Stone Age

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the tension created when one combines the rustic and the refined. A beautifully ornate mirror with a stone garden basin. An oil painting with a limestone tub that shows its age. My eye is growing wearing of pristine white bathrooms with nickel-plated fixtures, and I am drawn to the following spaces with their hints of antiquity . . . </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAskjh26ibMjv3WF1f0Ak9arqGBFXIArz0FH8HYp-afl_bp2cCrCj8TgoSFIUjOK1Bmv5kymQbWl5hw_cAULaUrb1TELetQBJXR_3vIWkqx6-VyyyPuT2tsehSu8uw0_jxUt7POydAMFe/s1600/BrookeSteveGiannettiJuly11-lgn-14535322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAskjh26ibMjv3WF1f0Ak9arqGBFXIArz0FH8HYp-afl_bp2cCrCj8TgoSFIUjOK1Bmv5kymQbWl5hw_cAULaUrb1TELetQBJXR_3vIWkqx6-VyyyPuT2tsehSu8uw0_jxUt7POydAMFe/s1600/BrookeSteveGiannettiJuly11-lgn-14535322.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Ornate and rustic elements strike a fine balance. Antique marble vessel as sink. Fountain spout, Acquisitions. Vanity, Chelsea Textiles. Custom linen shade on lamp. Antique mirror and fishing baskets."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Said Brooke Giannetti to <a href="http://www.veranda.com/designers-ideas/designer-giannetti-design-ideas?click=main_sr#slide-4" target="_blank">Veranda</a>: " 'I often bring garden elements inside a home to create a connection to the outside. Here, I used a marble planter as a sink in our powder room to make the transition from the indoors into the garden. We couldn't find the perfect spout either so I literally pulled it from the fountain outside of my house.' "</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home of designer-architect team Brooke and Steve Giannetti.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Brooke and Steve Giannetti, <a href="http://www.giannettiarchitects.com/" target="_blank">Giannetti Home</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Steve Giannetti and Lisa Romerein.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/bathroom-decorating-inspiration-verandas-most-memorable-spaces#slide-3" target="_blank">Well-Lived: Bathrooms in Veranda</a>" by Dayle Wood.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (July - August 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQPzCI3b9E_wpJLbMslU-0_o8og7SsW-o5Ksv7GxWbXzikxYQGnizZ44UA2baFQW5jJyAfcfeomlSM41U38jr7rvwIoUmBxkfXdRTab7DurULebm2TiHn8gqENpMHLnu5-XhD350ot98T/s1600/cummings11-0410-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQPzCI3b9E_wpJLbMslU-0_o8og7SsW-o5Ksv7GxWbXzikxYQGnizZ44UA2baFQW5jJyAfcfeomlSM41U38jr7rvwIoUmBxkfXdRTab7DurULebm2TiHn8gqENpMHLnu5-XhD350ot98T/s1600/cummings11-0410-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The powder room mirror is behind an antique Italian window grille. 'Not what you'd expect, but everybody loves it. And I love all those dings and splotches on the old stone sink.' Sink from <a href="http://www.chateaudomingue.com/" target="_blank">Chateau Domingue</a> [a Houston antiquities dealer]."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Houston, Texas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Eleanor Cummings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/antique-wood-home-decor?click=img_sr#slide-11" target="_blank">A Texas Home Straight out of Italy</a>" by Helen Thompson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQdiZIyUuqnfbBmcd-o__tekREk6mnAxJ7ZyERb73KOtFRHC9OBb0-p26A9maTlyKBUoZgSwscr5-SC7Ar3UHo7kcKW37WGPctOjhmOMkrTwc2Vd-BnokSl5_rvhN_IyMp4Swp6Iw5qBA/s1600/3_1367615831_daniels_EDC_03_13_2_de-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQdiZIyUuqnfbBmcd-o__tekREk6mnAxJ7ZyERb73KOtFRHC9OBb0-p26A9maTlyKBUoZgSwscr5-SC7Ar3UHo7kcKW37WGPctOjhmOMkrTwc2Vd-BnokSl5_rvhN_IyMp4Swp6Iw5qBA/s1600/3_1367615831_daniels_EDC_03_13_2_de-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A vintage Italian chandelier hangs above an antique tub in the master bath, and the 18th-century painting is from [Christopher] Daniels's mother; the custom-made vanities have Caesarstone countertops, <a href="http://www.us.kohler.com/us/" target="_blank">Kohler</a> sinks, and fittings by <a href="http://www.barwil.co.uk/" target="_blank">Barber Wilsons and Co</a>." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SoHo loft of two Virginia transplants, artist Christopher Daniels and Alice Childress Daniels, Vice President, Advertising and Creative Services at <a href="http://www.verawang.com/" target="_blank">Vera Wang</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Courtnay Daniels Haden, Courtnay Daniels Haden Folie Design. Ms. Haden is Christopher Daniels's sister.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interiors/courtnay-daniels-haden-living-room#slide-5" target="_blank">Southern Exposure: A New York Apartment by Courtnay Daniels Haden</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjuItZH7xOvRJaAuYGtQtAf2vwWJUGACxMFWw9CQ8rLj3I1bmf-j6PRteZabQuemUA63frxdHKyJrVHfY9WvOLzhyk4uqKzG26KFcAi4TnB2d4kfX4DYJltjTK5LUN1sjJ-rKATDIZ67L/s1600/9-Jan12-ColinWay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjuItZH7xOvRJaAuYGtQtAf2vwWJUGACxMFWw9CQ8rLj3I1bmf-j6PRteZabQuemUA63frxdHKyJrVHfY9WvOLzhyk4uqKzG26KFcAi4TnB2d4kfX4DYJltjTK5LUN1sjJ-rKATDIZ67L/s1600/9-Jan12-ColinWay.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Faux paneling adds architectural interest. A 300-year-old Greek marble basin and copper faucet lend an antique look to the main floor bathroom. A contemporary art piece adds a cheeky element."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Nam Dang-Mitchell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colin Way.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/photo-gallery-nam-dang-michell-interiors?page=8" target="_blank">Photo Gallery: Nam Dang-Mitchell Interiors</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (January 2012). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlejBGTKUarXKX65FuKMrE_gpZNhdhB4oGENXtMEwQj8ga-OQ0jutAomAQvGPfJQD9NJ5CyqUmL70ij9vrXEX9kPsByImINQQybgxyXGxIJMlONIcnc-k5DluLlANS7W-vOfmDK31e5Mr/s1600/11345-118a_1+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlejBGTKUarXKX65FuKMrE_gpZNhdhB4oGENXtMEwQj8ga-OQ0jutAomAQvGPfJQD9NJ5CyqUmL70ij9vrXEX9kPsByImINQQybgxyXGxIJMlONIcnc-k5DluLlANS7W-vOfmDK31e5Mr/s1600/11345-118a_1+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.chateaudomingue.com/architectural_elements/sinks/11345-118a.html" target="_blank">17th c. font from the private chapel of a chateau outside of St. Geneste d'Ambiere, a village in the Touraine region of France</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by Chateau Domingue in Houston, Texas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via <a href="http://www.chateaudomingue.com/" target="_blank">Chateau Domingue</a> website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibl4U3FgDxDK7f4VZmfzhZ2i4ik3tCb4MXJt8XlMyzMNpyzyej0wxpcacr5rQEeUHQSjIzCblnfmfFlGnHJ3bgEQEbPsi56FejlhVuPcB4pmctk4hxyLJ4C7kVrwzVspEstPPf3EWcqKGE/s1600/BlogStoneSinkVerandaJulyAug2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibl4U3FgDxDK7f4VZmfzhZ2i4ik3tCb4MXJt8XlMyzMNpyzyej0wxpcacr5rQEeUHQSjIzCblnfmfFlGnHJ3bgEQEbPsi56FejlhVuPcB4pmctk4hxyLJ4C7kVrwzVspEstPPf3EWcqKGE/s1600/BlogStoneSinkVerandaJulyAug2008.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Mirror, c. 1850, and 18th-c. marble sink, both Italian; Compas faucetry; Hollyhock towels."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malibu, California, home of Dan and Luana Romanelli.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.madelinestuart.com/" target="_blank">Madeline Stuart</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Stephen Giannetti, </span><a href="http://www.giannettiarchitects.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Giannetti Home</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> .</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Dominique Vorillon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Degen Pener.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Leading With Style" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (July - August 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYABeCkcqyzaBn1SZkLDS-3MCqg8MEo6AUgXofqESStXQDIauJqKg_RvHaE17_VjsAM_lWrOafUySPskuuytcIWOkvw_bYYh-vPlrZIjYbOfNMY6SsI9EStu0KSQyN0VK2ijlQs126Oua/s1600/BlogStoneSinkVerandaNovDec2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYABeCkcqyzaBn1SZkLDS-3MCqg8MEo6AUgXofqESStXQDIauJqKg_RvHaE17_VjsAM_lWrOafUySPskuuytcIWOkvw_bYYh-vPlrZIjYbOfNMY6SsI9EStu0KSQyN0VK2ijlQs126Oua/s1600/BlogStoneSinkVerandaNovDec2010.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Custom sink. Mirror, Starbuck Minikin. Sconces, 20th Century Lighting."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Santa Barbara, California, home with a view of the Pacific Ocean.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural renovation and interior design by <a href="http://saladinostyle.com/" target="_blank">John Saladino</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Luca Trovato.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Classical Cues" text by Degen Pener.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (November - December 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy6y_TmNdqJSavdPsBLZ0ePqChIyC6Q33HS_7i1QHUWqNYCjlIKQNa1OCvXpzt9DxXJ3d7euJlTw8die_QL39vPgfdIji8XxpdjyT_QRxzANIYCoOa7vLFUABVAk2if4Fq6i7hiWTdK-x/s1600/hbx0710-essentials07-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy6y_TmNdqJSavdPsBLZ0ePqChIyC6Q33HS_7i1QHUWqNYCjlIKQNa1OCvXpzt9DxXJ3d7euJlTw8die_QL39vPgfdIji8XxpdjyT_QRxzANIYCoOa7vLFUABVAk2if4Fq6i7hiWTdK-x/s1600/hbx0710-essentials07-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Melanie] Pounds designed a leggy console to hold her bathroom sink instead of a traditional closed cabinet. The open space helps to make the bathroom feel larger."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1,400 square-foot Alabama cottage.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Melanie Pounds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/organizing-small-homes-0710?click=img_sr#slide-11" target="_blank">11 Essential Organizing Tips for Small Spaces</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1-jndYIBB4gaJIBvFmWz7mUbi6FvN1o3FVaWxMB-KybEmXx-T-OwZoKiQ-6q5EiHSDIEqEkZx99dG3vhY6SjrqIfpC72h6jo6Yh5C2k2G_QnvMxIVtgTYr2ZmbdKV9s6cByDIPCgpzC8/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.richard-hallberg-09-powder-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1-jndYIBB4gaJIBvFmWz7mUbi6FvN1o3FVaWxMB-KybEmXx-T-OwZoKiQ-6q5EiHSDIEqEkZx99dG3vhY6SjrqIfpC72h6jo6Yh5C2k2G_QnvMxIVtgTYr2ZmbdKV9s6cByDIPCgpzC8/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.richard-hallberg-09-powder-room.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An antique Flemish mirror graces the powder room, along with a Guido Gambone vase. Sonoma Forge sink fittings, and an 18th-century stone trough sink."