The Shape of Things in Black and White

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">School may be out for the summer, but I offer a geometry lesson - shapes in black and white . . . </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/AVvXsEhkA4FTH9rAb7YKYFNcBhrHj3iqlB6Q8kQXWEAtt_xiqUcRVJon3Y2XvumeiFAql4F7RRdVEshPMNyJ3LHhjRlg8Ij90YPRMa7YHJqJBdkK4c1dvNgF4ZRnDWNCMp4UCjCB0hWjkcjO2nA/s1600/fresh_start_03-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkA4FTH9rAb7YKYFNcBhrHj3iqlB6Q8kQXWEAtt_xiqUcRVJon3Y2XvumeiFAql4F7RRdVEshPMNyJ3LHhjRlg8Ij90YPRMa7YHJqJBdkK4c1dvNgF4ZRnDWNCMp4UCjCB0hWjkcjO2nA/s640/fresh_start_03-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">"Contrasting with reclaimed barn-wood floors, sliding panels made of raw porcelain, silicone and Plexiglas by artist <a href="http://www.margaretboozer.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; transition: color 0.2s linear;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Margaret Boozer</span></a><span style="background: white;"> separate the dining room from the kitchen and bedrooms."</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">Apartment in the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">Interior design by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.darrylcarter.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Darryl Carter</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">Photography by Gordon Beall.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/a-fresh-start#slide-3" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">A Fresh Start</span></a>" by Elle Decor Staff.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Metropolitan Home (January 2009).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdR0G0-j5ZD3LXrMSDZuHACQ6iGoJ3CfB5oj8rWsVMzrXmYsRnWv4qyB9sU5Tvt46leij36a6ELSRhrndiLeZzTycqmUoUK0Y7x6MuKuy7L3di_L5sI3ykM_khpyas7t7MXb6oh9uT2GI/s1600/06_10-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdR0G0-j5ZD3LXrMSDZuHACQ6iGoJ3CfB5oj8rWsVMzrXmYsRnWv4qyB9sU5Tvt46leij36a6ELSRhrndiLeZzTycqmUoUK0Y7x6MuKuy7L3di_L5sI3ykM_khpyas7t7MXb6oh9uT2GI/s640/06_10-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The white door leads to a pantry."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://darrylcarter.com/" target="_blank">Darryl Carter</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Darryl Carter's renovation of his parents' kitchen in Potomac, Maryland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Erik Johnson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/family-style#slide-5" target="_blank">Family Style</a>" by Elle Decor Staff.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzBONixVieI53NM4terZC-gdj9E84z5eZeeon-QbIEf-viXA_ebuF_gCA0VAaWLrqc25BZuWZbywMB9dIozRO7wlN3jRJiIzjN04rSc4FWIshR96JAQ5l3zQCTlv-qZWUde397qpJz4Y/s1600/dcblackbraithwaite-lgn-23197559.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzBONixVieI53NM4terZC-gdj9E84z5eZeeon-QbIEf-viXA_ebuF_gCA0VAaWLrqc25BZuWZbywMB9dIozRO7wlN3jRJiIzjN04rSc4FWIshR96JAQ5l3zQCTlv-qZWUde397qpJz4Y/s640/dcblackbraithwaite-lgn-23197559.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designer Nancy Braithwaite relied on linearity and strong simple colors like black, beige, and gray to create a spa-like tranquility in this home office."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/luxury-homes/a-touch-of-black-color-inspiration-for-your-life?click=img_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">Well-Edited: Black Color Inspiration</a>" by Kayla Desroches.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (March 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24KFC0roZ34bnKIkMpcFfv5Zz6zQs_ixYFPX-WHYIGp4nUaFIdhMRGWZkLdjxAlhcl1sL2NIXk56Lc71cJYihsOwxZIodkoLoC9PtwvAl_J4OUMMkqcjX4p5UT0u6lLsaLAzkilfXLxc/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.february-estates-02-franceADFeb2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24KFC0roZ34bnKIkMpcFfv5Zz6zQs_ixYFPX-WHYIGp4nUaFIdhMRGWZkLdjxAlhcl1sL2NIXk56Lc71cJYihsOwxZIodkoLoC9PtwvAl_J4OUMMkqcjX4p5UT0u6lLsaLAzkilfXLxc/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.february-estates-02-franceADFeb2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'Smooth surfaces, straight edges, sharp curves, polished materials, right angles, clarity and order.' That's how architect Robert Mallet-Stevens described this 1920s villa, which he conceived for fashion designer Paul Poiret. Construction halted when the couturier ran out of funds, but screen siren Elvire Popesco bought the place and hired architect Paul Boyer to finish it."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property in Mezy-Sur-Seine, France.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo courtesy of Patrice Besse via Architectural Digest.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/real-estate/2013/february-estates-for-sale_slideshow_item2_3" target="_blank">On the Market: February 2013</a>" written by Amanda Friedman.</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> (February 2013).</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/AVvXsEhtQasX-tDySuQGBVDHQyRlEJRl58wJphEKRV57qqGlbPXYQ4yJjEK1tkoInrTeXg0_At-xkJxLCXKOxDoK8XKX9husN24wU5Su6358i87JhgP0mDFltzGW15fw75RQ8FTcK5PZlADvijA/s1600/12-crisp-stairs-dec0907-xlgHBBetsyBrown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQasX-tDySuQGBVDHQyRlEJRl58wJphEKRV57qqGlbPXYQ4yJjEK1tkoInrTeXg0_At-xkJxLCXKOxDoK8XKX9husN24wU5Su6358i87JhgP0mDFltzGW15fw75RQ8FTcK5PZlADvijA/s640/12-crisp-stairs-dec0907-xlgHBBetsyBrown.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Stairs and floors painted<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Benjamin Moore</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>White Dove; and walls painted<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.prattandlambert.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Pratt & Lambert</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Silver Lining. Painting by Jong Mok Lee.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Alabama home.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Interior design by Betsy Brown,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://betsybrowninc.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Betsy Brown Interiors</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Photography by Don Freeman.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/neutrals-are-crisp-0907?click=img_sr#slide-3" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Neutrals Are Crisp</span></a>” by Frances Schultz.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">(September 2007).</span></span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEnNONbFVtaZRPMJhnSFn9GPOzJ7-V3N-gpyzuLj8mrWtWCxOGvZnC47g0ArJR_xuj_4P_vIeUaxp3VF7pnKk7lLItmJ3kmD24FIYXDqHmurXUitZEjR63m8jMEWLCBmfAdbYiw-cxyk/s1600/Decorating-ideas-botbol-ED0510-12-lgn+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEnNONbFVtaZRPMJhnSFn9GPOzJ7-V3N-gpyzuLj8mrWtWCxOGvZnC47g0ArJR_xuj_4P_vIeUaxp3VF7pnKk7lLItmJ3kmD24FIYXDqHmurXUitZEjR63m8jMEWLCBmfAdbYiw-cxyk/s640/Decorating-ideas-botbol-ED0510-12-lgn+%25281%2529.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The master bath is sheathed in slate floor tiles, and the towels are by Olatz."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michel Botbol and Arthur Krystofiak's home in Brookhaven Hamlet, New York</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;">Renovation by architect <a href="http://www.spatialdiscipline.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; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Calvert Wright</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 Roger Davies.</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/home-remodeling/a-barn-rescued-and-reborn#slide-10" target="_blank">A Barn Rescued and Reborn</a>" by Cynthia Kling.</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; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (May 2010).