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Toile de Jouy

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The term "<a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/598143/toile-de-Jouy" target="_blank">toile de Jouy</a>," frequently shortened to "toile," is French for "cloth of Jouy" and refers to printed linen or cotton fabric that Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf first created in his Jouy-en-Josas, France, factory in 1760. Oberkampft initially created designs on cloth using woodblocks; copperplates were used later. The original toiles depicted French pastoral scenes, but over time, chinoiserie figures gained popularity, and their appeal continues today. </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/AVvXsEh-DZkdilEWG0X4QeGBS-xPAz_qkjvEF_WmJvZjTp78SmjZ3OMtXdacnkBeEziCbEuOvOhFKUEiz5c664USRO8Sd60gTpfCSEKA9lpm1D9hp-KGSxm_xtLCGIP90nZvTqXmh8d6gODb2CmQ/s1600/ss_101906682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DZkdilEWG0X4QeGBS-xPAz_qkjvEF_WmJvZjTp78SmjZ3OMtXdacnkBeEziCbEuOvOhFKUEiz5c664USRO8Sd60gTpfCSEKA9lpm1D9hp-KGSxm_xtLCGIP90nZvTqXmh8d6gODb2CmQ/s640/ss_101906682.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">"To soften the dining chairs with a touch of femininity and sophistication, [Chris] Barrett dressed them with tailored slipcovers made of cotton toile in cream and taupe. The two-piece covers are embellished with covered buttons."</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Chris Barrett, <a href="http://www.chrisbarrettdesign.com/">Chris Barrett Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Karyn Millet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/food_entertaining/entertaining/afternoon-tea-recipes_ss5.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Great Gatherings: Afternoon Tea</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" written and produced by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><div><br /></div></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some toiles honor American history, such as <a href="http://search.brunschwig.com/Brunschwig-and-Fils-Print/BR69134222-1328/CoverInformation.aspx" target="_blank">"Mount Vernon Plantation" by Brunschwig and Fils</a>, which features <a href="http://www.mountvernon.org/" target="_blank">George Washington's estate on the banks of the Potomac River</a>, and <a href="http://www.architextiles.com/lptoile.htm" target="_blank">Architextiles's "Louisiana Purchase,"</a> which depicts iconic images important to the city of New Orleans. </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/AVvXsEg6vysDGxKCuUnHhdVW0OEUSveXTjnulWn1zqubHCzd432Nj5yaKdwJhpcAnIzpvx8UwjR9ZEKwTraii4RHPNrGf3FLb_GHvXWOjMPjNCqfoe7zKVCX33GIVLqIFw58a12kKYWlqoPVL-Iz/s1600/101490769_w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vysDGxKCuUnHhdVW0OEUSveXTjnulWn1zqubHCzd432Nj5yaKdwJhpcAnIzpvx8UwjR9ZEKwTraii4RHPNrGf3FLb_GHvXWOjMPjNCqfoe7zKVCX33GIVLqIFw58a12kKYWlqoPVL-Iz/s640/101490769_w.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wall covering: "Mount Vernon Toile"/Charcoal, </span><a href="http://www.brunschwig.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brunschwig and Fils</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</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;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morris County, New Jersey, home of Janet and Peter Simon.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Janet Simon, <a href="http://janetsimoninc.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Janet Simon Inc</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design consultant: Ralph Harvard, <a href="http://www.ralphharvard.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Ralph Harvard Inc</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Builder (renovation): Ted Aanensen, <a href="http://www.aanensens.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Aanensen's</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Bessler.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/neo-georgian-renovation_ss11.html">Garden State Grandeur</a>" text by Sabine Rothman.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Traditional Home</a> (October 2010).</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCzjeq1Abs6BmWlOQyyBKB32AUqD1CKNkrTV6TYt7dpdAka46k6_3FORkPW5UpjDleubu_DgKFmc444909l3yq_HhPw8ydD5KyAysX57mY2M7Vbgx7sLY_8DMIheR2slA9bxe1kAUTKVR/s1600/2-romance-diningroom-1008-xlg-53479773.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCzjeq1Abs6BmWlOQyyBKB32AUqD1CKNkrTV6TYt7dpdAka46k6_3FORkPW5UpjDleubu_DgKFmc444909l3yq_HhPw8ydD5KyAysX57mY2M7Vbgx7sLY_8DMIheR2slA9bxe1kAUTKVR/s640/2-romance-diningroom-1008-xlg-53479773.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">"The dining room gives pride of place to a silkscreen of New Orleans-born gospel singer Mahalia Jackson by local artist Richard Thomas. Louis XV chairs are upholstered in a toile called Louisiana Purchase [by </span><a href="http://www.architextiles.com/lptoile.htm" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" target="_blank">Architextiles</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">]. 'Each chair depicts different iconic imagery,' says interior designer Hal Williamson, including St. Louis Cathedral, plantations, and flatboats on the river.' "</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">New Orleans, Louisiana home. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.williamsondesigns.net/" 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;" target="_blank">Hal Williamson</a>.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Photography by John Kernick.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/change-it-feminine-1008?click=main_sr#slide-2" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Change it with Romance</a>" produced by Mary Emmerling.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (October 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FB14rvZudkPZqytPMwFD8zUghVBVLYRcceXCLGBScvqeglZV5a3ouKwFIYJ2gyAzgjFD3F7LPXi9auRquGjKcP-AprZ7a1ITeQGpf1QFXlmWODOoRVQT5hyphenhyphenQkm8WG8ZUgm5UKqqvOXIe/s1600/1-romance-shriver-1008-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FB14rvZudkPZqytPMwFD8zUghVBVLYRcceXCLGBScvqeglZV5a3ouKwFIYJ2gyAzgjFD3F7LPXi9auRquGjKcP-AprZ7a1ITeQGpf1QFXlmWODOoRVQT5hyphenhyphenQkm8WG8ZUgm5UKqqvOXIe/s640/1-romance-shriver-1008-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Here is a closer view of the Louis XV chairs "upholstered in a toile called Louisiana Purchase [by <a href="http://www.architextiles.com/lptoile.htm" target="_blank">Architextiles</a>]. 