This Is The Way We Do The Wash

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I don't do laundry but I think people who do it should be comfortable.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Car-dealership magnate Ernie Bloch Jr., who lives in a 16,000-square-foot mansion in Boston and has a "massive" laundry room, to the <i>Wall Street Journal</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I smiled when I read that quote in the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> last week (<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323309404578613981332849130.html?mod=slideshow_overlay_mod" target="_blank">"The Baddest House on the Block" by Nancy Keates, August 1, 2013</a>). What makes a laundry room comfortable? For many people, just finding a place for a washer and dryer can be a challenge. Stacking units are helpful, and some homeowners are able to tuck their laundry appliances into closets and behind curtains or sliding doors. A truly comfortable laundry room should be well-lit with a flat work surface, a drying rack (perhaps mounted on the wall), a rod for hanging clothes, a sink and well-organized storage space for supplies. Attaching an ironing board to the wall keeps it handy but out of the way. If you want to make your workspace pretty, you might consider wallpaper. Like the powder room, the laundry offers a place to try a pattern or color that might overwhelm a larger space. Painting the room a bright color can be fun, while soothing shades create a serene work area. Curtains and rugs soften the sterility of large appliances, and decanting laundry powder into glass jars eliminates unattractive containers. The laundry room photos below feature a hand-painted wall covering, Philippe Starck Ghost chairs, skirts for the sink and a black light. Take a peek for inspiration . . .  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">       </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdK7f67YuF1USBOq-QKO42XIAMC0ZzKTLWIyRCr6U9J7ESDeNNnlNkw5RtW0Zg9Mhw5nQO7pahUgqlAf6bI38-oRbUsyl7N4Ayu3itA0gOd6lPBH8A0bEKcSsHpmHJzLoAD-_vJJiuQ_Q/s1600/PH2009041501477.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdK7f67YuF1USBOq-QKO42XIAMC0ZzKTLWIyRCr6U9J7ESDeNNnlNkw5RtW0Zg9Mhw5nQO7pahUgqlAf6bI38-oRbUsyl7N4Ayu3itA0gOd6lPBH8A0bEKcSsHpmHJzLoAD-_vJJiuQ_Q/s640/PH2009041501477.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Laundry would not seem like a chore if you were washing clothes in a space dressed with hand-painted [<a href="http://www.graciestudio.com/" target="_blank">Gracie</a>] wallpaper, custom storage and a designer chandelier. Draza Stamenich is the young McLean designer who created the show-house laundry room in a minuscule space tucked off the kitchen."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three-story Victorian mansion on a hilltop in Georgetown.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gordon Beall.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041500966.html?sid=ST2009041501780" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">D.C. Design 2009 - A Little Luxury as You Launder</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" by Liz Seymour.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/" target="_blank">The Washington Post</a> (April 16, 2009).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXF5Y7hvSJyFmi4nIOafabs22kd9NN-ApJ9dICmRhK0P686VlOAimK6VljZ4D5ABP0J4vmMYE2SkH8kgCdtz2HyiQhv4zUBvGbBrcP-VEIXsvGJwXOHVJFvO8YGKQP1W_rf6cb6C3rsXc/s1600/port_etc9suellengregory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXF5Y7hvSJyFmi4nIOafabs22kd9NN-ApJ9dICmRhK0P686VlOAimK6VljZ4D5ABP0J4vmMYE2SkH8kgCdtz2HyiQhv4zUBvGbBrcP-VEIXsvGJwXOHVJFvO8YGKQP1W_rf6cb6C3rsXc/s640/port_etc9suellengregory.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.suellengregory.com/" target="_blank">Suellen Gregory</a> of Richmond, Virginia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.suellengregory.com/gallery/gallery-etcetera" target="_blank">Photo obtained from website of Suellen Gregory Interior Design</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb9Bc2ORGfsPrJi9VIlWskrBJkDOuPXSBRwd2rLZ56mEs-mEuqY_fkV8lYmpaDnqk4Tek1elTO6FzFhznjkHmCj7qBMh87ehsWfoktA7VbgYnOe5hYN4jg6aZbswXgb7RT8xKI9vMsEc/s1600/ss_101719348+%25281%2529TradHomeSmallHomeBigIdea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb9Bc2ORGfsPrJi9VIlWskrBJkDOuPXSBRwd2rLZ56mEs-mEuqY_fkV8lYmpaDnqk4Tek1elTO6FzFhznjkHmCj7qBMh87ehsWfoktA7VbgYnOe5hYN4jg6aZbswXgb7RT8xKI9vMsEc/s640/ss_101719348+%25281%2529TradHomeSmallHomeBigIdea.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Commanding [Cole and Son] wallpaper from <a href="http://www.leejofa.com/" target="_blank">Lee Jofa</a> sets the tone for the black-and-white laundry room. Classic hexagonal tiles cover the floor, while polka dots play under the sink."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scottsdale, Arizona, home of Berkley Vallone and her family.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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 Berkley Vallone, <a href="http://berkleyvallone.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Berkley Interior and Lifestyle Design</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Builder for remodel: Nance Construction.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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 Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/small-home-big-style_ss21.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Gotta Love It</a>!" produced by Barbara Mundall.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Traditional Home</a> (May 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/AVvXsEiWAGwV8a5zVlJnXxUx7zXpEwmYToAOqPg02nUy0RvWEM4bZ0v3yhEKrVOkmtxDorXskfQJVB-TqJGS3ri6jOYo9TJtMYKyOb5HZKCTYa9sMboVZLfo0D78W4y4uOpmLY3WttggTn-4AHI/s1600/HH-March2009-VirginiaMacdonald.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWAGwV8a5zVlJnXxUx7zXpEwmYToAOqPg02nUy0RvWEM4bZ0v3yhEKrVOkmtxDorXskfQJVB-TqJGS3ri6jOYo9TJtMYKyOb5HZKCTYa9sMboVZLfo0D78W4y4uOpmLY3WttggTn-4AHI/s640/HH-March2009-VirginiaMacdonald.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Homeowner Alison Booth doesn't shy away from color, and her conveniently-located second-floor laundry room is no exception. Strong colors and graphic patterns balance each other and add interest. For a bold wallpaper like this, keep cabinets and flooring in neutral or white."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer: Alison Booth, Booth Supply.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Macdonald.