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Movie producer Avi Arad's Malibu, California, weekend home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Richard Hallberg and Barbara Wiseley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Peter Haldeman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-01/richard-hallberg-barbara-wiseley-mailbu-california-home-slideshow_slideshow_item6_7" target="_blank">On Location</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (January 2013). </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMS7se0t-LQc3VZB5bAQmMPTOYPrKsgmWeQZeRuc56AQJQ0quzNKpIOz59uHmHIMbevHJf6sC7fI7rrITHlDzepNziX_H2IIVFAD3lf6keJw810L3rmZ55aOMvl-6IHV2dDvFErY7xfdwA/s1600/bathroom-sink-beach-tile-0710-bathofthemonth-10-decopy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMS7se0t-LQc3VZB5bAQmMPTOYPrKsgmWeQZeRuc56AQJQ0quzNKpIOz59uHmHIMbevHJf6sC7fI7rrITHlDzepNziX_H2IIVFAD3lf6keJw810L3rmZ55aOMvl-6IHV2dDvFErY7xfdwA/s1600/bathroom-sink-beach-tile-0710-bathofthemonth-10-decopy.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designer Phoebe Howard elevates an everyday ritual with this Carrara marble basin. The faucet emerges from a stone-mosaic dado in a spectrum of watery hues."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.phoebehoward.net/" target="_blank">Phoebe Howard</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/powder-room-decorating-ideas-0710?click=img_sr#slide-12" target="_blank">How to Create a Gorgeous Guest Bathroom</a>" by Douglas Brenner.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July 2010). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwUOLKI1gxvbf3AgjX5C7OAE92gdPHCntMji1_rQc5yFvHFFpkSKhuEISnvLYbaeWW4Roa3rlGsgHwmr8KS8JOd0HpvN2TM2l_nagoaHqPA-Ld26v0o4DzLET57cMkxGlhmGs4Pr_yvkXI/s1600/TNSK01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwUOLKI1gxvbf3AgjX5C7OAE92gdPHCntMji1_rQc5yFvHFFpkSKhuEISnvLYbaeWW4Roa3rlGsgHwmr8KS8JOd0HpvN2TM2l_nagoaHqPA-Ld26v0o4DzLET57cMkxGlhmGs4Pr_yvkXI/s1600/TNSK01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.waterworks.com/products/fixtures/sink/lavatory/round-vessel-marble-lavatory-15-34-x-15-34-x-5-78/2115" target="_blank">Titan Round Vessel Marble Lavatory</a>" offered by Waterworks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Handcrafted from Carrara marble.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" target="_blank">Waterworks</a> website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1b1vcDzFdQxP2R4SQZoI3KP3AQ4RSPDCte1ad6zl5v7LtMy_rvAoREMu-Orw_bdnCTZVj4OcMxB_cTyWgfnmCEd-XUWXp-lLpI0kURnYfVGzMFnYYcnmvJmTl7E44JFdPafSr7cYll_VC/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowVertical.schafer-cottrell-connecticut-poolhouse-master-bath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1b1vcDzFdQxP2R4SQZoI3KP3AQ4RSPDCte1ad6zl5v7LtMy_rvAoREMu-Orw_bdnCTZVj4OcMxB_cTyWgfnmCEd-XUWXp-lLpI0kURnYfVGzMFnYYcnmvJmTl7E44JFdPafSr7cYll_VC/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowVertical.schafer-cottrell-connecticut-poolhouse-master-bath.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the master bath stands a custom-made Concept Studio limestone tub; the ceiling fixture and wall sconces are by Paul Ferrante, and the dressing-table lamps are by Formations."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Summer house" in Litchfield County, Connecticut.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by John Cottrell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Gil Schafer, <a href="http://www.gpschafer.com/" target="_blank">G. P. Schafer Architect</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Billy Cunningham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-08/john-cottrell-gil-schafer-connecticut-poolhouse-slideshow_slideshow_undefined_5" target="_blank">Trading Places</a>" text by Dan Shaw.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (August 2011). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipknAcxxmjqMAWnZwVJWY9hUT66fxzcm_06MDKOFbMdPzoTGi_PblDNQll7gp0G5Vr9vte_7K7MggZ8z5CpO-k-qCTSxF4O8hEBCbbjyw0K1yjbJc3Bf3ilPvRZqGWSl-Re4bSjhweL1lR/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowVertical.09_glam_baths.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipknAcxxmjqMAWnZwVJWY9hUT66fxzcm_06MDKOFbMdPzoTGi_PblDNQll7gp0G5Vr9vte_7K7MggZ8z5CpO-k-qCTSxF4O8hEBCbbjyw0K1yjbJc3Bf3ilPvRZqGWSl-Re4bSjhweL1lR/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowVertical.09_glam_baths.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stephen Sills and James Huniford "created a master bath with floor-to-ceiling French doors that open to the garden. They discovered the antique Italian marble sarcophagus tub in Belgium, and the circa-1910 chandelier is French."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A residence in the Midwest.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Stephen Sills and James Huniford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Mary E. Nichols.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Make a Splash"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (May 2003). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxfri03T2SKK-TwMF4VBjMR6rk0_D9fVwOV-Jgl2ycpETJyesGRJyxDbAjo19p4iX5qFlIxnVxnfT27BxopUfxh7G2prwY_F5BrE6kF3pDJZYv5gDl8Ptr0-bNPsMUaaIKm3eDtCVZrT_/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.vicente-wolf-09-bathroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxfri03T2SKK-TwMF4VBjMR6rk0_D9fVwOV-Jgl2ycpETJyesGRJyxDbAjo19p4iX5qFlIxnVxnfT27BxopUfxh7G2prwY_F5BrE6kF3pDJZYv5gDl8Ptr0-bNPsMUaaIKm3eDtCVZrT_/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.vicente-wolf-09-bathroom.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Richard Prince silkscreen hangs on the bathroom's antiqued-mirror wall, next to a marble sink from VW Home; the snakeskin console is by Garrison Rousseau."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York City apartment of a movie executive and his wife.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.vicentewolf.com/" target="_blank">Vicente Wolf</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Julie L. Belcove.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-01/vicente-wolf-park-avenue-manhattan-apartment-slideshow_slideshow_item9_10" target="_blank">Breaking the Mold</a>" produced by Howard Christian.<br /><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (January 2013).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7C-1S2qjhB0EtK6vOSB4MamAabBd8SKhyjb7ECMPE_8oG8sTGI3ySY1ZzabMNpwQewlA0tSGSZIjdrj37oSCUfzQ-CS8kM-8UJsqVvwH8c-eFpqncqgXT5Ck4bizdnkK-SxendyW9D4Ey/s1600/08-hbx-pan-fountain-whitson-0613-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7C-1S2qjhB0EtK6vOSB4MamAabBd8SKhyjb7ECMPE_8oG8sTGI3ySY1ZzabMNpwQewlA0tSGSZIjdrj37oSCUfzQ-CS8kM-8UJsqVvwH8c-eFpqncqgXT5Ck4bizdnkK-SxendyW9D4Ey/s1600/08-hbx-pan-fountain-whitson-0613-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A garden urn and a Pan fountain are the washbasin and waterspout in the powder room. A brass finial serves as the faucet."</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tennessee home of antiques dealer Jeannette Whitson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jeannette Whitson, <a href="http://www.gardenvarietydesign.com/" target="_blank">Garden Variety Design</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Watson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/creating-a-new-old-house-0613?click=main_sr#slide-10" target="_blank">A Nashville House with an Old Soul</a>" by Barbara King.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (June 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmC5MUS1jgyiFe-nTmXw2jn0MJ2KCnBKuGCKe_XipKz6C8bt7duVd2fqDy4LbkTb8xDtbE8XgqxM-C2RH2UZ5oGazIjmcTftt6toGeXzR5Ldi1axMwwB8A7spac30GfLyHveHb5JdKg03/s1600/page0006_i2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmC5MUS1jgyiFe-nTmXw2jn0MJ2KCnBKuGCKe_XipKz6C8bt7duVd2fqDy4LbkTb8xDtbE8XgqxM-C2RH2UZ5oGazIjmcTftt6toGeXzR5Ldi1axMwwB8A7spac30GfLyHveHb5JdKg03/s1600/page0006_i2.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image from <a href="http://www.milieu-mag.com/" target="_blank">Milieu</a>'s media kit<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;"><a href="http://www.milieu-mag.com/" target="_blank">Milieu</a> is a magazine created by interior designer Pamela Pierce, <a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></span></div><br /><br />

Stone Age

I love the tension created when one combines the rustic and the refined. A beautifully ornate mirror with a stone garden basin. An oil painting with a limestone tub that shows its age. My eye is growing wearing of pristine white bathrooms with nickel-plated fixtures, and I am drawn to the following …

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A Place to Dream

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you were a child, did you like to build forts or create caves by draping blankets over chairs and tables and couch cushions? Did you wish you had a canopy bed? There's something magical about a small, cozy space swathed in fabric. Here are a few images of spaces where young people can dream or pretend . . .</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/AVvXsEg_ahuWCMqs26fhgSzlpLOhuaOIlny1UaB_ZH_x1g-BV6ApAf-FaaPGY37RGNUYwlJDAzbLBOOyuOgKZFoMz8ITNphsb6yIAWMLS9IGYPW6ZO6MYY7Ox_dJ0cMUa3gX0QQVyOhreew9vSri/s1600/namdangmitchell-girls-bedroom-HH_JA12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ahuWCMqs26fhgSzlpLOhuaOIlny1UaB_ZH_x1g-BV6ApAf-FaaPGY37RGNUYwlJDAzbLBOOyuOgKZFoMz8ITNphsb6yIAWMLS9IGYPW6ZO6MYY7Ox_dJ0cMUa3gX0QQVyOhreew9vSri/s1600/namdangmitchell-girls-bedroom-HH_JA12.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A pretty chandelier, built-in bookcase and mauve walls add richness. A departure from more standard little girl colors and details, this bedroom is outfitted with a tailored canopy bed upholstered in a print sophisticated enough for a grown-up."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bed and canopy fabric: Pindler and Pindler Karabel in Grey (P0041). Wall color: Columbine (31-22), <a href="http://www.prattandlambert.com/" target="_blank">Pratt and Lambert</a>. Trim: Swiss Coffee (50YY 83/057), ICI Paints. Bedding and sconce, <a href="http://www.restorationhardware.com/" target="_blank">Restoration Hardware</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Nam Dang-Mitchell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colin Way.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/sophisticated-girls-bedroom" target="_blank">Sophisticated Girl's Bedroom</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (January 2012).</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VG0NWqioftctlyqTqM-x8oh0gleZkaBMLyP-E7D8vLCI72Xt5XfMrF5YHa5zierhBZ1a-LtjTH7sLK-qvVbeStfly0hfdOrCya1SLlYhyxRXoW8dMZDHagAAoTbzZliuTvQmbywP5DVZ/s1600/item16.size.0.0.gleason-and-mcalpine-napa-home-17-guest-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VG0NWqioftctlyqTqM-x8oh0gleZkaBMLyP-E7D8vLCI72Xt5XfMrF5YHa5zierhBZ1a-LtjTH7sLK-qvVbeStfly0hfdOrCya1SLlYhyxRXoW8dMZDHagAAoTbzZliuTvQmbywP5DVZ/s1600/item16.size.0.0.gleason-and-mcalpine-napa-home-17-guest-room.