'Each chair depicts different iconic imagery,' says interior designer Hal Williamson, including St. Louis Cathedral, plantations, and flatboats on the river.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">New Orleans, Louisiana home. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.williamsondesigns.net/" 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;" target="_blank">Hal Williamson</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Photography by John Kernick.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/change-it-feminine-1008?click=main_sr#slide-1" 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;" target="_blank">Change it with Romance</a>" produced by Mary Emmerling.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (October 2008).</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a <a href="http://www.fschumacher.com/search/ProductDetail.aspx?sku=2643410" target="_blank">Decorators Walk toile (now offered by Schumacher)</a> that features the New York City skyline:</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/AVvXsEjWSdlTuXwALkr2idWfyr0iI3mSlvNaO0yo1sTdoqpU60dQ9kl1mKITJg3oFH_z4rKlnSLfbb-yqF6T96iHARQDGcHG9Ffx0PLDNFvppVL5ujZmq3k-cP0Yxuwvo-LIJrGbZ6m6Io3cSClm/s1600/item11.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl12_bradfield.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSdlTuXwALkr2idWfyr0iI3mSlvNaO0yo1sTdoqpU60dQ9kl1mKITJg3oFH_z4rKlnSLfbb-yqF6T96iHARQDGcHG9Ffx0PLDNFvppVL5ujZmq3k-cP0Yxuwvo-LIJrGbZ6m6Io3cSClm/s640/item11.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl12_bradfield.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'I've always wanted to have a toile guest room,' Bradfield says. 'Although I loved the concept, the subject seemed too traditional, until I found a pattern depicting New York.' The headboard design was inspired by one he saw in a hotel in Dubai." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fschumacher.com/search/ProductDetail.aspx?sku=2643410" target="_blank">Decorators Walk toile (now offered by Schumacher)</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1869 Upper East Side townhouse owned by designer Geoffrey Bradfield.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.geoffreybradfield.com/">Geoffrey Bradfield</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Durston Saylor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Stephen Drucker.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/AD100/2010/geoffrey_bradfield/bradfield_slideshow_092005#/slide=12">Geoffrey Bradfield: The Focus is Clearly on Glamour in His New York Town House</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (September 2005).</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some people avoid toile because they think it is too twee. However, small doses of toile can create subtle graphic contrast that is very modern and appealing, as the two rooms below attest: </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/AVvXsEiHhf1tF9M2NmQNceuO7VCmPs7nmoUeG1TplV_GXC6NENkj4WSTDz9Rw5ZEOZv-sUxF8J4BYAzyRhZ6FZpewIceEHmXGcYrfpYS9ImQsUSqE7-w5_65LlaOBPHYWYXkigszTy66tbqCJLSn/s1600/ss_100109130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhf1tF9M2NmQNceuO7VCmPs7nmoUeG1TplV_GXC6NENkj4WSTDz9Rw5ZEOZv-sUxF8J4BYAzyRhZ6FZpewIceEHmXGcYrfpYS9ImQsUSqE7-w5_65LlaOBPHYWYXkigszTy66tbqCJLSn/s640/ss_100109130.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A space does not have to be drenched in toile to be noticed. Soothing lavender walls provide a pretty contrast to black-and-cream toile, which is used sparingly for maximum impact."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/bedrooms/bedroom-decorating-ideas-toile_ss11.html">Bedroom Decorating Ideas: Totally Toile</a>" written and produced by Lucy Fitzgerald.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4QeUX35DKfSBTi33ZqartKDlY1q1tuiS0s7jxvyeKQnT6bFti8XXkUOuR_VTFogW1TPNYhDn7kyfj6_HtajWrzqsFwNOlA3DqHz2Nd4_CHpaQAc6oUFuwfxt9dgi-v9prEbT6T0r4y9b/s1600/showhome-principalsuite-bathroom-p156_OC11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4QeUX35DKfSBTi33ZqartKDlY1q1tuiS0s7jxvyeKQnT6bFti8XXkUOuR_VTFogW1TPNYhDn7kyfj6_HtajWrzqsFwNOlA3DqHz2Nd4_CHpaQAc6oUFuwfxt9dgi-v9prEbT6T0r4y9b/s640/showhome-principalsuite-bathroom-p156_OC11.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Black shutters define the window frame, The principal suite in the 2011 Princess Margaret Showhome boasts a romantic bathroom, featuring a double-glass shower clad in white Thassos marble and the Cabana freestanding oval tub from Ginger's. The walls are papered in </span><a href="http://www.thibautdesign.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thibault</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'s toile de Jouy."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2011 Princess Margaret Showhome.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.michaelgraydon.ca/">Michael Graydon</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/wallpapered-bathroom-ensuite">Wallpapered Bathroom Ensuite</a>"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://houseandhome.com/magazine/2011-4">Canadian House and Home (October 2011)</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Toile can offer a design solution for rooms with awkward edges and low ceilings, as demonstrated by designer Phillip Sides in this bedroom: </span></div></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfv1lteSDCaj3xCfTWWn0EEJ88vz0os3bE4ss3b1IQObJKGYsZOFBmzzExekJiFCIZDjbu6zk4hTff6p4aH7xTTrugSbZMhRoHyKCyKtWleVLwgjQ68UAdW00ZwYNQBCvvBvb5i-XeHn1/s1600/ss_101947960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfv1lteSDCaj3xCfTWWn0EEJ88vz0os3bE4ss3b1IQObJKGYsZOFBmzzExekJiFCIZDjbu6zk4hTff6p4aH7xTTrugSbZMhRoHyKCyKtWleVLwgjQ68UAdW00ZwYNQBCvvBvb5i-XeHn1/s640/ss_101947960.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'I'm not big on pattern, but I love toile,' says [Phillip] Sides. The designer used the brown-and-cream Kravet fabric on furniture, walls, draperies, and even the ceiling to give visual order to a somewhat disjointed room with slanted ceilings and nooks and crannies. 'The toile fabric helps disguise some of the craziness of the room. It pulls it all together,' he says."