Living With Ghosts

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have taken a temporary part-time position helping a local retailer sell Halloween costumes, so goblins and ghouls are on my mind. I love helping people find the perfect costume. Action heroes have been favorites for boys, pirates have been popular with people of all ages and Harry Potter still has plenty of fans looking for a Nimbus 2000. Adult women want to become bumblebees and Minions, and grown men are intrigued by morphsuits. No one has asked me about a ghost costume, though. A white sheet with cut-out eye holes may have been the trick-or-treating disguise of choice in <i>It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown</i>, but today, ghosts seem to be staying home  - "Ghost" chairs by Philippe Starck, that is. Take a look . . . </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGrkxrLgp7DBu5ptuHS0GKJ6oLo_PWSyUB0CIOfmyiZwrL_U8Bq4l-kpqseHNvvJOthF59_FnthGjHvQS6IrLjgSsaNaNx5UMgdPaGCCokHjpqUdQN75pXumbMceO02QLC-ts2I32OfM/s1600/hbx-bond-simple-white-decor-desk-chair-clear-06-1010-de-37456756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGrkxrLgp7DBu5ptuHS0GKJ6oLo_PWSyUB0CIOfmyiZwrL_U8Bq4l-kpqseHNvvJOthF59_FnthGjHvQS6IrLjgSsaNaNx5UMgdPaGCCokHjpqUdQN75pXumbMceO02QLC-ts2I32OfM/s640/hbx-bond-simple-white-decor-desk-chair-clear-06-1010-de-37456756.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the small master bedroom, a floating desk and Louis Ghost chair keep bulky and leggy furniture to a minimum."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1950s Birmingham, Alabama, cottage of designer Lindsey Bond.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://lindseymeadowsid.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">Lindsey Meadows</a> (formerly Lindsey Bond).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/modern-home-decorating-ideas-1010?click=main_sr#slide-5" 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">Modern and Easy</a>" produced by Doretta Sperduto.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; 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> (October 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjX9X9Zx8RUS1-4u4KgoUme39xI8oeCEi9yZZgEStZ82FXqFDJ-WByvsqkW4xu5Jd-JWo9JhIhL4VChN6-TLJ0tJ2wvXXHGazAsX3dXzxqYh2zmFUVMUTbExEGlp6f7j-hSiapCtfdzQ/s1600/img_beautifulbath_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjX9X9Zx8RUS1-4u4KgoUme39xI8oeCEi9yZZgEStZ82FXqFDJ-WByvsqkW4xu5Jd-JWo9JhIhL4VChN6-TLJ0tJ2wvXXHGazAsX3dXzxqYh2zmFUVMUTbExEGlp6f7j-hSiapCtfdzQ/s640/img_beautifulbath_4.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Encrusted with mirrors, the woman's dressing table is high-glam; Philippe Starck's clear Louis 'Ghost' chair adds to the effect."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer: Robert Young, Traditional Home's senior design and projects editor.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.460227012634277px;">Co-Designer: </span>Toshie<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.460227012634277px;"> </span>Lim<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.460227012634277px;">, </span>Wacworks<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.460227012634277px;"> Design.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 10.85pt;">Photography by Greg </span>Scheidemann<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 10.85pt;">.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 10.85pt;">Text by Candace </span>Ord<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 10.85pt;"> </span>Manroe<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 10.85pt;">.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“</span><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/beautiful-bath_4.html" style="line-height: 115%;" target="_blank">One Beautiful Bath</a><span style="line-height: 115%;">” produced by Robert Young. </span></span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8d5i9-KAcqNoPvUDss31I9INqjX0hkAz2wZsWmJwJgvLGt1z1L60CB0KF2Jp4OpZdjo0lHKBq7kNE8FEBssVRYDky_5neSYjglV1CKZfi60ci6GHCY02GBNceoAfvo1rpsWxiqwSCDA/s1600/img_beautifulbath_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8d5i9-KAcqNoPvUDss31I9INqjX0hkAz2wZsWmJwJgvLGt1z1L60CB0KF2Jp4OpZdjo0lHKBq7kNE8FEBssVRYDky_5neSYjglV1CKZfi60ci6GHCY02GBNceoAfvo1rpsWxiqwSCDA/s640/img_beautifulbath_2.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 10.85pt;">"Essentially one long rectangle carved up three ways, the room features a decadently roomy tub for two in its central shared section, with his-and-her areas holding court at opposite ends. . . . '</span><span style="line-height: 10.85pt;">That shared area, with its tub for two, isn’t a typical bathroom concept so much as it is a lounge concept — a space where the couple can relax together. That’s a step in a positive direction not only for bathrooms, but for relationships.' An extra-high freestanding Kallista tub is the centerpiece. </span><span style="line-height: 10.85pt;">“One of my goals in designing the bath was to provide ideas,” says [designer Robert] Young. 'Showing people that Corian isn’t just for </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 10.85pt;">counters is one of them.' In the common area, he outlined the </span>oversized<span style="line-height: 10.85pt;"> tub with </span>Corian<span style="line-height: 10.85pt;">. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 10.85pt;">'The Corian "rug" protects the wood floor around the tub,' he says."</span></div><div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 10.85pt;">Designer: Robert Young, </span><i style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 10.85pt;">Traditional Home</i><span style="line-height: 10.85pt;">'s senior design and projects editor.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Co-<span style="line-height: 10.85pt;">Designer: </span>Toshie<span style="line-height: 10.85pt;"> </span>Lim<span style="line-height: 10.85pt;">, </span>Wacworks<span style="line-height: 10.85pt;"> Design.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 10.85pt;">Photography by Greg </span>Scheidemann<span style="line-height: 10.85pt;">.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 10.85pt;">Text by Candace </span>Ord<span style="line-height: 10.85pt;"> </span>Manroe<span style="line-height: 10.85pt;">.