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A child's guest room features a chalet-style box-bed that has been nicknamed the Heidi Nook; the Windsor chair is 18th-century English."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Casa Kulanu, the Napa Valley home of Rela Gleason, interior designer and creative director of Summer Hill, and her husband, Don.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Architecture by Bobby McAlpine, <a href="http://www.mcalpinetankersley.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">McAlpine Tankersley Architecture</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Therese Bissell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-11/gleason-mcalpine-napa-valley-home-slideshow_slideshow_item16_17" target="_blank">A Fine Vintage</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wUG6zETekgpX9aHzDI9j3LMSXv45w_WuqlpBC3W6Svrx_5fgqjTFvQKR3n34KOQAqJJL8kR_32p3jw8R4LTqPZCc9ZFnQV5V_RAQNeLa7XfB6geffL-kcVGkAGCV98DZjvGgoFf8z2ZD/s1600/02-hbx-kidsbedrooms-fawn-galli-0312-F2K6y7-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wUG6zETekgpX9aHzDI9j3LMSXv45w_WuqlpBC3W6Svrx_5fgqjTFvQKR3n34KOQAqJJL8kR_32p3jw8R4LTqPZCc9ZFnQV5V_RAQNeLa7XfB6geffL-kcVGkAGCV98DZjvGgoFf8z2ZD/s1600/02-hbx-kidsbedrooms-fawn-galli-0312-F2K6y7-de.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The room has 'a dreamlike, enchanted feeling, with butterflies flying around," [designer Fawn] Galli says. Farfalla wallpaper by Nina Campbell."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prewar Greenwich Village apartment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Fawn Galli.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/fairy-tale-home-design-0312?click=main_sr#slide-7" target="_blank">A Home Straight Out of a Modern Day Fairy Tale</a>" by David A. Keeps.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (March 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-zZh0Wn9FcDELnQoMSHGUAOTN0K5vinFj4jm5xkPXwO_uWzKFMQ-2vGsDZwjX93sT-lDwy2pk3tssk9Leri9zlStKQeWASfKazGH9eGOcy4wP_gI9mfYyMJPEALdPk8Tit9JENqZ4V2gZ/s1600/f-hbx-butterfly-wallpaper-bedroom-0312-galli-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-zZh0Wn9FcDELnQoMSHGUAOTN0K5vinFj4jm5xkPXwO_uWzKFMQ-2vGsDZwjX93sT-lDwy2pk3tssk9Leri9zlStKQeWASfKazGH9eGOcy4wP_gI9mfYyMJPEALdPk8Tit9JENqZ4V2gZ/s1600/f-hbx-butterfly-wallpaper-bedroom-0312-galli-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Lucite vanity is juxtaposed with a gilt etagere in the daughter's room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prewar Greenwich Village apartment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Fawn Galli.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/fairy-tale-home-design-0312?click=main_sr#slide-6" target="_blank">A Home Straight Out of a Modern Day Fairy Tale</a>" by David A. Keeps.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (March 2012).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1aWePGa7aZyxmukFCLJI58av1RzxzF2fE1N51rDoqAbPFJrcHTcZREK7X8T1cfqWG28GrLaQaTK5JGZHF10YjQ3hdGVZGjTXZ7XEaR1Vvrxk1lAjnaxnuQZOIefK2LgV9we91lJCVHSY/s1600/101358036.jpg.rendition.largest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1aWePGa7aZyxmukFCLJI58av1RzxzF2fE1N51rDoqAbPFJrcHTcZREK7X8T1cfqWG28GrLaQaTK5JGZHF10YjQ3hdGVZGjTXZ7XEaR1Vvrxk1lAjnaxnuQZOIefK2LgV9we91lJCVHSY/s1600/101358036.jpg.rendition.largest.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Finish off a girl's fairy tale room with a sweet canopy and headboard. A scalloped headboard looks like a scene from a storybook and fills the majority of one wall. To complete the look, long curtain panels fall from a cornice hung near the ceiling and frame the bed."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.bhg.com/rooms/kids-rooms/shared-rooms/creative-kids-headboards/#page=12" target="_blank">Creative Headboards for Kids' Rooms</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bhg.com/" target="_blank">Better Homes and Gardens</a>.</span><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/AVvXsEjHPs58Db5Tghuqcci67nv0E8T5DaAIXjjNUvIYqLDz17e5qa747uyNsa96Y_cnLoR1LuRCnDKmO_mYY7pbPwcZ0ixQUbM7niU-puSK2EqaHKy36XNNedZozxjOv7LzbbpaI-nhmpfXlmB8/s1600/rhbc_prod405421_av2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPs58Db5Tghuqcci67nv0E8T5DaAIXjjNUvIYqLDz17e5qa747uyNsa96Y_cnLoR1LuRCnDKmO_mYY7pbPwcZ0ixQUbM7niU-puSK2EqaHKy36XNNedZozxjOv7LzbbpaI-nhmpfXlmB8/s1600/rhbc_prod405421_av2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rhbabyandchild.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=rhbc_prod405421&categoryId=search" target="_blank">Heirloom White Carved Wood Canopy Bed Crown</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/" target="_blank">Anthropologie</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBleiAydCgZCP20JC5dtt2GCTOe1O9VVZrEd0Tevx_uZA4cKLtLgNeDiES9Tje3sn_pRsCpst6mgN41TIFr7cyv4sr-VQZ16URRXxKB521lAZ2Z_kjFDdA9M4NWVbB2qxZWDu-486Isi2/s1600/101507064_p.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBleiAydCgZCP20JC5dtt2GCTOe1O9VVZrEd0Tevx_uZA4cKLtLgNeDiES9Tje3sn_pRsCpst6mgN41TIFr7cyv4sr-VQZ16URRXxKB521lAZ2Z_kjFDdA9M4NWVbB2qxZWDu-486Isi2/s1600/101507064_p.jpg" width="400" /></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="color: #462f26;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Neutral colors offer the perfect backdrop for a little boy who likes to play with blocks and cars. Luckily the beige walls and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="ilad"><span id="IL_AD3" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer !important; float: none;">window coverings</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>will grow<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="ilad"><span id="IL_AD2" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer !important; float: none;">with him</span></span>, looking just as appropriate with the hobbies of the ‘tween years. An elegant day bed with canopy gives the room a grown-up gravitas that is belied – for now -- by the overflowing toy box and teddy bear on the gold-toile armchair. As with the rest of the house,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="ilad"><span id="IL_AD1" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer !important; float: none;">the floor</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is made from bleached wood for a fresh look. <strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Why we love it:</span></strong> A canopy leans toward the feminine, but when upholstered in bold tangerine and beige with dark woods, this daybed is fit for a king. The neo-classical canopy drapes down from a regal gilded crown, matching the chandelier above."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design/bedrooms/bedroom-decorating-ideas-young-children?page=26" target="_blank">Bedroom Decorating Ideas: Young Children</a>" written by Lucy Fitzgerald and Debra Steilen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDpvinvf1cmSZWchsgw-LVgsqKulQUYIRLRiLgX8WNlokX0qnFTnDTYMgOCaJCHmCW76NWzMYPSn8fH_w3Gc2ym61u2MzuoglwjUbWJyBjytXYC2V1qZzf-2-wdK3P8_NsUlq_OoemwCq/s1600/rhbc_prod374155_S13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDpvinvf1cmSZWchsgw-LVgsqKulQUYIRLRiLgX8WNlokX0qnFTnDTYMgOCaJCHmCW76NWzMYPSn8fH_w3Gc2ym61u2MzuoglwjUbWJyBjytXYC2V1qZzf-2-wdK3P8_NsUlq_OoemwCq/s1600/rhbc_prod374155_S13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rhbabyandchild.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=rhbc_prod374155&categoryId=search" target="_blank">Gilt Canopy Bed Crown</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by <a href="http://www.rhbabyandchild.com/index.jsp" target="_blank">RH Baby and Child</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmMKOFUY5P9gBSVJeramA46KlJwSSoJ6JZ_PPEzTlXk0qmb-nH4gygBWkirmNczgltYK2FEtqnKK87VoqANca_ZXC2s2RsKz_ZsZD5PRCvzZempBQrNYWJDLJprBpZsa8x0jItzx0-GKz/s1600/101507079_p.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmMKOFUY5P9gBSVJeramA46KlJwSSoJ6JZ_PPEzTlXk0qmb-nH4gygBWkirmNczgltYK2FEtqnKK87VoqANca_ZXC2s2RsKz_ZsZD5PRCvzZempBQrNYWJDLJprBpZsa8x0jItzx0-GKz/s1600/101507079_p.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sophisticated yet sweetly feminine, this girl's bedroom is highlighted by a canopy bed dressed in billowing yards of floral fabric. Pink velvet pillows, a white matelasse coverlet, and a lush dust ruffle give the bed a princess quality that suits the pale pink walls and white tray ceiling. A vintage baby buggy and desk add an heirloom quality to this timeless setting. Why we love it: Nothing says fairytale like a draping, floral canopy bed. Small details around the room include violet gems dripping from the chandelier, pretty bows on the chair and bassinet, and songbirds, perched on the curtain rod above the double hung windows."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design/bedrooms/bedroom-decorating-ideas-young-children?page=24" target="_blank">Bedroom Decorating Ideas: Young Children</a>" written by Lucy Fitzgerald and Debra Steilen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgPnU3hpfQTWSpSoh6vxaJVY_IXvOMu-HR_s5zHxbFHE8tmXRIwRef6ckQtLQthCSqGwiGYZUZxpQnMg-6U119kNvA7mu7uKVsNWPGlHJz6xhKrECl2-vmkJ6DBJ9me89rXdHen7-ioYS/s1600/decorating-childrens-rooms-03-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgPnU3hpfQTWSpSoh6vxaJVY_IXvOMu-HR_s5zHxbFHE8tmXRIwRef6ckQtLQthCSqGwiGYZUZxpQnMg-6U119kNvA7mu7uKVsNWPGlHJz6xhKrECl2-vmkJ6DBJ9me89rXdHen7-ioYS/s1600/decorating-childrens-rooms-03-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In Annabella's bedroom, the 19th-century daybed has a canopy of <a href="http://www.brunschwig.com/" target="_blank">Brunschwig and Fils</a> polyester, and the antique chairs are French; the Paul T. Frankl side tables and pair of William Haines lamps were found on <a href="http://1stdibs.com/">1stdibs.com</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17,000-square-foot Jacobean Revival manor built in Tuxedo Park, New York in 1900 for Charles W. Cooper.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ernest de la Torre, <a href="http://www.delatorredesign.com/" target="_blank">de la Torre Design Studio</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/a-family-friendly-manor-60588#slide-11" target="_blank">A Family-Friendly Manor</a>" by David Colman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-j7a3Bo54eUJaQObvsiRMvHRu5DrWJsnTI5eeHla81Cb_a5LBVF3HXHObMf6E8YBK21uvaUPfb0meSN09AUe_Xn7P9RwL_sO6OuhWr4iMPp6TvBWwIvPDG0WccwjBEukV1H9C9t7XIxCl/s1600/decorating-childrens-rooms-01-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-j7a3Bo54eUJaQObvsiRMvHRu5DrWJsnTI5eeHla81Cb_a5LBVF3HXHObMf6E8YBK21uvaUPfb0meSN09AUe_Xn7P9RwL_sO6OuhWr4iMPp6TvBWwIvPDG0WccwjBEukV1H9C9t7XIxCl/s1600/decorating-childrens-rooms-01-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the Westchester, New York, home of designer Katie Ridder and architect Peter Pennoyer, their daughter resides in a dreamy oasis infused with springtime colors. A custom-made window treatment hangs above a headboard designed by Lisa Fine, the bedding is by Leontine Linens, the lacquer bedside tables are by Bungalow 5, and the striped carpet is by Paul H. Lee Carpets and Rugs."