<br />Drapery and wall fabric: "Past Time"/Stone, <a href="http://www.kravet.com/">Kravet</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lynn Haven, Florida, home of Gene and Renee Evans.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Phillip Sides, Phillip Sides Interior Design.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Eric Watson, <a href="http://www.ericwatson.com/">Eric Watson Architect, P.A.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/traditional-southern-design-hospitality_ss19.html">New Home With Traditional Southern Design and Hospitality</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/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lastly, "toile with a twist" is available for homeowners seeking an irreverent treatment of the printed fabric. Check out the work of Richard Saj, who creates "Toile and Tats" cushions:</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/AVvXsEj3EXlCWPjFtMCn9m52FACG8WOu9zEBs8H_Ghe3aaP9y4ZMfA0we5D39aDPGHEORoZU8vkT4tDE8Ae862p5yGXJPe2MfbjVXbf6_I3tweLm7Qt829q4M_Kdq7VKKt-DpT7nFyEwwKhOg5K9/s1600/a-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EXlCWPjFtMCn9m52FACG8WOu9zEBs8H_Ghe3aaP9y4ZMfA0we5D39aDPGHEORoZU8vkT4tDE8Ae862p5yGXJPe2MfbjVXbf6_I3tweLm7Qt829q4M_Kdq7VKKt-DpT7nFyEwwKhOg5K9/s640/a-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"One of a kind. Hand-embroidered. Cotton/linen shell. 95/5 feather and down insert."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">$184.00 retail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.historicallyinaccurate.com/a.html" target="_blank">Historically Inaccurate Decorative Arts</a>.</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;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Toile comes in a variety of patterns and colorways and can be used in measured doses or to envelope a space completely. Take a look at the following photos for additional examples of this fabric that has decorated homes for more than two hundred fifty years:</span></div></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/AVvXsEjSOoHoFl7Lrrqdk6VuCxxp0nPBG4__xGT9gHp4EVimxpZbR8RGFZDMD1fF0ZW24jY4RmtnrPv14kSmAEKc5o3ijmntXVXGhKpHlmDNHvFzBoJI1sji5B5szZvdc549Ryuv5RT50lz-EQT6/s1600/bed-dog-neutral-0710-o-neill-15-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOoHoFl7Lrrqdk6VuCxxp0nPBG4__xGT9gHp4EVimxpZbR8RGFZDMD1fF0ZW24jY4RmtnrPv14kSmAEKc5o3ijmntXVXGhKpHlmDNHvFzBoJI1sji5B5szZvdc549Ryuv5RT50lz-EQT6/s640/bed-dog-neutral-0710-o-neill-15-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The daybed and screen were made by Martin Albert Interiors to fit the space across from the fireplace. <a href="http://www.cowtan.com/">Cowtan and Tout</a>'s chinoiserie toile, Siam, defines the area, and its sepia tone lends softness to the black-and-white palette. [Ellen] O'Neill's guests enjoy trying to figure out the toile's narrative. Her eight-year-old mixed-breed dog, Maude, only tries to figure out the most comfortable spot. The reading light is from a French hospital."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ellen O'Neill's New York studio apartment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thomas Loof,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_677615115"></span>A Surprisingly Large New York Studio<span id="goog_677615116"></span></a>" by Carol Prisant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (July 2010).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jkH6Q6pLZnPgvkiE5JFNkhlXBGGodtIAVwkWVYJcFsgM6-uMJ1yexBD8-waB9YVx3UtlX03vjY3am5VyKYeOpC7ajNPCLIRoCKseGwHaioIZ8iYeZPUNnJ6zplLpd-FPWFdenqQRdmst/s1600/slipcover-chair-white-0710-o-neill-02-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jkH6Q6pLZnPgvkiE5JFNkhlXBGGodtIAVwkWVYJcFsgM6-uMJ1yexBD8-waB9YVx3UtlX03vjY3am5VyKYeOpC7ajNPCLIRoCKseGwHaioIZ8iYeZPUNnJ6zplLpd-FPWFdenqQRdmst/s640/slipcover-chair-white-0710-o-neill-02-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"At one end of [Ellen] O'Neill's daybed, a slipcovered reading chair, a table draped in a vintage linen sheet, and a caned folding chair create a tiny curl-up space looking onto the terrace and the city."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ellen O'Neill's New York studio apartment.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thomas Loof,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/studio-apartment-decorating-ideas-0710?click=main_sr#slide-4">A Surprisingly Large New York Studio</a>" by Carol Prisant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (July 2010).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrf_Eftt_gfhV6ytJtBtTwS2E6O_-EVwMvsbLGLz2sguDTE81iMNbjArn4_4lyhW55-4Y5K2gequq7tFgyxQhI3jiyte872xjzRn763_YusNNfOc0rf8TEt9D_IWCozZX7wXcCRGNX7cQ1/s1600/img_toilesm_ss20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrf_Eftt_gfhV6ytJtBtTwS2E6O_-EVwMvsbLGLz2sguDTE81iMNbjArn4_4lyhW55-4Y5K2gequq7tFgyxQhI3jiyte872xjzRn763_YusNNfOc0rf8TEt9D_IWCozZX7wXcCRGNX7cQ1/s640/img_toilesm_ss20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Soften a bathroom's dressing area with toile-covered walls, and create privacy at the beautiful arched window with a pair of short, jaunty toile panels."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/toile-fabric_ss20.html">Decorating Ideas: Toile Fabric</a>" by Candace Ord Manroe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHXBcTLhYkebvRpPg5ewSXQW6hf6htnfFopC7lQvao-od3dQ5vh32xR9u3i4MH6ZOfVOqQLVoPo1eTk8iG8FiUZH48lrEqnKM5yKaLhtGbuopoa9c98QQcyse0pMmwqo_eStgADj31dii/s1600/img_toilesm_ss7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHXBcTLhYkebvRpPg5ewSXQW6hf6htnfFopC7lQvao-od3dQ5vh32xR9u3i4MH6ZOfVOqQLVoPo1eTk8iG8FiUZH48lrEqnKM5yKaLhtGbuopoa9c98QQcyse0pMmwqo_eStgADj31dii/s640/img_toilesm_ss7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A sophisticated kitchen pays homage to a European influence with toile-covered barstools that suggest the French countryside. Consider toile as an upholstery choice for small accent pieces like barstools, when the goal is to make a subtle French statement."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note how the colors in the toile barstools speak to the stone backsplash.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/toile-fabric_ss7.html">Decorating Ideas: Toile Fabric</a>" by Candace Ord Manroe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1R6qlodGBf79xkzomC6V1MiEqe87hLOd5qVLZ_O5Vcd8DM9gMCWjqg4WM9w-bR4xwFiO2b_9bxLjpA1kHX8kSMNBiUQPOSU0msB3WxtPcUFJjPQgDwUvn_2fMADv0xyZXS2SwsFwf3Ax/s1600/img_toilesm_ss21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1R6qlodGBf79xkzomC6V1MiEqe87hLOd5qVLZ_O5Vcd8DM9gMCWjqg4WM9w-bR4xwFiO2b_9bxLjpA1kHX8kSMNBiUQPOSU0msB3WxtPcUFJjPQgDwUvn_2fMADv0xyZXS2SwsFwf3Ax/s640/img_toilesm_ss21.