0JOAt1miFHvpoGcbxVhNRZLjbaCvQsbbuqQdEMdIP4mwX98B-77r/s640/mountain-homes-turner-ed1210-01-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"At the Ketchum, Idaho, home of Mary Lynn and Rusty Turner, custom-made steel bookcases line the walls of the dining area in the great room; the wood-and-iron chandelier and oak dining table are by Lucca Studio; the chairs are slipcovered in herringbone linen, and the rug by F. J. Hakimian is made of vintage kilim panels."</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by homeowner Mary Lynn Turner and her daughters, Marie Turner Carson and Emily Turner, all of <a href="http://www.melledesign.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">M. Elle Design</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Bob White, <a href="http://www.foreststudio.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Forest Studio</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/the-peak-of-rustic-chic-67276#slide-1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">The Peak of Rustic Chic</a>" by Kathleen Hackett.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Elle Decor</a> (December 2010 - January 2011). </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><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/AVvXsEjfxkPA8cre5OlxyqzSikWKHfwpHSl2WzliIQvL4CxQ-l59QR82yAGVM-9y4zyxAv6r_D4u4vXcaIliycICcbXa9SbZRMAZWbRYtfr77aGZwaghebiPxjEVL_wbZOvwmjxIUHsXS2_eG3Z-/s1600/sarcozy-EDC-12-13-02-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxkPA8cre5OlxyqzSikWKHfwpHSl2WzliIQvL4CxQ-l59QR82yAGVM-9y4zyxAv6r_D4u4vXcaIliycICcbXa9SbZRMAZWbRYtfr77aGZwaghebiPxjEVL_wbZOvwmjxIUHsXS2_eG3Z-/s640/sarcozy-EDC-12-13-02-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the entry, an 1880 Belgian table, a 1940s Kaare Klint sofa, and a 1937 Josef Frank cabinet found at Christie's; the staircase is made of antique oak, and the floor is paved with Belgian bluestone. The chandelier in the entry hall, meanwhile, is one of the rare exceptions to the anti-log-cabin rule. It's made of deer antlers - as classically Western as it gets. Bourgois says, 'There had to be at least one thing - an homage to the spectacular surroundings.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Aspen, Colorado owned by a European couple.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Caroline Sarkozy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architect: Laurent Bourgois.</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;">Styled by Stephen Pappas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interiors/aspen-mountain-chalet?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">International Summit: A Mountain Chalet in Aspen</a>" by Ian Phillips.</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-ZDaS-AcctvGmFlznPrEmuM8bfY3Fr5VsW2BgGoriGIyW5FSAXnWCWN1dWj0cXpO_c8gsyg88q65bXmRsp8SbLwqUCDcN62hKYZ3YQ7xVpDfHtdgmNBIMjMsZIwDpg9oUxB_6kjmHVGr/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.markham-roberts-06-seating-area.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-ZDaS-AcctvGmFlznPrEmuM8bfY3Fr5VsW2BgGoriGIyW5FSAXnWCWN1dWj0cXpO_c8gsyg88q65bXmRsp8SbLwqUCDcN62hKYZ3YQ7xVpDfHtdgmNBIMjMsZIwDpg9oUxB_6kjmHVGr/s640/item3.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.markham-roberts-06-seating-area.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A seating area contains several [Markham] Roberts designs, among them a sofa in an Old World Weavers fabric from Stark, faux-horn side tables, and a set of chairs in a Jasper stripe; Yuji Obata prints hang above the mantel, and the abaca carpet is by Stark."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Big Sky retreat of Julie and Tommy Frist.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://markhamroberts.com/" target="_blank">Markham Roberts</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Paul Bertelli, <a href="http://www.jlfarchitects.com/" target="_blank">JLF and Associates, Inc.