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/kids-rule#slide-1" target="_blank">Kids Rule</a>" by Alyssa Wolfe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAlsHZ7oRZAhx_hv6x5ptBngRKVbkmfBgVPhgBVUs8WVslpN20AkxMiBv-8EpIX1UBgau8vIuml9Ur9I51wXqr9Ufw2Y0fqSEkSdRPwOqVwRS5TCRMUZPU6AmCJ-1ZLS3EhB3iDUFMPiIN/s1600/girlsroom_JA11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAlsHZ7oRZAhx_hv6x5ptBngRKVbkmfBgVPhgBVUs8WVslpN20AkxMiBv-8EpIX1UBgau8vIuml9Ur9I51wXqr9Ufw2Y0fqSEkSdRPwOqVwRS5TCRMUZPU6AmCJ-1ZLS3EhB3iDUFMPiIN/s1600/girlsroom_JA11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Grown-up art keeps this room from looking too young. Each bed is framed by a chintz canopy for a soft and romantic look."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by NH Design.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Chris Tubbs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/photo-gallery-colette-van-den-thillarts-london-home?page=7" target="_blank">Photo Gallery: Colette van den Thillart's London Home</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (January 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhQNxZ5tXhdcbZ0VWxria4u_FaA8Y7ePrRy4fmAQVSRAhhSO4HGmvL0luvaWWn1koXwgEx32SSJMPWbRKXY3_TVK95GMFR_IaDUCtqIJg04ImQxv_zR6HUAzTFilQlxll0wNYvudKbz5U/s1600/canopy-beds-13-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhQNxZ5tXhdcbZ0VWxria4u_FaA8Y7ePrRy4fmAQVSRAhhSO4HGmvL0luvaWWn1koXwgEx32SSJMPWbRKXY3_TVK95GMFR_IaDUCtqIJg04ImQxv_zR6HUAzTFilQlxll0wNYvudKbz5U/s1600/canopy-beds-13-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Jonathan Adler covered a lampshade and canopy bed with vintage pink gingham for a girl's bedroom on New York's Upper East Side; the jungle-animal wallpaper is by Cary Leibowitz, the custom-made wool rug is by Adler, and the Chippendale-style vintage highboy is boldly lacquered acid-green."</span></span><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.jonathanadler.com/" target="_blank">Jonathan Adler</a>. <!--[endif]--></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Sang An.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/ideas/bedrooms-canopy-beds?click=main_sr#slide-10" target="_blank">Bedrooms With Canopy Beds</a>"</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></span></span><br /><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1M28vW5s0heiQbkLX5quWzuxATIZcrhz1iGEg3VLq44Yc2mLT3Iy3QifwfAs0TW088yKdkzRLrhOgC6NpcUjczfCMjwDrSPp338mLn6mgkLb2f7cl0t47paMZPQLltdhrQmhlY17_Ral/s1600/09-hbx-lee-jofa-belgravia-horn-1013-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1M28vW5s0heiQbkLX5quWzuxATIZcrhz1iGEg3VLq44Yc2mLT3Iy3QifwfAs0TW088yKdkzRLrhOgC6NpcUjczfCMjwDrSPp338mLn6mgkLb2f7cl0t47paMZPQLltdhrQmhlY17_Ral/s1600/09-hbx-lee-jofa-belgravia-horn-1013-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">"Daughter Olympia's pink bedroom was decorated with Lee Jofa Belgravia fabric. Bed linens by Chez M'Lain. Floor lamp by Two Worlds Arts." </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Scandinavian home of Nicolette Horn.</span></span><br /><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Nicolette Horn.</span></span></span><br /><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Margrethe Myhrer.</span></span></span><br /><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/island-decorating-style-1013#slide-9" target="_blank">An Island-Inspired House in Oslo, Norway</a>" by Celia Barbour.</span></span></span><br /><span style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (October 2013).</span></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvo_nFy4r6FLB18IMAZ0kv_oP1n2CttPQsMuQ-aXSonq7n4OHSqETsusKOgY1MRbqxsCs9A7zfswXFn59VKkt5uvRp0x5MqR7isdVZV30ty43P6likPCwCXzldwybmhkeM1fEWRP0QWIh/s1600/bedroom-decorating-ideas-06-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvo_nFy4r6FLB18IMAZ0kv_oP1n2CttPQsMuQ-aXSonq7n4OHSqETsusKOgY1MRbqxsCs9A7zfswXFn59VKkt5uvRp0x5MqR7isdVZV30ty43P6likPCwCXzldwybmhkeM1fEWRP0QWIh/s1600/bedroom-decorating-ideas-06-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"For a young girl's bedroom, designer Katie Ridder uses a floral cotton by Muriel Brandolini for the walls, bed curtains, pillows, and fanciful canopy."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Katie Ridder.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/the-timeless-chic-of-canopy-beds-61037#slide-6" target="_blank">The Timeless Chic of Canopy Beds</a>" by Alyssa Wolfe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnFUIfVcg0zMdAyGY73Cg0in_eS1yj9Sl-Rk-0m1-EYIK9CFMVHMRf26F21cVeyVi60tO7-uS0fKaqO5lW3caRV5fRyL30UVPseosKxoJUh23HgpWxz_PHpDhD-c-lojBjhyphenhyphenbxKqNRfIa/s1600/item16.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.childrens-room-design-inspiration-17-darcy-miller-nussbaum-david-mann.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnFUIfVcg0zMdAyGY73Cg0in_eS1yj9Sl-Rk-0m1-EYIK9CFMVHMRf26F21cVeyVi60tO7-uS0fKaqO5lW3caRV5fRyL30UVPseosKxoJUh23HgpWxz_PHpDhD-c-lojBjhyphenhyphenbxKqNRfIa/s1600/item16.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.childrens-room-design-inspiration-17-darcy-miller-nussbaum-david-mann.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A canopy bed by Anthropologie in a daughter's bedroom is draped with a Pierre Frey cotton; the side table is by Kartell."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan duplex of Darcy Miller Nussbaum, editorial director of <a href="http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/" target="_blank">Martha Stewart Weddings</a>, and her family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by David Mann, <a href="http://www.mrarch.com/" target="_blank">MR Architecture and Decor</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Nikolas Koenig.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by David Colman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-02/david-mann-new-york-apartment-slideshow_slideshow_item12_13" target="_blank">Sparkling Attitude</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (February 2012).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVeZQPDODhrzeXT_oDlO7UhvAHEdp1UZojJLtMoMlt4PvhQUqlyrxfyYG7iNBOvNbNHn1XPPlFzklTV4HVofYqlK2QaPg-ZKuLlElcLGuvLAQCCrZJ9gAwoJp4u0eCS97Yz5qty7xM1rls/s1600/56501_one_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVeZQPDODhrzeXT_oDlO7UhvAHEdp1UZojJLtMoMlt4PvhQUqlyrxfyYG7iNBOvNbNHn1XPPlFzklTV4HVofYqlK2QaPg-ZKuLlElcLGuvLAQCCrZJ9gAwoJp4u0eCS97Yz5qty7xM1rls/s1600/56501_one_b.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?pageName=Italian+Campaign+Canopy+Bed&catId=HOME-FURNITURE&id=56501" target="_blank">Italian Campaign Canopy Bed</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/" target="_blank">Anthropologie</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISsH9UC2A0cwsvyJI040d8vZJLunoepE3AazQcAnvCoVKf54lbp0h01kTc-UA4BWx10DFLtZ8jrYL0Skhu8aQmlnDbFkTtqxhMd_angW7BKeMIJuS7YgCoAYWBYXYUJKFRMKsY9ptbwU7/s1600/960042_010_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISsH9UC2A0cwsvyJI040d8vZJLunoepE3AazQcAnvCoVKf54lbp0h01kTc-UA4BWx10DFLtZ8jrYL0Skhu8aQmlnDbFkTtqxhMd_angW7BKeMIJuS7YgCoAYWBYXYUJKFRMKsY9ptbwU7/s1600/960042_010_b.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/product/home-furniture-bedroom/960042.jsp?cm_sp=Grid-_-960042-_-Regular_6" target="_blank">Forest Canopy Bed</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/" target="_blank">Anthropologie</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4McM31XCJJoP3d18vV8Bs2-cnwPN0tzyQ_IuZBsvNSomfN8ZLaTEHmKpgr06GqY3qSU_SN1BtGEsdCoc5ObjjjCw6oJLenEfX2CZgO-D1o2Up2Wj6kOgRxOxV3BAZMkVwOExk_5LNWdKC/s1600/item17.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.kara-childress-houston-river-oaks-25-child-bedroom-stark-carpet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4McM31XCJJoP3d18vV8Bs2-cnwPN0tzyQ_IuZBsvNSomfN8ZLaTEHmKpgr06GqY3qSU_SN1BtGEsdCoc5ObjjjCw6oJLenEfX2CZgO-D1o2Up2Wj6kOgRxOxV3BAZMkVwOExk_5LNWdKC/s1600/item17.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.kara-childress-houston-river-oaks-25-child-bedroom-stark-carpet.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A <i>lit a la polonaise</i> draped with a floral fabric anchors the daughter's bedroom; the Louis XVI marquise is upholstered in a Rubelli fabric, and the carpet is by Stark."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1930s limestone home built by John F. Staub in Houston's historic River Oaks neighborhood.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by Kara Childress.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architecture by Newberry Campa Architects.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Rob Brinkley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-08/kara-childress-newberry-campa-architects-houston-river-oaks-house-slideshow_slideshow_Daughter-s-Room_18" target="_blank">Renovating a French-Inspired Houston Mansion</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (August 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEH38uf7yfnX4gfVVcb8C4kYnx_rd27FylO5WniXsQHKbrikLwBZxJvAHc3YQEOOOhY76hzkGHlXjzlXbkKL6iZBKbZwFS6Z2j4O9pSPJHxoR7RmyNjMC1WgA0pdEWk2SfAVNp8DbmH528/s1600/kids-bed-l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEH38uf7yfnX4gfVVcb8C4kYnx_rd27FylO5WniXsQHKbrikLwBZxJvAHc3YQEOOOhY76hzkGHlXjzlXbkKL6iZBKbZwFS6Z2j4O9pSPJHxoR7RmyNjMC1WgA0pdEWk2SfAVNp8DbmH528/s1600/kids-bed-l.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Amethyst and icy blue ornaments suit the charming color scheme in daughter Caroline's room. Even the chandelier has lavender crystals."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Houston, Texas, home of Michelle Stewart and family.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Michelle Stewart.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographed by Tria Giovan.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Jill Kirchner Simpson.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"White Christmas" produced by Susanna Showers Moldawer.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(<a href="http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/holidays-occasions/winter-wonderland-home-00417000076692/page9.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Photo via Southern Living website</a>.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally published in <i>Southern Accents</i> (November - December 2005).