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Toile often is stereotyped as a feminine fabric. For a more masculine feel, select a pattern in a dark tone that features a more active theme, like these horses."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/toile-fabric_ss21.html">Decorating Ideas: Toile Fabric</a>" by Candace Ord Manroe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</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/AVvXsEjPcHTQzuqhNCtyQaZUfWsjTn1oOdabuEWzhdCP9sBLIMLlZ-S5bEmHsLmNtWeGn9oj0gCJc6zEMSpl4fTChgzBkfv2QxeQbTzOkXfaD9bxiapgG0Hxfd7h0qbGDMRDhfZp1U3tmS927rtV/s1600/design-trends-repeating-fabrics-02-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPcHTQzuqhNCtyQaZUfWsjTn1oOdabuEWzhdCP9sBLIMLlZ-S5bEmHsLmNtWeGn9oj0gCJc6zEMSpl4fTChgzBkfv2QxeQbTzOkXfaD9bxiapgG0Hxfd7h0qbGDMRDhfZp1U3tmS927rtV/s640/design-trends-repeating-fabrics-02-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Decorator Alessandra Branca employs <a href="http://quadrillefabrics.com/">Quadrille</a>'s Ballon de Gonesse cotton for the walls, bedding, and curtains in the guest room of the Chicago apartment she designed for her friend Joyce Dawson. The curtains are backed with <a href="http://www.scalamandre.com/">Scalamandre</a>'s Decatur Plaid silk, and the pillow shams are by Schweitzer Linen."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.branca.com/">Alessandra Branca</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.elledecor.com/design-decorate/decorating-with-patterns#slide-2">Decorating with Patterns</a>" by Elizabeth Stamp.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">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/AVvXsEhweUFUcRWLUnWdYVWVtklHwfOD3DGzL1eX-4Jidax-_tTnTBC6KG5p9Y9NawIHucsaVZFauPPtgG66BxWtYsrM8l_x1GvuEM8Mwb5V_tPZKrXNj2E95WZ0JhI9Rj9VIZ6I3V1vylwyHnlr/s1600/img_Bremner_ss9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhweUFUcRWLUnWdYVWVtklHwfOD3DGzL1eX-4Jidax-_tTnTBC6KG5p9Y9NawIHucsaVZFauPPtgG66BxWtYsrM8l_x1GvuEM8Mwb5V_tPZKrXNj2E95WZ0JhI9Rj9VIZ6I3V1vylwyHnlr/s640/img_Bremner_ss9.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Blue-and-white toile fabric by Hinson and Company was used for wall coverings, bedding, and furniture, creating a peaceful mood in the master suite. The upholstered headboard is illuminated by sconces from Circa Lighting and accented by a painted wood arch. A blue-and-white needlepoint rug by Stark Carpet introduces a simple grid design underfoot."</span><br /><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;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wall covering and fabric: "La Campagna Toile"/Dark Blue, Off White; Hinson and Co.</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;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Headboard: Custom by Suzanne Kasler.</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Lake Maxinkuckee, Indiana, vacation home of Gina and Jim Bremner.</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Suzanne Kasler, <a href="http://suzannekasler.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Suzanne Kasler Interiors</a>.</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural design by Gary Nance, <a href="http://garynance.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Nance Design</a>.</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Builder: Mike Stallings, Mirar Development Inc.</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Amy Elbert.</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/weekendlivingsecondhome/salute-to-summer_ss9.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;">Salute to Summer</a>" produced by Betsy Harris.</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Traditional Home</a>.</span> </div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHq102skOLEcXgNT5wl1lBcQS9crnwq2qT2jpsuBC6JghYjjP956t2Ece9hGDvEn4kItHzRBpFbNsKELn19rk0mC1Cp32jCx9TGTZ3uG3esw0m8ha1j4ZGtCqiiMRjE0_IVjh9OAigSegJ/s1600/img_Bremner_ss10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHq102skOLEcXgNT5wl1lBcQS9crnwq2qT2jpsuBC6JghYjjP956t2Ece9hGDvEn4kItHzRBpFbNsKELn19rk0mC1Cp32jCx9TGTZ3uG3esw0m8ha1j4ZGtCqiiMRjE0_IVjh9OAigSegJ/s640/img_Bremner_ss10.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A bay window niche sets the freestanding tub apart in the master bath, which features the  same toile that was used in the bedroom."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wall covering and fabric: "La Campagna Toile"/Dark Blue, Off White; Hinson and Co.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Slipper chairs: Custom by Suzanne Kasler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tub: Kohler. Faucet: Waterworks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lake Maxinkuckee, Indiana, vacation home of Gina and Jim Bremner.</span><br /><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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Suzanne Kasler, <a href="http://suzannekasler.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Suzanne Kasler Interiors</a>.</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural design by Gary Nance, <a href="http://garynance.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Nance Design</a>.</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Builder: Mike Stallings, Mirar Development Inc.</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Amy Elbert.</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/weekendlivingsecondhome/salute-to-summer_ss10.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;">Salute to Summer</a>" produced by Betsy Harris.</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Traditional Home</a>.</span> </div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JPD3yo9d68ft3j6ShS_yzZov7AZ9_SlLKaAcSKwDuF6f-rh-37eGE-barqBAJgIpEuoRWouGUAhFw8o6bp7smGd27Mi5do7aE7jSr5ulo30UIHA1EbIqHTRUJ9lb_Dhvm5HSca2Qy8XQ/s1600/101788881_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JPD3yo9d68ft3j6ShS_yzZov7AZ9_SlLKaAcSKwDuF6f-rh-37eGE-barqBAJgIpEuoRWouGUAhFw8o6bp7smGd27Mi5do7aE7jSr5ulo30UIHA1EbIqHTRUJ9lb_Dhvm5HSca2Qy8XQ/s640/101788881_ss.