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/pink-laundry-room" target="_blank">Pink Laundry Room</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (March 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCClhI_1WIcYU46QoEHOz9PSC3leFpWaxTthfFVb86reINJJj46cYjohul36qOgJg0E-IvF-gTTrdFE-9lUK_qqGEb-8zcZa52VBDvnuBVVQsiwsJEkk7v97xQewShlxjDUaqrIf_qw4/s1600/ss_102083208TradHomeOMore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCClhI_1WIcYU46QoEHOz9PSC3leFpWaxTthfFVb86reINJJj46cYjohul36qOgJg0E-IvF-gTTrdFE-9lUK_qqGEb-8zcZa52VBDvnuBVVQsiwsJEkk7v97xQewShlxjDUaqrIf_qw4/s640/ss_102083208TradHomeOMore.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;">"Charm was the operative word as Jennifer Markanich created a multifunctional mudroom, which serves as a back entry from the garage. A utility sink skirted with a yellow, cream, and gray paisley fabric carries the charm banner, but it's super functional as well. A wide drainboard makes it a good work surface when loading laundry into the nearby washer and dryer. Shelves above the sink are stocked with vases, simplifying flower arranging. And for a fun twist on traditional, the designer covered a modern Philippe Starck 'Ghost Chair' in paisley fabric." </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;">O'More College of Design Showhouse in Franklin, Tennessee.</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;">Design: Jennifer Markanich, <a href="http://timelessinteriorsdesign.com/" target="_blank">Timeless Interiors</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Werner Straube.</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/showhouses/charming-southern-showhouse_ss14.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">Living on Campus</a>" 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/" 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> (July - August 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/AVvXsEgfx1RL1pg_KlrcI-2I7xj_YvpJt1ro_PkxbB74MfRz30db3-3AMWSGbiZYG_k3MKhSVPXgkFbPXijLfs9ckjUYbDjaewXB3mTKyK07fyaUJpR1sSKUeASrOLlWDQq-sLe_6fWTyOf9Guk/s1600/ss_101235252TradHomeCAhome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfx1RL1pg_KlrcI-2I7xj_YvpJt1ro_PkxbB74MfRz30db3-3AMWSGbiZYG_k3MKhSVPXgkFbPXijLfs9ckjUYbDjaewXB3mTKyK07fyaUJpR1sSKUeASrOLlWDQq-sLe_6fWTyOf9Guk/s640/ss_101235252TradHomeCAhome.jpg" width="352" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A playful pink window valence and sink skirt celebrates the casual air of the tropics in the laundry room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Southern California home of interior designer Wendi Young and family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by homeowner Wendi Young, <a href="http://wendiyoung.com/" target="_blank">Wendi Young Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by James Carriere.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Sarah Egge.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/california-home-decorated-tropical_ss11.html" target="_blank">California Home Decorated To Feel Like a Tropical Retreat</a>" produced by Andrea Caughey.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRviJu8FkHLcvMT4eQDZ83CZKSCiOp1NcKMTRFm0vHzilL_HSO09zVcfsvJagFaqmOA7YYY7VhjYSuzCSERGXSPAAqJZXJRL2ueWglpJZ-LzskS5ucWaUNB_ZO8iVDKhuOa8fVw0W-iCw/s1600/ModernLifeConceptHouse_018-lgnED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRviJu8FkHLcvMT4eQDZ83CZKSCiOp1NcKMTRFm0vHzilL_HSO09zVcfsvJagFaqmOA7YYY7VhjYSuzCSERGXSPAAqJZXJRL2ueWglpJZ-LzskS5ucWaUNB_ZO8iVDKhuOa8fVw0W-iCw/s640/ModernLifeConceptHouse_018-lgnED.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laundry room created with products from <a href="http://www.containerstore.com/" target="_blank">The Container Store</a>. Spaces are "customizable by finish and size, with free online or in-store design services."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interiors/modern-life-concept-house-dillon-2012?click=main_sr#slide-19" target="_blank">Elle Decor's Modern Life Concept House 2012: A townhouse at the Dillon in New York City</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Christopher Sturman.</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/AVvXsEiGCYLbAhe424UOpLVYC40jMjyjwfAyV77Eft8jwByN_gs-RxCE_wk3htkvyxpdhb3Vc3dUZZqQSzfB4hyphenhyphengDj1YBmEoqSnygEqclErJcwGMJ14cLnEK0CeXoCXN0rPEIvv1l4V1zQEPMm4/s1600/closet-red-drawers-0710-kaihoi-13-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCYLbAhe424UOpLVYC40jMjyjwfAyV77Eft8jwByN_gs-RxCE_wk3htkvyxpdhb3Vc3dUZZqQSzfB4hyphenhyphengDj1YBmEoqSnygEqclErJcwGMJ14cLnEK0CeXoCXN0rPEIvv1l4V1zQEPMm4/s640/closet-red-drawers-0710-kaihoi-13-de.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;">"The 'his' side of the closet houses a compact washer and dryer set."</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;">East Village, New York City, apartment of David Kaihoi, his wife Monique Simard, and their daughter.</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 David Kaihoi.</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 Ngoc Minh Ngo.</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/small-apartment-decorating-0710?click=main_sr#slide-11" 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">Living Big in a One-Bedroom</a>" interview by Barbara King.</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> (July - August 2010).</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;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRHRvq_uydIF5PM_RmwvjN4ouVWsXRcTyGCrNfyetLENKRTQu0Oz2VqFLf8-QczRGfyELplQMykKCwPVvmJmBz6IvSzEKYQkAWfjgCjN6wztLz8GOO1moBjkaBuiKflQRbyQ2cervZDg/s1600/orange-sliding-barn-doors-0911-berman-mdn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRHRvq_uydIF5PM_RmwvjN4ouVWsXRcTyGCrNfyetLENKRTQu0Oz2VqFLf8-QczRGfyELplQMykKCwPVvmJmBz6IvSzEKYQkAWfjgCjN6wztLz8GOO1moBjkaBuiKflQRbyQ2cervZDg/s640/orange-sliding-barn-doors-0911-berman-mdn.jpg" width="480" /></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;">Barn doors painted <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Fresno "pack a punch in the laundry area. 'The doors to the laundry room could have been a lost opportunity - just another pair of white doors,' says [designer Mona Ross] Berman. 'But we felt they shouldn't be an afterthought. Painting them orange made them very visible and special. They read as art,' " </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;">New Jersey beach house of Maureen Doron, owner of the clothing store <a href="http://shop-skirt.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;">Skirt</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 Mona Ross Berman, <a href="http://www.monarossberman.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;">Mona Ross Berman 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 Jonny Valiant.