</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo186w4ZlndO487i5p3SCKlhn_IPeX8CDvAEvnuUcAKKNH6Xl_jrFkZnudnvGIFbRkpNqy1jG9uD750_dQ49IBMVTiBaGTgjRgbk19TxZjMfSAZEdrtHzGe3Kt6IUY3gss0Ya7hVQtMsM/s1600/item7.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.delphine-krakoff-new-york-city-11-guest-bathroom-kohler-bisazza-tileAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo186w4ZlndO487i5p3SCKlhn_IPeX8CDvAEvnuUcAKKNH6Xl_jrFkZnudnvGIFbRkpNqy1jG9uD750_dQ49IBMVTiBaGTgjRgbk19TxZjMfSAZEdrtHzGe3Kt6IUY3gss0Ya7hVQtMsM/s640/item7.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.delphine-krakoff-new-york-city-11-guest-bathroom-kohler-bisazza-tileAD.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A guest bath is sheathed in <a href="http://www.bisazza.com/" target="_blank">Bisazza</a> tile; the sink is by <a href="http://www.us.kohler.com/us/" target="_blank">Kohler</a>, and the shower and sink fittings are by <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" target="_blank">Waterworks</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Six-story townhouse in Manhattan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Delphine Krakoff, <a href="http://www.pamplemoussedesign.com/" target="_blank">Pamplemousse Design Inc.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gut renovation by <a href="http://www.olivercope.com/" target="_blank">Oliver Cope Architect</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by David Colman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-07/delphine-krakoff-oliver-cope-new-york-townhouse-slideshow_slideshow_item7_8" target="_blank">Uncommon Vision</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</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> (July 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoDjYvBe6S6dTOtvOEPLTx3VCyFmQRSd2vVWUupWDQN4eEgdZh5Jum7z1X2pseocIdwk5l76Xg4yPyB0wXUGJ_fPhbNu32DWynVIDRIiZRjW0D6PjZTxNfMSrWG4J3bBVdol_jNEE6zs/s1600/12-water-bedroom-dec0607-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoDjYvBe6S6dTOtvOEPLTx3VCyFmQRSd2vVWUupWDQN4eEgdZh5Jum7z1X2pseocIdwk5l76Xg4yPyB0wXUGJ_fPhbNu32DWynVIDRIiZRjW0D6PjZTxNfMSrWG4J3bBVdol_jNEE6zs/s640/12-water-bedroom-dec0607-xlg.jpg" width="504" /></a></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;">"Drop-leaf table from Wertz Brothers in Los Angeles, lamp from Laurin Copen Antiques in Bridgehampton. Striped rug, <a href="http://www.dashandalbert.com/" target="_blank">Dash and Albert</a>. Custom tester bed by Robert Fooshee."</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 Long Island house that draws inspiration from the sea."</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;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.ruthiesommers.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; transition: color 0.3s;">Ruthie Sommers</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 Don Freeman.</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.housebeautiful.com/decorating/colors/water-color-0607?click=main_sr#slide-10" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Water Color</a>" by Frances Schultz.</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.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; transition: color 0.3s;">House Beautiful</a> (June 2007).</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3oLG90HeqO2iG8ACMkHOqaEP2Wj0lyQLEHn7aHsCnoqef4HhwaY_Va9ul5-9XaA4YgB2L08FcfmXf9s78ykYiQIS8KMqu0NoQAFYac1AacJWVuOYoipEh_UparJPSN8U2tscLAfANbY/s1600/interior-design-MH1109-wearstler-014-lgnmethome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3oLG90HeqO2iG8ACMkHOqaEP2Wj0lyQLEHn7aHsCnoqef4HhwaY_Va9ul5-9XaA4YgB2L08FcfmXf9s78ykYiQIS8KMqu0NoQAFYac1AacJWVuOYoipEh_UparJPSN8U2tscLAfANbY/s640/interior-design-MH1109-wearstler-014-lgnmethome.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"A pair of Cassina’s<span style="background: white;"> Cab chairs by Mario Bellini in white leather and the bold graphics of a black-and-white abstract </span>painting<span style="background: white;"> complement the warm white walls and bleached walnut floors."</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Kelly Wearstler's beach house in Malibu.<br />Interior design by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.kellywearstler.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Kelly Wearstler</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Photography by Francois Halard.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/kelly-wearstlers-ultra-glam-beach-house-60399#slide-14" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Kelly Wearstler's Ultra-Glam Beach House</span></a>" by Susan Morgan.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Metropolitan Home (November 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qER76gcon-o9vsXMf3InxSxnWqjBkB2tKN9zpE3crIFZMphYe1i9Wgt9lNVhgV5C8bHTZbHmHXIUlQq5A6DgIeTwM4ix0YQEDLUzCEYD2AoSsMIpIs57Hipx7VjxPwtaIz35zdwffcA/s1600/hbx-0611-fulk07-black-white-silhouettes-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qER76gcon-o9vsXMf3InxSxnWqjBkB2tKN9zpE3crIFZMphYe1i9Wgt9lNVhgV5C8bHTZbHmHXIUlQq5A6DgIeTwM4ix0YQEDLUzCEYD2AoSsMIpIs57Hipx7VjxPwtaIz35zdwffcA/s640/hbx-0611-fulk07-black-white-silhouettes-de.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"French silhouettes of children" hang on a guest bedroom wall.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.kenfulk.com/" target="_blank">Ken Fulk</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Francesco Lagnese.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/san-francisco-victorian-ken-fulk-0611?click=main_sr#slide-14" target="_blank">Dressing Up a San Francisco Victorian</a>" by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (June 2011)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yGJ_OfDokCRD45jHexoFZZq7CixF_i_u3-GxY44GQtvSO4KJVg_ZauNslX9vRNPp1PstDM4gOfPT5F3n2mUcXxAw4HysJNdVl0AM2-W27mWRJ8ymxlv0gBpmu29pvPCWHelmYRYDRnM/s1600/street15_VMFA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yGJ_OfDokCRD45jHexoFZZq7CixF_i_u3-GxY44GQtvSO4KJVg_ZauNslX9vRNPp1PstDM4gOfPT5F3n2mUcXxAw4HysJNdVl0AM2-W27mWRJ8ymxlv0gBpmu29pvPCWHelmYRYDRnM/s640/street15_VMFA.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><i>Untitled</i>, Kara Walker, 1996. (Ink-wash drawing.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I saw this work by Kara Walker at the <a href="http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/" target="_blank">Virginia Museum of Fine Arts</a> (Richmond) over the holiday weekend.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"The large 1996 ink-wash drawing, "Untitled," shows what most likely is a house servant about to smother her owner with a pillow. Another woman in the scene, the man's wife, perhaps, stands in the hallway watching with one hand to her mouth. The artist says she imagined the protagonist — a house slave, daughter, or both — as a hero and villain in a 'mercy killing' met with surprise and tacit approval. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">[Artist Kara] Walker, who is black and grew up in Atlanta, is known for her disturbing cut-out silhouettes, often inspired by Southern romance tales and slave narratives, which typically address issues of race, gender, sexuality and violence. . . . </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Adding her work to the permanent [Virginia Museum of Fine Arts] museum collection has been a longstanding goal, says John Ravenal, the curator of modern and contemporary art. '</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I don't expect any controversy really. In some of her works there is much more overt sexuality or violence. But this represents her interests,' Ravenal says. 'It's a particularly bold piece in terms of the contrast between the black, white and gray. And it makes direct reference to her cut paper [works], but it's a framed drawing.' "</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Photo credit: <i>Style Weekly</i>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/vmfa-scores-slave-inspired-artwork/Content?oid=1872434" target="_blank">VMFA Scores Slave-Inspired Artwork</a>" by Brent Baldwin.