</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0fgH0_RmyhcPsfIquimjxFueJa_6glKlrldJpGjRF-UQAfPghvEBIv_EszAG0mysop9ZB5jdnJxRrNOQF_d_iLEs-8jZSLKeaHhlPRuh-oKRB84Su4MVQivB1BfcO2fLR74PJmVybBO1/s1600/Jennifer%252BJansch%252Bvintage%252Bcarpet%252Bbedroom%252Bbunk%252BSWlm6cr-kJNl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0fgH0_RmyhcPsfIquimjxFueJa_6glKlrldJpGjRF-UQAfPghvEBIv_EszAG0mysop9ZB5jdnJxRrNOQF_d_iLEs-8jZSLKeaHhlPRuh-oKRB84Su4MVQivB1BfcO2fLR74PJmVybBO1/s1600/Jennifer%252BJansch%252Bvintage%252Bcarpet%252Bbedroom%252Bbunk%252BSWlm6cr-kJNl.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A hanging lantern and an antique area rug make a multifunctional space feel expansive. The bunks house full-size mattresses, enabling the room to accommodate summer visitors."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oak Hill, the Swedish summer home of journalist/fashion stylist Jennifer Jansch and her family. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jennifer Jansch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jenny Brandt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.lonny.com/magazine/March+2013/4SlmgZQ0t5k/1#82" target="_blank">Field of Dreams</a>" written by Caroline Biggs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lonny.com/" target="_blank">Lonny</a> (March 2013).</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3oFev1mzC8xMr7qGevxyyE3dIRQPmNkG-NK0QsZBsZA7IcUj7a2nVJkSloZ4pipFmXwSuKV2c_zree0lzwwwGqpevf0YiRJheBXrOw7Vgb9MWL1sie0L3pF86oC6qZyyiJfJ10uHU7Hpd/s1600/Jennifer+Jansch+large+stuffed+tiger+children+pOgM5p10IOBl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3oFev1mzC8xMr7qGevxyyE3dIRQPmNkG-NK0QsZBsZA7IcUj7a2nVJkSloZ4pipFmXwSuKV2c_zree0lzwwwGqpevf0YiRJheBXrOw7Vgb9MWL1sie0L3pF86oC6qZyyiJfJ10uHU7Hpd/s1600/Jennifer+Jansch+large+stuffed+tiger+children+pOgM5p10IOBl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Deep-gray drapes and a botanical wall covering lend depth and sophistication to the girls' bedroom."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oak Hill, the Swedish summer home of journalist/fashion stylist Jennifer Jansch and her family. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jennifer Jansch.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jenny Brandt.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.lonny.com/magazine/March+2013/4SlmgZQ0t5k/1#83" target="_blank">Field of Dreams</a>" written by Caroline Biggs.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lonny.com/" target="_blank">Lonny</a> (March 2013).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-TD-TQb1GE-5RKoqhfaaZjyNZpCNll4PV5Fl31H2pRjUc3MQeT1Fbs8-6kQvNVGQtUocAakLuunlTnfTA9YqzfpRm4oFX6uAOTDdPVlga2Rmido-T0lHfu5kD4xslpxbT5JQs4k65a_y/s1600/p_101641913_wCROP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-TD-TQb1GE-5RKoqhfaaZjyNZpCNll4PV5Fl31H2pRjUc3MQeT1Fbs8-6kQvNVGQtUocAakLuunlTnfTA9YqzfpRm4oFX6uAOTDdPVlga2Rmido-T0lHfu5kD4xslpxbT5JQs4k65a_y/s1600/p_101641913_wCROP.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A stylish room encourages the couple's 14-year-old grandson to read after a day of fly-fishing with the family."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Striped bed linens: Ticking Stripe Flannel by <a href="http://www.llbean.com/" target="_blank">L.L. Bean</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wall paint: Polar Bear (SW-7564) by <a href="http://www.sherwin-williams.com/" target="_blank">Sherwin-Williams</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nancy and Dick Gould's home in New Hampshire's White Mountains.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by Nancy Gould.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architects: Robert Turpin and Sonya Misiaszek, Misiaszek Turpin Architecture.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Builder: Dan Blackey, Twin Oaks Construction.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design/beautiful-homes/mountain-home-great-views?page=16" target="_blank">Mountain Home with Great Views</a>" written and produced by Doris Athineos.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkegESEyzJke673XluSlWILdoiqbp-nTgNU6nrYBVrrxvjS7jubt_-8g-X2vKTNcOTqcnDJ0ynsDhnaYQ-MGZw0_askcZdyCJ4W2udKA9QDmfvnewrvr_eTQFLTKnm2sQoUv8nsWcb1ht/s1600/hbx-built-in-bed-red-curtains-staircase-landing-ann-wolf-0712smallrooms06-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkegESEyzJke673XluSlWILdoiqbp-nTgNU6nrYBVrrxvjS7jubt_-8g-X2vKTNcOTqcnDJ0ynsDhnaYQ-MGZw0_askcZdyCJ4W2udKA9QDmfvnewrvr_eTQFLTKnm2sQoUv8nsWcb1ht/s1600/hbx-built-in-bed-red-curtains-staircase-landing-ann-wolf-0712smallrooms06-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">"A built-in bed and curtains create a private, magical room at the top of a staircase that serves as the children's reading room and doubles as a guest room for sleepovers. Shelves are designed to display book covers. 'So many covers have great graphic images,' designer Ann Wolf says. 'This way you can have a changing art gallery on your shelves.' "</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]-->Photography by Reed Davis. <!--[endif]--></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ideas/reading-nook#slide-9" target="_blank">10 Family-Friendly Decorating Tips You Didn't Know</a>" by Sarah Yang.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLi-t_MrFk2OIzOzkyoEIS-nekqCZERsRXiEWmJJBBf_rn6U-axHfSkHgZxB9YvwMFic85xzHdfwKtFKuAfGPiear0UEne0VpUKqdeCUy7Kbd4B9QBp7dp3u9Yw_-679notVTmS8VhjUh4/s1600/decorating-childrens-rooms-02-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLi-t_MrFk2OIzOzkyoEIS-nekqCZERsRXiEWmJJBBf_rn6U-axHfSkHgZxB9YvwMFic85xzHdfwKtFKuAfGPiear0UEne0VpUKqdeCUy7Kbd4B9QBp7dp3u9Yw_-679notVTmS8VhjUh4/s1600/decorating-childrens-rooms-02-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The bunk beds in this Manhattan townhouse come in the form of a puppet theater designed by one of the boys, with the help of decorators Carol Egan and Wayne Nathan; the Ant chairs are by Arne Jacobsen."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan townhouse. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by Carol Egan, CaroleEgan Interiors, and Wayne Nathan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Wiliam Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/kids-rule#slide-2" target="_blank">Kids Rule</a>" by Alyssa Wolfe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></div>

A Place to Dream

When you were a child, did you like to build forts or create caves by draping blankets over chairs and tables and couch cushions? Did you wish you had a canopy bed? There's something magical about a small, cozy space swathed in fabric. Here are a few images of spaces where young people can dream or …

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President's Day

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, our nation's first and third presidents, respectively, both influenced architecture and design in America. Mr. Washington's "diaries and letters reveal intricate details regarding his approach and passion for beautifying his home" - Mount Vernon, a mansion overlooking the Potomac River in Northern Virginia. [Source: <a href="http://www.finepaintsofeurope.com/mount_vernon.aspx" target="_blank">Fine Paints of Europe</a>.] Mr. Jefferson has influenced many interior designers, and his Charlottesville, Virginia, home - Monticello - continues to serve as a source of inspiration. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior designer Bruce Shostak, owner of Hillstead [pictured below], a Federal Style house in New York's Hudson Valley, grew up near Washington, D.C., and, according to </span><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-06/bruce-shostak-hudson-valley-new-york-house-article" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, "spent untold childhood weekends at house museums and the National Gallery of Art." He and his spouse Craig Fitt celebrate architecture of the early 1800s because of  its "great attention to proportion, scale, and appropriateness." Interior designer Frank Babb Randolph, a Washingtonian whose father Jennings Randolph served in Congress for 44 years, "looked to the diaries, drawings, and lifestyle of his hero, 'Mr. Jefferson,' " when planning the renovation of his three-story townhouse in Georgetown. [Photos from </span><a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/frank-babb-randolph-interior-design?click=main_sr#slide-3" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Veranda</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> featuring Mr. Randolph's Jeffersonian home appear below.] Washington, D.C., designer Mary Douglas Drysdale told <a href="http://www.veranda.com/designers-ideas/mary-drysdale-design-tips?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">Veranda</a> that she "</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">grew up in the shadow of Thomas Jefferson" because her father was a graduate of Mr. Jefferson's university, the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The third president's work influences her own designs, which appear below. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In honor of President's Day, I share images featuring design inspired by our first and third presidents and their Virginia homes.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXZyTfDZyz8LMW4sqnXACRhP6WCWWYIH09ayU8uwk5grec6zEomBLXwubKJjcbBa1jxzDsdcPphlyfVoJXx5R3Eq0ZXJqGl2Pax4OsXAeZTkRYhhj4GjbvzzoEpD8qR7AZfsQWiakL6-w4/s1600/11-hbx-independence-toile-daybed-knott-fondas-0413-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXZyTfDZyz8LMW4sqnXACRhP6WCWWYIH09ayU8uwk5grec6zEomBLXwubKJjcbBa1jxzDsdcPphlyfVoJXx5R3Eq0ZXJqGl2Pax4OsXAeZTkRYhhj4GjbvzzoEpD8qR7AZfsQWiakL6-w4/s1600/11-hbx-independence-toile-daybed-knott-fondas-0413-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Independence Toile [by <a href="http://quadrillefabrics.com/handprints.html" target="_blank">Quadrille</a>] . . . covers the daybed next to a 19th-century English campaign chest."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maine vacation home built in 1905 as hotel for "rusticators."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by homeowners John Knott and John Fondas.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/bold-pattern-decorating-ideas-0413?click=main_sr#slide-11" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">A Pattern-Happy Maine Summer House</a>" by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; 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; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (April 2013).</span></div><div><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/AVvXsEh_PcLR_gDk6wHyEQPWGjTTDFYzUh8Mz4BV2qttTDUbN7pmos1XZ3qQbKq9sY5PTz4O328esL9Ea1_y_8OeSecbUX_IvUj8X6JldadKD49PIpEqZuWf2LF5d2XD6ZcifRwSxM6gnOBdgdq1/s1600/12-hbx-american-flag-framed-photos-knott-fondas-0413-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PcLR_gDk6wHyEQPWGjTTDFYzUh8Mz4BV2qttTDUbN7pmos1XZ3qQbKq9sY5PTz4O328esL9Ea1_y_8OeSecbUX_IvUj8X6JldadKD49PIpEqZuWf2LF5d2XD6ZcifRwSxM6gnOBdgdq1/s1600/12-hbx-american-flag-framed-photos-knott-fondas-0413-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The patriotic theme sprang from Fondas's collection of Washington memorabilia and American flags." Independence Toile </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by </span><a href="http://quadrillefabrics.com/handprints.