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lisa Cregan</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/house-pictures/vintage-colorful-beach-house-0911?click=main_sr#slide-8" 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">A Sixties Surfer-Chic Beach House</a>" produced by Ori Ben-Dor and David M. Murphy.</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> (September 2011).</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;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNKrswavhazjWbtm63E7OHxmPL8PYv2x_CywmqyHf7G9QH6DtqhNdsqjJDDwMZx4pEwWYgQV1AQKI-LHVOZ41rGgkFBBjniy0j7fhF9aZ2WeWa-p8Qnvdn-yYcn5BvmHmBOU1oViY9jE/s1600/ss_102024468TradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNKrswavhazjWbtm63E7OHxmPL8PYv2x_CywmqyHf7G9QH6DtqhNdsqjJDDwMZx4pEwWYgQV1AQKI-LHVOZ41rGgkFBBjniy0j7fhF9aZ2WeWa-p8Qnvdn-yYcn5BvmHmBOU1oViY9jE/s640/ss_102024468TradHome.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the mudroom, "a bench is flanked by sliding barn doors that hide the children's cubbies on one side and a washer/dryer on the other."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Custom cabinetry designed by Wendy Posard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hardware above cabinetry: <a href="http://bunnywilliamshome.com/" target="_blank">Bunny Williams</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural and interior design by Wendy Posard, <a href="http://wendyposard.com/" target="_blank">Wendy Posard and Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Granen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Amy Elbert.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/handsome-hillside-home_ss14.html" target="_blank">Handsome Hillside Home in California</a>" produced by Eleanor Roper.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><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/AVvXsEiFBNzUDM_laVEK_SYiH8jwa_mM9kQ0Y-07c10t2LZ6dFUWRJC9H_HCmqHaY_k7sNu7Gk9GH4wlmi4ojRCVGxslunOI3kF1vO90gJY3zaOGo-VkVW46MBzJpGa3gYSpUtsf1LwcRh9fYec/s1600/307-00448_SUP_HH_DE10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBNzUDM_laVEK_SYiH8jwa_mM9kQ0Y-07c10t2LZ6dFUWRJC9H_HCmqHaY_k7sNu7Gk9GH4wlmi4ojRCVGxslunOI3kF1vO90gJY3zaOGo-VkVW46MBzJpGa3gYSpUtsf1LwcRh9fYec/s640/307-00448_SUP_HH_DE10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The laundry room in the lower level of the 2010 Princess Margaret Showhome is covered in soft green tiles and crisp white built-in cabinetry from <a href="http://www.ikea.com/" target="_blank">IKEA</a>. A sewing table and open shelving make household chores a breeze, and the generous sink is perfect for flower arranging. The mangle rotary iron is a state-of-the-art appliance for pressing sheets and other large items in seconds."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Michael Graydon.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/lovely-laundry-room" target="_blank">Lovely Laundry Room</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (December 2010).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIKqO-KmljfsE1fo1d3VMm66pqtZgtcOJxMT9wHo4uFUXXginJjOEVbVj6IkDF3JRXOr1XyFSiTwqO3Zk_Ek92cP_oswjU7C6sK3VhwO7KjcvfnEEFkGzC4zlrBJPGDg8dFVnTAJM8O0/s1600/ss_DSC02865LouiseBrooks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIKqO-KmljfsE1fo1d3VMm66pqtZgtcOJxMT9wHo4uFUXXginJjOEVbVj6IkDF3JRXOr1XyFSiTwqO3Zk_Ek92cP_oswjU7C6sK3VhwO7KjcvfnEEFkGzC4zlrBJPGDg8dFVnTAJM8O0/s640/ss_DSC02865LouiseBrooks.jpg" width="490" /></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;">"Ironing becomes a major chore when it involves locating, extracting and clumsily setting up the laundry board. Solve the space problem and the hassle in one go with this ironing board concealed in beadboard paneling."</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;">Design by Louise Brooks, <a href="http://www.brooksandfalotico.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">Brooks and Falotico</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;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/designers/decorating-design-tips-brooks_ss9.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Decorating and Design Tips From Louise Brooks</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;"><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/AVvXsEgwngVrnDI2S3eP_Rt7eOMbnMuA2hXh5rsL4QvulOa-Vm2UGMhJUtCGwBEAsTpFzKef-Pt7Px3c5Mrx51lTIKqgO2kVTc-qqKP-rl7RXafm9wjLN6TVTYmhJvWGE9kkKoX2GDFCM7ETG1U/s1600/basement-TheresaCasey-June11-AngusFergussonHouseAndHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwngVrnDI2S3eP_Rt7eOMbnMuA2hXh5rsL4QvulOa-Vm2UGMhJUtCGwBEAsTpFzKef-Pt7Px3c5Mrx51lTIKqgO2kVTc-qqKP-rl7RXafm9wjLN6TVTYmhJvWGE9kkKoX2GDFCM7ETG1U/s640/basement-TheresaCasey-June11-AngusFergussonHouseAndHome.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designer Theresa Casey renovated her 600-square-foot basement to include an office, guest bedroom and luxe laundry area. She saved on affordable white lacquered cabinetry but added vintage handles, a marble countertop, a gallery wall and a vintage ladder to make the utilitarian space seem special."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Theresa Casey, <a href="http://www.caseydesignplan.com/" target="_blank">Casey Design/Planning Group Inc.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Angus Fergusson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/highlow-laundry-room" target="_blank">High-Low Laundry Room</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (June 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpssPh1mplH0dT6eSA5RwKjIXfnCcFlZwni3zAgAMZwntrDcfng59Q8WGTs1_e41RSUy6WHsut_YXsJw2BzdTZ46xJB6ONofzNwwrt8DzlmlwnNsTGquOFrfEa6JVxia9-XYTsDAtT4HI/s1600/_50_2nd_FloorTheresaCasey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpssPh1mplH0dT6eSA5RwKjIXfnCcFlZwni3zAgAMZwntrDcfng59Q8WGTs1_e41RSUy6WHsut_YXsJw2BzdTZ46xJB6ONofzNwwrt8DzlmlwnNsTGquOFrfEa6JVxia9-XYTsDAtT4HI/s640/_50_2nd_FloorTheresaCasey.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found this photo of a serene laundry area on Theresa Casey's website: <a href="http://www.caseydesignplan.com/residential-1" target="_blank">Casey Design/Planning Group Inc.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It features a stackable washer and dryer, subway tile, ample counter space and a train rack for hanging items. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design and photo credit: Theresa Casey, <a href="http://www.caseydesignplan.com/" target="_blank">Casey Design/Planning Group Inc.</a></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_g6GrWx5RFlvKiMyEChRBBkSKYxlxl4TvnPmTACsLcziAbRsH_QqTxUJy1eVB530Zd2tZn0ZRm6R_kCHC-QBlMTntaMczDNrCQlj1LAJ16dCVGInkm6QWZtleTiunDwwxfazUOXPxYk0/s1600/Laundry-rm-02_SUP_HH_OC07_PU.laundry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_g6GrWx5RFlvKiMyEChRBBkSKYxlxl4TvnPmTACsLcziAbRsH_QqTxUJy1eVB530Zd2tZn0ZRm6R_kCHC-QBlMTntaMczDNrCQlj1LAJ16dCVGInkm6QWZtleTiunDwwxfazUOXPxYk0/s640/Laundry-rm-02_SUP_HH_OC07_PU.laundry.