</span></span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;">“</span><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/beautiful-bath_2.html" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" target="_blank">One Beautiful Bath</a><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;">” produced by Robert Young. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;">.</span></span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4Th2HBAtUfbuWMNCLHUYWAMC2RYlatiN0JkYU_CwQZyV9cImsrFgGUxDG93Ss07kywP2ababvmpef27nX5Ymbx_JfB7SQ3__J1LjY72y-tZU-WUTd97uIs9se0BDBFlJWFyYQc2VuQ8/s1600/inspeye0907_3-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4Th2HBAtUfbuWMNCLHUYWAMC2RYlatiN0JkYU_CwQZyV9cImsrFgGUxDG93Ss07kywP2ababvmpef27nX5Ymbx_JfB7SQ3__J1LjY72y-tZU-WUTd97uIs9se0BDBFlJWFyYQc2VuQ8/s640/inspeye0907_3-1.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Black and white stripes extending across the ceiling, down the walls, and over the floor literally delineate the 9-by-10-foot entry foyer. [Joseph] Abbati borrowed the idea from an exhibition he saw at the Dallas Museum of Art and re-created it himself with paint. 'I like the look of taking the stripe all the way around, and using that space as my own art installation,' he says. An ornate, Venetian-style looking glass and a ­mirrored desk amplify the effect; the table lamp and a Philippe Starck Victoria Ghost chair, both in clear polycarbonate, allow the pattern to show through them.”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dallas loft of graphic designer Norman Kolpas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/graphic-quality-42469?click=main_sr" target="_blank">Graphic Quality</a>" by Norman Kolpas.</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> (September 2007).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Q9cOQRabHxt4yKmDmuRg8my6Ly0yXYDSqMKaC6s22HR-oY7T3rCUD-8vT3ez1QtcYJ_M-iKPTDcajHMT9mUkrcbxYrLb6Qt4Drz96SRzo1VDRyeEOdLiC7dSOCtuBniuEaH4vABx-p4/s1600/Dressing-LloydRalphs_MR11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Q9cOQRabHxt4yKmDmuRg8my6Ly0yXYDSqMKaC6s22HR-oY7T3rCUD-8vT3ez1QtcYJ_M-iKPTDcajHMT9mUkrcbxYrLb6Qt4Drz96SRzo1VDRyeEOdLiC7dSOCtuBniuEaH4vABx-p4/s640/Dressing-LloydRalphs_MR11.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Instead of bookcases, designer Christine Ralphs displays her fashion books on top of wardrobes so she can find inspiration every day while getting dressed. Framed art is layered on the floor, leaving wall space for a dressing room essential: an oversized mirror."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Lloyd Ralphs Design.</span></div><div style="line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Virginia Macdonald.</span></div><div style="line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/fashion-forward-dessing-room" target="_blank">Fashion-Forward Dressing Room</a>"</span></div><div style="line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (March 2011).</span></div><div style="line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">·</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">       </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBaFsancWi3eiMnPukZCXeg9HvCt5iwyP0PbBcxNeXEAGQpOfEMtkZWxVAM-_JaE39QvDobzdkoYsS0IEiwcyU1NYnAG9TAJnFhcuBIXS5XeIOvxB9MpmlGzaCPmr6Xu9awXbaNJ4wAg/s1600/1-forward-living-room-0408-xlgHB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBaFsancWi3eiMnPukZCXeg9HvCt5iwyP0PbBcxNeXEAGQpOfEMtkZWxVAM-_JaE39QvDobzdkoYsS0IEiwcyU1NYnAG9TAJnFhcuBIXS5XeIOvxB9MpmlGzaCPmr6Xu9awXbaNJ4wAg/s640/1-forward-living-room-0408-xlgHB.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">"A West Elm Parsons dining table in designer Mary McGee's Los Angeles living room does double time as a desk and cocktail table for entertaining. McGee put mostly white furniture against the brown bookshelves 'to lighten up the area,' she says. 'I kept everything clean and modern, but with classical lines.' A pair of lamps from House in Rhode Island is paired with Louis Ghost chairs and a French antique armchair that McGee covered in China Seas Lyford Background in Brown on White - 'as close to a floral as I'll ever get.' "</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;">Beverly Hills bungalow of designer Mary McGee.</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;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.marymcgeeinteriors.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Mary McGee</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 Miguel Flores-Vianna.</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.housebeautiful.com/decorating/fashion-forward-0408#slide-1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Fashion Forward</a>" interview by Alexandria Abramian-Mott.</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.housebeautiful.com/" style="display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">House Beautiful</a> (April 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEiC4RkaqjXywaBh_btYQ0K-vYCKpjqIbnyJ8ewfhKGvC5GDALgWr-F2rMvTzethYSe0usvZJ1BhpHkku3VCQd_dhuBnGEn4qsDoJH72NTzDEailaHgSsIIrPc_H-njJ5-2i8ya_F0YXE/s1600/LivingRoomBrown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEiC4RkaqjXywaBh_btYQ0K-vYCKpjqIbnyJ8ewfhKGvC5GDALgWr-F2rMvTzethYSe0usvZJ1BhpHkku3VCQd_dhuBnGEn4qsDoJH72NTzDEailaHgSsIIrPc_H-njJ5-2i8ya_F0YXE/s640/LivingRoomBrown.jpg" width="616" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A simple sofa upholstered in brown fabric adds a masculine touch to an otherwise feminine environment. Clear lucite pieces, such as the Ghost chairs and the curved coffee table, allow the light to flow through. An oversized mirror is perfectly proportioned for the space and, adjacent to the windows, bounces light across the room."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Lloyd Ralphs Design.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by James Tse.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/trendy-living-room-design" target="_blank">On-Trend Living Room Design</a>"<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a>.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZwFOxvgptFjP8aIdkzWIW9VGHpX5I_2Ql-7r1XjXwr7fY9Crckbwzc0IzfTtzjOUYwwO6gzCxW2_q69fjEKkrMWHYHE7CgBtXqJZ8l5ubsQFB6B6_M3x_qasqcfT-4OFw85jNzKeMjk/s1600/house-home-kitchen-banquette-vmacdonald-SCallanan_HH_SE11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZwFOxvgptFjP8aIdkzWIW9VGHpX5I_2Ql-7r1XjXwr7fY9Crckbwzc0IzfTtzjOUYwwO6gzCxW2_q69fjEKkrMWHYHE7CgBtXqJZ8l5ubsQFB6B6_M3x_qasqcfT-4OFw85jNzKeMjk/s640/house-home-kitchen-banquette-vmacdonald-SCallanan_HH_SE11.