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.styleweekly.com/" target="_blank">Style Weekly</a> (April 9, 2013).</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5WmZkj24tlr0dMZBBMi1lA0VHtg0ADuzm1xmsgk2m8RIt61a3ftf2PMMgltHKVGWshwRYEanIEzKdOuVFRrdcTdAq2c1H5cpH4pqg1PJX20b-zDY2fpBn2dvSc9zVWuI1VyXoH04aFk/s1600/southern-1-0909-xlHBHouston.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5WmZkj24tlr0dMZBBMi1lA0VHtg0ADuzm1xmsgk2m8RIt61a3ftf2PMMgltHKVGWshwRYEanIEzKdOuVFRrdcTdAq2c1H5cpH4pqg1PJX20b-zDY2fpBn2dvSc9zVWuI1VyXoH04aFk/s640/southern-1-0909-xlHBHouston.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In a Houston house with Georgian bones and siren allure, the drama begins in a foyer swathed in <a href="http://www.phillipjeffries.com/" target="_blank">Phillip Jeffries</a>’s Lacquered Walls in Eyeliner — a long-lasting vinyl that mimics lacquer and 'fools everyone,' says interior designer Rob Southern. For theatrical contrast, the shield-back English hall chairs are painted <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>’s White Dove."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Rob Southern.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/bold-houston-design?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">Bold and Dramatic Colors in a Houston Home</a>" by Mimi Read.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></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/AVvXsEgtugmRd8QGWcWy0idtX3Oaoz3kl12LeHdI-wTyWJNXkSiCx6vQscQYpy2iVV4GNnzzrwttEk3A3ndZ-4EYEEJNwwRL3u3B7il2JzVgvn44PBWZn351xz8VLur2l_NJ2uojdSfPXafcJRg/s1600/VDX-02-louis-xv-style-chair-matie-cecile-aptel-abstract-painting-0313-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtugmRd8QGWcWy0idtX3Oaoz3kl12LeHdI-wTyWJNXkSiCx6vQscQYpy2iVV4GNnzzrwttEk3A3ndZ-4EYEEJNwwRL3u3B7il2JzVgvn44PBWZn351xz8VLur2l_NJ2uojdSfPXafcJRg/s640/VDX-02-louis-xv-style-chair-matie-cecile-aptel-abstract-painting-0313-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">"Linen for Louis XV-style chair, Lewis and Sheron. Painting, Marie-Cécile Aptel. Photos, Mark Shaw. All rooms,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Benjamin</span><span style="color: windowtext;"> Moore</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Floral White."</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mimi Williams's high-rise apartment in Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Mimi Williams,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.mimiwilliamsinteriors.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Mimi Williams Interiors</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Photography by Mali-Azima.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/white-apartment-decorating-ideas-clone-1360946305?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Well-Lived: Mimi Williams' [sic] Apartment</span></a>" by Kathleen Hackett.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Veranda</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><u1:p></u1:p> <br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzI31sm0uZOJXxJKHuVenPI9NNoOj8dfknxPOu51e2HGpVkBfbYDzBwlYQecLmgnM4Xk3fbwn8blwk-8FnTLc1RIkU99Ifnt5iqETfjlZpFoU-nT0FtfyYSxOYRsu5OixIgcIkQCM1YM/s1600/kitchen-cabinet-0406_xlgHB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzI31sm0uZOJXxJKHuVenPI9NNoOj8dfknxPOu51e2HGpVkBfbYDzBwlYQecLmgnM4Xk3fbwn8blwk-8FnTLc1RIkU99Ifnt5iqETfjlZpFoU-nT0FtfyYSxOYRsu5OixIgcIkQCM1YM/s640/kitchen-cabinet-0406_xlgHB.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A collapsible fireman's ladder hooks onto the stainless-steel rail for easy access to the top shelves.  . . . Designer Mallory Marshall . . . keeps her mother's and grandmother's old Wedgwood and ironstone in the pantry."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A rustic, windswept house overlooking the Atlantic Ocean."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Laura Moss.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">"</span><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/kitchen-otm-maine-0406?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">Glowing Simplicity in Penobscot Bay, ME</a>" by Christine Pittel</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (April 2006).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AuXzTMN5N6-cM31v1UmqKSUuQ1r_XwIuEcHrvDJTaM6WwYI2tXkIyhRl7E06ur8kLq9FA17wScIIAbU-DwOuj3cWDJIPTcC-w1uoVWP5LGJ1FTR0YGy-_dXWb4xrR7FNp53T1-qQq04/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.delphine-krakoff-new-york-city-07-living-room-knoll-chairs-warren-platner-paintingAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AuXzTMN5N6-cM31v1UmqKSUuQ1r_XwIuEcHrvDJTaM6WwYI2tXkIyhRl7E06ur8kLq9FA17wScIIAbU-DwOuj3cWDJIPTcC-w1uoVWP5LGJ1FTR0YGy-_dXWb4xrR7FNp53T1-qQq04/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.delphine-krakoff-new-york-city-07-living-room-knoll-chairs-warren-platner-paintingAD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A painting by Al Held is displayed behind a pair of Warren Platner chairs by <a href="http://www.knoll.com/" target="_blank">Knoll</a>."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Living room of a six-story townhouse in Manhattan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Delphine Krakoff, <a href="http://www.pamplemoussedesign.com/" target="_blank">Pamplemousse Design Inc.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gut renovation by <a href="http://www.olivercope.com/" target="_blank">Oliver Cope Architect</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by David Colman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-07/delphine-krakoff-oliver-cope-new-york-townhouse-slideshow_slideshow_item2_3" target="_blank">Uncommon Vision</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</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> (July 2013).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rd8K0Lq9_qxHGRDRdSODD1tkPSq5akbACuqYpmvJ-i_IBbdFGxXv3IQa8JfLrQ4YzSTelht8mcLMgXZG-04XOCvbYzSsv8_JVNbyICtYi0bUaQIPVOPN0qWPU6w2duLwpIE0eIVhAN8/s1600/ss_101762849.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rd8K0Lq9_qxHGRDRdSODD1tkPSq5akbACuqYpmvJ-i_IBbdFGxXv3IQa8JfLrQ4YzSTelht8mcLMgXZG-04XOCvbYzSsv8_JVNbyICtYi0bUaQIPVOPN0qWPU6w2duLwpIE0eIVhAN8/s640/ss_101762849.jpg" width="464" /></a></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="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"Transom and clerestory windows maximize natural light in the nearly 25-foot-high front hall. The curved stairway and chandelier from Visual Comfort ease the linear elements."<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Dorset Two-Tier Chandelier with Torch Arm” by Visual Comfort from <a href="http://www.circalighting.com/" target="_blank">Circa Lighting</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Dutch Colonial home on Lake Washington (Seattle).</span></div></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;">Architect: Paul Moon, <a href="http://www.paulmoondesign.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; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Paul Moon Design</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;">Interior design by Susan Marinello, <a href="http://www.susanmarinello.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; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Susan Marinello Interiors</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 John Granen.</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;">Written 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/design_decorating/howwelive/new-home-comfortable-charm_ss2.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">New Home With Comfortable Charm</a>" produced by Linda Humphrey.