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The design of this room centers around a long Corian countertop that spans a washer, dryer and ample cabinets. Fresh blue walls, a striped runner [from <a href="http://www.dashandalbert.com/" target="_blank">Dash and Albert</a>] and sleek faucet complete the pretty decorating."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wall color: "Blue Grass" from <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Designer Classics Collection.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Donna Griffith.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/laundry-room-4" target="_blank">Light-Filled Laundry Room</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (October 2007).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqE29WYUh6I7bAEb7ftcmaWzi9eD71j7-qaCqJOiLDDnVNq-8mQsXBvj2nYHvS_XggygH5horHOHyvE8AOVuvlTog0Ty_Ey50CSR8HVZ-ZYygJRR4pWvfttfpiRtevzToF5ePJLlMWgcE/s1600/laundry-room-tarpon-lTracery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqE29WYUh6I7bAEb7ftcmaWzi9eD71j7-qaCqJOiLDDnVNq-8mQsXBvj2nYHvS_XggygH5horHOHyvE8AOVuvlTog0Ty_Ey50CSR8HVZ-ZYygJRR4pWvfttfpiRtevzToF5ePJLlMWgcE/s640/laundry-room-tarpon-lTracery.jpg" width="640" /></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;">"Paige [Schnell] turned her attention to even the most utilitarian room, hanging a sleek glass pendant above the washer and dryer."</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;">"Tarpon Run" - <i>Southern Living</i>'s 2009 Port Arkansas Idea House on the Texas Gulf Coast.</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 Paige Schnell of <a href="http://www.traceryinteriors.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;">Tracery 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;">Architects: Jeff Dungan and Louis Nequette of <a href="http://www.dungan-nequette.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Dungan Nequette</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;">Photo credits: Laurey W. Glenn and Robbie Caponetto.</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;">Styling by Matthew Gleason.</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.southernliving.com/home-garden/idea-houses/texas-idea-house-2009-00400000050550/page27.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;">2009 Texas Idea House</a>" written by Jennifer Berno.</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.southernliving.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;">Southern Living</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAqOoBUUR3dwJ0IBmsKgMeCQMhK1oiypbzi2Yuz2R54AgE24clnFHX5SHEF7HNz7UZzVcmdBRn5LOJsYyMAgHIOYMkViAbG0TGeQu4SvSQisrq300hJ9z7C7vm056HEwgQ1suwSQCUuo/s1600/101089982.jpg.rendition.largestBetterHomesAndGardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAqOoBUUR3dwJ0IBmsKgMeCQMhK1oiypbzi2Yuz2R54AgE24clnFHX5SHEF7HNz7UZzVcmdBRn5LOJsYyMAgHIOYMkViAbG0TGeQu4SvSQisrq300hJ9z7C7vm056HEwgQ1suwSQCUuo/s640/101089982.jpg.rendition.largestBetterHomesAndGardens.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A single window once limited this laundry space's storage potential, but small cabinets came to the rescue. Without blocking out too much natural light, the short cabinets add enough space to keep laundry supplies nice and tidy. A large countertop is the perfect spot for folding laundry. This laundry space is tucked into a kitchen corner, and the same cabinetry was used throughout the whole room for a seamless, integrated look."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.bhg.com/rooms/laundry-room/makeovers/laundry-room-decorating-ideas/#page=2" target="_blank">Stylish and Efficient Laundry Rooms</a>" by Allison Maze.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bhg.com/" target="_blank">Better Homes and Gardens</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1khkp3h48Ij88Az8etA04s4U2vVQq0UXrBldXigATrESq6tP4TLVwkNj_Fsz_hOmI1c5coUluiPiYEfx2YvNzrKBlaC4IPX7IYO-RxojyPjuiPXPpKUG_ZNKia1yYebq7M6K6RfqpqtA/s1600/DMDC103_1001.439279.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1khkp3h48Ij88Az8etA04s4U2vVQq0UXrBldXigATrESq6tP4TLVwkNj_Fsz_hOmI1c5coUluiPiYEfx2YvNzrKBlaC4IPX7IYO-RxojyPjuiPXPpKUG_ZNKia1yYebq7M6K6RfqpqtA/s640/DMDC103_1001.439279.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laundry room designed by Stephen Fanuka and Electrolux for the Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse 2011.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by Stephen Fanuka of "</span><a href="http://www.stephenfanuka.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Million Dollar Contractor</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" and </span><a href="http://www.fanuka.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Fanuka, Inc.</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> with </span><a href="http://www.electrolux.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Electrolux</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Photo: <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20110920006432/en/2426212/DIY-Network-Tackles-High-End-Head-on-Primetime-Series" target="_blank">Business Wire</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACGZi9FgNWCur9QSfPAMe_0rOskQM2Otd40ThYIgF2aLOOgppwWKl_g3TnHb5WIZn_NsYyFOYp7AF-OBZvTFnev6xo4p9sdoeal-dJvdxNdizFlCmEcuYvBX-glrFu6SQWps62UTfpio/s1600/19kipsbay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACGZi9FgNWCur9QSfPAMe_0rOskQM2Otd40ThYIgF2aLOOgppwWKl_g3TnHb5WIZn_NsYyFOYp7AF-OBZvTFnev6xo4p9sdoeal-dJvdxNdizFlCmEcuYvBX-glrFu6SQWps62UTfpio/s640/19kipsbay.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Contractor Stephen Fanuka collaborated with Electrolux on this mod, space-age laundry bathed in blue light. Lozenge-shaped cutouts in the wall make the closets look like installation art."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by Stephen Fanuka of "<a href="http://www.stephenfanuka.com/" target="_blank">Million Dollar Contractor</a>" and <a href="http://www.fanuka.com/" target="_blank">Fanuka, Inc.</a> with <a href="http://www.electrolux.com/" target="_blank">Electrolux</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/design-ideas-from-the-kips-bay-1-145601" target="_blank">Photo via Apartment Therapy</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Design Ideas From the Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse 2011"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/" target="_blank">Apartment Therapy</a>.</span></div>

This Is The Way We Do The Wash

I don't do laundry but I think people who do it should be comfortable. Car-dealership magnate Ernie Bloch Jr., who lives in a 16,000-squ...