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Homeowner and emerging designer Sarah Callanan stained the maple tops of the banquettes and the floors the same ebony for a practical and tailored look. The oversized pendant accentuates the ceiling height, while the shapely Saarinen pedestal table and modern-classic Ghost chairs keep the corner open. Pink and olive throw pillows jazz up the black and white scheme."</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sarah Callanan.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Virginia Macdonald.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/contemporary-banquette-dining-area" target="_blank">Contemporary Banquette Dining Area</a>"</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (September 2011).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">       </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkIr0MSw0E0RoipfNwJ4x63kO3Lyh_aX6KaaHd-bWGq_78wpRoD-_ojLveJRccD4RKb6N-z7io1Z7zFMZPGA-0O1MEpVPEdSRdnm4mbSPsrfEPXBkGNZSJtxipH_65jfRIxaIKQDniOc/s1600/design-ideas-carrie-fisher-12-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkIr0MSw0E0RoipfNwJ4x63kO3Lyh_aX6KaaHd-bWGq_78wpRoD-_ojLveJRccD4RKb6N-z7io1Z7zFMZPGA-0O1MEpVPEdSRdnm4mbSPsrfEPXBkGNZSJtxipH_65jfRIxaIKQDniOc/s640/design-ideas-carrie-fisher-12-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">“Bamboo laundry organizers from  <a href="http://www.containerstore.com/" target="_blank">The Container Store</a> were used as [Carrie] Fischer’s clothes and shoe racks. The middle partition was removed from the left unit so longer dresses and coats could be hung from it; the other is suitable for shorter items like shirts. The round ottoman is from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">BoConcept</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">, and the glass lamp and stainless steel shelves and tables are from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.ikea.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">IKEA</span></a><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">.</span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">” Louis Ghost chairs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Carrie Fisher's dressing room in Broadway's Studio 54 theater.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by John Gidding.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographer: Joshua Thomas, JThomas Fine Art.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/carrie-fishers-dressing-room-makeover#slide-9" target="_blank">Carrie Fisher's Dressing Room Makeover</a>" by Carla Jordan.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtlNh5Sl5VZIOAklUY1K1TmZRlKFh0Z1l2Xi2WQPDyiP5X9uNQJLq9M9LY1nB3HNSiRMc_bXEAjR-D7SgsfPtCzaGsU2MaoyK9X8-yy7IQbyx-MWilndIZ6olU9aTN0YbmyUHZTorZ4vM/s1600/design-ideas-carrie-fisher-09-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtlNh5Sl5VZIOAklUY1K1TmZRlKFh0Z1l2Xi2WQPDyiP5X9uNQJLq9M9LY1nB3HNSiRMc_bXEAjR-D7SgsfPtCzaGsU2MaoyK9X8-yy7IQbyx-MWilndIZ6olU9aTN0YbmyUHZTorZ4vM/s640/design-ideas-carrie-fisher-09-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">“Designer John Gidding felt that the acrylic of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: windowtext;">Louis Ghost chairs</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">tended to look a little antiseptic in a dressing room filled with color and pattern, so he had their backs imprinted with an eye-catching image.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carrie Fisher's dressing room in Broadway's Studio 54 theater.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by John Gidding.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 18.18181800842285px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographer: Joshua Thomas, JThomas Fine Art.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/carrie-fishers-dressing-room-makeover#slide-9" target="_blank">Carrie Fisher's Dressing Room Makeover</a>" by Carla Jordan.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnqB71dYh4VKbtkewM_qmGMx0sADUoK2m37yhJue9HRMm_OIqq5Q5BiiYI7xDjvqVhTiyzIi-kVmigrZUhx4OEjvF3LhBglkY67RA0Jjgl7U7P0zrPLlawSE3XMyxwXtyF_v2iJ0ZiuE/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl07_hunt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnqB71dYh4VKbtkewM_qmGMx0sADUoK2m37yhJue9HRMm_OIqq5Q5BiiYI7xDjvqVhTiyzIi-kVmigrZUhx4OEjvF3LhBglkY67RA0Jjgl7U7P0zrPLlawSE3XMyxwXtyF_v2iJ0ZiuE/s640/item6.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl07_hunt.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“We repainted the walls and the wood paneling. The brilliant white finish looks like car polish,” she says of the entrance, which now doubles as the dining room. She found the Milo Baughman sideboard on eBay. The rug is from Crate and Barrel." Philippe Starck Louis Ghost chairs.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dallas apartment of designer Laura Hunt's son.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.laurahunt.com/" target="_blank">Laura Hunt</a>.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ira Montgomery.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/AD100/2010/laura_hunt/hunt_slideshow_item6_7" target="_blank">A Lot of Look for a Little</a>" text by Jeff Turrentine.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (April 2006).</span></div><div class="photo-credits" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HfitK8MNTH_Bu7InNTWQN6tqlmJrqUgMjfPiTtKUY1Yn9lkIu4zwPOq9Mb30tebsKDmzOd0t6mheXYqvdkSh3XYkHcuauNvrdT9WNCxlHshiKoFKcOmlXxGNNyOMhPv5FQOaC1hNj6I/s1600/lipner-charleston-0508-1_md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HfitK8MNTH_Bu7InNTWQN6tqlmJrqUgMjfPiTtKUY1Yn9lkIu4zwPOq9Mb30tebsKDmzOd0t6mheXYqvdkSh3XYkHcuauNvrdT9WNCxlHshiKoFKcOmlXxGNNyOMhPv5FQOaC1hNj6I/s640/lipner-charleston-0508-1_md.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Philippe Starck's Louis Ghost chairs keep kitchen's breakfast area airy. Simon Pearce glass bowl on table. Conran stainless steel shelving displays white china and heirloom silver. 'The look is more hard-edged,' says [Deborah] Lipner, 'but the reflective surfaces capture the morning light and help you wake up.' "<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Deborah Lipner.