</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; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23A5bLXlB63cfjuXASl_tfn8KAcFX_r8jwRrIzOqqJipeZScp76DTGZ53jybJlaT6-fcNuasqe_iWhc47jXxHdgSdiH99rLccoLoexKj45u7D307h-RKTnia6I3ha52ETxhtDGaP1MpM/s1600/living-room-design-ideas-ED0110-Gambrel-01-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23A5bLXlB63cfjuXASl_tfn8KAcFX_r8jwRrIzOqqJipeZScp76DTGZ53jybJlaT6-fcNuasqe_iWhc47jXxHdgSdiH99rLccoLoexKj45u7D307h-RKTnia6I3ha52ETxhtDGaP1MpM/s640/living-room-design-ideas-ED0110-Gambrel-01-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"In the front entry of a Southampton, New York, house decorated by <a href="http://www.srgambrel.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; transition: color 0.2s linear;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Steven Gambrel</span></a><span style="background: white;">, the “ice block” wall treatment was inspired by one found at George Washington’s historic home,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.mountvernon.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Mount Vernon</span></a>."</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Photography by Eric Piasecki.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/a-hamptons-home-reborn-62227#slide-1" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">A Hamptons Home Reborn</span></a>" by Ingrid Abramovitch.<br /><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Elle Decor</span></a> (January 2010).<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffDzJCxAOsGinxNwPpih18t9DzJGZFWwPiX8NBJMyuDbwVIhYJ5k0Sw29dQUROrXYZ2CR_7IZAVs9m9G3OGAi13YSFnzsfgiaYaURQyrBGSxNoF5v95w4svGLYBr4odOqiSidAwU7JsM/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl07_jacobsen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffDzJCxAOsGinxNwPpih18t9DzJGZFWwPiX8NBJMyuDbwVIhYJ5k0Sw29dQUROrXYZ2CR_7IZAVs9m9G3OGAi13YSFnzsfgiaYaURQyrBGSxNoF5v95w4svGLYBr4odOqiSidAwU7JsM/s640/item6.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl07_jacobsen.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The master bedroom, the only room on the second floor, was angled so that the window across from the bed faces a Nantucket landmark - the 120-foot-high steeple, half a mile away, of the First Congregational Church. 'The steeple is lit up every night,' says the senior Jacobsen, 'and it's something nice to go to sleep with.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New house on Nantucket.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Hugh Newell Jacobsen, F.A.I.A., <a href="http://www.jacobsenarchitecture.com/" target="_blank">Jacobsen Architecture</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Project architect: Simon Jacobsen, Associate A.I.A., </span><a href="http://www.jacobsenarchitecture.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Jacobsen Architecture</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Robert C. Lautman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Nantucket Reexamined" text by Gerald Clarke.</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> (July 2004).</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/AVvXsEg7saIUdAKFVt_dIver5SqP6ccAgxWHguVxsHcJx9sjXNMVJC_-kLqm-eqdtKltQ4cYTxxZwNL97JTeapoFDpJfcru9sZkZUf8XmGMiC0YkWaxbrqTWmCMxa3ncwpBGRVhyf81W-56m_Js/s1600/01-parrish-main-mdnED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7saIUdAKFVt_dIver5SqP6ccAgxWHguVxsHcJx9sjXNMVJC_-kLqm-eqdtKltQ4cYTxxZwNL97JTeapoFDpJfcru9sZkZUf8XmGMiC0YkWaxbrqTWmCMxa3ncwpBGRVhyf81W-56m_Js/s640/01-parrish-main-mdnED.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"For his series Jacks, now installed outside the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, New York, [sculptor Mel Kendrick] created a group of 11-foot-tall sculptures in black and white. The bottom half of each work is a giant block tunneled with holes. On top sits an oversize version of the titular game piece, seemingly (and impossibly) extracted from the base. To some, it's an engaging formal exercise; to the littlest art lovers, a place begging to be explored."</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/culture/outside-perspective-a-70679?click=main_sr" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Outside Perspective</span></a>" by Laura Regensdorf.<o:p></o:p></span></div><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Elle Decor</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">.</span></div>

The Shape of Things in Black and White

School may be out for the summer, but I offer a geometry lesson - shapes in black and white . . .  "Contrasting with reclaimed barn-woo...

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Stars and Stripes Part Two: Stripes

<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">My July 1st post - "<a href="http://aflippenlife.blogspot.com/2013/06/stars-and-stripes-part-one-stars.html" target="_blank">Stars and Stripes Part One</a>" - featured rooms with stars. Today I offer a celebration of stripes - from the girly pink of a Ruthie Sommers bedroom to the edgy glamour of a Kelly Wearstler space. Candy-colored cabana bands or gentlemanly stripes. Enjoy lines of color in the bathroom, on a barn - even adorning a wooden ice cream spoon. The choice is yours . . . </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPsuiWUiCgg2F5BplFQH6NzZfSgHfISa1-lpCG9gNjsthkeOPCz3MNp0l3NAzMM56UfnwBNWGUbtSWxR6FC061GYQYnkDqTNmYOXWv94eo_6-Xgb4WqvuadpPSCSRtQ9yiO9EiuetJKQ/s460/hbx-whimical-primary-color-painted-barn-0711-de.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPsuiWUiCgg2F5BplFQH6NzZfSgHfISa1-lpCG9gNjsthkeOPCz3MNp0l3NAzMM56UfnwBNWGUbtSWxR6FC061GYQYnkDqTNmYOXWv94eo_6-Xgb4WqvuadpPSCSRtQ9yiO9EiuetJKQ/s640/hbx-whimical-primary-color-painted-barn-0711-de.gif" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Barn in East Hampton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Photography by Judi Roaman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/shopping/best/judi-roaman-art-accessories-0811?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">The Art of Accessorating: Anything Goes</a>" by Judi Roaman </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">of the </span><a href="http://accessorator.com/" style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">accessorator.com</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (August 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtIIgjOWNS8DV0YHxiaKRdMC_XXs6i_4RjAUo9hYEtaAXbAEWAuS0FnzmYtWn9P30ezdFd7CM9hTLcpou6UJruQkmzvKCO4wiNxfIxECUMzbvVrSHPPDcEYL7xOPxobfiny2nEGKkHk0/s460/9-klotz-bathroom-0708-xlg-53787350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtIIgjOWNS8DV0YHxiaKRdMC_XXs6i_4RjAUo9hYEtaAXbAEWAuS0FnzmYtWn9P30ezdFd7CM9hTLcpou6UJruQkmzvKCO4wiNxfIxECUMzbvVrSHPPDcEYL7xOPxobfiny2nEGKkHk0/s640/9-klotz-bathroom-0708-xlg-53787350.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Leslie] Klotz created big, bold stripes in a bathroom with Apple Green and Decorator's White, both by <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Leslie Klotz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Laura Resen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/klotz-small-breezy-0708?click=main_sr#slide-9">A Blissful Hamptons Cottage</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> (July 2008). </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/AVvXsEigYvn9mTlZiIltmhpxdUz_hn2mG5ZTeld0sgD2vxF2ieVnw8CX4bOPA3Hietxz4zQ_UYQYJqbjiIURPv5J-Ln11HOmZT5C_icEJOVGFvKb6MNIftSEarDZQGwsrnmk9syBTqzmVtzTvxY/s600/item10.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.miles-redd-11-master-bath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYvn9mTlZiIltmhpxdUz_hn2mG5ZTeld0sgD2vxF2ieVnw8CX4bOPA3Hietxz4zQ_UYQYJqbjiIURPv5J-Ln11HOmZT5C_icEJOVGFvKb6MNIftSEarDZQGwsrnmk9syBTqzmVtzTvxY/s640/item10.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.miles-redd-11-master-bath.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sconces from <a href="http://www.circalighting.com/" target="_blank">Circa Lighting</a> flank the master bath mirror; the walls feature hand-painted stripes, and the towels are stored on a 19th-century trolley from Niall Smith Antiques." </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; 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;">Greenwich, Connecticut, home of Jennifer and Dominic Moross and their children.