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styling by Howard Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mayer Rus.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-06/markham-roberts-paul-bertelli-montana-mountain-home-slideshow_slideshow_item3_4" target="_blank">A Rustic Montana Mountain Retreat</a>" produced by Senga Mortimer.</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 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEP8JgYKhyphenhyphen004ikAvrCJHwvbegEqdIopAGoSk8gDKAyxS9tLueQ2fKvxt12Pf9LVJTqMqNfZNHz8i5MusaqpM5TUhpTwM0nYdo2YZsYRGX1DKOyMBTVnKUVPm9A4dZgLYAO9S6UBzqyVEg/s1600/house-home-suzanne-cottage-oct11-vignette_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEP8JgYKhyphenhyphen004ikAvrCJHwvbegEqdIopAGoSk8gDKAyxS9tLueQ2fKvxt12Pf9LVJTqMqNfZNHz8i5MusaqpM5TUhpTwM0nYdo2YZsYRGX1DKOyMBTVnKUVPm9A4dZgLYAO9S6UBzqyVEg/s640/house-home-suzanne-cottage-oct11-vignette_0.jpg" width="558" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The coffee table vignette illustrates Arriz Hassam and Suzanne Dimma's approach to design. Shed antlers found on the property are used as organic sculpture throughout the space."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Michael Graydon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/rustic-coffee-table-vignette" target="_blank">Rustic Coffee Table Vignette</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (October 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgOqt8-dVD6lUX6hKPJQumvo-3qKilYxjqbdR1etBi3NgKjGkcFByZm3ElA8ybO73NacaD1d0nYnC64_-II3ZMZj6qTPg_WTE95Gm8JB3q0tYj_pUeUFot3uGymM0CCu5g8y1oMr2lHep/s1600/large-19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgOqt8-dVD6lUX6hKPJQumvo-3qKilYxjqbdR1etBi3NgKjGkcFByZm3ElA8ybO73NacaD1d0nYnC64_-II3ZMZj6qTPg_WTE95Gm8JB3q0tYj_pUeUFot3uGymM0CCu5g8y1oMr2lHep/s640/large-19.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'They're vintage European antlers, and they add a hundred more tones to the palette. One thing the wife was adamant about was no new antlers. It was important to her that no animal die for the decor - at least not in this century."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A rural Alabama plantation house.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Betsy Brown, <a href="http://betsybrowninc.net/" target="_blank">Betsy Brown Interiors</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Tone on Tone on Tone" produced by Olga Naiman.</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 2011). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtx-7YX9KO39QjqlYxyyWbOZCgu-TPoP1zLU2Ym7gq8tz0lfBdEWMx1k4BoTPRIPqn7U21ZYvaFpoCXCIeumrcRQ-ivAKpNODHZ9oyoXyuu_REfvwcQBv93Oospui0lQUD55Y0235WGeCH/s1600/18-fulk-guestbedroom-0708-xlg-53765231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtx-7YX9KO39QjqlYxyyWbOZCgu-TPoP1zLU2Ym7gq8tz0lfBdEWMx1k4BoTPRIPqn7U21ZYvaFpoCXCIeumrcRQ-ivAKpNODHZ9oyoXyuu_REfvwcQBv93Oospui0lQUD55Y0235WGeCH/s640/18-fulk-guestbedroom-0708-xlg-53765231.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A rattan guest room bed and bedding by Ralph Lauren looks cool and comfortable in the guest room. Vintage French antler lamps from Stephanie Olivier."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">California weekend home of Ken Fulk.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://kenfulk.com/" target="_blank">Ken Fulk</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/fulk-small-idyllic-0708?click=img_sr#slide-17" target="_blank">A Classic Cottage in Napa Valley</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> (July 2008). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Nnm4mD1EbDHi7M4rFuqPkxwEmJTqJ_mnpfNjWWGdU7BYbe1v9NIKpPyhquixawTTn3O2nfK0TsG98r_Ie7KFZzJSJSSWSuXZhCGwI-CDQQighDby54FmPTNTPwxkzOaDi5jagBQbxKjA/s1600/11-hoefer-0109-xlg-33589374.