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Grover.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/charleston-south-carolina-historic-house-0608?click=main_sr#slide-6" target="_blank">Well-Lived: Charleston Restoration</a>" by Victoria Amory.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (May 2008).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQvWXpQ-byYAXKXMlRD1LpOH3kbINj_vjp-aIVMCrXH5Ry3DPuyEP4nIYTWFTpThYg_cTxBynzykh8ZCvbqeIoYnStoxPDIpmDUEL_Uz6sbHXvFTlxX1XbRzeyaBrnhioi8jaHdGaAsQ/s1600/blue-living-room-1106_xlgHB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQvWXpQ-byYAXKXMlRD1LpOH3kbINj_vjp-aIVMCrXH5Ry3DPuyEP4nIYTWFTpThYg_cTxBynzykh8ZCvbqeIoYnStoxPDIpmDUEL_Uz6sbHXvFTlxX1XbRzeyaBrnhioi8jaHdGaAsQ/s640/blue-living-room-1106_xlgHB.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.9pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the sitting area, Philippe Starck's Louis Ghost chair becomes a perfect desk chair with a cushion from <a href="http://www.dwr.com/" target="_blank">Design Within Reach</a>. Markham equally mixed two <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>white paints: White Dove cut the starkness of the BM01."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.9pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Home in Greenwich, Connecticut.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Interior design by Sally Markham.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/romantic-is-tailored-1106#slide-7" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Romantic is Tailored</a>" by Stephen Henderson.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (November 2006).</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/AVvXsEjc-CZEYY4mDTfJ2h1rs31DEE7bIGjQDLcWSRKwmKq2z1ghcJ0Due8MLn-03Mzqaukewz-lC2LnS47cCGd44Z-6TJ9w24sqdyJAKy1d-8t4l6ML9frp3uXIRNNOwBcP_eG_uOeSOVRcMKk/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/AVvXsEjc-CZEYY4mDTfJ2h1rs31DEE7bIGjQDLcWSRKwmKq2z1ghcJ0Due8MLn-03Mzqaukewz-lC2LnS47cCGd44Z-6TJ9w24sqdyJAKy1d-8t4l6ML9frp3uXIRNNOwBcP_eG_uOeSOVRcMKk/s640/ss_102083208TradHomeOMore.jpg" width="502" /></a></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;">"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></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><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; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design: Jennifer Markanich, <a href="http://timelessinteriorsdesign.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Timeless Interiors</a>.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Werner Straube.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><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; display: inline; 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; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a> (July - August 2013). </span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8e6mbmm480iScOiYJKFDH6UkTc_eQUlaEro0tD67RNqS2fF67bOeD7FufCK9lhHE-dBkyb9xVkg_4mW7BkH32PDx0nw0sZrBrWCFOl7aOxcM1bPew0s1t27UaEuuoMU8aJxixHk6nX8Y/s1600/ss_102053323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8e6mbmm480iScOiYJKFDH6UkTc_eQUlaEro0tD67RNqS2fF67bOeD7FufCK9lhHE-dBkyb9xVkg_4mW7BkH32PDx0nw0sZrBrWCFOl7aOxcM1bPew0s1t27UaEuuoMU8aJxixHk6nX8Y/s640/ss_102053323.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"A<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="ilad">cabinet</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>was designed by Andrew [Howard] to anchor the large wall. Four Ionic <span class="ilad">columns</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>separate the living room from the spacious foyer, which features a Greek key-motif area rug from Tai Ping Carpet."</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Armchairs: “Louis Ghost Chair” (<a href="http://www.dwr.com/" target="_blank">Design Within Reach</a>).</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ponte Vedra Beach home of Jennifer Ward and Peter Sleiman.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Interior design by Andrew Howard,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://andrewjhoward.com/" target="_blank">Andrew Howard Interior Design</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Photography by Jessie Preza and Colleen Duffley.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Written by Amy Elbert.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/bold-all-over_ss7.html" target="_blank">BoldAll Over</a>" produced by Elizabeth Beeler.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzYFk34X0w9gacfoQyl9nhzU7gOU0gaZyKU01z9Cntb_PuTO1nH36vTsMxY3H7zbcJt6Twvuf94xymTR-ZcKrQ_ldw8RjLOR_4N1HfxBARtsGiJTznWQPuZrnYDdlrLhW4vZ0nKoTPBY/s1600/ss_101945417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzYFk34X0w9gacfoQyl9nhzU7gOU0gaZyKU01z9Cntb_PuTO1nH36vTsMxY3H7zbcJt6Twvuf94xymTR-ZcKrQ_ldw8RjLOR_4N1HfxBARtsGiJTznWQPuZrnYDdlrLhW4vZ0nKoTPBY/s640/ss_101945417.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 10.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 10.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Electric turquoise and lime green star in the sitting room. The cool colors pop against the rich wood surrounding. The faux Warhol down the hall from her office is from the film “54,” in which Sela co-starred."</span></span></div><div align="center" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Black "Louis Ghost" chair by Philippe Starck, Kartell. Wall paint "Pea Coat Blue" by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ann Runyon Carter, Ann Carter Inc.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo credit: Dominique Vorillon.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/sela-ward-belair-home_ss8.html" target="_blank">Sela Ward's Stylish Bel Air Home with a Southern Soul</a>" written and produced by Jenny Bradley.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="outline: none;" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div></div></div>

Living With Ghosts

I have taken a temporary part-time position helping a local retailer sell Halloween costumes, so goblins and ghouls are on my mind. I love helping people find the perfect costume. Action heroes have been favorites for boys, pirates have been popular with people of all ages and Harry Potter still has…

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Toorak Indeed!