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; 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;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.milesredd.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Miles Redd</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; 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 Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; 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 Rob Haskell.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; 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.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-07/miles-redd-connecticut-house-slideshow_slideshow_item10_11" target="_blank">Flights of Fancy</a>" </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">produced by Howard Christian.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; 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.architecturaldigest.com/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Architectural Digest</a> (July 2012).</span><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKIV7BxcL6kH8tnjptMIxX7kzBGsQztLww27Wy2_AinDJDlcYvfB_kgOV2LjPdLlaRN2d6V2lFkofwnYxh9nyHjEzBFsozHUPbibO5sMaqbALW5KH4vX4ZAF5kz1zE6QSDqRy9SB_gEU/s815/VER-RUTHIE-SOMMERS-DESIGN-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKIV7BxcL6kH8tnjptMIxX7kzBGsQztLww27Wy2_AinDJDlcYvfB_kgOV2LjPdLlaRN2d6V2lFkofwnYxh9nyHjEzBFsozHUPbibO5sMaqbALW5KH4vX4ZAF5kz1zE6QSDqRy9SB_gEU/s640/VER-RUTHIE-SOMMERS-DESIGN-9.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A pleated sunburst canopy gilds a daughter's bed. Canopy, curtains, and walls in Robert Allen cottons. Linens, Leontine Linens. Vintage mirror, C. Bell."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chicago townhouse.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <span id="goog_391914482"></span><a href="http://www.ruthiesommers.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; transition: color 0.3s;">Ruthie Sommers</a><span id="goog_391914483"></span>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Francesco Lagnese.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/designers-ideas/sommers-tips?click=main_sr#slide-9" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">For the Love of Chic</a>" produced by Victoria Jones.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Veranda </a>(November - December 2012).</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-C7LhWwl5NxbZDu3YN65k2KWO5I2Fl6OKWUP0U0N5i4nPmWVCQ7_jPWXqmvnDsBt1o5W4HuprInEGyiRODaRHhw8xNnoRB25x0CpvYAvMBGcZBTjzQuVciOeTG5AFdoHEihSn0eDT5Qs/s516/item02.rendition.slideshowVertical.02_revival_meetingADBilhuber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-C7LhWwl5NxbZDu3YN65k2KWO5I2Fl6OKWUP0U0N5i4nPmWVCQ7_jPWXqmvnDsBt1o5W4HuprInEGyiRODaRHhw8xNnoRB25x0CpvYAvMBGcZBTjzQuVciOeTG5AFdoHEihSn0eDT5Qs/s640/item02.rendition.slideshowVertical.02_revival_meetingADBilhuber.jpg" width="592" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Artisan Mark Giglio painted the entrance hall with colorful stripes."</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan brownstone.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by Jeffrey Bilhuber, <a href="http://bilhuber.com/" target="_blank">Bilhuber and Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architect: Peter Pennoyer, <a href="http://www.ppapc.com/" target="_blank">Peter Pennoyer Architects</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jean Nathan.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-04/peter-pennoyer-jeffrey-bilhuber-manhattan-townhouse-slideshow_slideshow_item1_2" target="_blank">Revival Meeting</a>" produced by Howard Christian.</span></div><div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (April 2011).</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIg6FG1i-9BXX7hzlx5Y1jNszM6U8Z9l7z7GUIEzRWxLiwM2kFfLjFaCokmttHoQnmGbEsI_qW2qcpOjD5j898Cc9LJ1IiHp1hguTaC92yw56GXRxFL4gYVZVloDXc_KdwrOG9fgc-GXI/s500/decorating-stripes-07-lgnED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIg6FG1i-9BXX7hzlx5Y1jNszM6U8Z9l7z7GUIEzRWxLiwM2kFfLjFaCokmttHoQnmGbEsI_qW2qcpOjD5j898Cc9LJ1IiHp1hguTaC92yw56GXRxFL4gYVZVloDXc_KdwrOG9fgc-GXI/s640/decorating-stripes-07-lgnED.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">"At her house on Long Island Sound, Susan Harris outfitted a guest room with two striped patterns that blend rather than fight. The bed skirt, coverlet, and pillowcases are made of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.seacloth.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; transition: color 0.2s linear;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">SeaCloth’s</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">Boardwalk cotton-linen, while the yellow-and-white-striped carpet was made by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.countryswedish.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; transition: color 0.2s linear;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Country Swedish</span></a><span style="background: white;">."</span></span><span style="outline: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/decorating-with-stripes#slide-7" target="_blank">Decorating With Stripes</a>" by Mitchell Owens.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_ItVJwvD0naHMVdiuOyn1QuFrmhIcFzaL90JUB9J17_XjKmA6h979QIPVow99lwOhgxoI3qbAOT_DUbRqVKe-M_VtKtSJb2ndV8iZyXQZpWtSRWCfy-70yMMhIQ9GrYYkq7L5QG7jzY/s625/decorating-stripes-01-lgnED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_ItVJwvD0naHMVdiuOyn1QuFrmhIcFzaL90JUB9J17_XjKmA6h979QIPVow99lwOhgxoI3qbAOT_DUbRqVKe-M_VtKtSJb2ndV8iZyXQZpWtSRWCfy-70yMMhIQ9GrYYkq7L5QG7jzY/s640/decorating-stripes-01-lgnED.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">"A grand blue-and-white striped antique dhurrie anchors the living room of a Hamptons house decorated by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Victoria Hagan</span><span style="background: white;">. Its palette is echoed throughout the room to create a chic but restful scheme. Fun fact: This room reportedly helped to inspire Diane Keaton’s living room in the 2003 movie<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i>Something’s Gotta Give</i><span style="background: white;">."</span></span></span><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.victoriahagan.com/" target="_blank">Victoria Hagan</a>.</span></span><br /><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">Photography by Michael Mundy.</span></span></span><br /><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/decorating-with-stripes#slide-1" target="_blank">Decorating With Stripes</a>" by Mitchell Owens.</span></span></span><br /><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></span></span><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></span></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVOlRKrxkxo_0S70gP-gFuu9ap_NdNqf2SZYUGysp6EymwCtBsyMp-soRnxKmZLSE4ct4CHhm0Fj659LgNPrXEb3QCqG2_y4M_OC95ewbAmK1XK4-V4KxhkWCyP4C9gmF0IwMvl30rKk/s500/06-hbx-blue-and-white-stripe-bed-shubel-0613-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVOlRKrxkxo_0S70gP-gFuu9ap_NdNqf2SZYUGysp6EymwCtBsyMp-soRnxKmZLSE4ct4CHhm0Fj659LgNPrXEb3QCqG2_y4M_OC95ewbAmK1XK4-V4KxhkWCyP4C9gmF0IwMvl30rKk/s640/06-hbx-blue-and-white-stripe-bed-shubel-0613-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">"In the master bedroom, the small-scale pattern of C and C Milano's Gentleman Pied de Poule on a pair of <a href="http://www.wisteria.com/" target="_blank">Wisteria</a>X-base stools plays against the bold blue-and-white stripe on <a href="http://www.restorationhardware.com/" target="_blank">Restoration Hardware</a>'s Directoire bed. Carpet by <a href="http://www.starkcarpet.com/" target="_blank">Stark</a>."</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Gabriella Sarlo's home on a two-and-one-half-acre vineyard in California wine country.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.stephenshubel.com/" target="_blank">Stephen Shubel</a> and Gabriella Sarlo.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Photography by Luca Trovato.