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The narrow two-level addition that allowed for a bigger kitchen also provided space for a sleeping niche in the lower-level bedroom, made cozy with matching blue toile bed cover and bed curtains, and a fabric wall covering."</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Toile fabric and wallcovering: Number 20754 by <a href="http://www.duralee.com/">Duralee</a> (discontinued).</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890s Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.) row house of Karen and Winfield Sealander.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural and interior design by <a href="http://www.marydouglasdrysdale.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Mary Douglas Drysdale</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ron Blunt.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/before-after-capitolhill-renovation_ss21.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;">Before and After: Capitol Hill Renovation</a>" written and produced by Amy Elbert.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Traditional Home</a> (March 2012).</span> </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6T7kiZLoeaFo94QV15shwX7SV8fX69Y-KXrSzgjOOm4mccoQe-1HudWgQ7QdImrmCTv2MieXejJqjZAHGdso4R42WPysuEMUJt2qTW-XiUFYkmjsmU9JjqGxCURlp21U7qvrTTVfD-6Q/s1600/101788882_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6T7kiZLoeaFo94QV15shwX7SV8fX69Y-KXrSzgjOOm4mccoQe-1HudWgQ7QdImrmCTv2MieXejJqjZAHGdso4R42WPysuEMUJt2qTW-XiUFYkmjsmU9JjqGxCURlp21U7qvrTTVfD-6Q/s640/101788882_ss.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></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;"><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Bright flowers freshen the blue toile wall covering from Duralee. A porthole mirror hangs above."</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Toile fabric and wallcovering: Number 20754 by <a href="http://www.duralee.com/">Duralee</a> (discontinued).</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890s Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.) row house of Karen and Winfield Sealander.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural and interior design by <a href="http://www.marydouglasdrysdale.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Mary Douglas Drysdale</a>.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ron Blunt.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/before-after-capitolhill-renovation_ss22.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;">Before and After: Capitol Hill Renovation</a>" written and produced by Amy Elbert.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Traditional Home</a> (March 2012).</span> </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRvpb5iiCdUUtf9XfDEtlvohMHmAjOHurN5xLX9fqU-933hzrDEbqMsIc4-vYQ-AsgSNsvrkiZvCiJ7id9cryzQLMsjXsE6F_jUsDMnvtqQHVQ3fhoRq-NR8Qxjee5QDrcp5p8TrO-rQw/s1600/larkins-3-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRvpb5iiCdUUtf9XfDEtlvohMHmAjOHurN5xLX9fqU-933hzrDEbqMsIc4-vYQ-AsgSNsvrkiZvCiJ7id9cryzQLMsjXsE6F_jUsDMnvtqQHVQ3fhoRq-NR8Qxjee5QDrcp5p8TrO-rQw/s640/larkins-3-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An iron-and-crystal chandelier from Niermann Weeks is the star of the dining room. [Ty] Larkins used touches of bold red 'to add excitement and vitality. And it stimulates the appetite.' The Rope floor lamps are by Eric Cohler from <a href="http://www.circalighting.com/">Circa Lighting</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Baton Rouge, Louisiana, home of designer Ty Larkins and family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ty Larkins, <a href="http://www.tylarkins.com/">Ty Larkins Interiors</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/updated-traditional-design?click=main_sr#slide-3">A New Take on Traditional Design</a>" by James Servin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (December 2009 - January 2010).</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtcGjoAI9FxtDE9Yg3VVPe2Xlr9zGBFjCBw3o3KKcVg0j10sgF2uLydC-s6AWHfpp-MboN-D5FWB1SHMUD1LglK-f_lLRsA4EDSDVAyqAFETBZ0t8W3s_i4G74dpcCv27lXnJMpq7hJDQ/s1600/55-scheerer-0409-xlg-I5LbdO-5844679.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtcGjoAI9FxtDE9Yg3VVPe2Xlr9zGBFjCBw3o3KKcVg0j10sgF2uLydC-s6AWHfpp-MboN-D5FWB1SHMUD1LglK-f_lLRsA4EDSDVAyqAFETBZ0t8W3s_i4G74dpcCv27lXnJMpq7hJDQ/s640/55-scheerer-0409-xlg-I5LbdO-5844679.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A guest room takes its French Provincial flavor from <a href="http://quadrillefabrics.com/">Quadrille</a>'s Lafayette toile de Jouy on the walls."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18th-century farmhouse on Long Island, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Tom Scheerer, <a href="http://www.tomscheerer.com/">Tom Scheerer Incorporated</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/cozy-decorating-0409?click=main_sr#slide-10">Cozy is a Mix</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (April 2009). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4uOI-jUcYMQb3TSgtJUYdH63HftQSZbFnn90z_4qi31rVYj347Xpuky7hhLR9voot4xG-MKMqkJzA2KSe3BNCV0s3n3vmjnMzKMdRRtZjSKt0xsovpi8e4OCas0JRveFZVwcgyZ0WBEd/s1600/Gerard-tremolet-home-1012-13-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4uOI-jUcYMQb3TSgtJUYdH63HftQSZbFnn90z_4qi31rVYj347Xpuky7hhLR9voot4xG-MKMqkJzA2KSe3BNCV0s3n3vmjnMzKMdRRtZjSKt0xsovpi8e4OCas0JRveFZVwcgyZ0WBEd/s640/Gerard-tremolet-home-1012-13-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In another guest room, the walls and curtains are of a Thevenon toile de Jouy, and the bed's alcove is covered in taffeta, the armchair is Louis XV,and the rug is Russian."</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gerard Tremolet's chateau in Normandy, France.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ian Phillips.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/gerard-tremolet-normandy-home-interiors-cheateau?click=main_sr#slide-13" 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;">Norman Conquest</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Elle Decor</a> (October 2012).