<h2>"Chastleton" Toorak</h2><div class="stackItem" id="features"><div class="featureListWrapper"><div class="featureList"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">General Features</span></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-toorak-114871075" target="_blank"><b>PRICE RANGE:  $10M+ (unconfirmed)</b></a> </span></span><br /><ul><li><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Property Type: House</span></span></li><li><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bedrooms:  6</span></span></li><li><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bathrooms: 3</span></span></li><li><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Land Size:  1720 m² (approx)</span></span></li></ul></div></div><br /><div class="featureListWrapper last"><div class="featureList"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Outdoor Features</span></span><br /><ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzqaYxOxLdJv3eWmLXPiKJ82kIjB0ZCqhgwsdtxpS3lu89PiP4XO-DZeu9ReRt0UkWA6UnTF_GEZnV2rLmeWwQm2FJe-kk0QHxHtuVya4Tszh51P6-lwgJE9j6_zXANeApWprnMR5A0Y/s1600/floorplan1.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><li><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Garage Spaces:  2</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hi Guys, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Glad to be back at AVOD,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I'll be sticking to my one a week from now on,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">like the old days, things are getting better for me to cope with at home/work.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Anyway, I thought what a lovely little place to kick us back off with</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">in Toorak, Chastleton, these days, the prices for Toorak are so high</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">they no longer list the prices, so I'm guessing a bit, but I think I'm probably right!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">Leave your thoughts below too!</span> </span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii95pYTaYSGEmwgSgDF_t9ljUCDbYnyEWm5JMcOnGez2wWIeX2XkeC_kjlcKMFyKdkvHrZZ0jH-WMet9j2uT8LE4fJl4FpkeDDJfq_4fNtD0oL0ST7i2J8qqchTyt2jYRFt_vbPb-k5eQ/s1600/image8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii95pYTaYSGEmwgSgDF_t9ljUCDbYnyEWm5JMcOnGez2wWIeX2XkeC_kjlcKMFyKdkvHrZZ0jH-WMet9j2uT8LE4fJl4FpkeDDJfq_4fNtD0oL0ST7i2J8qqchTyt2jYRFt_vbPb-k5eQ/s640/image8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The above outdoor pic almost looks fake it's so picture perfect!</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/AVvXsEgLfkdeGs7PEAQe5INI_p1J-VQ3rnP7UOMCjpNY1IxZoxExWFG0YP39PLqop0X8z7h5f1Fb5W7REVmzIQJL-KzhTOmG3r8lOKDkvyie79aY8LnNbvxuAU3Kiml7GOlbF9eqzuuUblNevpg/s1600/image9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfkdeGs7PEAQe5INI_p1J-VQ3rnP7UOMCjpNY1IxZoxExWFG0YP39PLqop0X8z7h5f1Fb5W7REVmzIQJL-KzhTOmG3r8lOKDkvyie79aY8LnNbvxuAU3Kiml7GOlbF9eqzuuUblNevpg/s640/image9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDFtR-ya7bL_Lo4i9djIfPuUIqeR52te7VcW5a6bZlMYV3S5sOcAIGJUzrDv34itWm1MtUpGI7pjfVo1YgKKPWQAFXw4qJcc_nWiRTVxmfVXW5LT7dvYOAOsg9iZ_xznjlRXIiAoOvKg/s1600/image10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDFtR-ya7bL_Lo4i9djIfPuUIqeR52te7VcW5a6bZlMYV3S5sOcAIGJUzrDv34itWm1MtUpGI7pjfVo1YgKKPWQAFXw4qJcc_nWiRTVxmfVXW5LT7dvYOAOsg9iZ_xznjlRXIiAoOvKg/s400/image10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9F36iIm4kiQz0degP-RW-FGfAr39zpjbEDJu96Qf_pMWYXlt3x5rKWIocmTyQjV_6jHEhyphenhyphengDx1BrZwH16M9bMUOCgYHzthxfyBYO0gpinijx5AhuGU8k4JRD-u0GfhzQunFlNPsRZY7Y/s1600/image11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9F36iIm4kiQz0degP-RW-FGfAr39zpjbEDJu96Qf_pMWYXlt3x5rKWIocmTyQjV_6jHEhyphenhyphengDx1BrZwH16M9bMUOCgYHzthxfyBYO0gpinijx5AhuGU8k4JRD-u0GfhzQunFlNPsRZY7Y/s640/image11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And here's the Master Plan</span></span></span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzqaYxOxLdJv3eWmLXPiKJ82kIjB0ZCqhgwsdtxpS3lu89PiP4XO-DZeu9ReRt0UkWA6UnTF_GEZnV2rLmeWwQm2FJe-kk0QHxHtuVya4Tszh51P6-lwgJE9j6_zXANeApWprnMR5A0Y/s1600/floorplan1.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzqaYxOxLdJv3eWmLXPiKJ82kIjB0ZCqhgwsdtxpS3lu89PiP4XO-DZeu9ReRt0UkWA6UnTF_GEZnV2rLmeWwQm2FJe-kk0QHxHtuVya4Tszh51P6-lwgJE9j6_zXANeApWprnMR5A0Y/s640/floorplan1.gif" width="524" /></a> </span></span></div><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">And here's what the Agent said about it!</span></span><br /><div class="title"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"CHASTLETON"</span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="body"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A CLASSIC ITALIANATE GRAND RESIDENCE REFURBISHED BY ALLAN POWELL (includes 767 Orrong Road, TOORAK)<br />A remarkable Toorak residence of stunning proportions featuring a superb northern orientated pool set amongst grounds by Paul Bangay & allowing the inclusion of a North/South Tennis court.<br />This beautifully restored family home has a wonderful blend of formal and informal rooms which complement the 6 bedrooms including a magnificent master bedroom suite.<br />Total land size approx. 1,727sqm</span></div><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifij7Yo8qPJk5ECvYMcQHznXj056c9vn6eX2Ntgh6UQ2C_R35jQZrRlCnGmNgq2FjeY95P1QWFilFp_YRLLmWoGSZmXh1HE89FMp6gusMn1zO4ZGTUUrCJQ6B9Eo4-sK4QW-bjc89uOmQ/s1600/main.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> :) Kate</span></span></li></ul></div></div></div>

Toorak Indeed!

"Chastleton" ToorakGeneral FeaturesPRICE RANGE:  $10M+ (unconfirmed) Property Type: HouseBedrooms:  6Bathrooms: 3Land Size:  1720 m² (approx)Outdoor FeaturesGarage Spaces:  2Hi Guys, Glad to be back at AVOD,I'll be sticking to my one a week from now on,like the old days, things are getting better fo…

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Bronze Age

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bronze is an alloy composed of copper and tin. According to the <a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/81017/Bronze-Age" target="_blank">Encyclopedia Britannica</a>, the Bronze Age, which fell between the Stone Age and the Iron Age, is defined as that time when a specific culture started using bronze to make tools - a breakthrough that occurred at different times for different people. While the Bronze Age began before 3,000 B.C. in Greece and China, it did not start in Britain until approximately 1900 B.C. Ancient cultures used bronze not only for tools, but also for weapons and coins. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today bronze adds beauty to many homes. The metal can be fashioned into fantastical furniture, such as the crocodile benches and ginkgo chairs created by artist <a href="http://aflippenlife.blogspot.com/2012/09/counting-sheep-with-les-lalanne.html" target="_blank">Claude Lalanne</a>. Bronze statues and drum tables add weight to rooms, while bronze grills and grids function like delicate jewelry for a space. Bronze doors and basins recall antiquity. 