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/colorful-cottage-decorating-ideas-0613?click=main_sr#slide-6" target="_blank">A California Cottage That's Young, Playful, and Fresh</a>" by Mimi Read.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (June 2013).</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY22V7xAV8oPZzXdeVpNfD_BfoakP53tpYF-Sx3pVhlu4qzTXwn7qSI_84FjdFKfed-eA7uSD-1QmZVhPf-UT7Voo-7zrjwfTvormJ16VWZMVXIfl6Ov8A8YHCiHc9SXg6-mTk2-l2q7c/s600/item0.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.striped-rooms-01AD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY22V7xAV8oPZzXdeVpNfD_BfoakP53tpYF-Sx3pVhlu4qzTXwn7qSI_84FjdFKfed-eA7uSD-1QmZVhPf-UT7Voo-7zrjwfTvormJ16VWZMVXIfl6Ov8A8YHCiHc9SXg6-mTk2-l2q7c/s640/item0.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.striped-rooms-01AD.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">"Russian designer<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.dvelikovsky.com/" style="outline-width: 0px; text-align: start;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #303dc9; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">Dmitry Velikovsky</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-align: start;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">mixed modern and traditional pieces in this Moscow pied-à-terre to create what his client described as 'a very simple space with a very complicated inside.' In the entrance hall, a 17th-century painting by Hendrik Mommers is offset by the blue-and-white striped wallcovering and equally bold lamps."</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;">Photography by Tim Beddow.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;">"</span><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-04/striped-rooms-slideshow" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;" target="_blank">Striped Decor</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;">" text by Kate Jerde.</span><br /><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;"> (2006).</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36bMbZKVHcxtRy1CJmTW324CdxeNzzbAVyHjv2SGSYSP-dYRHBO0AAvM1ip_8mWVWZmtemJUGyk_uYc3M-C6dY462wQwYMgPcDR28P6EHUCLTTorpkddvp_x8FQNVNG7xVbVyJhHVe1k/s519/img_sugarspice_4TradHomeKasler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36bMbZKVHcxtRy1CJmTW324CdxeNzzbAVyHjv2SGSYSP-dYRHBO0AAvM1ip_8mWVWZmtemJUGyk_uYc3M-C6dY462wQwYMgPcDR28P6EHUCLTTorpkddvp_x8FQNVNG7xVbVyJhHVe1k/s640/img_sugarspice_4TradHomeKasler.jpg" width="578" /></a></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"One side of the foyer opens to an elegant dining room with an ornate crown molding and wainscoting painted crisp white. Robin’s-egg blue walls match the wide stripes on the room’s silk draperies. 'The dining room is a bit formal, but still dressed down with the linen chair covers and antiques,' explains [Suzanne] Kasler. The sisal-style rug also contributes to the casual side of the mix."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">Indianapolis, Indiana, home of contractor Mike Davis, his wife Annette and their children.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Suzanne Kasler, <a href="http://suzannekasler.com/" target="_blank">Suzanne Kasler Interiors</a>.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Amy Elbert.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/sugarandspice_4.html" target="_blank">Sugar and Spice</a>" produced by Betsy Harris.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><div style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25MeuN9DeFaaSgesiUB4Z5VmhyoXop-tngj9Tc4RnHvwT9KqqotYsNssmbSnlvfsCRGfxfBX8OSgerQ4lQ3LJerqCftSt7sgaQGj6vzvSeDl009RpcOpQ3SFAJRt3L8o12kNiwc2hWCQ/s470/img_BierlyDrake_ss12TradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25MeuN9DeFaaSgesiUB4Z5VmhyoXop-tngj9Tc4RnHvwT9KqqotYsNssmbSnlvfsCRGfxfBX8OSgerQ4lQ3LJerqCftSt7sgaQGj6vzvSeDl009RpcOpQ3SFAJRt3L8o12kNiwc2hWCQ/s640/img_BierlyDrake_ss12TradHome.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">"Tailored stripes on the master bedroom walls are softened by celadon silk drapery panels, which add to the room's verticality."</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Wall covering</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">("Marchmont Stripe"/Beige and White): Hinson and Co.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">Palm Beach, Florida, home of Lee Brierly and Chris Drake.</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%;">Interior design by Lee Bierly and Chris Drake, <a href="http://www.bierly-drake.com/" target="_blank">Bierly-Drake Inc.</a></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br /><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-style: normal;">Photography by Robert Brantley.</span><span style="background: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-style: normal;">Written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/weekendlivingsecondhome/vibrant-house-colors_ss12.html" target="_blank">House Kissed by Color</a>" p<em style="line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal;">roduced by Estelle Bond Guralnick.</span></em></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpdd-7KWXA5q0PEv72m-TW4BdP4XyP1siZ4J1-3nmsrWgOTg9MJqQOcRuAtKOYCPrHYC6wbT5qZ1qOffH36aFZKT2QuDXASO4eBU06G7xU1G6XsXE7riWm3yNt0_YeYxbNrugT3jbddc/s600/item19.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.gritti-palace-hotel-20-punta-della-dogana-suiteADMay2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpdd-7KWXA5q0PEv72m-TW4BdP4XyP1siZ4J1-3nmsrWgOTg9MJqQOcRuAtKOYCPrHYC6wbT5qZ1qOffH36aFZKT2QuDXASO4eBU06G7xU1G6XsXE7riWm3yNt0_YeYxbNrugT3jbddc/s640/item19.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.gritti-palace-hotel-20-punta-della-dogana-suiteADMay2013.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the bedroom - lined in a Rubelli stripe - hand-colored Venetian etchings overlook the antique bed and bench; the Murano lamps (with Fortuny-fabric shades) are new."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.thegrittipalace.com/" target="_blank">The Gritti Palace</a>, a Luxury Collection hotel on Venice's Grand Canal.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Structural upgrades by architect Gretchen Alexander Harnischfeger and designer and <a href="http://www.donghia.com/" target="_blank">Donghia</a> creative director Chuck Chewning.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Adam Gopnik.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-05/gritti-palace-hotel-venice-designer-chuck-chewning-slideshow_slideshow_item19_20" target="_blank">Masterpiece Theater</a>" produced by Howard Christian.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (May 2013).</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/AVvXsEhwQa6LWKCNoI4pZeMDO7OOHIv8I4ckWnmwkxa0gm_m_7u_HaMXjXVpHM_k5qtvSFeIzDKGhIGse3bCCE1r-Kv6KpY0Zlh3L_dYKoU69e2XewiTlO0NWvhpLK9jGqcXnnWONDkms69GVnY/s600/item3.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.striped-rooms-04AD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQa6LWKCNoI4pZeMDO7OOHIv8I4ckWnmwkxa0gm_m_7u_HaMXjXVpHM_k5qtvSFeIzDKGhIGse3bCCE1r-Kv6KpY0Zlh3L_dYKoU69e2XewiTlO0NWvhpLK9jGqcXnnWONDkms69GVnY/s640/item3.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.striped-rooms-04AD.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">" 'If English country house is your look, it doesn’t matter if you have it in England or in New York or in the tropics,' said Mario Buatta. Reinforcing that idea, the designer brought a decidedly European sensibility to a residence in the Philippines. The tented dressing room, with its striped walls displaying vintage <i>Vanity Fair</i> portraits, has an intimate, old-world feel."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Interior design by Mario Buatta.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Photography by Mary E. Nichols.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-04/striped-rooms-slideshow_slideshow_item3_4" target="_blank">Striped Decor</a>" text by Kate Jerde.