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Nnm4mD1EbDHi7M4rFuqPkxwEmJTqJ_mnpfNjWWGdU7BYbe1v9NIKpPyhquixawTTn3O2nfK0TsG98r_Ie7KFZzJSJSSWSuXZhCGwI-CDQQighDby54FmPTNTPwxkzOaDi5jagBQbxKjA/s640/11-hoefer-0109-xlg-33589374.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"More moose antlers, hung upside down over the living room fireplace. Patricia Edward Jordan chair in chocolate Atlas mohair from Pindler and Pindler."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1880s house in Healdsburg.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Myra Hoefer, <a href="http://www.myrahoeferdesign.com/" target="_blank">Myra Hoefer Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/power-of-white?click=img_sr#slide-11" target="_blank">A California Home is Powerful in White</a>" by Amanda Lovell.</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/AVvXsEi21hDMkRKh7A9LBfwrMNq64xtmht7ipsPmXWNPF-k-Cz8k6hQkL8bxzZQ1p5AFG-k43zBcsRG2aU4h5IOsljgjpzqzGWwOoErveEVTX4F3V7QeOD35mQGoksUK_Uvx1WYQaN3aaaYD06or/s1600/8-hoefer-0109-xlg-51376467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21hDMkRKh7A9LBfwrMNq64xtmht7ipsPmXWNPF-k-Cz8k6hQkL8bxzZQ1p5AFG-k43zBcsRG2aU4h5IOsljgjpzqzGWwOoErveEVTX4F3V7QeOD35mQGoksUK_Uvx1WYQaN3aaaYD06or/s640/8-hoefer-0109-xlg-51376467.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An old moose antler makes a beautiful natural sculpture."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1880s house in Healdsburg.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Myra Hoefer, <a href="http://www.myrahoeferdesign.com/" target="_blank">Myra Hoefer Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/power-of-white?click=img_sr#slide-8" target="_blank">A California Home is Powerful in White</a>" by Amanda Lovell.</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/AVvXsEjg5Z8TrgTLIQ0B-lYUXNa655zU4-HCD2AQLgRjm_JAotEbDGH4tYNEZluveWitgL0mdu0Vv-CxkCvdD1yxm2siK98WXewpXQ3ReygGY9bmykbDOTGHSTdUhSR99Ibs6FT50U-pRd5c5s8n/s1600/44004_p.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5Z8TrgTLIQ0B-lYUXNa655zU4-HCD2AQLgRjm_JAotEbDGH4tYNEZluveWitgL0mdu0Vv-CxkCvdD1yxm2siK98WXewpXQ3ReygGY9bmykbDOTGHSTdUhSR99Ibs6FT50U-pRd5c5s8n/s640/44004_p.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Imagine these magnificent gold antlers as your table's centerpiece, or resting on your mantel. Gorgeous enough to shine on their own, or surround with greenery for a beautiful contrast of colors."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.chasing-fireflies.com/gold-antlers-set-of-2/productinfo/44004/" target="_blank">Gold antlers (set of 2)</a> offered by chasing fireflies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via <a href="http://www.chasing-fireflies.com/" target="_blank">chasing fireflies website</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/AVvXsEixm7sVLHY6yxcqT_nepn3yDzYdpm55UkLrEFSIY3l5wWvVFwINI1MsrmDMdKnyIFuoLOfV7eWuVgY0N4nmAVpOnxOlvSejgwQwAvJFxkF8ayYVbLiiMppmhC9Z68n2b-KPN6HuuwCQZgHH/s1600/T_WithoutZoom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixm7sVLHY6yxcqT_nepn3yDzYdpm55UkLrEFSIY3l5wWvVFwINI1MsrmDMdKnyIFuoLOfV7eWuVgY0N4nmAVpOnxOlvSejgwQwAvJFxkF8ayYVbLiiMppmhC9Z68n2b-KPN6HuuwCQZgHH/s640/T_WithoutZoom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/set-of-3-faux-antler-ornaments/286681?redirect=y" target="_blank">Set of 3 Faux Antler Ornaments</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by Ballard Designs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via <a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/" target="_blank">Ballard Designs website</a>.</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/AVvXsEjuS-J8ssMDoKYWDlmuhim1mvATcshIdYo132K-dY3ag6XB99-bReXPYmeXn3caJqMZJmSxuDQEO875jwLszQdspAOU50ZHO1XTTj6lKpCVX0BJmyZ8jUHZ98ZMtGamv0jxUaPhT7M6mbao/s1600/ss_102101859+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuS-J8ssMDoKYWDlmuhim1mvATcshIdYo132K-dY3ag6XB99-bReXPYmeXn3caJqMZJmSxuDQEO875jwLszQdspAOU50ZHO1XTTj6lKpCVX0BJmyZ8jUHZ98ZMtGamv0jxUaPhT7M6mbao/s640/ss_102101859+(1).jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Menswear designer Joseph Abboud's pied-a-terre in a 19th-century Boston building.