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/AVvXsEjWNEEeDth3D1risyhzDLPy5zoEFTA-b43abzMehCOAnVexxjcU0S6Z_XSrFd0sJYB2p35RtRnrHkW9UdtYzPta3WH97CIRPz33-E8WB7kplfaDeJe-vtJUoIl-QuyuE9Eux-EEJLAjzeE/s1600/101830982_ssTradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNEEeDth3D1risyhzDLPy5zoEFTA-b43abzMehCOAnVexxjcU0S6Z_XSrFd0sJYB2p35RtRnrHkW9UdtYzPta3WH97CIRPz33-E8WB7kplfaDeJe-vtJUoIl-QuyuE9Eux-EEJLAjzeE/s640/101830982_ssTradHome.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A bronze basin by <a href="http://annsacks.com/" target="_blank">Ann Sacks</a> on an old desk transforms a windowless bath."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Interior design by Benjamin Bradley and David Thiergartner, <a href="http://bradleythiergartnerinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Bradley Thiergartner Interiors</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Photography by Francesco Lagnese.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/california-style-nyc-apartment_ss18.html" target="_blank">California Style in a New York Apartment</a>" written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIb1NLT7qik3uW7fdd8P6tXk3BzIAlR0aC7IZD-dJ6xSKsZHU7C1YxP0zA44GI48Mx-iMixGHAJgfMkPxoeo_iaQk-lvgHDiHZVMoMx0w9i8PjGCyN23rgNI9QK3uJ8ZEno5eoqzdmgQI/s1600/101530408_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIb1NLT7qik3uW7fdd8P6tXk3BzIAlR0aC7IZD-dJ6xSKsZHU7C1YxP0zA44GI48Mx-iMixGHAJgfMkPxoeo_iaQk-lvgHDiHZVMoMx0w9i8PjGCyN23rgNI9QK3uJ8ZEno5eoqzdmgQI/s640/101530408_ss.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Eighteenth-century Venetian bronze doors [from <a href="http://mattcamron.com/" target="_blank">Matt Camron Rugs and Tapestries</a>] flank the dining room archway."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Interior designer: Sandra Lucas, <a href="http://lucaseilers.com/" target="_blank">Lucas/Eilers Design Assoc. LLP</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Architectural designer: Robert Dame, Robert Dame Designs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Builder: Mission Constructors Inc.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Photography by Werner Straube.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Text by Candace Ord Manroe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/texas-house-christmas_ss4.html" target="_blank">Christmas in the Heart of Texas</a>" produced by Susan Fox.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTInUAuMwxo3p6SNGycDp5JfS4GIa-tyZR6ooN4iZZTHV6D9FhJSJzPpCtlNLzj8amXr4QAUUeCEuU9uo5W98Qy-IhzNZcTx3hlqMqrpQb0HGUh3K-5j_b07uQQ8SipSYUXeX2bXxSrYk/s1600/101537272TradHomeItTakesAVillage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTInUAuMwxo3p6SNGycDp5JfS4GIa-tyZR6ooN4iZZTHV6D9FhJSJzPpCtlNLzj8amXr4QAUUeCEuU9uo5W98Qy-IhzNZcTx3hlqMqrpQb0HGUh3K-5j_b07uQQ8SipSYUXeX2bXxSrYk/s640/101537272TradHomeItTakesAVillage.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The marble-topped bronze coffee table is from Matthews and Parker."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Interior design by William McIntosh, <a href="http://www.williammcintoshdesign.com/" target="_blank">William McIntosh Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Photography by Ann Stratton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/travel_weekendgetaways/closetohome/elegant-enclave_ss3.html" target="_blank">It Takes a Village</a>" written and produced by Sabine Rothman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><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/AVvXsEjG9r2YWud5i6WNym13x2qGuxD20_nvfdFyeVOD0b7XkbRZRvINpRhYoZ6eAZ2Gd-aUcXr3zEKVsi7SBoaxyg_C8oDJiRTYs17D_junagMO1I3c8yC9muSg-6VEw6_XUMq1nWGCGOijAeg/s1600/item11.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.camuto-villa-maria-09-atrium.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9r2YWud5i6WNym13x2qGuxD20_nvfdFyeVOD0b7XkbRZRvINpRhYoZ6eAZ2Gd-aUcXr3zEKVsi7SBoaxyg_C8oDJiRTYs17D_junagMO1I3c8yC9muSg-6VEw6_XUMq1nWGCGOijAeg/s640/item11.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.camuto-villa-maria-09-atrium.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Bronze-and-leather stools flank a limestone table in the atrium; the wood sculpture is a 1985 piece by Mario Dal Fabbro from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white; color: windowtext;">Maison Gerard</span><span style="background: white;">, and the hanging lantern and tile floor are original to the home."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;">Villa Maria, the Long Island estate of fashion entrepreneurs Louise and Vince Camuto.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;">Architectural renovation by <a href="http://www.tchelistcheff.com/" target="_blank">Andre Tchelistcheff</a>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;">Interior design by Carol Egan, <a href="http://www.caroleganinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Carol Egan Interiors</a>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;">Landscape architect: <a href="http://www.hollanderdesign.com/" target="_blank">Edmund D. Hollander</a>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;">Photography by Scott Frances.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;">Styled by Howard Christian.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-07/louise-vince-camuto-villa-maria-long-island-house-slideshow_slideshow_Atrium_12" target="_blank">Guiding Lights</a>" written and produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (July 2013).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGEKf7dtgpRc6PSGLJZmJzmPxMDJf-XPZTfRJsRuWRagMevpT48vdxRRtFC7OeQjzBvR2X_iO9l3bQsXLS4m1Y30OBAeTZyX-foHHJt0IzGmz_GYTuC7wspfZSpnzD5d21h-IcUaQ2do/s1600/ss_101947926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGEKf7dtgpRc6PSGLJZmJzmPxMDJf-XPZTfRJsRuWRagMevpT48vdxRRtFC7OeQjzBvR2X_iO9l3bQsXLS4m1Y30OBAeTZyX-foHHJt0IzGmz_GYTuC7wspfZSpnzD5d21h-IcUaQ2do/s640/ss_101947926.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A reclining bench upholstered in leather provides extra seating in the den."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Bronze rain drum by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Bjorling and Grant.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Lynn Haven, Florida, home of Gene and Renee Evans<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Phillip Sides, Phillip Sides Interior Design.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Eric Watson, Eric Watson Architect, P.A.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/traditional-southern-design-hospitality_ss13.html" target="_blank">New Home With Traditional Southern Design and Hospitality</a>" written by Amy Elbert.