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (August 2006).</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnOhwmGVpwm96rCthvd6INV9-Zky6AgxzISvnX2sYjDyLLIO-2mz4rYMqHo8_NWbI6yA6vSngvEYEoccf0qgJid-_EXNSD63IVJ7WfKbiLyBwxAFlrS6fB0H453eqgJZIgybzAHB0yDc/s500/02-hbx-photo-frames-above-stove-tobin-0513-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnOhwmGVpwm96rCthvd6INV9-Zky6AgxzISvnX2sYjDyLLIO-2mz4rYMqHo8_NWbI6yA6vSngvEYEoccf0qgJid-_EXNSD63IVJ7WfKbiLyBwxAFlrS6fB0H453eqgJZIgybzAHB0yDc/s640/02-hbx-photo-frames-above-stove-tobin-0513-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">" 'I don't like to cook and stare at a wall,' [Tobi] Tobin says. So she added a shelf and created a mix of interesting shapes and reflections — but no color: "Neutrals are what hold this vignette together." The vertical lines of <a href="http://www.ralphlauren.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=1760785&ab=global_home" target="_blank">Ralph Lauren Home</a>'s Newberry Stripe wallpaper make the low ceiling feel higher."</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Tobi Tobin's Hollywood Hills cottage.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Interior design by <a href="http://tobitobin.com/" target="_blank">Tobi Tobin</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Photography by Karyn R. Millet.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/modern-farmhouse-design-ideas-0513?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">A 100-Year-Old Hollywood Farmhouse Goes Modern With a Neutral Palette and Mirrors Everywhere</a>" by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (May 2013).</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJXB3EAgsK8jFeyplRgHXZkP9_eRpd9nsCMBPGRedetY4NfZYx9TvIoexhmwsG8lhEV1Lk8F2RSDUAjUNNScq8GLSZCaUb4EFdTTybWMs4qJ6jZrN37omTW0-UxaNZWxN-V2yrRpCKzw/s517/img_kaleidoscope_4TradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJXB3EAgsK8jFeyplRgHXZkP9_eRpd9nsCMBPGRedetY4NfZYx9TvIoexhmwsG8lhEV1Lk8F2RSDUAjUNNScq8GLSZCaUb4EFdTTybWMs4qJ6jZrN37omTW0-UxaNZWxN-V2yrRpCKzw/s640/img_kaleidoscope_4TradHome.jpg" width="584" /></a></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The dining room commands a sunny alcove, open and accessible to the kitchen, yet slightly removed for a hint of formality. For continuity, [Georgia] Carlee repeated the window treatment from the living room — a floor-to-ceiling tri-panel design in tan, light blue, and ivory. Shells mounted in shadow boxes adorn the wall. The locally crafted table is illuminated by a barrel chandelier that accentuates the room’s 14-foot-high ceiling."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in WaterColor, Florida along the Gulf Coast.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decorator: Georgia Carlee, <a href="http://www.gcarlee.com/" target="_blank">GCI Design</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: John Riddle Architecture.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Photography by Colleen Duffley</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-style: normal;">Text by Eleanor Lynn Nesmith</span></em></span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://the%20dining%20room%20commands%20a%20sunny%20alcove%2C%20open%20and%20accessible%20to%20the%20kitchen%2C%20yet%20slightly%20removed%20for%20a%20hint%20of%20formality.%20for%20continuity%2C%20carlee%20repeated%20the%20window%20treatment%20from%20the%20living%20room%E2%80%94a%20floor-to-ceiling%20tri-panel%20design%20in%20tan%2C%20light%20blue%2C%20and%20ivory.%20shells%20mounted%20in%20shadow%20boxes%20adorn%20the%20wall.%20the%20locally%20crafted%20table%20is%20illuminated%20by%20a%20barrel%20chandelier%20that%20accentuates%20the%20room%E2%80%99s%2014-foot-high%20ceiling./" target="_blank">Kaleidoscope By the Sea</a>"</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJzw5VGix-e6pCMzchU6pc4Jur6CfPoyrfqgAsThlwTrkjdPtvi0-AMcX9qQYRoMBrOLcM1UGnSshxNvFZI76X7Cirvi9KqOQCOEn_4R3fVyAW77OBs_HJTHohyphenhyphenrAItZRdcUK9qvw4BVo/s588/img_kaleidoscope_1TradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJzw5VGix-e6pCMzchU6pc4Jur6CfPoyrfqgAsThlwTrkjdPtvi0-AMcX9qQYRoMBrOLcM1UGnSshxNvFZI76X7Cirvi9KqOQCOEn_4R3fVyAW77OBs_HJTHohyphenhyphenrAItZRdcUK9qvw4BVo/s640/img_kaleidoscope_1TradHome.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in WaterColor, Florida along the Gulf Coast.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decorator: Georgia Carlee, <a href="http://www.gcarlee.com/" target="_blank">GCI Design</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: John Riddle Architecture.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-style: normal;">Photography by Colleen Duffley</span></em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-style: normal;">Text by Eleanor Lynn Nesmith</span></em></span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://the%20dining%20room%20commands%20a%20sunny%20alcove%2C%20open%20and%20accessible%20to%20the%20kitchen%2C%20yet%20slightly%20removed%20for%20a%20hint%20of%20formality.%20for%20continuity%2C%20carlee%20repeated%20the%20window%20treatment%20from%20the%20living%20room%E2%80%94a%20floor-to-ceiling%20tri-panel%20design%20in%20tan%2C%20light%20blue%2C%20and%20ivory.%20shells%20mounted%20in%20shadow%20boxes%20adorn%20the%20wall.%20the%20locally%20crafted%20table%20is%20illuminated%20by%20a%20barrel%20chandelier%20that%20accentuates%20the%20room%E2%80%99s%2014-foot-high%20ceiling./" target="_blank">Kaleidoscope By the Sea</a>"</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKEv8Aj8V9r0YZ5NrD6PKHxOm3ED-5upGrYN_2DDyaT1lKDSgB6uo-ZEO0yWb9t7A0pgkB2GWjt12rm8A-y4lM12-GIHfBB5aHJc_wQWVG5qMPHbS5HTIop-MbSOJn20UEnM_XnT3rfM/s625/Decorating-ideas-striped-walls-01-lgnED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKEv8Aj8V9r0YZ5NrD6PKHxOm3ED-5upGrYN_2DDyaT1lKDSgB6uo-ZEO0yWb9t7A0pgkB2GWjt12rm8A-y4lM12-GIHfBB5aHJc_wQWVG5qMPHbS5HTIop-MbSOJn20UEnM_XnT3rfM/s640/Decorating-ideas-striped-walls-01-lgnED.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">"Red-and-white wallpaper energizes the center hall of designer Kristiina Ratia’s Connecticut residence. Dark contrasting accents, such as the vintage lamps, ebonized frame, and gleaming floor, pump up the visual volume."</span><span style="outline: 0px;"></span></span><br /><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></span><br /><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/wall-treatments-say-it-stripes-64353#slide-1" target="_blank">Wall Treatments: Say it With Stripes</a>" by Mitchell Owens.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></div></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJeeRDc2R558jIMWvsHQFugm-B5TWjNESH4b7eB6B47V7xodQFKqv7bNjoMe94jOVGb_87TN4gFzErQ_mC1F9sZtRgw7ynNPLdWCMFd1c0jE_XGzVBhMqAq4N1kO8-TnXnKE4u9ZflCQ/s500/07-hbx-hooded-wicker-chairs-1012-lindroth-lgnHBOct2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJeeRDc2R558jIMWvsHQFugm-B5TWjNESH4b7eB6B47V7xodQFKqv7bNjoMe94jOVGb_87TN4gFzErQ_mC1F9sZtRgw7ynNPLdWCMFd1c0jE_XGzVBhMqAq4N1kO8-TnXnKE4u9ZflCQ/s640/07-hbx-hooded-wicker-chairs-1012-lindroth-lgnHBOct2012.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The sunroom is tented like a pleasure boat - 'a fun way to make it feel full of happiness.' The convocation of blue-and-white stripes is distinctively American; it includes the mitered <a href="http://www.sunbrella.com/" target="_blank">Sunbrella</a> canopy and a <a href="http://www.dashandalbert.com/" target="_blank">Dash and Albert</a> rug. [Amanda] Lindroth found the 1960s swivel chairs, hooded wicker chair, and whimsical metal palm tree in south Florida."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bahamas house of Florida-born designer Amanda Lindroth and her developer husband, Orjan.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.amandalindroth.com/" target="_blank">Amanda Lindroth</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by James Merrell.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Dylan Landis.