The Homes of Sara Ruffin Costello

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Growing up in the restrained and WASP-y West End of Richmond, Va., I struggled to come to terms with my decorator mother's unconventional ways. She would breezily roll up to my school in her sleek phantom-gray BMW sedan, 25 minutes after the sea of navy-blue station wagons had vanished, and impatiently tell me, "Get in the car this instant. We're going to go see a film called 'Whore'—there's a scene with a wallpaper that I want to use in your father's office." I never grasped how original my mother was until recently.</i> - Sara Ruffin Costello<i> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204712904578094724175298676" target="_blank">Anything but Boring</a>," <i>Wall Street Journal</i> (November 9, 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo79XJ6vL-QamGvllTRFKM_qPRfKIhbCFOHOQk_Vd7i9LyJudkkl0KGm-xRDE0luaUXB8UUF-zcZjq7W0pZlP9UkkXGjyhkPJSXSWCQJ_e8TR67MQwWDfDfgUa3CgqvvjBi6gXW762ct8/s1600/A_2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo79XJ6vL-QamGvllTRFKM_qPRfKIhbCFOHOQk_Vd7i9LyJudkkl0KGm-xRDE0luaUXB8UUF-zcZjq7W0pZlP9UkkXGjyhkPJSXSWCQJ_e8TR67MQwWDfDfgUa3CgqvvjBi6gXW762ct8/s1600/A_2000.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sara Ruffin Costello's "First Real Apartment" on Great Jones Street, NYC.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sararuffincostello.com/interiors-1" target="_blank">Image</a> via Sara Ruffin Costello.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sararuffincostello.com/" target="_blank">Sara Ruffin Costello</a>'s style has intrigued many since her days as founding creative director of Conde Nast's magazine </span><a href="http://www.dominomag.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Domino</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Raised in Richmond, she is a member of a Southern family with Virginia roots dating back to 1666. The Ruffins formerly owned Evelynton Plantation on the banks of the James River. [The family sold the home approximately seven years ago.]</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/AVvXsEgKMENKR9p03iQf3EmL77lMk8UsKNSVfZXchwc5lMUygEFEhCToVpCuI2RyFNG2rLQzkoIkez47xWot48-stdZl_GX0NpOfNqYu-lKtIZ59Rr3bpnQcOmvO23N3L8WcI5VySpM1y_lk5Nw/s1600/1502d23b01d5658d5775f211478487f3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKMENKR9p03iQf3EmL77lMk8UsKNSVfZXchwc5lMUygEFEhCToVpCuI2RyFNG2rLQzkoIkez47xWot48-stdZl_GX0NpOfNqYu-lKtIZ59Rr3bpnQcOmvO23N3L8WcI5VySpM1y_lk5Nw/s1600/1502d23b01d5658d5775f211478487f3.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Evelynton was originally part of William Byrd's expansive Westover Plantation. Named for Byrd's daughter, Evelyn, this site has been home to the Ruffin family since 1847." [The family sold the home approximately seven years ago.] The original house and out-buildings were burned during the Civil War. The existing Georgian Revival home pictured above was designed by architect W. Duncan Lee in 1937.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Evelynton Plantation.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text source: <a href="http://www.jamesriverplantations.org/Evelynton.html" target="_blank">Virginia's James River Plantations</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/154740937167929907/" target="_blank">Image</a> via Pinterest.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Patriarch Edmund Ruffin's "agricultural contributions - from scientific soil testing to the publication of </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Farmer's Register</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - rescued 19th-century Virginia from a declining agricultural economy and earned him the title 'father of American agronomy' " (<a href="http://www.jamesriverplantations.org/Evelynton.html" target="_blank">source</a>). Tragically, this same Southerner who fired the first shot of the Civil War at Fort Sumter "</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wrapped himself in a Confederate flag and fired a final, fatal shot" (<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/1988/1223/heve.html" target="_blank">source</a>) after the war destroyed his home and family fortune.</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOc1_1_opSZro2tznNFfnK2cWQPH1eh5JuTT09DCmrMAJg0KodOFJnbScJ4Hm5r3TVOM2ueOHepNCuTlAlN1D_yxtUHStQwzepFtDVZUJCgHbUzEsbfSxxsfl4OCwxyq2mDt5vODvpL0/s1600/B_2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOc1_1_opSZro2tznNFfnK2cWQPH1eh5JuTT09DCmrMAJg0KodOFJnbScJ4Hm5r3TVOM2ueOHepNCuTlAlN1D_yxtUHStQwzepFtDVZUJCgHbUzEsbfSxxsfl4OCwxyq2mDt5vODvpL0/s1600/B_2000.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sara Ruffin Costello's "First Real Apartment" on Great Jones Street, NYC.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sararuffincostello.com/interiors-1" target="_blank">Image</a> via Sara Ruffin Costello.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps what is so appealing about Ms. Ruffin Costello is her authenticity. She grew up entrenched in Southern history and later worked with Martha Stewart. She knows the rules - yet she breaks them with confidence, and she shares her design secrets with others. "My style is modern, a little bohemian, and a bit classic. It’s informed by growing up in Virginia around old houses with antiques —  then revolting against that" (<a href="http://www.stonefoxtales.com/fox-of-the-week/sara-ruffin-costello" target="_blank">source</a>). </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Even scandal doesn't diminish her appeal. Lurid tales of a literary affair a few years ago made her seem more human - not in a </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">freudenschade</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> kind of way - but in a refreshing manner that acknowledged that marriage is hard, but problems can be resolved.</span><br /><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/AVvXsEg-DZ7DUGg_qE7BOleT9NORbzWU5gsLGM4pfeTZ1vBFxjAZarQASQXwqDilEvWQplPYhHcGxkjR8pYcBVtUhEouRAGsWLxDKf2O3bk5SUU4xf55cGwkgTAfKNuXFmHyEePmMoO2bKUKq08/s1600/B_2000+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DZ7DUGg_qE7BOleT9NORbzWU5gsLGM4pfeTZ1vBFxjAZarQASQXwqDilEvWQplPYhHcGxkjR8pYcBVtUhEouRAGsWLxDKf2O3bk5SUU4xf55cGwkgTAfKNuXFmHyEePmMoO2bKUKq08/s1600/B_2000+(2).jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sara Ruffin Costello's "First Real Apartment" on Great Jones Street, NYC.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sararuffincostello.com/interiors-1" target="_blank">Image</a> via Sara Ruffin Costello.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>If you are with the right person who makes you laugh and you want to hang out with all the time and who looks good across the room at a party, it doesn’t matter what happens or what horrible things you do to each other, you are gonna stay together and get to that blissful apex (that Joanne Woodward-Paul Newman-ass-kicking-togetherness) while having a ball along the way. Somebody once told me to get rid of expectations. That was kind of amazing. Try it. </i>- Sara Ruffin Costello to <a href="http://www.stonefoxtales.com/fox-of-the-week/sara-ruffin-costello" target="_blank">Stone Fox Tales</a> (January 26, 2014)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5xBv3BIq9L-F_6o2xn89Fl6FH6lXq-ZaGR5rNrq-WNeP2J1sud7elQwtkSwOXaeoMHNgti8nmGtxc7w9I69-oLRT7bTVtyZCiFZG-9I4cEE4vHyi-QTw0ZDJyMSvHH73uiDpBHzsFW4/s1600/5-bluebook56.final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5xBv3BIq9L-F_6o2xn89Fl6FH6lXq-ZaGR5rNrq-WNeP2J1sud7elQwtkSwOXaeoMHNgti8nmGtxc7w9I69-oLRT7bTVtyZCiFZG-9I4cEE4vHyi-QTw0ZDJyMSvHH73uiDpBHzsFW4/s1600/5-bluebook56.final.