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Quadrille</a>.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maine vacation home built in 1905 as hotel for "rusticators."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by homeowners John Knott and John Fondas.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/bold-pattern-decorating-ideas-0413?click=main_sr#slide-12" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">A Pattern-Happy Maine Summer House</a>" by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; 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; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (April 2013).</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/AVvXsEiHAboyP47cSQWFgcTYXwLlvVrb8YVuqNWOz4Xg_I48w-PuCXOW-BxkVcCSzi5tEYa7x1ogME4ewiMN0k1Obd4i8btZpDWbSMu4KvGUHQ0OyXfrRAcN4fvDuH4Bvv57XkhixOcCklkH8LOU/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl04_buatta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAboyP47cSQWFgcTYXwLlvVrb8YVuqNWOz4Xg_I48w-PuCXOW-BxkVcCSzi5tEYa7x1ogME4ewiMN0k1Obd4i8btZpDWbSMu4KvGUHQ0OyXfrRAcN4fvDuH4Bvv57XkhixOcCklkH8LOU/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl04_buatta.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #171717; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A 19th-century sunburst clock hangs over a demilune sideboard. The antique wallpaper, by the French company Zuber, illustrates Revolutionary War scenes, including the defeat of General Cornwallis, a battle in which the client’s ancestors fought." </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #171717; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Mario Buatta. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #171717; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gordon Beall.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #171717; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Aileen Mehle.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #171717; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"East Coast English" </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #171717; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (2010). </span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wJ-NlRSrINPQQtuiELLLCqxJZcZyHC9bc6KVC1C7D3JxH9gMHS-rcvFCKLx9QOLkXh21KIw1YOe1-ZjKnvIazx7J5oi411RM_7FSVuod5U4F-NmqvVxuU4RaUYfGxzJv_Q0KWAvosrxl/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.bruce-shostak-01-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/AVvXsEh-wJ-NlRSrINPQQtuiELLLCqxJZcZyHC9bc6KVC1C7D3JxH9gMHS-rcvFCKLx9QOLkXh21KIw1YOe1-ZjKnvIazx7J5oi411RM_7FSVuod5U4F-NmqvVxuU4RaUYfGxzJv_Q0KWAvosrxl/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.bruce-shostak-01-living-room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A bust of Thomas Jefferson by Sculpture House Casting surveys the living room. The 19th-century chandelier was found in Denmark, and the Louis XVI fauteuils in the center are upholstered in a brown velvet by Old World Weavers from Stark. Between the windows, a 19th-century bas-relief of George Washington hangs above a circa-1805 New York Pembroke table."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hillstead, the Federal-era home in Claverack, New York that belongs to designer Bruce Shostak and Craig Fitt. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Bruce Shostak.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation consultant: Jeremian Rusconi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Howard Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-06/bruce-shostak-hudson-valley-new-york-house-slideshow_slideshow_item2_3" target="_blank">An Elegant Federal Style Country House</a>" written and produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQheHvMGTUzha0zfK9Aid8HD5ELPWctTApX1RWLjz4trYZlspK6yhW9LWWHgN_NZsrEUhqna6P-XW866YshfOipsA0xvZ0TgQjFfLTG_peW5cYdc6F-BiPtdboUvUntaWPgRa3hoxjXnS/s1600/2-billhuber-0309-xlg-55378534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQheHvMGTUzha0zfK9Aid8HD5ELPWctTApX1RWLjz4trYZlspK6yhW9LWWHgN_NZsrEUhqna6P-XW866YshfOipsA0xvZ0TgQjFfLTG_peW5cYdc6F-BiPtdboUvUntaWPgRa3hoxjXnS/s1600/2-billhuber-0309-xlg-55378534.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"For the entrance hall of a Pennsylvania farmhouse, designer Jeffrey Bilhuber chose a regal blue based on a color he had seen at <a href="http://www.mountvernon.org/" target="_blank">Mount Vernon</a>, a 1920s settee is covered in Le Gracieux's Kirachi."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.bilhuber.com/" target="_blank">Jeffrey Bilhuber</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Julian Wass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/jeffrey-bilhubers-intense-design?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">Is an Intense Color Palette Right for You?</a>" by Carol Prisant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFjPjA_JEGRbQTCQB7ZgtwQtpipcvdLPlHQtV1K2vRl1MuAFQLJF2yzBpgKTgUzATa794Kr5kL0BdSlAKF0Y5pOyeKvt4DGV7bJqGEWng1AnP1tUQ6rjgr7mikq5ByxB5tZllCQ4id70kw/s1600/BlogTimetoPlayHBMarch2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFjPjA_JEGRbQTCQB7ZgtwQtpipcvdLPlHQtV1K2vRl1MuAFQLJF2yzBpgKTgUzATa794Kr5kL0BdSlAKF0Y5pOyeKvt4DGV7bJqGEWng1AnP1tUQ6rjgr7mikq5ByxB5tZllCQ4id70kw/s1600/BlogTimetoPlayHBMarch2000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mount Vernon playhouse created by Susie Hilfiger for Tomes Higgins Designer Showhouse.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: <a href="http://www.allangreenberg.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Allan Greenberg</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Paul Whicheloe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (March 2000).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXGcccpYSMqpfBfCfPLEtBa3p9-y45LieehikOirWgu5A76E0TUICviRIuimA4YlUZLT430RjCjjELvjiWzTRZ-iJy5UppiJKa7LCtQqxs1ILtyqLu6s7LowuxKADGeR1mGCrHKXqxAa8/s1600/BlogTimetoPlayHBMarch2000Two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXGcccpYSMqpfBfCfPLEtBa3p9-y45LieehikOirWgu5A76E0TUICviRIuimA4YlUZLT430RjCjjELvjiWzTRZ-iJy5UppiJKa7LCtQqxs1ILtyqLu6s7LowuxKADGeR1mGCrHKXqxAa8/s1600/BlogTimetoPlayHBMarch2000Two.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mount Vernon playhouse created by Susie Hilfiger for Tomes Higgins Designer Showhouse.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architect: <a href="http://www.allangreenberg.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">Allan Greenberg</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Paul Whicheloe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (March 2000).</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZcpS8xGvd9DYzpEv2spehcWp8J8aHBQQqKBpSczgJIRFaWuhiEU1U8GBd1Uba6A1KzfLSNlSqoJbo0lkUJNAR2Ew1fFQiQIF1MPApmdhIxm9O8CVUUwvHCyI6KdLAhijD2e49lStKd3B/s1600/Mansion10_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZcpS8xGvd9DYzpEv2spehcWp8J8aHBQQqKBpSczgJIRFaWuhiEU1U8GBd1Uba6A1KzfLSNlSqoJbo0lkUJNAR2Ew1fFQiQIF1MPApmdhIxm9O8CVUUwvHCyI6KdLAhijD2e49lStKd3B/s1600/Mansion10_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">"Aerial view of the bowling green side of the Mount Vernon mansion. Study the facade closely and you'll notice it's not perfectly symmetrical."</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.mountvernon.org/mansion/10facts" target="_blank">Mount Vernon</a>, George Washington's mansion overlooking the Potomac River.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photo via <a href="http://www.mountvernon.org/mansion/10facts" target="_blank">Mount Vernon website</a>: Mount Vernon Ladies Association.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eepTiqoCyHGX9LCiQa7YKpzncpR_djX2OrJCtIvwzq6GemVwqF4QYmcF5-htp1SiinJIba2k9SR_-Smqq0nFH5SuXBU39VShdhZOEB9hKIg2lonnoWYPn3jNLityA06kgLq4sYQrK1aR/s1600/16560-FanDeckLarge(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="609" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eepTiqoCyHGX9LCiQa7YKpzncpR_djX2OrJCtIvwzq6GemVwqF4QYmcF5-htp1SiinJIba2k9SR_-Smqq0nFH5SuXBU39VShdhZOEB9hKIg2lonnoWYPn3jNLityA06kgLq4sYQrK1aR/s1600/16560-FanDeckLarge(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mountvernon.org/shop/shopping/mount-vernon-estate-colours-collection-fan-deck" target="_blank">Mount Vernon Estate of Colours Collection Fan Deck</a> offered by <a href="http://www.mountvernon.org/" target="_blank">Mount Vernon</a> and <a href="http://www.finepaintsofeurope.com/mount_vernon.aspx" target="_blank">Fine Paints of Europe</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Mount Vernon Estate of Colours collection was created from the rich legacy of color of one of America's most historic and beloved homes. . . . Mount Vernon and Fine Paints of Europe are honored to offer these colors for use in American homes today. Washington's diaries and letters reveal intricate details regarding his hand-on approach and passion for beautifying his home. George Washington, who inspired a nation, was himself inspired by beauty, design, and bright, bold color."</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lhskchuSuvi9jk9wI5_nhuOGbZj-7Yg5LyLV5w5heGGBu_FjKtwA-UTaoF1aUCJZsqxKdu73tA7HE7dPjmiK5rT7DIqfTHadlMnJoTUV1bWE9VrAx84FWZJHJFJoN6apyOFiYemRV0A5/s1600/item17.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.hosl18_white_house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lhskchuSuvi9jk9wI5_nhuOGbZj-7Yg5LyLV5w5heGGBu_FjKtwA-UTaoF1aUCJZsqxKdu73tA7HE7dPjmiK5rT7DIqfTHadlMnJoTUV1bWE9VrAx84FWZJHJFJoN6apyOFiYemRV0A5/s1600/item17.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.hosl18_white_house.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<i>Liberty</i>, 1869, by Constantino Brumidi, who was responsible for much of the Capitol Building's decorative paining, is in the Palm Room. Sometimes referred to as the West Garden Room, it offers access to the West Wing and to the Rose Garden."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Palm Room of the White House.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Derry Moore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2008-03/white_house_article" target="_blank">At Home With History in the White House</a>" text by Gerald Clarke.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (March 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2CKoume-XK-WluluVCQ32Ila0ATIhtjPg8IkIvTE2XaI-nauV9d-CnO39tMr7hL8_pUAI7yJY5W63enNwsyODZ_pVfcJ8nUUUVKTwzVg69Lei-eabm7jAt-ZGHmAR2FqPR3aL7F8y8mJ/s1600/monticello-x.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2CKoume-XK-WluluVCQ32Ila0ATIhtjPg8IkIvTE2XaI-nauV9d-CnO39tMr7hL8_pUAI7yJY5W63enNwsyODZ_pVfcJ8nUUUVKTwzVg69Lei-eabm7jAt-ZGHmAR2FqPR3aL7F8y8mJ/s1600/monticello-x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The vegetable garden and its iconic pavilion welcome the morning's first sun. This elevated terrace with a southern exposure maximizes summer warmth and minimizes damaging frosts."