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><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/AVvXsEjkMIV0MLkiS41f1z7P9rv5frym8ipykwYhqzV5U9nJdIqv7DEc_nLxrBzfCvV0tJbFeCRx8dVlPbfM93JafZ1kfz_0wsE9_SZ6AjrqpAmyACkaX9iwDFi9EwB0-3UgewhEBh0L4qstu4I/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.kelly-wearstler-01-entrance-hall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMIV0MLkiS41f1z7P9rv5frym8ipykwYhqzV5U9nJdIqv7DEc_nLxrBzfCvV0tJbFeCRx8dVlPbfM93JafZ1kfz_0wsE9_SZ6AjrqpAmyACkaX9iwDFi9EwB0-3UgewhEBh0L4qstu4I/s640/item0.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.kelly-wearstler-01-entrance-hall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Working with M. Brian Tichenor of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.tichenorandthorp.com/" style="outline-width: 0px; text-align: start;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Tichenor and Thorp Architects</span></a><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="text-align: start;">, designer<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>Kelly Wearstler<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="text-align: start;"> </span></span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">created a bold new look for a family’s 1930s Bel Air, California, residence. The entrance hall revolves around a <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/aflippenlife/pedro-friedeberg/" target="_blank">Pedro Friedeberg</a>table and a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="outline-width: 0px; text-align: start;">Jean de Merry<span style="color: #303dc9;"> </span></span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="text-align: start;">chandelier; the statue in the corner is a 19th-century bronze, and the inlaid floor includes black rainbow, honey onyx, cappuccino, and Calacatta gold marble segments.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.kellywearstler.com/" target="_blank">Kelly Wearstler</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Peter Haldeman.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-01/kelly-wearstler-bel-air-los-angeles-home-slideshow" target="_blank">Kelly Wearstler Designs a Bold Bel Air Home</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (January 2013).</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-zsZ2o-oaFfT06HNRhwcnLpC_yf36dqWTx_a98ImczOmIRE6dZYN0kc6g-HFf-ZwCEDSeQ_7kfVMw5sFjNyB2QOxY7fq-zSLVrjZYBQ-KDYYi3ceEY2na8ldHoNTGWo1QjtjJjf6kkY/s1600/kleinberg-7-deHouseBeautiful.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-zsZ2o-oaFfT06HNRhwcnLpC_yf36dqWTx_a98ImczOmIRE6dZYN0kc6g-HFf-ZwCEDSeQ_7kfVMw5sFjNyB2QOxY7fq-zSLVrjZYBQ-KDYYi3ceEY2na8ldHoNTGWo1QjtjJjf6kkY/s640/kleinberg-7-deHouseBeautiful.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"Dark walls make a small guest bathroom look larger: 'It obscures the boundaries. And it's more glamorous. Liquid wax gives the brown paint depth — and it's easier than glazing.' The bronze-and-marble vanity with P.E. Guerin fixtures picks up the bronze theme that runs through the apartment. 1950s chiseled glass mirror by Max Ingrand."</span><o:p></o:p></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by David Kleinberg, <a href="http://www.dkda.com/" target="_blank">David Kleinberg Design Associates</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span><br /><h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/david-kleinberg-modern-design#slide-7" target="_blank">A Modern and Warm Manhattan Apartment</a>" by Christine Pittel.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5RbziKjQXkmz9c6SiEO-NSWHAU1OdDJMJR69FY8qycp8TQnu-ScOch9XB4X4cBkW6aPnRUGVA3m0qOB_lzvShA5a-mp_IsiamvZlLB5YmKJA4VVwpcLYMZ3_Crg1yBNHBkVyvEgm_KM/s1600/kleinberg-1-deHouseBeautiful.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5RbziKjQXkmz9c6SiEO-NSWHAU1OdDJMJR69FY8qycp8TQnu-ScOch9XB4X4cBkW6aPnRUGVA3m0qOB_lzvShA5a-mp_IsiamvZlLB5YmKJA4VVwpcLYMZ3_Crg1yBNHBkVyvEgm_KM/s640/kleinberg-1-deHouseBeautiful.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The paneling in the library of this New York apartment is inset with bronze in a square motif, echoed by Roger Thibier's gilded coffee tables. A Chanel-style sofa is covered in Classic Cloth's Kansas."<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by David Kleinberg, <a href="http://www.dkda.com/" target="_blank">David Kleinberg Design Associates</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span><br /><h1 align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/david-kleinberg-modern-design#slide-1" target="_blank">A Modern and Warm Manhattan Apartment</a>" by Christine Pittel.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1><h2 align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpsWhIkl95K04qLI0purAohiToBCEcjb6e202TyjwVXsG63JnVbrMBz_MXdg3VfG2iPNgQdN2Kgb6rCF0F6kTO2lfIVO_VUl1Ck906IwLuVzkWo-vV0OX-3900CApzjgzeCVQEHhJplE/s1600/chad-eisner-EDC-03-13-2-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpsWhIkl95K04qLI0purAohiToBCEcjb6e202TyjwVXsG63JnVbrMBz_MXdg3VfG2iPNgQdN2Kgb6rCF0F6kTO2lfIVO_VUl1Ck906IwLuVzkWo-vV0OX-3900CApzjgzeCVQEHhJplE/s640/chad-eisner-EDC-03-13-2-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The façade is painted in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Benjamin Moore's</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Super White, the door is painted in the company's Steel Wool, and the custom-made grills are cast bronze."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1970s Los Angeles house.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.18181800842285px;">Interior design by Chad Eisner.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.18181800842285px;">Photography by Joe Schmelzer.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/design-solutions/chad-eisner-interiors#slide-2" target="_blank">A Fresh Take on Glamour: Chad Eisner's LA Design</a>" by Michael Lassell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><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/AVvXsEgpBoWOqzJZ53X6bfV14prpdCfDR_apdbZozQsC5tjHlECX4UO62wiwVUA57bKvcNW6CCgiA7ICt908RRKMSp6RqHWJUR6mwOIFwm0jMCQwohj9HnMKBX3Uh2mXb6kIlAEZ3z80yyhY4AQ/s1600/hbx-gold-crystal-chandelier-in-kitchen-xln.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBoWOqzJZ53X6bfV14prpdCfDR_apdbZozQsC5tjHlECX4UO62wiwVUA57bKvcNW6CCgiA7ICt908RRKMSp6RqHWJUR6mwOIFwm0jMCQwohj9HnMKBX3Uh2mXb6kIlAEZ3z80yyhY4AQ/s640/hbx-gold-crystal-chandelier-in-kitchen-xln.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Highlighting Brahler's Dutch heritage, the kitchen has a fireplace adorned with 17th- and 18th-century Delft tiles and bluestone columns from Breda. The zinc architectural finial (at left), double-door cupboard, and bronze chandelier also come from Holland, where gray-painted floors like this are traditional. Brahler treasures the worn upholstery of her 18th-century French armchair. She beefed up a vintage demilune chest by adding rear cabinets and a marble top to create the central island. Stainless-steel range and hood by</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.thermador.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Thermador</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Annie Brahler's Jacksonville, Illinois, home.