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Bunk Beds

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Being at camp conjures up good times," said homeowner George Yabu in the August 1, 2013 New York Times article, "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/01/greathomesanddestinations/welcome-to-summer-camp.html" target="_blank">Welcome to Summer Camp</a>." Journalist Steven Kurutz wrote about the Amagansett, New York, home of Mr. Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, which features bunk beds and an hospitable air for a steady stream of seasonal visitors. Bunk beds are the perfect option for vacation homes, whether the guests are grandchildren or grown-ups. My favorites feature curtained compartments with reading lights. Take a look . . . </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexVs-9FkZgen0mOmUGpO2scABzg4DIxd3jY-UNtw4NqQnJz9VAvpsJ6nfzjxuLxl3UA_9qQnJ3UNFV5xWtj12dvWUBZxDz_1LPmZew7ZXm_hkhEkMvmjG5hm3xysv562SyRUqUcWHOnw/s1600/NYTimesAug12013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexVs-9FkZgen0mOmUGpO2scABzg4DIxd3jY-UNtw4NqQnJz9VAvpsJ6nfzjxuLxl3UA_9qQnJ3UNFV5xWtj12dvWUBZxDz_1LPmZew7ZXm_hkhEkMvmjG5hm3xysv562SyRUqUcWHOnw/s640/NYTimesAug12013.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Bunk beds and striped blankets in the guest wing promote a summer-camp feeling. As [homeowner] Mr. Yabu put it, 'Being at camp conjures up good times.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Amagansett, New York, home of George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by homeowners George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg of <a href="http://www.yabupushelberg.com/" target="_blank">Yabu Pushelberg</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/08/01/greathomesanddestinations/20130801-LOCATION.html?ref=greathomesanddestinations#8" target="_blank">Photography by Eric Striffler for The New York Times</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/01/greathomesanddestinations/welcome-to-summer-camp.html" target="_blank">Welcome to Summer Camp</a>" by Steven Kurutz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (August 1, 2013). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijk2NpbklWcgpgLgqgpR8WmNSsX0pCHq0-x7FKFQP_9YwHn73Txb44GtZwZ7PeWNptRDQqKLyfo1kGuJWXvVBhIINdWXIQRC6qdHXgoQ5GBoV-1Xk5imiYEugPOg-Wa5AITVjTreq7vZU/s1600/item11.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.markham-roberts-11-bunk-roomAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijk2NpbklWcgpgLgqgpR8WmNSsX0pCHq0-x7FKFQP_9YwHn73Txb44GtZwZ7PeWNptRDQqKLyfo1kGuJWXvVBhIINdWXIQRC6qdHXgoQ5GBoV-1Xk5imiYEugPOg-Wa5AITVjTreq7vZU/s640/item11.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.markham-roberts-11-bunk-roomAD.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The bunk room is partially sheathed in reclaimed corral boards."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Big Sky, Montana, home of Julie and Tommy Frist.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decorated by <a href="http://markhamroberts.com/" target="_blank">Markham Roberts</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Paul Bertelli, <a href="http://www.jlfarchitects.com/" target="_blank">JLF and Associates</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;">Styled by Howard Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mayer Rus.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-06/markham-roberts-paul-bertelli-montana-mountain-home-slideshow_slideshow_item11_12" target="_blank">Elemental Style</a>" produced by Senga Mortimer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2013).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHK8LDn_WNNyXdt-OMcMS09lXFyhhSCRQaGg_PtIfrEi0JqvM8ujV7ZhnVoGIBG3WSl7LE4Bl56aRWVdewTnsPR6LahWsMnhKaTXeKUP6RMNuWt1ppHYf4vJxgex_cBJDBRz0fOV3LF0/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowVertical.hosl06_spielbergAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHK8LDn_WNNyXdt-OMcMS09lXFyhhSCRQaGg_PtIfrEi0JqvM8ujV7ZhnVoGIBG3WSl7LE4Bl56aRWVdewTnsPR6LahWsMnhKaTXeKUP6RMNuWt1ppHYf4vJxgex_cBJDBRz0fOV3LF0/s640/item5.rendition.slideshowVertical.hosl06_spielbergAD.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'The children's bedrooms are about intimacy and a sense of sharing,' architect Charles Gwathmey says. A Matthew Imperiale rug is the focal point in a children's bedroom, where the bunk beds meet in ship's-cabin style."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Steven Spielberg's family guest house in the Hamptons.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Naomi Leff.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: the late Charles Gwathmey (The renowned architect died August 3, 2009).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Norman McGrath.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2005/slideshow-steven-spielberg-20051101_slideshow_item5_6" target="_blank">Steven Spielberg: The Director's Guesthouse in East Hampton</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (2005).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqeV5sh15T1uZ1dQODHTfsSZxJuhMyjy6BZwv465MWb3bK2JOXnziu5H4V1bOTe-zW-ArHxTLKiSCLdUvfco4dMUamsf2_gXCpdg7M6caz09FR_DIv93W2FuSpiSa1Rq0WiGnyvA-pac/s1600/img_lollygagging_ss5TradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqeV5sh15T1uZ1dQODHTfsSZxJuhMyjy6BZwv465MWb3bK2JOXnziu5H4V1bOTe-zW-ArHxTLKiSCLdUvfco4dMUamsf2_gXCpdg7M6caz09FR_DIv93W2FuSpiSa1Rq0WiGnyvA-pac/s640/img_lollygagging_ss5TradHome.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"By nature, a bunk room creates a casual weekend mood for kids. Here bold stripes, informal fabrics, and cotton rugs project a festive feel."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Florida beach house.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Matthew Savoie, Savoie Architects.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Saxon Henry. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/weekendlivingsecondhome/lollygagginginstyless_5.html" target="_blank">Lollygagging in Style</a>" produced by Lisa Mowry.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcYgaTH2Hiprl-7XKe-uhtSqzkSnpInnMPym5Ox6iBUUvxgcyQfrWDOZEXlk60TtP1sHu0Dx_yJYgGrszk7TLyH0BP9HZ8jURhb0V6-XbqdAvmWp0kc-R7cLDYcOv4waex9E3fHObENw/s1600/3-mountain-homes-turner-ed1210-09-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcYgaTH2Hiprl-7XKe-uhtSqzkSnpInnMPym5Ox6iBUUvxgcyQfrWDOZEXlk60TtP1sHu0Dx_yJYgGrszk7TLyH0BP9HZ8jURhb0V6-XbqdAvmWp0kc-R7cLDYcOv4waex9E3fHObENw/s640/3-mountain-homes-turner-ed1210-09-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The fir-paneled walls in the bunk room are painted in <a href="http://us.farrow-ball.com/" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball</a>'s Pointing, and the ladders and bunk beds are custom made; the pillows are covered in Rogers and Goffigon fabrics, and the curtains are of a linen by Rose Tarlow Melrose House." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ketchum, Idaho, home of Mary Lynn and Rusty Turner.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by homeowner Mary Lynn Turner and her daughters, Marie Turner Carson and Emily Turner, all of <a href="http://www.melledesign.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">M. Elle Design</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Bob White, <a href="http://www.foreststudio.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Forest Studio</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/the-peak-of-rustic-chic-67276#slide-9" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">The Peak of Rustic Chic</a>" by Kathleen Hackett.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" style="display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Elle Decor</a> (December 2010 - January 2011). </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODZsZgERkSVri8nFifO5QGDtElTuM_g8OwQtALUGRdZUpxhGDL7dDUeOiDFNMCb4OsrTGvy7VGRnPkKXRUF7-RpBCnvRT-cZZ0yVn9sL-Qkubpa0y8ItkH0RD_T9IhQOa4wX4WNBStHs/s1600/Riding-the-waves-EDC-08-13-23-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/AVvXsEiODZsZgERkSVri8nFifO5QGDtElTuM_g8OwQtALUGRdZUpxhGDL7dDUeOiDFNMCb4OsrTGvy7VGRnPkKXRUF7-RpBCnvRT-cZZ0yVn9sL-Qkubpa0y8ItkH0RD_T9IhQOa4wX4WNBStHs/s640/Riding-the-waves-EDC-08-13-23-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The bunk room's beds and cabinetry are custom made, and the oak floors are by <a href="http://www.xsurfaces.com/" target="_blank">Exquisite Surfaces</a>."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">California home on bluff above Salt Creek Beach.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.melledesign.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">M. Elle Design</a>.</span></div><div style="line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Bob White, <a href="http://www.foreststudio.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Forest Studio</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Julie L. Belcove.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interiors/riding-the-waves-m-elle-design?click=main_sr#slide-12" target="_blank">Riding the Waves</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN14HJ21WFCQz_32vujWU9wKeqo-6K92qA8dEORWk-NaINrWreTovvy-I_qVJSZmcqtU4A1HcWFhy7GO2fafI69NJLM5y8x0zgvMTsXB-jyhLDK-qUUa78PB6LeW2E37Tb-HxuBzAk0yo/s1600/Bunk%252BBeds%252BBunk%252Bbeds%252Bshelving%252Bbooks%252Bchildren%252BY_XZ44ImYfRlLonnyMarch2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN14HJ21WFCQz_32vujWU9wKeqo-6K92qA8dEORWk-NaINrWreTovvy-I_qVJSZmcqtU4A1HcWFhy7GO2fafI69NJLM5y8x0zgvMTsXB-jyhLDK-qUUa78PB6LeW2E37Tb-HxuBzAk0yo/s640/Bunk%252BBeds%252BBunk%252Bbeds%252Bshelving%252Bbooks%252Bchildren%252BY_XZ44ImYfRlLonnyMarch2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In this guest bedroom, the use of bunk beds makes room for extra play space. Guests of all ages can have fun 'bunking in' for a few days. Essentials for bunk rooms that are kid- and adult-friendly include fabulous bedding, reading lights, and a built-in niche in each bunk for bedside necessities."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Connecticut weekend home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Lisa Sherry, <a href="http://www.lisasherryinterieurs.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Sherry Interieurs</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lonny.com/photos/Bunk+Beds" target="_blank">Photography by Patrick Cline</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Art Direction by Michelle Adams.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.lonny.com/magazine/March+2013/4SlmgZQ0t5k/1#66" target="_blank">Serene Hideaway</a>" written by Caroline Biggs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://lonny.com/" target="_blank">Lonny</a> (March 2013).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9xBxF6lonLuCYMmORiamW0hXzDLtIUOG9jnPSWZ_UZX8jf6eUMkfBkyP81c2OXYTG1ATxLj7_eMKgF6s0bHcYHaM_ex2qDzZQMKg6idT_VfFNxs8gwn1OyQiAD0kwPqtIfPb7Lbz094/s1600/GardenAndGunBelkFarm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9xBxF6lonLuCYMmORiamW0hXzDLtIUOG9jnPSWZ_UZX8jf6eUMkfBkyP81c2OXYTG1ATxLj7_eMKgF6s0bHcYHaM_ex2qDzZQMKg6idT_VfFNxs8gwn1OyQiAD0kwPqtIfPb7Lbz094/s640/GardenAndGunBelkFarm.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Belk Farm, a rebuilt farmhouse in Chester, South Carolina.</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;">Architect: Ken Pursley.</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://pinterest.com/pin/102386591498731956/">Photography by Stacey Van Berkel via Pinterest</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;">"<a href="http://gardenandgun.com/gallery/photos-belk-farmhouse" 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">A Modern Farmhouse</a>" by John Kessler.</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.gardenandgun.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">Garden and Gun</a> (April/May 2012).</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpL_KDsh7smL_lhS-Fv-Aen5Px9RtXeucDB9Vn_q2xO_yPx4lvSpDfbbLhlonf278puWIy2RUCvoNd-I-5w5HN0C7ZbNfUns2EdzjNeOCynalV7J2TZm9vCLuJmZZA2ytVVFlg7cthSw/s1600/img_youngatheart_ss10TradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpL_KDsh7smL_lhS-Fv-Aen5Px9RtXeucDB9Vn_q2xO_yPx4lvSpDfbbLhlonf278puWIy2RUCvoNd-I-5w5HN0C7ZbNfUns2EdzjNeOCynalV7J2TZm9vCLuJmZZA2ytVVFlg7cthSw/s640/img_youngatheart_ss10TradHome.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"All the Crowley youngsters use the bunk room as a play space, and it's the hub of activity for sleepovers with friends and cousins. The built-ins were wired to allow for reading lights above each bed." Sconces: <a href="http://www.circalighting.com/">Circa Lighting</a>.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">The Crowley family compound outside Indianapolis.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Interior design by</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://suzannekasler.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 19px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Suzanne Kasler</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural design by <a href="http://wtbaker.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">William T. Baker</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Sarah Egge.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/young-at-heart_ss10.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Young at Heart</a>" produced by Betsy Harris.