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thomas Jefferson's experimental garden at Monticello, his home in Charlottesville, Virginia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Robbie Caponetto.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.southernliving.com/travel/south-east/thomas-jeffersons-garden-00417000079488/" target="_blank">Breaking Ground at Monticello</a>" by Steve Bender.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.southernliving.com/" target="_blank">Southern Living</a> (September 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMO3evpK_xeEPZMG9AZsGNxY-RprbJXHxj6B1UvmDO5-IbErcFVjBZC6tB-jLg-R7lBf6MUkIWvq9nHhrYRC3VRk6TZzcRFah1Whhm6AEGg-OxbVz-VLoUY-OgR8msjvEM19Ax-1YSn8xW/s1600/Monticello-thomas-jeffersons-home-ed0710-05-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMO3evpK_xeEPZMG9AZsGNxY-RprbJXHxj6B1UvmDO5-IbErcFVjBZC6tB-jLg-R7lBf6MUkIWvq9nHhrYRC3VRk6TZzcRFah1Whhm6AEGg-OxbVz-VLoUY-OgR8msjvEM19Ax-1YSn8xW/s1600/Monticello-thomas-jeffersons-home-ed0710-05-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tearoom at Monticello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/monticellos-bright-past#slide-5" target="_blank">Monticello's Bright Past</a>" by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (July - August 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCX4zSTj5oOgpB1n_GFM4ZlMhE1T9X0LRLqe3ee7FP_AzOX2BHwA8TFOhWlK0IxiCuaCfpW7wJx76ygeoePehh0S-5B5PQZT3GgxxsJO2oLhBpB8xhfdI2EwqpZskOfAxUIlDMOFSQDNP/s1600/Monticello-thomas-jeffersons-home-ed0710-10-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCX4zSTj5oOgpB1n_GFM4ZlMhE1T9X0LRLqe3ee7FP_AzOX2BHwA8TFOhWlK0IxiCuaCfpW7wJx76ygeoePehh0S-5B5PQZT3GgxxsJO2oLhBpB8xhfdI2EwqpZskOfAxUIlDMOFSQDNP/s1600/Monticello-thomas-jeffersons-home-ed0710-10-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A setting by <a href="http://www.charlottemoss.com/" target="_blank">Charlotte Moss</a>, featuring silver Jefferson cups."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/monticellos-bright-past#slide-9" target="_blank">Monticello's Bright Past</a>" by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (July - August 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-8fOrp4TI8H7_mUqJrV1ehHnoOiNf-cmRaU76oQAcT5s6B2kYlpGhyBcpmXnjmNNhgp825xtW1s6MnnRe0YEpgvlO_sT6iY6Vw5y6_a4Knp_7XqapH-YITEqqqj7yJ5sa-nt3iqLSjUX/s1600/pewter-jefferson-cup-202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-8fOrp4TI8H7_mUqJrV1ehHnoOiNf-cmRaU76oQAcT5s6B2kYlpGhyBcpmXnjmNNhgp825xtW1s6MnnRe0YEpgvlO_sT6iY6Vw5y6_a4Knp_7XqapH-YITEqqqj7yJ5sa-nt3iqLSjUX/s1600/pewter-jefferson-cup-202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.monticelloshop.org/020007.html" target="_blank">Pewter Jefferson Cup</a>" offered by The Monticello Shop.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In 1810, when [Thomas] Jefferson commissioned a silversmith to make eight cups of his own design, he probably never imagined how popular they would become. Exquisitely simple, extremely versatile, they are as suitable for serving a festive punch as they are for holding cuff links or paper clips. Gift boxed."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also available in <a href="http://www.monticelloshop.org/020020.html" target="_blank">sterling silver with gold-washed interior</a> (like the originals).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via <a href="http://www.monticelloshop.org/" target="_blank">The Monticello Shop</a> website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3gbAjvXWBoOxo5yUp0l-HON2bT-r0ssaWwa52Vm4GYYmEwB6w6PjnyQf923xGqEbyrVF01zSoPt-wH2bNF8dc545UI3s1boW09FH-ILCxDh2idCduDksEfOqtXOxD9A-Yk4rytSFuPqK/s1600/Monticello-thomas-jeffersons-home-ed0710-01_0-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3gbAjvXWBoOxo5yUp0l-HON2bT-r0ssaWwa52Vm4GYYmEwB6w6PjnyQf923xGqEbyrVF01zSoPt-wH2bNF8dc545UI3s1boW09FH-ILCxDh2idCduDksEfOqtXOxD9A-Yk4rytSFuPqK/s1600/Monticello-thomas-jeffersons-home-ed0710-01_0-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The newly painted and restored dining room at Monticello."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/monticellos-bright-past#slide-1" target="_blank">Monticello's Bright Past</a>" by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (July - August 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ho9SANSXai6LJYzbqDn4LIAJSqDu_d3CofAeBQs8_7lxEROdXlDa45SmmuCq4YV13af-_LCiJFvyshEAmQgUxCMpqPvPgb8Y7lF_r_hnpL4znq53-0KIJBpRtdjEEAMQ5ySLHQY5QLi1/s1600/Monticello-thomas-jeffersons-home-ed0710-02-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ho9SANSXai6LJYzbqDn4LIAJSqDu_d3CofAeBQs8_7lxEROdXlDa45SmmuCq4YV13af-_LCiJFvyshEAmQgUxCMpqPvPgb8Y7lF_r_hnpL4znq53-0KIJBpRtdjEEAMQ5ySLHQY5QLi1/s1600/Monticello-thomas-jeffersons-home-ed0710-02-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An archway leading from the dining room to the tearoom."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monticello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/monticellos-bright-past#slide-2" target="_blank">Monticello's Bright Past</a>" by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (July - August 2010).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LzKgDgiIPQG7-C06n6BxBtaqSU0mdBx9SH_XrRCLz6VvgXauIadlpkjrHviB0Um99W8qpoysJO_Wvx7KMqvmzb5idkZUhGKvtDkB1Htn9xPPzF8D9W_qelQMOLHM_oYsgHiTqwRGGiDS/s1600/Monticello-thomas-jeffersons-home-ed0710-12-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LzKgDgiIPQG7-C06n6BxBtaqSU0mdBx9SH_XrRCLz6VvgXauIadlpkjrHviB0Um99W8qpoysJO_Wvx7KMqvmzb5idkZUhGKvtDkB1Htn9xPPzF8D9W_qelQMOLHM_oYsgHiTqwRGGiDS/s1600/Monticello-thomas-jeffersons-home-ed0710-12-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Circa-1790 shield-back chairs surround the dining room table."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monticello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/monticellos-bright-past#slide-11" target="_blank">Monticello's Bright Past</a>" by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (July - August 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33Ia2BKppn-nrpAgU3o4AXLwFc5_8moK2dR614-7Ea213b7oL0W3PYhb2hS_uea2sdX7ckzgqY6BvrhVg6o0q4ixmHMCA3rn2i4dNg5AEmGmVYBEklsGXb1hdhKKa37DWe_hIxRL3ZSCm/s1600/VDX-05-antique-zuber-screens-drawing-room-0313-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33Ia2BKppn-nrpAgU3o4AXLwFc5_8moK2dR614-7Ea213b7oL0W3PYhb2hS_uea2sdX7ckzgqY6BvrhVg6o0q4ixmHMCA3rn2i4dNg5AEmGmVYBEklsGXb1hdhKKa37DWe_hIxRL3ZSCm/s1600/VDX-05-antique-zuber-screens-drawing-room-0313-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Notice the pediment over the French door. It is similar to the Monticello pediment pictured above. " 'I have always said that Thomas Jefferson was America's first interior designer,' notes Frank Babb Randolph. The gentlemanly Georgetown decorator spent his boyhood visiting his father's U.S. Senate office in the neoclassical halls of Congress, and has made pilgrimages to Jefferson's Monticello all his life. He says his own designs are informed by six decades of absorbing the architecture of the region."  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A pair of 1790s Zuber screens introduces an Old World landscape into the drawing room. Caryatid console, John Rosselli Antiques."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank Babb Randolph's townhouse in Georgetown, an historic neighborhood in Washington, D.C.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Frank Babb Randolph.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architect: Christian Zapatka.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/frank-babb-randolph-interior-design?click=main_sr#slide-5" target="_blank">Well-Lived: Georgetown Town House</a>" by Sallie Brady.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TCixRrlXNgp7Zr5ltEfJ7b-CiFJvye_D8Lz4-ZvA91P6EBmTye80BTrZQqGC4IqJhKVH9KGjvROELzZ7HiLeu8xD9wGK5EX06wdHUCRAjS6xE_wcYZdSVyHOYvgQi4L4FuiQzKweYzW_/s1600/VDX-03-neutral-living-room-club-chair-fireplace-0313-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TCixRrlXNgp7Zr5ltEfJ7b-CiFJvye_D8Lz4-ZvA91P6EBmTye80BTrZQqGC4IqJhKVH9KGjvROELzZ7HiLeu8xD9wGK5EX06wdHUCRAjS6xE_wcYZdSVyHOYvgQi4L4FuiQzKweYzW_/s1600/VDX-03-neutral-living-room-club-chair-fireplace-0313-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It's not surprising that . . . [Frank Babb Randolph and architect Christian Zapatka] used Monticello's Palladian approach to solve some of the house's design challenges. Built in 1959 - a time, says Zapatka, 'when there was a real fervor for Federal architecture in Georgetown' - the structure had 13-foot ceilings and lots of bright windows, but 'anemic trim. It lacked gravitas.' The solution was to borrow some of Monticello's detailing, like classical crown moldings, baseboards, and niches (which replace bookshelves). The pair even recreated the grand pediment in Jefferson's salon; it caps the center pair of towering French doors in the drawing room [see photos above]."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank Babb Randolph's townhouse in Georgetown, an historic neighborhood in Washington, D.C.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Frank Babb Randolph.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architect: Christian Zapatka.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/frank-babb-randolph-interior-design?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">Well-Lived: Georgetown Town House</a>" by Sallie Brady.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BIPzTQGqq2fFHl4Ofur-TvTHxDLGue4og1j8BW_jPbfrAdBa6bcp_AngMrMXZ5_7YwdVKRUZ8vgGPmpaDekkh5sg2bK8YXWQIGGNgKwKbutaw_IdW5kXcYptha7mm6Kbrc5ZPSVjjSWn/s1600/p_rogers-marwood-LR-Ron-blunt-of-center-table.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BIPzTQGqq2fFHl4Ofur-TvTHxDLGue4og1j8BW_jPbfrAdBa6bcp_AngMrMXZ5_7YwdVKRUZ8vgGPmpaDekkh5sg2bK8YXWQIGGNgKwKbutaw_IdW5kXcYptha7mm6Kbrc5ZPSVjjSWn/s1600/p_rogers-marwood-LR-Ron-blunt-of-center-table.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The arches in this room remind me of the Jeffersonian niches in the Frank Babb Randolph home above.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Openings from room to room are most graceful when they accomplish two things. An opening should share a strong relationship with other openings within the space. And the view beyond the opening should be interesting and framed well." - Mary Douglas Drysdale.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by </span><a href="http://www.marydouglasdrysdale.