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sara Ruffin Costello's "First Real Apartment" on Great Jones Street, NYC.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sararuffincostello.com/interiors-1" target="_blank">Image</a> via Sara Ruffin Costello.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>We long for old-fashioned elegance and civilized and silver and pretty glasses, and all that kind of stuff, but at the same time we want to hang out and be casual and sit around in the living room. … I think if you can marry those two things, it’s such a beautiful balance.</i> - Sara Ruffin Costello ("<a href="http://sararuffincostello.tumblr.com/post/58822358806/the-domino-effect" target="_blank">The Domino Effect</a>" by Carrie Nieman Culpepper, R-Home [September/October 2008]).</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAu0yQv0mYmhM8RXuk-NwR0PHsRVw6E8pStCZ-BBQ8z9dEWlFCcS86kojPREfQuEq73iBUFusFu_HOTpIPUv4D1z4vdFEJh5IZfCftOISBmE5MCrkP-jKwbMO1VtuYM72qQI-KJag4cU/s1600/2-Soho-Rental.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAu0yQv0mYmhM8RXuk-NwR0PHsRVw6E8pStCZ-BBQ8z9dEWlFCcS86kojPREfQuEq73iBUFusFu_HOTpIPUv4D1z4vdFEJh5IZfCftOISBmE5MCrkP-jKwbMO1VtuYM72qQI-KJag4cU/s1600/2-Soho-Rental.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sara Ruffin Costello's rental in Soho, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sararuffincostello.com/interiors-1" target="_blank">Image</a> via Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKrQW909R_o1OCJKm50r7EOXvG9MIXEwHcTL_thakM66ZyskX5uE1Ybyar9YA-5NGBALvfCocJUbzQwPv_DB-d7IPiGhz1YqU3SmZTZER2gEzA9v57h-_PPhx8V6gHjU-PcCFFoKylOU/s1600/1-sara1_060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKrQW909R_o1OCJKm50r7EOXvG9MIXEwHcTL_thakM66ZyskX5uE1Ybyar9YA-5NGBALvfCocJUbzQwPv_DB-d7IPiGhz1YqU3SmZTZER2gEzA9v57h-_PPhx8V6gHjU-PcCFFoKylOU/s1600/1-sara1_060.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sara Ruffin Costello's West Village Townhouse, New York City.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sararuffincostello.com/interiors-1" target="_blank">Image</a> via Sara Ruffin Costello.</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/AVvXsEg4mmLHrBdr6exORFd3PITtF9WprsLlPm-cQaolvl-156GDDWkW5UkEAwRIWyrWJUpqWc8iKbzET89uXJIS336FmjsP9EtyLUW2XQ2e0izFt9w70Wz2zWsMPNFSkUoVyD9SEK83xVkx600/s1600/2-hanging-3nd-sprd-011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4mmLHrBdr6exORFd3PITtF9WprsLlPm-cQaolvl-156GDDWkW5UkEAwRIWyrWJUpqWc8iKbzET89uXJIS336FmjsP9EtyLUW2XQ2e0izFt9w70Wz2zWsMPNFSkUoVyD9SEK83xVkx600/s1600/2-hanging-3nd-sprd-011.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sara Ruffin Costello's West Village Townhouse, New York City.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sararuffincostello.com/interiors-1" target="_blank">Image</a> via Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQNhLYUj3x0HIUfEjGaT4_dgBLuIVSurH1bJpEjnL-kZe16NNw6QjyrwFoLBxBa2hU05vo3LVKHtZmtfgeEfGECilq2PFI5pqgCzvEYNHmUt6CLbFvZlWmz3Ld6gbaSqiSeDmEE_u414/s1600/3-6562DecoFilesBOXSPRING.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQNhLYUj3x0HIUfEjGaT4_dgBLuIVSurH1bJpEjnL-kZe16NNw6QjyrwFoLBxBa2hU05vo3LVKHtZmtfgeEfGECilq2PFI5pqgCzvEYNHmUt6CLbFvZlWmz3Ld6gbaSqiSeDmEE_u414/s1600/3-6562DecoFilesBOXSPRING.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sara Ruffin Costello's West Village Townhouse, New York City.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sararuffincostello.com/interiors-1" target="_blank">Image</a> via Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aqLWx5ZlJPQHwJ2coPpKKvm7Wsyyaa-mWB8HZuZHmgHAzM-cVRYJ61N-3FPaLhjsjosdB9LY88-8ztv84MP6bevWonWxGzsIo9EqAMVczxaOYbJbG27nfrTBiYZYnc_y-arvA7xmZmg/s1600/4-6562DecoFilesSHADE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aqLWx5ZlJPQHwJ2coPpKKvm7Wsyyaa-mWB8HZuZHmgHAzM-cVRYJ61N-3FPaLhjsjosdB9LY88-8ztv84MP6bevWonWxGzsIo9EqAMVczxaOYbJbG27nfrTBiYZYnc_y-arvA7xmZmg/s1600/4-6562DecoFilesSHADE.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sara Ruffin Costello's West Village Townhouse, New York City.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sararuffincostello.com/interiors-1" target="_blank">Image</a> via Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0t_vQ0Lk88LH8eFy-OKDpmInCgec5nkFf6ugghIZoolPiup7lmvniWagHCiGZ7d7fWKHIsCswVRHe9_Ltu7R-yXl0Na45eDnU3GeLzytMthfpogELNljrOCu-In0aQ1ZyOWMW1mgeBuo/s1600/5-Screen-Shot-2013-02-07-at-2.20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0t_vQ0Lk88LH8eFy-OKDpmInCgec5nkFf6ugghIZoolPiup7lmvniWagHCiGZ7d7fWKHIsCswVRHe9_Ltu7R-yXl0Na45eDnU3GeLzytMthfpogELNljrOCu-In0aQ1ZyOWMW1mgeBuo/s1600/5-Screen-Shot-2013-02-07-at-2.20.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sara Ruffin Costello's West Village Townhouse, New York City.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sararuffincostello.com/interiors-1" target="_blank">Image</a> via Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJikVuH26NxIxPbiKD_l8cxYkglXeW4YbGqQOsNrdHeKlz1qmnVN56aNcs6bRPdKRH2YwaKeDaoVSd8epy_zxvmdklCME9REVU3-9XB6S0hK74WnCJjEhagVVRfJEkLTXTgIcoUuA3c0/s1600/6-Fabric-SRC-Curtains.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJikVuH26NxIxPbiKD_l8cxYkglXeW4YbGqQOsNrdHeKlz1qmnVN56aNcs6bRPdKRH2YwaKeDaoVSd8epy_zxvmdklCME9REVU3-9XB6S0hK74WnCJjEhagVVRfJEkLTXTgIcoUuA3c0/s1600/6-Fabric-SRC-Curtains.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I've had this classic table in every one of my apartments. It's small enough to fit in the kitchen, but you can squeeze in six people. Upholstery's almost never used on kitchen stools for a good reason. So I was happy to find this Moroccan oilcloth - chic and spillproof. This burlap-covered Louis settee was a major score - perfectly diminutive and actually comfortable." [Text from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Domino-Decorating-Room---Room-Creating/dp/1416575464/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429119277&sr=8-1&keywords=domino+the+book+of+decorating" target="_blank">Domino - The Book of Decorating</a>]</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sara Ruffin Costello's West Village Townhouse, New York City.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sararuffincostello.com/interiors-1" target="_blank">Image</a> via Sara Ruffin Costello.</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/AVvXsEiDmM0Dpx2oqCiQSSNfy1355bB92LqB5S8aU1yqwvri_ESreP8y-jXYkWZGpT1PxIgi1BYPD_2s22UutWXzK3n4OzpHbe2pNza-gc64gFH64rxgaRg83n4z4QsR4aZzryY3_-FD3DHOKDk/s1600/8-sara2_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDmM0Dpx2oqCiQSSNfy1355bB92LqB5S8aU1yqwvri_ESreP8y-jXYkWZGpT1PxIgi1BYPD_2s22UutWXzK3n4OzpHbe2pNza-gc64gFH64rxgaRg83n4z4QsR4aZzryY3_-FD3DHOKDk/s1600/8-sara2_001.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sara Ruffin Costello's West Village Townhouse, New York City.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sararuffincostello.com/interiors-1" target="_blank">Image</a> via Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglR5wL5y1Ps7pzuPd9vmWNVJ5k4PFOYlOP0QZ522LcqhceEvFpSnWE2jj2eBcrK1MEGrbvWVfEVoZbAikS1KE40cfRSDt-FzWlIEmqNz2YPUdiTWYgN-R-P5Yvfs0ED4vbgmVNl7JTkaw/s1600/OD-AW974_TRELLI_GV_20130508120912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglR5wL5y1Ps7pzuPd9vmWNVJ5k4PFOYlOP0QZ522LcqhceEvFpSnWE2jj2eBcrK1MEGrbvWVfEVoZbAikS1KE40cfRSDt-FzWlIEmqNz2YPUdiTWYgN-R-P5Yvfs0ED4vbgmVNl7JTkaw/s1600/OD-AW974_TRELLI_GV_20130508120912.