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_z3g3IscevLTAMHmfre51N1EP8CSmB1HABgEeYC_Dz3ZiS_EiOk1sU-zwDKIzipfTgjE1C5pe7Exk3jN7C7F7kHLcSpPAgBefIBa8VlRGn-_g8YGWUPUo1TEx_gskqKwFgEt3yYRv1Q/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.childrens-room-design-inspiration-05-leroy-street-studioAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_z3g3IscevLTAMHmfre51N1EP8CSmB1HABgEeYC_Dz3ZiS_EiOk1sU-zwDKIzipfTgjE1C5pe7Exk3jN7C7F7kHLcSpPAgBefIBa8VlRGn-_g8YGWUPUo1TEx_gskqKwFgEt3yYRv1Q/s640/item4.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.childrens-room-design-inspiration-05-leroy-street-studioAD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nurseryworks.net/">Nurseryworks</a> beds are paired in the bunk room; the wool carpet is by Beauvais." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">Hamptons guesthouse.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">Interior design by </span><a href="http://www.thadhayes.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; background-color: white; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; outline: none; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Thad Hayes</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <a href="http://www.leroystreetstudio.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Leroy Street Studio</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Scott Frances.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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/2011-08/leroy-street-studio-hamptons-beach-house-slideshow#slide=9" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Vantage Point</a>" text by Stephen Wallis.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Architectural Digest</a> (August 2011).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfkwqdLshCou3nhJw_CAq4yeACHQhva5C8ptr3JU5Aa3t_B0hMNsipFNXaMJK4KJfM_FrRK9ozMOAWDPlgKtVG4-y7qtwPFyw3Gqeyg7At1dlzrj4G5g6_1NSHMyyFXjDXldMKfFuT1o/s1600/item12.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.atelier-am-aspen-home-13-bunk-roomAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfkwqdLshCou3nhJw_CAq4yeACHQhva5C8ptr3JU5Aa3t_B0hMNsipFNXaMJK4KJfM_FrRK9ozMOAWDPlgKtVG4-y7qtwPFyw3Gqeyg7At1dlzrj4G5g6_1NSHMyyFXjDXldMKfFuT1o/s640/item12.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.atelier-am-aspen-home-13-bunk-roomAD.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The beds in the bunk room, served by a blackened-steel ladder, are of wire-brushed oak with coverlets of Loro Piana cotton (the curtains are made of the same fabric); the lamp is by Come, the armchairs are vintage Jeanneret, and the rug is by Ashbury Hides."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15,000-square-foot log cabin in Aspen, Colorado.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Redesign by Alexandra and Michael Misczynski, Atelier AM.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Original builder: architect David Finholm.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Patricia Leigh Brown. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-12/aspen-colorado-home-atelier-am-slideshow_slideshow_item12_13" target="_blank">Winter Palace</a>" produced by Howard Christian.</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> (December 2011).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GTI60_H90Kz-s7iy_r3ENQuRYC2hKq2wp0J5Oa3AMoDqDb6TbtUFVfFhneaSpU2GZcttA5JXYY54J1cD25XMc-e_zZL4W5MCboaVVEwmz1hvRhtRsL7JObswlQR695ewx4cpeFszzfs/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.resl05_roomsADMarietteHimesGomez0607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GTI60_H90Kz-s7iy_r3ENQuRYC2hKq2wp0J5Oa3AMoDqDb6TbtUFVfFhneaSpU2GZcttA5JXYY54J1cD25XMc-e_zZL4W5MCboaVVEwmz1hvRhtRsL7JObswlQR695ewx4cpeFszzfs/s640/item4.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.resl05_roomsADMarietteHimesGomez0607.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Situated on an upper floor of a Wyoming vacation house overlooking a grove of aspens, the bedroom Mariette Himes Gomez designed for a family's three boys, then in their early teens, 'is like a tree house,' she says. 'The space . . . is my articulation of a classic bunkhouse . . . a space that could accommodate the growing boys and their guests.' For the 18-by-20-foot room, she had two sets of four maple bunks built and placed the sets against opposite walls. She kept the rest of the furnishings to a minimum. The desks are built in, and the bunks offer storage in the form of drawers and bookshelves."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.gomezassociates.com/" target="_blank">Mariette Himes Gomez</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Wade.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Design Notebook: Rooms of Their Own"</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> (December 2007).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0pi_vCJQgfKuGn9rMQPcal43VF7bn7owCnXwbLg-_Rch-U0BiZ14zoYW1O_SvMTTmHNvsPRwFIISjE1XLwsTKvj7gMrgXT4xwebsOihzvN95sqf5G6bxhfek8zEdz5-WK61C3rCHYdU/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.resl07_roomsPennoyerHaganAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0pi_vCJQgfKuGn9rMQPcal43VF7bn7owCnXwbLg-_Rch-U0BiZ14zoYW1O_SvMTTmHNvsPRwFIISjE1XLwsTKvj7gMrgXT4xwebsOihzvN95sqf5G6bxhfek8zEdz5-WK61C3rCHYdU/s640/item6.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.resl07_roomsPennoyerHaganAD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'We encapsulated the furniture into one piece that could be modified over time,' architect Peter Pennoyer says of a room for a five-year-old boy in a Manhattan town house. The ingenious structure holds a bunk bed, shelves for books and toys and an adjustable-height desk. Pennoyer 'wanted the piece to be as comfortable as possible,' so there are no sharp edges anywhere on it. Victoria Hagan, the project's interior designer, also emphasized comfort, giving the room plush carpet and an abundance of soft places to relax."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan town house.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.victoriahagan.com/" target="_blank">Victoria Hagan</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Peter Pennoyer, <a href="http://www.ppapc.com/" target="_blank">Peter Pennoyer Architects</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Scott Frances. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Design Notebook: Rooms of Their Own"</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> (December 2007).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ZsQQOE3ze42aLTjQZsk9Nih9O-3INu5xsGCv611KdzqOZig-AIFiwllwFSPvx94kFTNUx4Z4iKw008Cm-naxOUecppjTdtrE-SxcekP2i47dVB7aqqxzFbmvwBgH_ciboh0Q_mURs7c/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.leroy-street-studio-07-childrens-roomAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ZsQQOE3ze42aLTjQZsk9Nih9O-3INu5xsGCv611KdzqOZig-AIFiwllwFSPvx94kFTNUx4Z4iKw008Cm-naxOUecppjTdtrE-SxcekP2i47dVB7aqqxzFbmvwBgH_ciboh0Q_mURs7c/s640/item6.