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Mary Douglas Drysdale</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design/designers/decorating-and-design-tips-mary-douglas-drysdale?page=6" target="_blank">Decorating and Design Tips from Mary Douglas Drysdale</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSPeCwTN60lEK-0VTLs3z6NzpLdBFHGaIhgiU_HiYSPrR0RgFFYgVCFfDrcsyhlxdbTRoiQmVvhGM54kq6I740UPlgS02_EB6NZcUKXRkWej233AG3KpDgdK6WlDPdjrkr8JHhAttmrZ1/s1600/ver-Chatsworth-Tuscan-Wood-Column-mdn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSPeCwTN60lEK-0VTLs3z6NzpLdBFHGaIhgiU_HiYSPrR0RgFFYgVCFfDrcsyhlxdbTRoiQmVvhGM54kq6I740UPlgS02_EB6NZcUKXRkWej233AG3KpDgdK6WlDPdjrkr8JHhAttmrZ1/s1600/ver-Chatsworth-Tuscan-Wood-Column-mdn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"My affinity for columns goes back a long way. My father went to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville for both undergraduate and law schools so I grew up in the shadow of Thomas Jefferson with his remarkable classical sense and Palladian perspective that he brought to this country. There is a very specific way to use columns, from choosing the right capitol to the right dimension of the shaft. When done correctly, columns lend majesty and open up the space. The modernist approach is to take out all the walls but a classic practitioner can define the space in a very graceful way via the use of the appropriate column selection." - Mary Douglas Drysdale to <i>Veranda</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mary Douglas Drysdale has used Chadsworth's Columns for projects.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/designers-ideas/mary-drysdale-design-tips?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">Well-Advised: Mary Douglas Drysdale</a>" by Catherine Lee Davis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0zEae3aF2P7e62a7gFlSjkaj1HUdD45abQiIHoJwEjZ-X8KZpRbq2pCslnV88OXI4rVnPrgWhn60ytydJVYuB_J9rMXR_gm0PmJdVwn2Bprg1Oa3TbywzN1OQfAij8Vk_VZEuWe9cJn4/s1600/101788862_p_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0zEae3aF2P7e62a7gFlSjkaj1HUdD45abQiIHoJwEjZ-X8KZpRbq2pCslnV88OXI4rVnPrgWhn60ytydJVYuB_J9rMXR_gm0PmJdVwn2Bprg1Oa3TbywzN1OQfAij8Vk_VZEuWe9cJn4/s1600/101788862_p_0.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; 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;">"Columns and a stenciled motif at the crown molding provide architectural impact. The pedestal table from Barbara Barry Realized by Henredon doubles as a dining table."</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890s Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.) row house of Karen and Winfield Sealander.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; 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;">Architectural and interior design by <a href="http://www.marydouglasdrysdale.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Mary Douglas Drysdale</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ron Blunt.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; 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/howwelive/before-after-capitolhill-renovation_ss1.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Before and After: Capitol Hill Renovation</a>" written and produced by Amy Elbert.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; 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; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Traditional Home</a> (March 2012). </span></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1bkJAu9DLDxbQxTwT266si4I7MPkUYwnZhQQWRVSagse9U_gVrGcXYFZ2CmIIAnGst2LHitgbsWFMNZjnyJ2YwPaTM2z87qz-yCchHbsDxO3iGaDIdi-rEpqW17hlJYBFT6YBFmNvrCL/s1600/Monticello-thomas-jeffersons-home-ed0710-04-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1bkJAu9DLDxbQxTwT266si4I7MPkUYwnZhQQWRVSagse9U_gVrGcXYFZ2CmIIAnGst2LHitgbsWFMNZjnyJ2YwPaTM2z87qz-yCchHbsDxO3iGaDIdi-rEpqW17hlJYBFT6YBFmNvrCL/s1600/Monticello-thomas-jeffersons-home-ed0710-04-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Monticello's West Front, the facade made famous on the U.S. nickel."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Mary Porter.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/monticellos-bright-past#slide-4" target="_blank">Monticello's Bright Past</a>" by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (July - August 2010).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5l2SPUOOYiyd8ArSIIY7sxcGooELuQboAVutTJmiK2RTn0ArUn8gwzXFcRHIUOeuLXeeO9_kWHA71L_Dfl-YiujZjERiGRLKz0ji18xuOTiQerwfM1hjJee_NHCSboOZpWXoS7gOOm_2O/s1600/rklpoolhouse091012-lgn-47279249.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5l2SPUOOYiyd8ArSIIY7sxcGooELuQboAVutTJmiK2RTn0ArUn8gwzXFcRHIUOeuLXeeO9_kWHA71L_Dfl-YiujZjERiGRLKz0ji18xuOTiQerwfM1hjJee_NHCSboOZpWXoS7gOOm_2O/s1600/rklpoolhouse091012-lgn-47279249.png" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">"For the pool house, [Follin] Smith wanted 'something that could double as a lifeguard stand and a cocktail spot - or a dance pavilion for a hoard.' Channeling Thomas Jefferson, [John] Mayfield designed a grand structure, part Monticello and part Jefferson's barn at Bremo, with a proud pediment addressing the lawn."</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Pennsylvania farm owned by Follin Smith and her family.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Interior design by <a href="http://richardkeithlangham.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">Richard Keith Langham</a>.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Architect: John Mayfield.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Photography by Francesco Lagnese.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/Rustic-Design-Ideas-091012-Richard-Keith-Langham-country-House-clone-1348242098?click=main_sr#slide-7" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Rustic Design Ideas: Richard Keith Langham's Country House</a>" by Kate Bolick.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;"><a href="http://www.veranda.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">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaq81nc0nBhgDEupMmM-ZEwrFKjUqOBckCRRgoJkC9_I7ustbHUXA7aDD1z_PoTorj90kDEc-gavKOvDtriJnB7s3CwTqG-8UMKB9bu5DxuOv43BYgcijRC1figsuIEaxEpG-9oEffTJjC/s1600/VER-GREEK-REVIVAL-VIRGINIA-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaq81nc0nBhgDEupMmM-ZEwrFKjUqOBckCRRgoJkC9_I7ustbHUXA7aDD1z_PoTorj90kDEc-gavKOvDtriJnB7s3CwTqG-8UMKB9bu5DxuOv43BYgcijRC1figsuIEaxEpG-9oEffTJjC/s1600/VER-GREEK-REVIVAL-VIRGINIA-1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Built in the early 1890s, the Pillars was one of about a dozen grand villas that went up around this time as the popularity of Hot Springs' Homestead Resort [in Virginia] peaked with the monied set. The resort dates back to 1766 and lists Thomas Jefferson among its guests. The Pillars, a three-story Greek revival manse, was built on a hill overlooking the Homestead for the resort's then-manager." Guests at The Pillars, which is now the home of Bill and Susanne Pritchard, have included Thomas Edison and President Grover Cleveland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior designer: Amelia Handegan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architect: Allan Greenberg.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/greek-revival-restoration-home?click=main_sr#slide-4" target="_blank">Well-Lived: Historic Restoration</a>" by Sallie Brady.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcdFctFrDgDZtV9xdfArECK1lr14D6qvfIndFOWZjfCGTJ-YmTn77c438Z97Xpa__ldodbkMudur3PA3741DkcWmaVTAnZOjTcVmfh2WfdGZ8y8HIXrw_IwLOgFQSlcVEDF9i4jWZf7ek/s1600/VER-GREEK-REVIVAL-VIRGINIA-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcdFctFrDgDZtV9xdfArECK1lr14D6qvfIndFOWZjfCGTJ-YmTn77c438Z97Xpa__ldodbkMudur3PA3741DkcWmaVTAnZOjTcVmfh2WfdGZ8y8HIXrw_IwLOgFQSlcVEDF9i4jWZf7ek/s1600/VER-GREEK-REVIVAL-VIRGINIA-4.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hand-stenciled patterns on the pine floor add a fanciful element to the entry hall. Stenciling work, Kristen Bunting. Sisal runner, Stark. Eglomise mirror, Amelia T. Handegan Inc. 19th-c. Regency table. 19th-c. jars."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Pillars: the Hot Springs, Virginia, home of Bill and Susanne Pritchard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior designer: Amelia Handegan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architect: Allan Greenberg.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/greek-revival-restoration-home?click=main_sr#slide-4" target="_blank">Well-Lived: Historic Restoration</a>" by Sallie Brady.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yzQJwRPcs82yBcTkni9579yEWm8oIzUR94X-5Y8BleQJVyf9_HAhcS2EGgoRMpCBYYCDuyJqguBmDEdErqPKGOc9IQYoJHGcuem3VIJtzrcaBTesCHg-PGtSLsDrF8h9uPXHXzYq7EI4/s1600/1.6_beforeyouarrive_1280x394.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yzQJwRPcs82yBcTkni9579yEWm8oIzUR94X-5Y8BleQJVyf9_HAhcS2EGgoRMpCBYYCDuyJqguBmDEdErqPKGOc9IQYoJHGcuem3VIJtzrcaBTesCHg-PGtSLsDrF8h9uPXHXzYq7EI4/s1600/1.6_beforeyouarrive_1280x394.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">President Thomas Jefferson, who suffered from rheumatism, visited the hot springs at The Homestead in August 1818. "The Omni Homestead Archives contain the original guest books documenting Jefferson's 22-day visit, during which he found great relief in the warm mineral spring waters."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.thehomestead.com/photo-and-video-gallery" target="_blank">The Homestead Resort</a> in Hot Springs, Virginia.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpzwxA549G74knUMREkkrKpLMXFBmNQ1OMXK6u8k6DKxm-nNXb8_K4_W9aLzVWgS4XkL7r7Whh3qiyV5RiLCvZ3IDBgTeCnRJTvHYhAbJkaukrk1m2gHeWTi5MfKDBlRrx7jtpXmapLuw/s1600/item20.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.hosl21_white_house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpzwxA549G74knUMREkkrKpLMXFBmNQ1OMXK6u8k6DKxm-nNXb8_K4_W9aLzVWgS4XkL7r7Whh3qiyV5RiLCvZ3IDBgTeCnRJTvHYhAbJkaukrk1m2gHeWTi5MfKDBlRrx7jtpXmapLuw/s1600/item20.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.hosl21_white_house.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"George Washington, whose vision shaped the White House, insisted that it be 'for the ages.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"President Truman, a self-described 'architectural nut,' replaced awnings on the South Portico with a balcony. The South Lawn plays host to the annual Easter Egg Roll, an event begun by President Hayes in 1878."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Derry Moore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2008-03/white_house_article" target="_blank">At Home With History in the White House</a>" text by Gerald Clarke.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (March 2008).</span></div>

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George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, our nation's first and third presidents, respectively, both influenced architecture and design in America. Mr. Washington's "diaries and letters reveal intricate details regarding his approach and passion for beautifying his home" - Mount Vernon, a mansion ove…

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