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Interior design by Annie Brahler, owner of <a href="http://euro-trash.us/about/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; outline: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Euro Trash</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Styled by Philippa Brathwaite.<br />Written by Douglas Brenner.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/victorian-house-design-0512?click=main_sr#slide-6" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; outline: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Overdoing It With One Thing is Kind of Not Overdoing It</span></a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">House Beautiful</span></a> (May 2012).</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLyj7EILrAIzC1T81QwdI-CNm9i-Td-iw1rUniuOh6mFLbiOanT5UejJ1SP1OAlfEwRiIUETFiZU03iQ1hzD1zdGJ4nez593e9GFLQLcLMeJXQCCG5ITiqwTCzMf2wpvvfwMMUrKFChc/s1600/design-ideas-ayres-ED07-04-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLyj7EILrAIzC1T81QwdI-CNm9i-Td-iw1rUniuOh6mFLbiOanT5UejJ1SP1OAlfEwRiIUETFiZU03iQ1hzD1zdGJ4nez593e9GFLQLcLMeJXQCCG5ITiqwTCzMf2wpvvfwMMUrKFChc/s640/design-ideas-ayres-ED07-04-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Armchairs upholstered in linen velvet by Quadrille, a custom-designed ottoman by Jonas Upholstery, and a Claude Lalanne bronze bench used as a cocktail table in the library; decorative artist Jean Carrau painted the paneling to resemble pine and treated the knots with gold leaf.”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.bjminc.com/" target="_blank">Brian McCarthy</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Text by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/the-transformers#slide-4" target="_blank">The Transformers</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (December 2007).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4YQNGOuU61FWJN5geNTHstIQyxQIRsjfUNGno6xrrtr-CRjGtHLWF4oTf1QyxyDAN7M-pIxE9CJVfU-trhR2ScxULINxcDhq4PNEO3BZRCAyRz_zOGPdjV3LbqpN03zyPZd-1l1a-uZE/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.stephen-sills-assoc-01-manhattan-living-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4YQNGOuU61FWJN5geNTHstIQyxQIRsjfUNGno6xrrtr-CRjGtHLWF4oTf1QyxyDAN7M-pIxE9CJVfU-trhR2ScxULINxcDhq4PNEO3BZRCAyRz_zOGPdjV3LbqpN03zyPZd-1l1a-uZE/s640/item0.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.stephen-sills-assoc-01-manhattan-living-room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“<span style="background: white;">Design firm<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.stephensills.com/" target="_blank">Stephen Sills Assoc.</a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">worked with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.jbmarchitect.com/" target="_blank">John B. Murray Architect</a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">to renovate an apartment on New York’s Upper East Side. In the living room, matching circa-1700 French mirrored bookcases from Galerie Steinitz flank one window; a John Chamberlain sculpture sits on the left cabinet, in front of a Pablo Picasso work, and an Andy Warhol silkscreen hangs above the one on the right. The Sills-designed club chairs are clad in a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Lee Jofa</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">fabric, and the bronze Ginkgo chairs are by Claude Lalanne.”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space">Text by Dan Shaw.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-10/stephen-sills-fifth-avenue-manhattan-apartment-renovation-slideshow" target="_blank">Shining Through</a>" produced by Howard Christian. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2013).</span></span></div><div class="MsoSubtitle"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkJB6zsT2XjN17fufORQvI4Ci1Bt22LJ1DekttQMB7reLtav4vP8otiTUdAimN0Bx4211YLQQal2ctlROLtJhai5pr-QT0AI8WaM9u363v78t0kC6G1-TCzXcdkGpzc1d0lWlAeTSIUs/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.hosl04_marino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkJB6zsT2XjN17fufORQvI4Ci1Bt22LJ1DekttQMB7reLtav4vP8otiTUdAimN0Bx4211YLQQal2ctlROLtJhai5pr-QT0AI8WaM9u363v78t0kC6G1-TCzXcdkGpzc1d0lWlAeTSIUs/s640/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.hosl04_marino.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In the 700-square-foot, cathedral-ceilinged library, gilt-bronze vines created by Claude Lalanne frame the bookcases. The work above the sofa is Paradise 4, a 1998 C-print by Thomas Struth."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ty Warner's penthouse suite at the Four Seasons New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Architecture: I. M. Pei, FAIA.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Interior architecture and design: <a href="http://www.petermarinoarchitect.com/" target="_blank">Peter Marino</a>, FAIA.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Photography by Durston Saylor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"Manhattan Suite" text by Therese Bissell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (July 2007).</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/AVvXsEhrZRBgEW16BACq6eGQEilkmvWIPhe92DIYlm09pRy6aOWVFQd1pCJtU3gAcdrz4pZ-A4FxtQfJnw8qMheZP9nYRS3Ar4Cl1O5UWzrH6xHCgFFiCRKqF-_J1XcmJVgQ_5r962XB25yyRhg/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.nancy-gonzalez-03-nancy-gonzalez-living-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZRBgEW16BACq6eGQEilkmvWIPhe92DIYlm09pRy6aOWVFQd1pCJtU3gAcdrz4pZ-A4FxtQfJnw8qMheZP9nYRS3Ar4Cl1O5UWzrH6xHCgFFiCRKqF-_J1XcmJVgQ_5r962XB25yyRhg/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.nancy-gonzalez-03-nancy-gonzalez-living-room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Candida Höfer photograph surmounts the living room’s custom-made sofa, which is flanked by vintage floor lamps by Gaetano Scolari (left) and Stilnovo; pre-Columbian objects stand on the Yves Klein cocktail tables, and the bronze crocodile side chairs are by Claude Lalanne."</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Handbag designer Nancy Gonzalez's Columbian apartment.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.deniot.com/" target="_blank">Jean-Louis Deniot</a>.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Anita Calero.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2013/designer-nancy-gonzalez-jean-louis-deniot-colombia-home-slideshow_slideshow_Living-Room_3" target="_blank">Uncommon Species</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div class="bodylinks" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (September 2013).</span></div>

Bronze Age

Bronze is an alloy composed of copper and tin. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Bronze Age, which fell between the Stone Age and the Iron Age, is defined as that time when a specific culture started using bronze to make tools - a breakthrough that occurred at different times for differe…

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