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Roth.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Kelly McGuill. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/home-fashion-designer-joseph-abboud_ss13.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Tall and Handsome</a>" written by Candace Ord Manroe.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a> (September 2013).</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudGENj55j6t8Ib5-9Hwykf3psENUmXYE5OV0-HYvY9K7AheqQH8uAEMzDddPaA_Cd9R4zdlVXoXmANory8Ll7V3VeHZSG52hMIHbQTfiR4ef6gt8PAOwI7b12bZKh611aNowsODRBWyXN/s1600/ss_101973456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudGENj55j6t8Ib5-9Hwykf3psENUmXYE5OV0-HYvY9K7AheqQH8uAEMzDddPaA_Cd9R4zdlVXoXmANory8Ll7V3VeHZSG52hMIHbQTfiR4ef6gt8PAOwI7b12bZKh611aNowsODRBWyXN/s640/ss_101973456.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An antler serves as a handle on the porch door."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer: Mick de Giulio, <a href="http://www.degiuliokitchens.com/" target="_blank">De Giulio Kitchen Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Veronica McGraw, Lakeside Living Design.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Photography by Werner Straube.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Amy Elbert.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/enormously-appealing-lakeside-cottage_ss8.html" target="_blank">Enormously Appealing Lakeside Summer Cottage</a>" written by Amy Elbert.</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>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWnsl_7np9FOoScbWi_xUElu_fWo9p1yurcAT3ArYs5-bAKs5vK4SJnd0U-9k0tRfr0o15GfzfuE_M0BXmLz7mWrh14JjKbYuH1dbi7fcE3Dqbcdwe4eFgRRa64Q9pmg1dn7LIhdVPTKd/s1600/Mellen-EDC-12-13-05-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWnsl_7np9FOoScbWi_xUElu_fWo9p1yurcAT3ArYs5-bAKs5vK4SJnd0U-9k0tRfr0o15GfzfuE_M0BXmLz7mWrh14JjKbYuH1dbi7fcE3Dqbcdwe4eFgRRa64Q9pmg1dn7LIhdVPTKd/s640/Mellen-EDC-12-13-05-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pine-beamed ceiling is original to the house.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Upstate New York cabin owned by Amy Mellen, creative director for Calvin Klein Home.</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;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interiors/modern-pastoral?click=pp#slide-3" target="_blank">Modern Pastoral: Inside a Calvin Klein Home Exec's Cabin</a>" by Celia Barbour.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHo1N4TlT_GXEyPiUKoGJtdvrequLv8LwwBjsrD9HiIjlVjR7ZYTnUq1VY5BOzXICMpbXpcnTqubYuXFUyrfujK6yDDJvxAal3VdKIASnOLUp6p2nX8GE8jmZd-_fw4ktgIKOCXBm_i-2/s1600/ss_101641924_wCROP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHo1N4TlT_GXEyPiUKoGJtdvrequLv8LwwBjsrD9HiIjlVjR7ZYTnUq1VY5BOzXICMpbXpcnTqubYuXFUyrfujK6yDDJvxAal3VdKIASnOLUp6p2nX8GE8jmZd-_fw4ktgIKOCXBm_i-2/s640/ss_101641924_wCROP.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Decorated with rustic antlers and freshly split wood, a fieldstone fireplace is the focal point of this sunroom sitting area."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mount Washington home of Nancy and Dick Gould.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architects: Robert Turpin and Sonja Misiaszek, Misiaszek Turpin Architecture and Planning.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonny Valiant and Joseph St. Pierre.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/mountian-home-great-view_ss5.html" target="_blank">Mountain Home With Great Views</a>" written and produced by Doris Athineos.</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>.