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trellised garden room in Sara Ruffin Costello's New Orleans home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Paul Costello for <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;">"<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323372504578467351704103908.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Bring the Garden Inside With a Trellis Room</a>"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;"> </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: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.wsj.com/" target="_blank">The Wall Street Journal</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;"> (May 11, 2013).</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;"> </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: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiPRhqf59gBzYgPeNQnBhKR6znASEAS9Us8WemIe4hX8Ijr1jGza3PMDoyvSfkl-Hvhyphenhyphen_Ul8txYcXGWXFsNEXcU20HVrtFTYwRgaRQzawGAbPZv1RJpzQ3TTcwGQRrEK2pIj0ZS2A6Do/s1600/main.original.980x550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiPRhqf59gBzYgPeNQnBhKR6znASEAS9Us8WemIe4hX8Ijr1jGza3PMDoyvSfkl-Hvhyphenhyphen_Ul8txYcXGWXFsNEXcU20HVrtFTYwRgaRQzawGAbPZv1RJpzQ3TTcwGQRrEK2pIj0ZS2A6Do/s1600/main.original.980x550.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;">Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;">"<a href="http://www.domainehome.com/sara-ruffin-costello-grand-designs/slide1" target="_blank">Sara Ruffin Costello: Grand Designs</a>" by Melissa Goldstein.</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><a href="http://www.domainehome.com/" target="_blank">Domaine</a> (May 1, 2013).</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgHSEG1eybKrss8SuocsTWFUMQNLfnVW3chU82D5SUJdC7fBIQQAFbNYwRswjunGqy9-rCCCRyeV9IcAiFSMJy1teHAzYSmG85lgygl86J5dK8WJ-h2idby-xWHY9AbZKu78XPn99S_w/s1600/main.original.980x550+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgHSEG1eybKrss8SuocsTWFUMQNLfnVW3chU82D5SUJdC7fBIQQAFbNYwRswjunGqy9-rCCCRyeV9IcAiFSMJy1teHAzYSmG85lgygl86J5dK8WJ-h2idby-xWHY9AbZKu78XPn99S_w/s1600/main.original.980x550+(1).jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;">Sara Ruffin Costello's 19th-century home in New Orleans's Garden District.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;">Architect: Michael Carbina.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">"<a href="http://www.domainehome.com/sara-ruffin-costello-grand-designs/slide2" target="_blank">Sara Ruffin Costello: Grand Designs</a>" by Melissa Goldstein.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><a href="http://www.domainehome.com/" target="_blank">Domaine</a> (May 1, 2013).</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnSrcdDAUfPVvWaUFS7l6ghZadIrOi9whNjJe7y6FVGOLAAVK451P43CaQePogM3Qxjr7OaXUFWReJtQLN87Zc5QAAeqFCwjiaX89x8ci8M5Kaku2WK4IXYxJ6rBDPRx580xGlkTMGvk/s1600/main.original.980x550+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnSrcdDAUfPVvWaUFS7l6ghZadIrOi9whNjJe7y6FVGOLAAVK451P43CaQePogM3Qxjr7OaXUFWReJtQLN87Zc5QAAeqFCwjiaX89x8ci8M5Kaku2WK4IXYxJ6rBDPRx580xGlkTMGvk/s1600/main.original.980x550+(2).jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;">Colonial palm chandelier.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;">Sara Ruffin Costello's 19th-century home in New Orleans's Garden District.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;">Architect: Michael Carbina.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;">"<a href="http://www.domainehome.com/sara-ruffin-costello-grand-designs/slide3" target="_blank">Sara Ruffin Costello: Grand Designs</a>" by Melissa Goldstein.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><a href="http://www.domainehome.com/" target="_blank">Domaine</a> (May 1, 2013).</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgia6E9dlbIug3iyHwnCcpKRTZX-2i6ktAdd5bMgBEXWB-9jY3xMKZiYShar5Ip3txHpbwcBjRpY3_IP5wKbu2fFrQ0WXquizwQj1YuItckLvEojzrU63hDppkT97PmKhsYLH0ncIB58lU/s1600/main.original.980x550+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgia6E9dlbIug3iyHwnCcpKRTZX-2i6ktAdd5bMgBEXWB-9jY3xMKZiYShar5Ip3txHpbwcBjRpY3_IP5wKbu2fFrQ0WXquizwQj1YuItckLvEojzrU63hDppkT97PmKhsYLH0ncIB58lU/s1600/main.original.980x550+(3).jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Sara Ruffin Costello's 19th-century home in New Orleans's Garden District.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Interior design by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Architect: Michael Carbina.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">"<a href="http://www.domainehome.com/sara-ruffin-costello-grand-designs/slide4" target="_blank">Sara Ruffin Costello: Grand Designs</a>" by Melissa Goldstein.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.domainehome.com/" target="_blank">Domaine</a> (May 1, 2013).</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0IWa1SDZIvoN7LqYfPw8AzaHp3YJKsFdz1I7f2Ts3Xm88nmi-JYDK6rzZlWXt2Y_jpv8XqZGH34OL4g7xl113xUkRpUhEMson9arnZQ-yqL2KaTGjesikXPmDf2Zu43238BAX0eKbnk/s1600/sara-ruffin-costello-l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0IWa1SDZIvoN7LqYfPw8AzaHp3YJKsFdz1I7f2Ts3Xm88nmi-JYDK6rzZlWXt2Y_jpv8XqZGH34OL4g7xl113xUkRpUhEMson9arnZQ-yqL2KaTGjesikXPmDf2Zu43238BAX0eKbnk/s1600/sara-ruffin-costello-l.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Sara Ruffin Costello</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">New Orleans, Louisiana</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Design consultant, Decorator, Writer, sararuffincostello.com  </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">“The Southerners whose style I most admire have an enviable quality that suggests nothing is more important than what is happening right now, in front of them.”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Photography by Paul Costello.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">"<a href="http://www.southernliving.com/general/most-stylish-people-in-south/sara-ruffin-costello" target="_blank">75 Most Stylish Southerners</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><a href="http://www.southernliving.com/" target="_blank">Southern Living</a>.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGTA8fpA0wMkKI5BkMRzJ7gbutqP0vmyU7pWS71Y81ksfxNNoSZQzcaywZP4nLX9qPJzJsZfnxxygpEhjiJkIF5YrB-3oEDa_ORQS3-ZuICkY0jA2KluLas6Xd6zHbxw3Ps-PPoIn4hw/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGTA8fpA0wMkKI5BkMRzJ7gbutqP0vmyU7pWS71Y81ksfxNNoSZQzcaywZP4nLX9qPJzJsZfnxxygpEhjiJkIF5YrB-3oEDa_ORQS3-ZuICkY0jA2KluLas6Xd6zHbxw3Ps-PPoIn4hw/s1600/download.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Domino-Decorating-Room---Room-Creating/dp/1416575464/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429119277&sr=8-1&keywords=domino+the+book+of+decorating" target="_blank">Domino: The Book of Decorating</a> - a room-by-room guide to creating a home that makes you happy</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">By domino editors Deborah Needleman, Sara Ruffin Costello and Dara Caponigro.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Copyright 2008 Conde Nast Publications.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><br /></span></span></div>

The Homes of Sara Ruffin Costello

Growing up in the restrained and WASP-y West End of Richmond, Va., I struggled to come to terms with my decorator mother's unconventiona...