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/bahama-decorating-style-1012?click=main_sr#slide-8" target="_blank">An American in the Bahamas</a>" produced by Rebecca de Ravenel.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (October 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/AVvXsEgJ8Imyuf5OYaKACsJeMZpNaGns3kwPzxgjolHrA85PaaY1-6G4325gQThe1Y1RJYKcANH5UvjLcmpP4wVbmLb1pAlO-BB1jh_k5QCaM-p2vj7ycO9EKLftI1M1RoAKJ-Q6tqODaSDz8LE/s500/Decorating-ideas-striped-walls-06-lgnED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8Imyuf5OYaKACsJeMZpNaGns3kwPzxgjolHrA85PaaY1-6G4325gQThe1Y1RJYKcANH5UvjLcmpP4wVbmLb1pAlO-BB1jh_k5QCaM-p2vj7ycO9EKLftI1M1RoAKJ-Q6tqODaSDz8LE/s640/Decorating-ideas-striped-walls-06-lgnED.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">"Lilac-and-white hand-painted stripes provide a crisp background for an eclectic Paris salon decorated by Brussels-based designer<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.caumont-interiors.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; transition: color 0.2s linear;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Bruno de Caumont</span></a><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">. They also help visually organize the array of art and objects."</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0in;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0in;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/wall-treatments-say-it-stripes-64353#slide-6" target="_blank">Wall Treatments: Say it With Stripes</a>" by Mitchell Owens.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7W2Pc3Svfya0IsD0U7BwHpf6kVgwu_GTORi8dFCcjyNbovXVBhQ33sUX7KCcMEqy0k2kjXfqoOR8J13Fd15hvY-xqqisI6wqG0KM1YxCFLlUlMr_FtyUj-F0LAvWfFIugNY0ktxBL7AE/s600/item6.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.kelly-wearstler-13-master-suite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7W2Pc3Svfya0IsD0U7BwHpf6kVgwu_GTORi8dFCcjyNbovXVBhQ33sUX7KCcMEqy0k2kjXfqoOR8J13Fd15hvY-xqqisI6wqG0KM1YxCFLlUlMr_FtyUj-F0LAvWfFIugNY0ktxBL7AE/s640/item6.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.kelly-wearstler-13-master-suite.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The master suite's striped vestibule is accented by an Italian modernist chandelier and vintage Stilnovo sconces."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1930s Georgian Revival home in Bel Air, California.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.kellywearstler.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; transition: color 0.3s;">Kelly Wearstler</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; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architecture by M. Brian Tichenor, <a href="http://www.tichenorandthorp.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; transition: color 0.3s;">Tichenor and Thorp Architects</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; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Peter Haldeman.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-01/kelly-wearstler-bel-air-los-angeles-home-slideshow#/slide=7" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Maximum Impact</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.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; transition: color 0.3s;">Architectural Digest</a> (January 2013).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYkrePqSEPbs7AI5LQtZ14LFinTYdwDn0cKpEg-iPuOtBFkvBC4hRed_CKJ8KAiduRQYHxFVbrTKpsYQZ9wb6UydSmcYelrOfq9Zra5yJ6Y-vTRgp4nqm41yCO_Cwd3GdFCEoAa5jvEPk/s500/Decorating-ideas-striped-walls-12-lgnED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYkrePqSEPbs7AI5LQtZ14LFinTYdwDn0cKpEg-iPuOtBFkvBC4hRed_CKJ8KAiduRQYHxFVbrTKpsYQZ9wb6UydSmcYelrOfq9Zra5yJ6Y-vTRgp4nqm41yCO_Cwd3GdFCEoAa5jvEPk/s640/Decorating-ideas-striped-walls-12-lgnED.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">"Vibrant orange-and-pink stripes race down the bedroom-corridor walls of designer<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.murielbrandolini.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; transition: color 0.2s linear;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Muriel Brandolini’s</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">Victorian weekend house in Southampton, New York."</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/wall-treatments-say-it-stripes-64353#slide-12" target="_blank">Wall Treatments: Say it With Stripes</a>" by Mitchell Owens.</span></span></span><br /><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></span></span><br /><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_B4l4kbxGa-k6xGoiKfEeiBmANYLDS77RkW7qXVc8zARjB4b4j1lCYYBEuacJys5qMOuQZR5Q1DM-MUoPi7ZfFH1fZqJSDxwMCC0LcxQ6o2VfW2AbGCuG9IddJwCLkxFfTpxNOssnE60/s470/101502393_ssTradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_B4l4kbxGa-k6xGoiKfEeiBmANYLDS77RkW7qXVc8zARjB4b4j1lCYYBEuacJys5qMOuQZR5Q1DM-MUoPi7ZfFH1fZqJSDxwMCC0LcxQ6o2VfW2AbGCuG9IddJwCLkxFfTpxNOssnE60/s640/101502393_ssTradHome.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Strong color reigns in . . . [the boy's bedroom], where twin orange headboards measure up to horizontal stripes."<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0in;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">Twin beds</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">(custom): Massucco Warner Miller Interior Design and Decoration.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><br /><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bed fabric<span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>(“Mulberry’’/Cantaloupe #1212-4): Lulu DK,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.luludk.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">luludk.com</span></a>.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edwardian home in San Francisco's Presidio Heights neighborhood.</span><br /><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Interior design by Melissa Warner, <a href="http://www.massuccowarnermiller.com/" target="_blank">Massucco Warner Miller</a>.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Photography by Werner Straube.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">"</span><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/colorful-stylish-family-home_ss23.html" style="line-height: 115%;" target="_blank">Colorful and Stylish Family Home</a><span style="line-height: 115%;">" written and produced by Sabine Rothman.</span></span><br /><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>. </span></span></span></span><br /><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45jrVuNDklLk-p_u0dsHAO7pZCNCZq5oePijhLOGiBZCD_0LoxNJOqAFD09XnVW6tuHW20wbQ2ouJvHITM9NxEG7z48_6fYpNYAits7AmKknvOfudQRy_z9pR_F9cgW1y-LI9uVkjwYY/s500/07-hbx-striped-wooden-spoons-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45jrVuNDklLk-p_u0dsHAO7pZCNCZq5oePijhLOGiBZCD_0LoxNJOqAFD09XnVW6tuHW20wbQ2ouJvHITM9NxEG7z48_6fYpNYAits7AmKknvOfudQRy_z9pR_F9cgW1y-LI9uVkjwYY/s640/07-hbx-striped-wooden-spoons-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">"Store-bought vanilla ice cream looks extra special when served with striped wooden spoons. Patriotic Spoons, $8 for 20.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-align: start; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.sucreshop.com/" style="color: #4e8bf6; text-align: start;" target="_blank">sucreshop.com</a><span style="color: #333333;"> via <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>."</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="text-align: start;">One of my favorite Fourth of July memories is making ice cream at my grandparents' house using an old, wooden hand-crank ice cream maker. So yummy!</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="text-align: start;">Happy Fourth!</span></span></span></div></div><div></div></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Stars and Stripes Part Two: Stripes

My July 1st post - " Stars and Stripes Part One " - featured rooms with stars. Today I offer a celebration of stripes - from the g...

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