</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNh1f5s58Ng3mKucCNK2d-n6QtdZeSJk2HsRe7Wexv9EZ9V_6IvGSeugKXepiueS4gyaOczc2Ew6r5be0WaIvq77-lxuRKPksO775_sGuapQ-6IVihwHT76I6Ik0jSzouex_Z_YcVX5eV9/s1600/HouseandHome-GirlsRoom-SarahRichardson-MR12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNh1f5s58Ng3mKucCNK2d-n6QtdZeSJk2HsRe7Wexv9EZ9V_6IvGSeugKXepiueS4gyaOczc2Ew6r5be0WaIvq77-lxuRKPksO775_sGuapQ-6IVihwHT76I6Ik0jSzouex_Z_YcVX5eV9/s640/HouseandHome-GirlsRoom-SarahRichardson-MR12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Stately wing chairs layer sophistication into a kid's room. Designer Sarah Richardson chose a lavender color for this ceiling to contrast softly with the red toile bedspread. Crisp, relatively unadorned walls are the perfect foil for an ornate mirror."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sarah Richardson, <a href="http://www.sarahrichardsondesign.com/">Sarah Richardson Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://staceybrandford.com/">Stacey Brandford</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/gorgeous-girls-bedroom">Refined Girl's Bedroom</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://houseandhome.com/magazine/2012/march">Canadian House and Home</a> (March 2012).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTt9eWFQ5mtwn_02nzAzbq4CuPOyTVSRROx72mW7esoTOLNGyO1zo-w3bDJTvXOhgS9aplgmBnjgH64dnjOSAVX2pn8uNQsd5AwvD8CKwfSswq5MJiV-2-UJiW25HNOsY4e2qdo49pveQ/s1600/bedroom-hamptons-ralph-lauren-linens-0311-oneill13-de+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTt9eWFQ5mtwn_02nzAzbq4CuPOyTVSRROx72mW7esoTOLNGyO1zo-w3bDJTvXOhgS9aplgmBnjgH64dnjOSAVX2pn8uNQsd5AwvD8CKwfSswq5MJiV-2-UJiW25HNOsY4e2qdo49pveQ/s640/bedroom-hamptons-ralph-lauren-linens-0311-oneill13-de+(1).jpg" width="500" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In a guest room, remnants of old toile are paired with Ralph Lauren bed linens."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bridgehampton, New York, home of design consultant Ellen O'Neill.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/colors/red-decorating-ideas-decor-0311#slide-14" target="_blank">A Hamptons Home in Red, White, and Vintage</a>" by Christine Pittel.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (March 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfNR6ybAFMpYcQy4voHBEP1rsX6A71g3PwtNsG12EKf2rfQqRUmS10JS-yOA14oD5zBkwIFVrM7CBOvINvg69raCQfViAoEmUtywBD0R25YCHxvA6-Ly0_hJcuZ41HSS1axAaIp1SVqvY/s1600/Study_Red_Toile_NO08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfNR6ybAFMpYcQy4voHBEP1rsX6A71g3PwtNsG12EKf2rfQqRUmS10JS-yOA14oD5zBkwIFVrM7CBOvINvg69raCQfViAoEmUtywBD0R25YCHxvA6-Ly0_hJcuZ41HSS1axAaIp1SVqvY/s640/Study_Red_Toile_NO08.jpg" width="546" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A single decorative theme unites every corner of this cozy guest bedroom: the walls are upholstered in an Egyptian-motif toile designed in the first Empire and the desk is a period Empire <i>secretaire</i>. Mirrored French doors adjacent to the window reflect light throughout the room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.angusmcritchie.com/index_large.htm">Angus McRitchie</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/provence-inspired-study">Provence-Inspired Study</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://houseandhome.com/magazine/2008/november">Canadian House and Home (November 2008)</a>.</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabt-53aDdycSLi-JbM82mx75sdHiu6QVkwtYYX-owBmK69CAEYwnGBOoa7W53r2rEDj9HIM6IbvbDOT_NdM2ApJSXbnGzU5s5Vg8HxnBCwthFSTNP4lBiRJP3SYojwt0bkzsmGzl61XTX/s1600/ss_101917336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabt-53aDdycSLi-JbM82mx75sdHiu6QVkwtYYX-owBmK69CAEYwnGBOoa7W53r2rEDj9HIM6IbvbDOT_NdM2ApJSXbnGzU5s5Vg8HxnBCwthFSTNP4lBiRJP3SYojwt0bkzsmGzl61XTX/s640/ss_101917336.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Green-and-ivory cotton toile reappears throughout Gloria Kirschner's English Tudor style home in the Hamptons.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jack Fhillips, <a href="http://www.jfhillipsdesign.com/">Jack Fhillips Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wallpaper and drapery: "Scenes Helvetiques" (discontinued), <a href="http://www.brunschwig.com/">Brunschwig and Fils</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Robert Brantley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/beach-house-antiques-beauty_ss9.html">You've Never Seen a 'Beach House' Like This</a>" written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDhXO8IriChxU_726qSBKCc4fduxCASxURdZ1pG-VfBaGlIhakvyYZEi3MHdKxAeRe3THGToBlLS45OIhpcdntJzsjDStxbEKX2T4qfHKTEbIoub7F1IP3MsVvlloMG52u-F2ZTVKdV-X/s1600/ss_101917334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDhXO8IriChxU_726qSBKCc4fduxCASxURdZ1pG-VfBaGlIhakvyYZEi3MHdKxAeRe3THGToBlLS45OIhpcdntJzsjDStxbEKX2T4qfHKTEbIoub7F1IP3MsVvlloMG52u-F2ZTVKdV-X/s640/ss_101917334.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"With walls upholstered in green-and-ivory toile, the dining room had minimal space for artwork. A pastoral oil painting from the 1800s is displayed above the fireplace."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gloria Kirschner's English Tudor style home in the Hamptons.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jack Fhillips, <a href="http://www.jfhillipsdesign.com/">Jack Fhillips Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wallpaper and drapery: "Scenes Helvetiques" (discontinued), <a href="http://www.brunschwig.com/">Brunschwig and Fils</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seat-cushion fabric: "Rosehip Briar"/Gold, <a href="http://www.chelseaeditions.com/">Chelsea Editions</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Robert Brantley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/beach-house-antiques-beauty_ss7.html">You've Never Seen a 'Beach House' Like This</a>" written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6jLFFavtFQKo6N_dPC9yHtITJzLA8JfhfBnnpi5xmHa-D1Q7ASpllsi1XL7WMFJGetDLsfLmd25UvlU8Lx8uipwTVeV6cDhS_ObvKN-vYVGEEFHrjh4xdn9OPKJQXkCMPuQEKEH53ry9/s1600/ss_101917084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6jLFFavtFQKo6N_dPC9yHtITJzLA8JfhfBnnpi5xmHa-D1Q7ASpllsi1XL7WMFJGetDLsfLmd25UvlU8Lx8uipwTVeV6cDhS_ObvKN-vYVGEEFHrjh4xdn9OPKJQXkCMPuQEKEH53ry9/s640/ss_101917084.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the breakfast room, antique faux-bamboo chairs from England are cushioned with chair pads made of embroidered cotton that complement the green-and-ivory draperies."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gloria Kirschner's English Tudor style home in the Hamptons.