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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">April 14th from 12 p.m. until 8 p.m. is Ben & Jerry's </span><a href="http://www.benjerry.com/scoop-shops/free-cone-day" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Free Cone Day</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In honor of this delicious occasion, I offer some ice cream inspiration . . . </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/AVvXsEgaKcSTbwr2-Cs8rwIyHrwUio0mUIzpDjVcDmxzkvfn6_2Juiqzg9gBDcSil1aarHO7V-Zh_-GRjR8scmcRoy4Oup8Mo-5aAdsySjTf_nMeo-DOFVD9a6G2RHiSdgJWwxaYAO3S0eEkyXk/s1600/101734643_p.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKcSTbwr2-Cs8rwIyHrwUio0mUIzpDjVcDmxzkvfn6_2Juiqzg9gBDcSil1aarHO7V-Zh_-GRjR8scmcRoy4Oup8Mo-5aAdsySjTf_nMeo-DOFVD9a6G2RHiSdgJWwxaYAO3S0eEkyXk/s1600/101734643_p.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chèvre Ice Cream (<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/food-entertaining/great-gatherings/entertaining-southern-brunch-recipes?page=14" target="_blank">link</a> to recipe). The ice cream is served in a punch bowl filled with ice.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/food-entertaining/great-gatherings/entertaining-southern-brunch-recipes?page=14" target="_blank">Entertaining: Southern Brunch, with Recipes</a>" w</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ritten and produced by Stephen Exel.</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/AVvXsEhEcyb3XlW-BpeUzGfg6oeXyP3GuB4027ejNgCypoO2ys7uG8xIzlSsoORnCVEgf1pucC0KwCgqMChIY8apVu8CyHd8gfX0Gy8iVvtYKws5mt2F_e-2upHs76EStm97mdtZftdbVlXwwZg/s1600/X.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcyb3XlW-BpeUzGfg6oeXyP3GuB4027ejNgCypoO2ys7uG8xIzlSsoORnCVEgf1pucC0KwCgqMChIY8apVu8CyHd8gfX0Gy8iVvtYKws5mt2F_e-2upHs76EStm97mdtZftdbVlXwwZg/s1600/X.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"1950's era ice cream cart-style white painted wood bar cart with shaker, utensils and glassware. Finish is original. Not electrified."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/more-furniture-collectibles/carts/vintage-ice-cream-style-bar-cart/id-f_1617163/" target="_blank">Vintage Ice Cream Style Bar Cart</a>" offered by <a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/dealers/buckingham-interiors-design-llc/" target="_blank">Buckingham Interiors + Design LLC</a> via 1stDibs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text and photo via <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/" target="_blank">1stDibs</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/AVvXsEgCTVHd9YtzM5UxZiowFm053dIw1LZUsNPzqdN7omgx3YHVNwqZSWQgHL7WAX1vJnuxhAxzjyEKzPEZcWNk63_Jt-BcKh3iypF13c_lQbGjbNwlavCv3Ag2l3K0h44gwerSsgeu88lXb24/s1600/draper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTVHd9YtzM5UxZiowFm053dIw1LZUsNPzqdN7omgx3YHVNwqZSWQgHL7WAX1vJnuxhAxzjyEKzPEZcWNk63_Jt-BcKh3iypF13c_lQbGjbNwlavCv3Ag2l3K0h44gwerSsgeu88lXb24/s1600/draper.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, I have eaten ice cream and milkshakes at Draper's Cafe at <a href="http://www.greenbrier.com/" target="_blank">The Greenbrier</a> in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Yummy decor. Yummy food.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Carleton Varney, Dorothy Draper and Company.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://parishotelboutique.blogspot.com/2009/07/dorothy-drapers-greenbrier.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via parishotelblogspot.com.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://parishotelboutique.blogspot.com/2009/07/dorothy-drapers-greenbrier.html" target="_blank">Dorothy Draper's Greenbrier</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">parishotelblogspot.com (July 9, 2009).</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/AVvXsEjUOXc-KHHsyomThKcPqzZb7mB-1xzQXIIxAP-DFYcHmdoUaomDuuvpErffexFAq38H_6y_8WIxmLpuzFzSgS_U3yV0FL1vTaW74sutvVqiagXrudJ5HR6sITKNv1VTCvL82fQsgjnit8I/s1600/HH-March2009-VirginiaMacdonald.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOXc-KHHsyomThKcPqzZb7mB-1xzQXIIxAP-DFYcHmdoUaomDuuvpErffexFAq38H_6y_8WIxmLpuzFzSgS_U3yV0FL1vTaW74sutvVqiagXrudJ5HR6sITKNv1VTCvL82fQsgjnit8I/s1600/HH-March2009-VirginiaMacdonald.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Striped wallpaper adds a feminine touch. Homeowner Alison Booth doesn't shy away from color, and her conveniently-located second-floor laundry room is no exception. Strong colors and graphic patterns balance each other and add interest. For a bold wallpaper like this, keep cabinets and flooring in neutral or white."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer: Alison Booth, Booth Supply.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Virginia MacDonald.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/pink-laundry-room" target="_blank">Pink Laundry Room</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a> (March 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPrv-5fsYwMgRBk5wh_L4sRYVHxDCKUGm6qpsrMnnxMbMOB6RxcsKu9UHuAsHnpr5tlhi1bm-nuQCXzKu7-qRMGERqCxxDZ2ig2s-GhXTB2CSwFykmCx_wnhwZbftH6tvE_1-bCnXBIbs/s1600/img_familyfriendlylg_6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPrv-5fsYwMgRBk5wh_L4sRYVHxDCKUGm6qpsrMnnxMbMOB6RxcsKu9UHuAsHnpr5tlhi1bm-nuQCXzKu7-qRMGERqCxxDZ2ig2s-GhXTB2CSwFykmCx_wnhwZbftH6tvE_1-bCnXBIbs/s1600/img_familyfriendlylg_6.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "The ice-cream-parlor-style breakfast room is a favorite of Georgie's and her siblings. The children's portraits decorate the walls." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spanish Colonial-style home in Hancock Park, Los Angeles.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ruthie Sommers, Ruthie Sommers Interior Design.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Grey Crawford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Candace Ord Manroe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design/beautiful-homes/family-friendly-and-colorful?page=5" target="_blank">Family-Friendly and Colorful</a>" produced by Laura Hull.