</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NoR6ww8eb1CU8ZkSndIolTMqPhAEp1GysXZDBj74-DYEGeirbcE1SsIEE0H1BcLx6Oxn50KaDp5QuMh_F0dVTS2NI9gym3kvAxbPu_r1tKcK-7Cg4qAcae_fXN6xPdpo3o1ibPkvJn_J/s1600/7-restraint-library-0408-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NoR6ww8eb1CU8ZkSndIolTMqPhAEp1GysXZDBj74-DYEGeirbcE1SsIEE0H1BcLx6Oxn50KaDp5QuMh_F0dVTS2NI9gym3kvAxbPu_r1tKcK-7Cg4qAcae_fXN6xPdpo3o1ibPkvJn_J/s640/7-restraint-library-0408-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Kasler arranged four Adler lounge chairs in a circle to create the atmosphere of a reading room in the library, 'and it's great for conversation,' she says. Rose Tarlow mirror; MacRae antler table."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Normandy-style home in Atlanta.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.suzannekasler.com/" target="_blank">Suzanne Kasler</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Frances Janisch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/kasler-power-restraint-0408?click=img_sr#slide-7" target="_blank">A Fresh Take on Traditional</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>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bSlvi7XfiemwBKZJZBjiV2OqtG8XhC3QUR7LJUdhJRQiFgJwLV3jpJu6-LCW2XAMnq0zNTRXX369f7cKTbGAneIsLXCQc9gpESazzbF3pXhzuU1Gdlhmzh4cCNrFrF4BV3mXS9QvkVnF/s1600/2-wolferizor-livingroom-xlg-67026026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bSlvi7XfiemwBKZJZBjiV2OqtG8XhC3QUR7LJUdhJRQiFgJwLV3jpJu6-LCW2XAMnq0zNTRXX369f7cKTbGAneIsLXCQc9gpESazzbF3pXhzuU1Gdlhmzh4cCNrFrF4BV3mXS9QvkVnF/s640/2-wolferizor-livingroom-xlg-67026026.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The living room is a careful study of tonal harmony and textural contrasts. Architectural interest is heightened with the fireplace wall, antler mounts, and beige trims darker than the ivory-colored walls. The antler coffee table is from Elephant Walk Antiques; the trio of candlesticks mimic the antlers' prongs."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1920s Florida house of designer Abby Rizor, <a href="http://www.wolferizor.com/" target="_blank">Wolfe-Rizor Interiors</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/earthy-florida-wolfe-rizor-0908#slide-2" target="_blank">An Earthy, Elegant Florida House</a>" by Frances Schultz.</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 2008). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDtxpW8QZHxMjrn23k_PPanYybo6ICdP1ei5uZo_5F3CPLWDQ-p8bJyQaVc9l8TGPBdr_TA_OAmy30RHThkDoH06uwR1BPhRZWlX5hAT492Q0Sv9hrwlg0bQBTW0kh2XNPYHrkQQLu2LJ/s1600/1-sendus-schafer-0708-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDtxpW8QZHxMjrn23k_PPanYybo6ICdP1ei5uZo_5F3CPLWDQ-p8bJyQaVc9l8TGPBdr_TA_OAmy30RHThkDoH06uwR1BPhRZWlX5hAT492Q0Sv9hrwlg0bQBTW0kh2XNPYHrkQQLu2LJ/s640/1-sendus-schafer-0708-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'My front hall table is a 19th-century mirror-backed English mahogany console, where I keep my Blackberry, cell phone, keys, glasses, and all-important fountain pen in a dish. I never got around to hanging those antlers, and eventually I just got to liking them there. The staghorn fern is just my dumb sense of humor. I don't have a doorbell. so friends gave me the bell as a housewarming gift.' " - Gil Shafer, <a href="http://www.gpschafer.com/" target="_blank">G. P. Schafer Architect</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/send-picture-entry-hall-0708?click=img_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">Send Us a Picture of . . . Your Entry Hall</a>" by Shax Riegler.</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 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Antlers: Rustic Chic

The antlers-on-the-wall trend has been around for a few years now, and many people are tired of it. While I am not crazy about numerous horn...

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