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.leroy-street-studio-07-childrens-roomAD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Bunk beds and desks by <a href="http://www.nurseryworks.net/" target="_blank">Nurseryworks</a> and a custom-made Vladimir Kagan sectional sofa were specified for the boys' room; the David Weeks Studio chandelier is from Ralph Pucci International."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greenwich Village townhouse built in 1842 and home to a couple with four young sons.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decorator: Christine Markatos Lowe, <a href="http://www.markatosdesign.com/" target="_blank">Christine Markatos Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <a href="http://www.leroystreetstudio.com/" target="_blank">Leroy Street Studio</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Philip Nobel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-12/leroy-street-studio-christine-markatos-lowe-manhattan-townhouse-slideshow_slideshow_item6_7" target="_blank">Forward March</a>" produced by Noemi Bonazzi.</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> (December 2012).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZM1VBXcltnseEQEafGCTWxjWX_DeCSUp1vl37fc-ZAfeRiLc9HiyGsH-59GLkyH0UU9m1Fqmzd5iMYFv82TTYSevxDC_DYbbAsqnGsX3sGT2D_woSkOtuPxQEKnomXXTCAyaE_bKjgvI/s1600/Parry-Sound-6418_SUP_HH_JY09HouseAndHomeJuly2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZM1VBXcltnseEQEafGCTWxjWX_DeCSUp1vl37fc-ZAfeRiLc9HiyGsH-59GLkyH0UU9m1Fqmzd5iMYFv82TTYSevxDC_DYbbAsqnGsX3sGT2D_woSkOtuPxQEKnomXXTCAyaE_bKjgvI/s640/Parry-Sound-6418_SUP_HH_JY09HouseAndHomeJuly2009.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Save space and add interest in a small space with bunk beds. In a narrow kids' room, an intentionally high upper bunk creates an airy atmosphere. Colorful fabrics, crisp metal details and traditional pine boards epitomize the modern cottage."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beds designed by <a href="http://superkul.ca/" target="_blank">Superkul</a> and fabricated by Barzelle Designs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tom Arban.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/traditional-cottage-kids-room" target="_blank">Modern Cottage Kids' Room</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (July 2009).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBE5trLet2-AZBF5d2Tu022TBaaCeF0zYj4tXp3NCtvheKTon5_kyxUVELaWWIaROQSnQ153mfSS3jGt-uqrAyMixiPyxObPZUdJ_lSy0-PmBXIPlX9dMHhgD0uuMes9HDuKkP5TdGXA/s1600/savoir-flair-09-lgnEDCynthia+Rowley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBE5trLet2-AZBF5d2Tu022TBaaCeF0zYj4tXp3NCtvheKTon5_kyxUVELaWWIaROQSnQ153mfSS3jGt-uqrAyMixiPyxObPZUdJ_lSy0-PmBXIPlX9dMHhgD0uuMes9HDuKkP5TdGXA/s640/savoir-flair-09-lgnEDCynthia+Rowley.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fashion designer and author Cynthia Rowley "made her daughters' bunk beds resemble a petit four by frosting the unit's frame with bathroom caulk squeezed through a pastry bag." Art: "Jellyfish Eyes" by Takashi Murakami.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1845 Greek Revival townhouse owned by Cynthia Rowley and her family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/savoir-flair#slide-9">Savoir Flair</a>" by Martha McCully.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (October 2008). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaODjfvOOlXuQMl3dcRZMzdcsVtlvGYTKjRjxGKo183P2aqXcW1j98nnN96Z6vD0I_hVMmwLTNn_emZ06ob1un88LWqX0Cp08wcGRx8Vgvc8TpaODBr8cWCvBoHJ7ayuBeQ2oEgcAweEk/s1600/built-in-bunk-beds-grommets-on-curtains-0712-dempster17-lgnHB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaODjfvOOlXuQMl3dcRZMzdcsVtlvGYTKjRjxGKo183P2aqXcW1j98nnN96Z6vD0I_hVMmwLTNn_emZ06ob1un88LWqX0Cp08wcGRx8Vgvc8TpaODBr8cWCvBoHJ7ayuBeQ2oEgcAweEk/s640/built-in-bunk-beds-grommets-on-curtains-0712-dempster17-lgnHB.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The bunk room feels like a ship's cabin and is lined with six bunks, four on one side and two on the other. Grommets on the curtains are meant to evoke bubbles. The brass porthole mirror was in [homeowner Kim] Dempster's house when she was a child."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Weekend house in Marin County, California belonging to Kim and Mark Dempster.</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;">Interior design by Kim Dempster and <a href="http://erinmartindesign.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">Erin Martin</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 Alec Hemer.</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/house-pictures/beach-house-decor-ideas-0712#slide-16" 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">A Chic Little Beach House</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</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;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2012).</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9yHofm2FNqleo3Dhxk2ibx6ALDBmx8d2QZeCTUIgDIESYmm0XKGpBEnIEKZ9CdlsraUM-Dboh26KGfS7HdJgRUy6ViGh1dfYUldBMwi2UklidsY0O78f7VTcs1kemHEoHBT6VBpllITE/s1600/nautical-sinks-metal-lockers-bathroom-0712-dempster14-lgnHB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9yHofm2FNqleo3Dhxk2ibx6ALDBmx8d2QZeCTUIgDIESYmm0XKGpBEnIEKZ9CdlsraUM-Dboh26KGfS7HdJgRUy6ViGh1dfYUldBMwi2UklidsY0O78f7VTcs1kemHEoHBT6VBpllITE/s640/nautical-sinks-metal-lockers-bathroom-0712-dempster14-lgnHB.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The bunk room bath is fitted with lockers for guests and family members, [homeowner Kim] Dempster had the faucets on <a href="http://www.us.kohler.com/us/" target="_blank">Kohler</a>'s Brockway sinks stripped down to the brass. The wall paneling is painted in alternating bands of flat and semigloss paint, echoing the stripe on the <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/" target="_blank">Pottery Barn</a> towels."</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;">Weekend house in Marin County, California belonging to Kim and Mark Dempster.</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 Kim Dempster and <a href="http://erinmartindesign.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">Erin Martin</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 Alec Hemer.</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/house-pictures/beach-house-decor-ideas-0712#slide-18" 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">A Chic Little Beach House</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</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;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2012).</span></div></div>

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