</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/AVvXsEj5Zhyksv5j-bgh0llhmOnM9PfwByqVcQd0aL5mxOwGzqj9nfFVfnAE47Gh1D-__0WPdhJDPXc37cGnMLbqADQmb6iivcVm0y9DLW5IYE1TKF2KKTpDKKteKNrRXbER8NCUfo9q2_j_lko/s1600/img_familyfriendlylg_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Zhyksv5j-bgh0llhmOnM9PfwByqVcQd0aL5mxOwGzqj9nfFVfnAE47Gh1D-__0WPdhJDPXc37cGnMLbqADQmb6iivcVm0y9DLW5IYE1TKF2KKTpDKKteKNrRXbER8NCUfo9q2_j_lko/s1600/img_familyfriendlylg_7.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The built-in cabinets are original to the breakfast room, but the backs are painted pink to match the ceiling." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spanish Colonial-style home in Hancock Park, Los Angeles.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ruthie Sommers, Ruthie Sommers Interior Design.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Grey Crawford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Candace Ord Manroe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design/beautiful-homes/family-friendly-and-colorful?page=6" target="_blank">Family-Friendly and Colorful</a>" produced by Laura Hull.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</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/AVvXsEh7tIiZBSkTOxHwv0idMPXlhiGqxWZdosf7FrPAiNpdOCj8jDa4LB8a8RYA4OJBPBaqAOr23rEpdEgZoKO2RvIQX_c2LsSFEd42JJoFDmTw-gCDxP2Oky6x9DBjj3PzP3P5NceCiWd1_Ow/s1600/355142-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tIiZBSkTOxHwv0idMPXlhiGqxWZdosf7FrPAiNpdOCj8jDa4LB8a8RYA4OJBPBaqAOr23rEpdEgZoKO2RvIQX_c2LsSFEd42JJoFDmTw-gCDxP2Oky6x9DBjj3PzP3P5NceCiWd1_Ow/s1600/355142-1.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/silver-flatware-silverplate/flatware-individual-pieces/fabulous-french-all-sterling-silver-ice-cream-set-2-pc-rococo-box-dolphin/id-j_355142/" target="_blank">1880s French All Sterling Silver Ice Cream Set 2 pc Rococo with Box Dolphin</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by <a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/dealers/antiques-enna/" target="_blank">Antiques Enna</a> via 1stDibs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image and text via <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/" target="_blank">1stDibs</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/AVvXsEgV1_jh0S0DIO17x2w7pNgeqfHHd-S7TjqCuY3f_tqDjmBqlC-1NBv1pz0I6pZMt6XNS81YWlk7sIgT58WStJtE1C55YK8KpPT0uuUaPbvPdWLx9ZX85_nc27s_ly-NogXE9NYUdxR6KFg/s1600/wedding-ice-cream-truck-love-the-pink-stripes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1_jh0S0DIO17x2w7pNgeqfHHd-S7TjqCuY3f_tqDjmBqlC-1NBv1pz0I6pZMt6XNS81YWlk7sIgT58WStJtE1C55YK8KpPT0uuUaPbvPdWLx9ZX85_nc27s_ly-NogXE9NYUdxR6KFg/s1600/wedding-ice-cream-truck-love-the-pink-stripes.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image from Pinterest via B. Lovely Events.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://blovelyevents.com/2013/08/18/weddings-ice-cream-a-match-made-in-heaven/" target="_blank">Weddings and Ice Cream - A Match Made in Heaven</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">B. Lovely Events (August 18, 2013).</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/AVvXsEjkJm7-OgLmGRJ_IfP9Ssukgw_ygtCU4mJp-edrA7mibd8CmIgijo6YWg6pEZgF440cmlpDU23iqUTQVAlBgbwaExKtb69zUk4THK51WI7dloSBNVZC3-acwGHII3qe34NotPMPwrUWS-M/s1600/X+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJm7-OgLmGRJ_IfP9Ssukgw_ygtCU4mJp-edrA7mibd8CmIgijo6YWg6pEZgF440cmlpDU23iqUTQVAlBgbwaExKtb69zUk4THK51WI7dloSBNVZC3-acwGHII3qe34NotPMPwrUWS-M/s1600/X+(1).jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/more-furniture-collectibles/carts/good-humor-bike/id-f_742828/" target="_blank">1940s Good Humor Bike</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by <a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/dealers/ellen-ward/" target="_blank">Ellen Ward Scarborough Antiques</a> via 1stDibs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text and image via <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/" target="_blank">1stDibs</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/AVvXsEgpXLumG4-plMqtGweQ1GcCot_c4RfXCBH-23jKJ3w3Zodgr-U6nl11CwEIAwxMTLFCtX7sPjRiNSsoYBmzCMaA98xDO5hnlo9cA9vYQiZVZgX969FmdHfNwB6y23WOHPNA0v4pnsMRWjA/s1600/e1bf8c7599016684a601a574fa266cb1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXLumG4-plMqtGweQ1GcCot_c4RfXCBH-23jKJ3w3Zodgr-U6nl11CwEIAwxMTLFCtX7sPjRiNSsoYBmzCMaA98xDO5hnlo9cA9vYQiZVZgX969FmdHfNwB6y23WOHPNA0v4pnsMRWjA/s1600/e1bf8c7599016684a601a574fa266cb1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Donald Baechler: </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chocolate Cone</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, 2007 | Pace Prints</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">33 color silkscreen</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">57 3/4 x 40 1/2 inches</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edition of 69</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Published by Pace Editions, Inc.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.paceprints.com/donald-baechler/chocolate-cone-2007" target="_blank">Image</a> via Pace Prints.</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/AVvXsEj5N-c5w4tBbihobee_xZpoiZ2Dvft0u3vJHkqlVfuDjLHXYsbcsGgMBRMMUwbtK31EJZwWrbqn-athg9JI-YqkKvBH2kRKteEOjX2CWdMeoGcSrejOZT2tGvUzGw6YxpdTt_Wz1xeM0ZI/s1600/10959644_1044961615519756_1048742041827631685_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5N-c5w4tBbihobee_xZpoiZ2Dvft0u3vJHkqlVfuDjLHXYsbcsGgMBRMMUwbtK31EJZwWrbqn-athg9JI-YqkKvBH2kRKteEOjX2CWdMeoGcSrejOZT2tGvUzGw6YxpdTt_Wz1xeM0ZI/s1600/10959644_1044961615519756_1048742041827631685_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"S'mores mini sundaes... H and F Bread Co. graham crackers, handcrafted ganache and toasted marshmallow ice cream" by <a href="http://www.highroadcraft.com/" target="_blank">High Road Craft Ice Cream</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/highroadicecream/photos/a.116000455082548.19558.111255835557010/1044961615519756/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image</a> via High Road Craft Ice Cream Facebook page.