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jack Fhillips, <a href="http://www.jfhillipsdesign.com/">Jack Fhillips Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drapery: "Scenes Helvetiques" (discontinued), <a href="http://www.brunschwig.com/">Brunschwig and Fils</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seat-cushion fabric: "Rosehip Briar"/Gold, <a href="http://www.chelseaeditions.com/">Chelsea Editions</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Robert Brantley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/beach-house-antiques-beauty_ss13.html">You've Never Seen a 'Beach House' Like This</a>" written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWwLvG0oqbk05RyzXISv0Af-vxYRsGtWigujEZXLzVho6ezDDjDNip-N8ayjJA6AMr-8BeKjwEfB2ojzazhtZ7tBWWjHqJ2p6phfSNvrcxHiYsjEV87hNlPu5wUxKwqmAvQUQijq7cH00/s1600/design-trends-repeating-fabrics-01-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWwLvG0oqbk05RyzXISv0Af-vxYRsGtWigujEZXLzVho6ezDDjDNip-N8ayjJA6AMr-8BeKjwEfB2ojzazhtZ7tBWWjHqJ2p6phfSNvrcxHiYsjEV87hNlPu5wUxKwqmAvQUQijq7cH00/s640/design-trends-repeating-fabrics-01-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The master bedroom of designer Anne Coyle's Chicago apartment is enlivened by chartreuse toile wallpaper and fabric (now discontinued) on the walls, throw pillows, and bed skirt. The club chairs are a Coyle design, the marble-top gueridon is from <a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/">Ballard Designs</a>, and the 1940s chandelier is from Pavilion Antiques."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://annecoyleinteriors.com/">Anne Coyle</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Francois Dischinger.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/decorating-with-patterns#slide-7">Decorating with Patterns</a>" by Elizabeth Stamp.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ic0B_KFzKxlFBRIuNVUXb3gjDex5RmdZpAUcjU8Wavc3INFPYFMTr6HxghTC7hszMu9i2ZgIIq3Gq0lt2X3LNVAcOArL0mq3CNPRnWM9elSF0gb1JiDXvvrhSC9WuJHmqgTVCsdZgGKc/s1600/img_toilesm_ss14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ic0B_KFzKxlFBRIuNVUXb3gjDex5RmdZpAUcjU8Wavc3INFPYFMTr6HxghTC7hszMu9i2ZgIIq3Gq0lt2X3LNVAcOArL0mq3CNPRnWM9elSF0gb1JiDXvvrhSC9WuJHmqgTVCsdZgGKc/s640/img_toilesm_ss14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Chinese patterns are a mainstay theme of toile fabrics. The pattern shown here becomes especially pretty with its birds and nests and leafy branches."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/toile-fabric_ss14.html">Decorating Ideas: Toile Fabric</a>" by Candace Ord Manroe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdwcEUX8fNGAo41g3I29l_FnnpEMIwnHRgvhyLVVDsHvCMAo4Gi63mB6Tcd7fzO_37p7tOCk1Xy9cfjjdh6lgy6oF1LfHoV1M5yrXPqRMzCebVUwMG6eL5HjavuxZD9uTc8T56xIfh_bX/s1600/img_toilesm_ss22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdwcEUX8fNGAo41g3I29l_FnnpEMIwnHRgvhyLVVDsHvCMAo4Gi63mB6Tcd7fzO_37p7tOCk1Xy9cfjjdh6lgy6oF1LfHoV1M5yrXPqRMzCebVUwMG6eL5HjavuxZD9uTc8T56xIfh_bX/s640/img_toilesm_ss22.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In a vintage bathroom, cover a standard sink with a toile skirt to make a design statement."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/toile-fabric_ss22.html">Decorating Ideas; Toile Fabric</a>" by Candace Ord Manroe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

Toile de Jouy

The term " toile de Jouy ," frequently shortened to "toile," is French for "cloth of Jouy" and refers to print...

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

Prescription for Style

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

9:52 AM

Be My Guest

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">August is the month when many people travel -- often fitting in one last vacation before school begins again in the fall. I offer a sampling of guest rooms for a range of tastes. Perhaps one of these would suit you as a comfortable home away from home . . .</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrInGQAIjz3sOHHWSBqRwD9_X5PnwkwTR3s5JHvIPLa4lC5C7JhA_fMwk7G2PHbsY-YvEbzyBHpdg2WOWlwwmUVJOmcyrDuOJzzIoV4bi3bI2vBnK47uAvBo85zbxhGVahudvTRs3YIM/s1600/mountain-homes-turner-ed1210-08-lgn%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrInGQAIjz3sOHHWSBqRwD9_X5PnwkwTR3s5JHvIPLa4lC5C7JhA_fMwk7G2PHbsY-YvEbzyBHpdg2WOWlwwmUVJOmcyrDuOJzzIoV4bi3bI2vBnK47uAvBo85zbxhGVahudvTRs3YIM/s400/mountain-homes-turner-ed1210-08-lgn%5B1%5D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/" target="_blank">Anthropologie</a> canopy bed, Sferra linens and antique suzani.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mother (Mary Lynn Turner) and daughters (Marie Turner and Emily Turner) designed this family vacation home in Ketchum, Idaho.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architect: Bob White of ForestStudio.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elle Decor (December 2010).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5K_sgPVwIExjs0J9GAsw83Gn4SkD2-4vXCvbmiR7F1WnepJ3qw-2tpm9CU8W_eSF9vM-qjTuVaU6VXj7qfG_tV3VCD051hpvJIf0hNLXhoWs4-OrO7BJmZqt-P-PVTACFUTV3lvw8ho/s1600/item13.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.jean-louis-deniot-chicago-apartment-14-guest-bedroom%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5K_sgPVwIExjs0J9GAsw83Gn4SkD2-4vXCvbmiR7F1WnepJ3qw-2tpm9CU8W_eSF9vM-qjTuVaU6VXj7qfG_tV3VCD051hpvJIf0hNLXhoWs4-OrO7BJmZqt-P-PVTACFUTV3lvw8ho/s640/item13.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.jean-louis-deniot-chicago-apartment-14-guest-bedroom%5B1%5D.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Custom-made guest bed with canopy of Dedar fabric.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Chicago prewar apartment designed by Jean-Louis Deniot.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural Digest (December 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4YAGfAyMQeY1psWTNYnhS5-HL0JlcL8NfBZ0DEFOhQlKI3JMnXfQf8mf8ZSAPS6qLh7CrF1134vLSOTfIRv5oUs9bbhcu1pypMsb1YbEqfsycLN52pqEeMiHcEgrrW5AQTjcTvTtVzug/s1600/gwynn-griffith-ed0911-07-lgn%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4YAGfAyMQeY1psWTNYnhS5-HL0JlcL8NfBZ0DEFOhQlKI3JMnXfQf8mf8ZSAPS6qLh7CrF1134vLSOTfIRv5oUs9bbhcu1pypMsb1YbEqfsycLN52pqEeMiHcEgrrW5AQTjcTvTtVzug/s640/gwynn-griffith-ed0911-07-lgn%5B1%5D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the guest bedroom, velvet curtains enclose a Russian sleigh bed with a coverlet and pillows in a Clarence House silk velvet; a screen is covered in an Aubusson tapestry; and the Italian footstool retains its original upholstery."