</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/AVvXsEg5VHNcj0NCE8c5fiOxEptIq6Tr1xGfir-TA5uuHecmxjvxuwnjkZaenDu6kPFwyoh-YDVkH7QdQSQk5zPOee6Hxgbybx9SVo3RY632toeO7uiuo4elntqzn6HNTeYJwIwYmVuJ2Uw6wvE/s1600/il_570xN.665416463_r418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VHNcj0NCE8c5fiOxEptIq6Tr1xGfir-TA5uuHecmxjvxuwnjkZaenDu6kPFwyoh-YDVkH7QdQSQk5zPOee6Hxgbybx9SVo3RY632toeO7uiuo4elntqzn6HNTeYJwIwYmVuJ2Uw6wvE/s1600/il_570xN.665416463_r418.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This is a lovely set of twelve antique sterling silver spoon straws. They measure 8 1/4 inches long and are marked sterling on the backs of the spoons. The handles are hollow for sipping your ice cream soda, iced tea or mint julep. The bowls are heart shaped and etched with an Art Nouveau design. These are over 100 years old and do have some scratches and a few tiny dents from use."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/206650349/vintage-sterling-spoon-straws-art?ref=sr_gallery_40&ga_search_query=ice+cream&ga_search_type=vintage&ga_view_type=gallery" target="_blank">Vintage Sterling Spoon Straws from the 1910s</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LazySusanVintage?ref=l2-shop-info-name" target="_blank">Lazy Susan Vintage</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in West Hartford, Connecticut </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">via Etsy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image and text via <a href="http://www.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Etsy</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/AVvXsEi_5SQTrbEu5uWQeTAXOhKZZzMWhfuEqsbRxBqTWIB6A3KnMfiZgjIrVJD2i2XcD8pnjkPp_mDqkUMVgG9uO76EiB_thAFgx64wJ6LNivS0bM92SHyND_Qzh6BjT-JHT-u9PQFy2TBhLAQ/s1600/tea-finger-foods-l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5SQTrbEu5uWQeTAXOhKZZzMWhfuEqsbRxBqTWIB6A3KnMfiZgjIrVJD2i2XcD8pnjkPp_mDqkUMVgG9uO76EiB_thAFgx64wJ6LNivS0bM92SHyND_Qzh6BjT-JHT-u9PQFy2TBhLAQ/s1600/tea-finger-foods-l.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Serve Crowd-Pleasers: Finger foods that can be eaten in one bite are always on the menu. She explains, 'It all has to be lipstick friendly!' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hostess Danielle Rollins, author of Soiree: Entertaining with Style.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.southernliving.com/food/entertaining/a-ladylike-tea/serve-crowd-pleasers" target="_blank">A Ladylike Tea</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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.southernliving.com/" target="_blank">Southern Living</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/AVvXsEgA3e7xm7AXKD98lpN3cOjnSfeR9a6n5CKXAetekT880X4OhyphenhyphengEsjyG9AMdduo3cjtnqK132xUwRLGRdV6b2qwT38RAEff6_KhrjhVGuf0L-0gUlvpMXgJ6aI5tQtEpNly_3CwIM8HIavs/s1600/2060402_l.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3e7xm7AXKD98lpN3cOjnSfeR9a6n5CKXAetekT880X4OhyphenhyphengEsjyG9AMdduo3cjtnqK132xUwRLGRdV6b2qwT38RAEff6_KhrjhVGuf0L-0gUlvpMXgJ6aI5tQtEpNly_3CwIM8HIavs/s1600/2060402_l.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/folk-art/signs/art-deco-soda-fountain-sign/id-f_2060402/" target="_blank">1930s Art Deco Soda Fountain Sign</a>" offered by <a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/dealers/radio-guy/" target="_blank">Radio Guy and Early Electrics</a> via 1stDibs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image and text via <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/" target="_blank">1stDibs</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/AVvXsEgh-COFgqrbkJB-EZeXixWyWbxpCZ7WVhmXrO0kLL96Bb5t5qkgM6ZELZRxitWLSDnPbK8Yg4LnkTEowAbJn2wats-iCGoJf5oN_p6u7wTyJDB-j7k6SHtrrFXbueN_3xHReXOqNywfo4A/s1600/slide_188984_338106_free.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-COFgqrbkJB-EZeXixWyWbxpCZ7WVhmXrO0kLL96Bb5t5qkgM6ZELZRxitWLSDnPbK8Yg4LnkTEowAbJn2wats-iCGoJf5oN_p6u7wTyJDB-j7k6SHtrrFXbueN_3xHReXOqNywfo4A/s1600/slide_188984_338106_free.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Dave Matthews looks pretty excited to take a lick out of his band's own Ben and Jerry's flavor, Magic Brownies."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/24/pictures-of-celebrities-e_n_935461.html" target="_blank">Pictures of Celebrities Eating Ice Cream</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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.huffingtonpost.com/" target="_blank">The Huffington Post</a> (August 24, 2011). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><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/AVvXsEhKhJd4gaC1vnSqsHc7OBZ2C3Tu-uSsu-nE5DKpXrv9lBHxfwN9IeRrRDFsiO_YqVYYwBezo-bZeAoAPOtg2qXBgpNFILoCY0Dfg74vng5NJ47c-7Li9bNhTalp2iGYPUuu6viIuXxmFO4/s1600/Made-in-the-South-Awards-Southern-Craft-Creamery-27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhJd4gaC1vnSqsHc7OBZ2C3Tu-uSsu-nE5DKpXrv9lBHxfwN9IeRrRDFsiO_YqVYYwBezo-bZeAoAPOtg2qXBgpNFILoCY0Dfg74vng5NJ47c-7Li9bNhTalp2iGYPUuu6viIuXxmFO4/s1600/Made-in-the-South-Awards-Southern-Craft-Creamery-27.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"There’s local, and then there’s <a href="http://www.southerncraftcreamery.com/" target="_blank">Southern Craft Creamery</a>, in small-town Marianna, Florida, which takes the food world’s current scratch-made ethos to a whole new level. Not only do ice cream makers Lauren and Zach O’Bryan look to nearby growers for the ingredients that flavor their gelato-style cream, but they also help run the dairy and tend to the hundreds of cattle whose milk anchors their product."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://gardenandgun.com/media/story-southern-craft-creamery" target="_blank">The Story of Southern Craft Creamery</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream

April 14th from 12 p.m. until 8 p.m. is Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day . In honor of this delicious occasion, I offer some ice cream in...

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Color Your Own Secret Garden

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps you have heard of <a href="http://www.johannabasford.com/" target="_blank">Johanna Basford</a>, the Scottish illustrator whose coloring book for adults, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/secret-garden-johanna-basford/1115869898?ean=9781780671062" target="_blank">Secret Garden</a>, has sold more than a million copies since it was released in 2013. A quick peek at the websites for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1780671067/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=1H2QNW77NSMD0KZTGY00&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=1970559082&pf_rd_i=desktop" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/secret-garden-johanna-basford/1115869898?ean=9781780671062" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a> indicates that the book is temporarily out of stock online, but Ms. Basford has assured Facebook followers that more copies are coming. Coloring is such a relaxing "analog" activity - a healthy, creative way to unwind and de-stress in a digital world. One woman wrote on Ms. Basford's Facebook page, "It stops me worrying about the cancer." A look at Ms. Basford's pen-and-ink pictures may help explain why . . . </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><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/AVvXsEhObJCZd9iZg1GXrq_U0OZL5udmDbi8wRokLQr8ARzLFlNRuFhJrvv_05LYQdKrqICxU6rzJu2j3oGibUDCKcHd_knV17taTclhbq5ZbyBOrIKZEIJaHbPpIf_KF_Txzo0mzYQ1SVURwoM/s1600/11142301_824801437599077_40274917_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObJCZd9iZg1GXrq_U0OZL5udmDbi8wRokLQr8ARzLFlNRuFhJrvv_05LYQdKrqICxU6rzJu2j3oGibUDCKcHd_knV17taTclhbq5ZbyBOrIKZEIJaHbPpIf_KF_Txzo0mzYQ1SVURwoM/s1600/11142301_824801437599077_40274917_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/craft-ideas/news/a32023/adult-coloring-books/" target="_blank">The Top-Selling Books on Amazon Right Now Aren't for Reading</a>" by Lauren Piro.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/" target="_blank">Good Housekeeping</a> (April 7, 2015).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“The artwork was inspired by Brodick Castle Gardens on the Isle of Arran, on the West Coast of Scotland,” Johanna said. “My grandfather was the head gardener there, so we spent every summer and Christmas there. The formal rose gardens of the castle, the Bavarian summer house, and the lily-studded ponds were wonderful places to play as a child . . . a great place to cultivate a wild imagination!” </i>("<a href="http://hellogiggles.com/coloring-book-hero/" target="_blank">Over One Million People Bought Her Gorgeous Coloring Book For Grown Ups</a>" by Sammy Nickalls, Hello Giggles [3/24/25]).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZQwlgFEOeF4bkf_62RgoNJofSp5UDxLNG_UYhiRX5rpCXcy1kmxBd3qHO4HjDrUUatLlHY7rPalIK0DkNFklnJlMpPQDfVc70kOUj14pjYn2z-KtwTC-VH_u6xTB1DYkFk4wWtl8B-w/s1600/0f50cbf87dd3d48e4792c53a7f33305d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZQwlgFEOeF4bkf_62RgoNJofSp5UDxLNG_UYhiRX5rpCXcy1kmxBd3qHO4HjDrUUatLlHY7rPalIK0DkNFklnJlMpPQDfVc70kOUj14pjYn2z-KtwTC-VH_u6xTB1DYkFk4wWtl8B-w/s1600/0f50cbf87dd3d48e4792c53a7f33305d.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, Scotland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/380835712216285478/" target="_blank">Image</a> via Pinterest,</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZC4C10w4VePe9MV8HHjC4fvA0CRusfJ3AlNlc82NNrVn6vxY30tMVyRCxhgZ1gt0K4o7wjmtBS1j_cJyJoDKm1rqKarAqSDSt11GKZ8Ll1372MBfdpwlF_eG6izTvZMhmjVjrLMOb3Pw/s1600/11095653_1614135898821922_1673541201_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZC4C10w4VePe9MV8HHjC4fvA0CRusfJ3AlNlc82NNrVn6vxY30tMVyRCxhgZ1gt0K4o7wjmtBS1j_cJyJoDKm1rqKarAqSDSt11GKZ8Ll1372MBfdpwlF_eG6izTvZMhmjVjrLMOb3Pw/s1600/11095653_1614135898821922_1673541201_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instagram image by <a href="https://instagram.com/tracylovely/?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=photo" target="_blank">tracylovely</a> via <i>Good Housekeeping</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/craft-ideas/news/a32023/adult-coloring-books/" target="_blank">The Top-Selling Books on Amazon Right Now Aren't for Reading</a>" by Lauren Piro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/" target="_blank">Good Housekeeping</a> (April 7, 2015).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl78Xad4i1M8dcbohqZrOGqQlmvkzzDntiWIWWtN2zdvsV9810dUJQxxJCtmEIyfiIx9dDyXpVtnSxWUS-oV2y4garsrxEtJ8YpJTlquE_yzN3dJp3r2GxY8NnqiJ1TmMdikYbxp0Vgdc/s1600/cb48c61715c10d710ba6ba3024199dc5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl78Xad4i1M8dcbohqZrOGqQlmvkzzDntiWIWWtN2zdvsV9810dUJQxxJCtmEIyfiIx9dDyXpVtnSxWUS-oV2y4garsrxEtJ8YpJTlquE_yzN3dJp3r2GxY8NnqiJ1TmMdikYbxp0Vgdc/s1600/cb48c61715c10d710ba6ba3024199dc5.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bavarian Summer House, Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, Scotland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/452400725038705398/" target="_blank">Image</a> via Pinterest.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like many castles, Scotland's Brodick Castle has its ghosts stories - sightings of  a "gray lady" and tales of a white hart that appears whenever a Hamilton clan chief is about to die . . . </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwadqR7R9lfm0TZEGgpUnPYeIIg2WZBO1Qlq8dwj6vbbj7RgZgnNESgkfGqi2DtemxQhtzxFbscJ47JVbG9D8U-1wo5tNj8SJoZiyV0NFemd7dBP5MArL9koeSCVVqgP5Nzs2tsEUWf9U/s1600/original-16972-1426715689-17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwadqR7R9lfm0TZEGgpUnPYeIIg2WZBO1Qlq8dwj6vbbj7RgZgnNESgkfGqi2DtemxQhtzxFbscJ47JVbG9D8U-1wo5tNj8SJoZiyV0NFemd7dBP5MArL9koeSCVVqgP5Nzs2tsEUWf9U/s1600/original-16972-1426715689-17.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image courtesy Johanna Basford and Laurence King via BuzzFeed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/this-woman-created-gorgeous-coloring-books-for-adults-and-so#.bhKmpe7M8" target="_blank">Meet the Woman Who Sold a Million Copies of her Coloring Book for Adults</a>" by Rachel Zarrell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/" target="_blank">BuzzFeed</a> (March 19, 2015).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIOi4nWtU1zCU7ZIOG38sT5xjuzfdaM9erkvKOx28lPVq-q7gR5ZwN8mOCNEp-YzorCj9lHMrUP2ghZ4fjyQATO3Rm7MmOa4aRoxisG5rnGeXVQ5Y4d5PLL0aWhWltLx5nY9sG0qS0VY/s1600/10383017_1451050895135664_5767003694405348961_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIOi4nWtU1zCU7ZIOG38sT5xjuzfdaM9erkvKOx28lPVq-q7gR5ZwN8mOCNEp-YzorCj9lHMrUP2ghZ4fjyQATO3Rm7MmOa4aRoxisG5rnGeXVQ5Y4d5PLL0aWhWltLx5nY9sG0qS0VY/s1600/10383017_1451050895135664_5767003694405348961_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"If you go down to the woods today you'll see a special new addition - three lovely toadstool seats made by Fergus, Ken and Andy, our very talented Estate Team!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garden of Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, Scotland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrodickCastle/photos/pb.1388631328044288.-2207520000.1428785147./1451050895135664/?type=3&permPage=1" target="_blank">Image</a> and text via Facebook page of NTS Brodick Castle, Garden and Country Park (May 19, 2014).