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">San Antonio, Texas home of decorator Gwynn Griffith.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Design by Gwynn Griffith.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (September 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFA_qfmGeh1K8YmEt8tlqgVLoPiV5-4y-CMiJ32SJuu4oUJkzXTqXD4zzzbk3N64k1_CGc66IoD1xo9cSKHLQk2vM2fyycfr850tS7DJNwl48PjXT7d8k3NEJ172J8ej-WqWLmNdgzs_A/s1600/EDC070112Wisehart02-400-lgn%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFA_qfmGeh1K8YmEt8tlqgVLoPiV5-4y-CMiJ32SJuu4oUJkzXTqXD4zzzbk3N64k1_CGc66IoD1xo9cSKHLQk2vM2fyycfr850tS7DJNwl48PjXT7d8k3NEJ172J8ej-WqWLmNdgzs_A/s640/EDC070112Wisehart02-400-lgn%5B1%5D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An 1840s bed found at an estate sale.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Home of <a href="http://www.tommyhilfiger.com/" target="_blank">Tommy Hilfiger</a> executive Trent Wisehart in South Orange, New Jersey.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by Trent Wisehart.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Renovation by Michael J. Hoeft.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Styled by Stephen Pappas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Laura Resen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elle Decor (July-August 2012)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiUrGoCoJP6nEayWFxwLsDhU9_YFyp9QqatlwLiLE1O5tNskcg-5lzka8XZ7Z-1hObcEv-CeePPI3FXzCXqxiOcq9jRTe18pvhoz1F94RZ_vMGlogf9jBgV_FeAoOqeVBNOjA0Max0i0/s1600/BlogHermesHBJune2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiUrGoCoJP6nEayWFxwLsDhU9_YFyp9QqatlwLiLE1O5tNskcg-5lzka8XZ7Z-1hObcEv-CeePPI3FXzCXqxiOcq9jRTe18pvhoz1F94RZ_vMGlogf9jBgV_FeAoOqeVBNOjA0Max0i0/s640/BlogHermesHBJune2011.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hermes blankets add a burst of orange to a white guest room.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Sally Markham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">House Beautiful (June 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mzrtxRvqr1XTwohoOJS8Xy66Ow2-XuK1bXLaOGVnLlVPE5pW8NuqXjRD-uwapi4XEG9fu3k835Y4kQgmPxYQbYRSkd3nl8fPbBs43C9wlScyuvy5ELcus8Hm_M_CpZqFYYJ_rfhqQOo/s1600/BlogHermesHBDecJan2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mzrtxRvqr1XTwohoOJS8Xy66Ow2-XuK1bXLaOGVnLlVPE5pW8NuqXjRD-uwapi4XEG9fu3k835Y4kQgmPxYQbYRSkd3nl8fPbBs43C9wlScyuvy5ELcus8Hm_M_CpZqFYYJ_rfhqQOo/s640/BlogHermesHBDecJan2012.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Billy Baldwin-inspired British Colonial guest room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by homeowners and visual merchandisers Mark D. Sikes and Michael Griffin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful (December-January 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrpgBY57abZnFt3KrRl4KSSOFQdHFrZSQAXJtf2U9ObAOVS2QIbhajCgAL81Zr8IMRk6GCZaBApXkn-yYmbr5B9VOT_pX1qjDeMqWzDUb01nAMkE9CczWk4M-mXr50s5A7ZSLnYFCjXY/s1600/BlogBeMyGuestTradHomeApril2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrpgBY57abZnFt3KrRl4KSSOFQdHFrZSQAXJtf2U9ObAOVS2QIbhajCgAL81Zr8IMRk6GCZaBApXkn-yYmbr5B9VOT_pX1qjDeMqWzDUb01nAMkE9CczWk4M-mXr50s5A7ZSLnYFCjXY/s640/BlogBeMyGuestTradHomeApril2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The checked canopy adds height to this guest bed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Waterfront vacation house turned full-time home in Sherwood Forest, Maryland.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Kelley Proxmire.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Renovations by architect Catherine Purple Cherry and builder Burt Winchester.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Gordeon Beall.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Traditional Home (April 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJYAjFmnmik7f11w7H98LXyM_6RXV-gSUtgV3F0yMhsAUiEJedehgVunCR9E-0dPyA26vZWNvMfc_orYuCMKrRA0otI-WNuacPLubhLBvUL-HzVsaU2a46P9pEaC6SouRXL8hhleHuCQ/s1600/BlogBeMyGuestHBMarch2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJYAjFmnmik7f11w7H98LXyM_6RXV-gSUtgV3F0yMhsAUiEJedehgVunCR9E-0dPyA26vZWNvMfc_orYuCMKrRA0otI-WNuacPLubhLBvUL-HzVsaU2a46P9pEaC6SouRXL8hhleHuCQ/s640/BlogBeMyGuestHBMarch2011.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Old toile mixed with <a href="http://www.polo.com/" target="_blank">Ralph Lauren</a> bed linens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by John Kernick.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful (March 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcxhJVVVarwVzpaJoFkZhtlmCTZSWm6q4e1qP3uMr6saCP0Y6f80Av8FOB_oP6ssh_MJz1AzKAVhGWcyDXqADJ55YXAct9jQMGADFqg9pychat9yLmMYdJG10DWpV3IGlxmsMie6tuOw/s1600/BlogBeMyGuestHBFeb2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcxhJVVVarwVzpaJoFkZhtlmCTZSWm6q4e1qP3uMr6saCP0Y6f80Av8FOB_oP6ssh_MJz1AzKAVhGWcyDXqADJ55YXAct9jQMGADFqg9pychat9yLmMYdJG10DWpV3IGlxmsMie6tuOw/s640/BlogBeMyGuestHBFeb2011.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A guest bedroom merges American country with a sporty European spirit. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Austrian trophies and backpacks, Welsh blanket and English settee are antiques."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Walls are knotty Canadian pine with a milk-paint wash."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Cheryl Tague.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by David Tsay.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful (February 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELHc0xYF2r3asIjn2dBsMbfvtT4JavVXBP88ocY8WLg7VDwGCBpCpz2G2x2k3SGnhONGaE_T0RrdJStg7sJN0gytEegUC0C_6aMC8PzCwbE2-Oa2mqHSnbsv1hFNsJF-fveONt7nCIWw/s1600/BlogBeMyGuesHBApril2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELHc0xYF2r3asIjn2dBsMbfvtT4JavVXBP88ocY8WLg7VDwGCBpCpz2G2x2k3SGnhONGaE_T0RrdJStg7sJN0gytEegUC0C_6aMC8PzCwbE2-Oa2mqHSnbsv1hFNsJF-fveONt7nCIWw/s640/BlogBeMyGuesHBApril2012.jpg" width="542" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Velvet-upholstered Darcy bed from <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/" target="_blank">Pottery Barn</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Kelie Grosso.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful (April 2012).</span></div><div align="center"></div>

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