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcYZVZufUC4ByWyLJIzF6agqtUaRn6w2cXxkDbn-UuQj0x1RtaT64OYrHfCqceiFti-qOt7O9GBqQvyZdj-KtG_XhHBks8XrKiohOINMINVVmJ01iuBxOKtSA79axWciG-fZSRY2tkwM/s1600/original-24625-1426715827-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcYZVZufUC4ByWyLJIzF6agqtUaRn6w2cXxkDbn-UuQj0x1RtaT64OYrHfCqceiFti-qOt7O9GBqQvyZdj-KtG_XhHBks8XrKiohOINMINVVmJ01iuBxOKtSA79axWciG-fZSRY2tkwM/s1600/original-24625-1426715827-3.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Basford's elaborately rendered illustrations include hidden elements like 'a rogue butterfly, a tiny beetle or an elusive white rabbit,' she says, to add mystery and whimsy to the drawings."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image courtesy of Johanna Basford/Laurence King via Slate.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2015/04/07/johanna_basford_enchanted_forest_secret_garden_addictive_coloring_books.html" target="_blank">These Coloring Books for Adults are More Addictive than Smartphones" by Kristin Hohenadel</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.slate.com/" target="_blank">Slate</a> (April 7, 2015).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pw3MVHz7RwBtS7oNBJr-dJGPfQn5mlKb9kNW09NAlZoz8uPCcEjSmMkJvr1i4HWNpU5FSdmu6Zya8Dju93dS9q-cxwuDysp1UZ4PqPRaPG8wQhOpp6fqeWNkXcyIqm7FDKD4VpHDUHQ/s1600/9173e75718bda8fd6177579995b62a03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pw3MVHz7RwBtS7oNBJr-dJGPfQn5mlKb9kNW09NAlZoz8uPCcEjSmMkJvr1i4HWNpU5FSdmu6Zya8Dju93dS9q-cxwuDysp1UZ4PqPRaPG8wQhOpp6fqeWNkXcyIqm7FDKD4VpHDUHQ/s1600/9173e75718bda8fd6177579995b62a03.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Bronze Age roundhouse" at Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, Scotland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/310959549241976752/" target="_blank">Image</a> via Pinterest.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjteMNVCjzQAfetgIoXiL83RHJBr59VQ4RzzxxoSCtASXYvBMq9EmVNAce4wLr38gdl1uLqyhuXF6yARHRuuJdp8WBDZVlkEvoL5TUEsyrSmaVSqLaTl2dTuTp4ZlxLfrzowfMjv4ecNx0/s1600/original-31899-1426715691-22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjteMNVCjzQAfetgIoXiL83RHJBr59VQ4RzzxxoSCtASXYvBMq9EmVNAce4wLr38gdl1uLqyhuXF6yARHRuuJdp8WBDZVlkEvoL5TUEsyrSmaVSqLaTl2dTuTp4ZlxLfrzowfMjv4ecNx0/s1600/original-31899-1426715691-22.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image courtesy Johanna Basford and Laurence King via BuzzFeed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/this-woman-created-gorgeous-coloring-books-for-adults-and-so#.bhKmpe7M8" target="_blank">Meet the Woman Who Sold a Million Copies of her Coloring Book for Adults</a>" by Rachel Zarrell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/" target="_blank">BuzzFeed</a> (March 19, 2015).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVp2f8DW_EcxyJyr8PQTkOPQoT96kRB9Ys3HeqMEPGLu1Vr0DAvHZ1nmGuXGEj5CiQrzqZ39UxegoWkKWOqNAmIx2vhRz_IugErST6ZyYPpNkeA4LEgoaKE-O4v4cz2rs32A37a-Pknf4/s1600/10616146_1498375890403164_4282037084935731730_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVp2f8DW_EcxyJyr8PQTkOPQoT96kRB9Ys3HeqMEPGLu1Vr0DAvHZ1nmGuXGEj5CiQrzqZ39UxegoWkKWOqNAmIx2vhRz_IugErST6ZyYPpNkeA4LEgoaKE-O4v4cz2rs32A37a-Pknf4/s1600/10616146_1498375890403164_4282037084935731730_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lavender in the Garden of Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, Scotland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrodickCastle/photos/pb.1388631328044288.-2207520000.1428851809./1498375890403164/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image</a> via Facebook page of NTS Brodick Castle, Garden and Country Park (August 18, 2014)</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/AVvXsEigr-RoofuoxSC_Ue_G7CwwDrry1RdtpstvXWznO6qVY88hRmhnpIUwVHCJNChVd7CDQ9u615v_cRzWp8Io0CcXDgUIuN_u1A_aQ9faKpd3dUOXcpq533Ww03NujTVFFF1DnfXDbJeHKRQ/s1600/10384276_822758314440224_8324966868134606872_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigr-RoofuoxSC_Ue_G7CwwDrry1RdtpstvXWznO6qVY88hRmhnpIUwVHCJNChVd7CDQ9u615v_cRzWp8Io0CcXDgUIuN_u1A_aQ9faKpd3dUOXcpq533Ww03NujTVFFF1DnfXDbJeHKRQ/s1600/10384276_822758314440224_8324966868134606872_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coloring by "Karen."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/143404702375592/photos/pb.143404702375592.-2207520000.1428853557./822758314440224/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image</a> via Facebook page of illustrator Johanna Basford (February 24, 2015).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJJ69aWzPK3-qzEnjV6HIgUTx1DNS2oH_FWvmURB6tEDcF2JFrwOldC39xFm93P-qHy4LH8We5YAH7LqnG1dSwEkYwNqyzR7LG6FooaRwAwdpkpQ_8Ibcm-nosmdoAQAsf3wzxVFOwxM/s1600/10306258_1449198625320891_2093787272302868483_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJJ69aWzPK3-qzEnjV6HIgUTx1DNS2oH_FWvmURB6tEDcF2JFrwOldC39xFm93P-qHy4LH8We5YAH7LqnG1dSwEkYwNqyzR7LG6FooaRwAwdpkpQ_8Ibcm-nosmdoAQAsf3wzxVFOwxM/s1600/10306258_1449198625320891_2093787272302868483_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, Scotland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrodickCastle/photos/pb.1388631328044288.-2207520000.1428852236./1449198625320891/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image</a> via Facebook page of NTS Brodick Castle, Garden and Country Park (May 14, 2014)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouYkcf54Ty9GhDoKX-ZJaCmV8vWNkrwbjcsu2diGmkVR_nYXePH5K8N5USmjH0CumgRgWzg6olYVnSS-sNq5Zat8R-rtCBayD4nxZ3autVVDFP3aA6jSkhOMEbm1ytMyLoadxLd7RYTw/s1600/1484349_1450571161850304_6284378273143711174_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouYkcf54Ty9GhDoKX-ZJaCmV8vWNkrwbjcsu2diGmkVR_nYXePH5K8N5USmjH0CumgRgWzg6olYVnSS-sNq5Zat8R-rtCBayD4nxZ3autVVDFP3aA6jSkhOMEbm1ytMyLoadxLd7RYTw/s1600/1484349_1450571161850304_6284378273143711174_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garden of Brodick Castle, Scotland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrodickCastle/photos/pb.1388631328044288.-2207520000.1428785147./1450571161850304/?type=3&permPage=1" target="_blank">Image</a> and text via Facebook page of NTS Brodick Castle, Garden and Country Park.</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/AVvXsEjLT_jsE8FscIJEjzhI9NsI9kTUa93Yyo0WtB1sUs3C8TAnQDvTYqERWBSh8qsCSkTI4H-BR0DRL94u74WgVmhzSortzqhZtNDSnH53FkUMC3t61UbJeQEQTlbszzhSRatLgjPHhu8XjUM/s1600/10408622_815845681798154_1774264025428803419_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLT_jsE8FscIJEjzhI9NsI9kTUa93Yyo0WtB1sUs3C8TAnQDvTYqERWBSh8qsCSkTI4H-BR0DRL94u74WgVmhzSortzqhZtNDSnH53FkUMC3t61UbJeQEQTlbszzhSRatLgjPHhu8XjUM/s1600/10408622_815845681798154_1774264025428803419_n.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/143404702375592/photos/pb.143404702375592.-2207520000.1428807110./815845681798154/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image</a> via Johanna Basford's Facebook page.</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/AVvXsEgDJtcOoWOaWacpeu3CFlBDqPdTnqOmNnYRf5oXG3K41GBP3DWNFlZNUiHeW2iSbww-5LgDlPykGTCXm0OIr1FXOxmFX2qFocRGvgTQ-_M4rqI7vMNgmxj4mM8-_ODcNJ80WLXLN76efSM/s1600/10298661_1449463195294434_6706047689644308597_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJtcOoWOaWacpeu3CFlBDqPdTnqOmNnYRf5oXG3K41GBP3DWNFlZNUiHeW2iSbww-5LgDlPykGTCXm0OIr1FXOxmFX2qFocRGvgTQ-_M4rqI7vMNgmxj4mM8-_ODcNJ80WLXLN76efSM/s1600/10298661_1449463195294434_6706047689644308597_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garden of Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, Scotland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrodickCastle/photos/pb.1388631328044288.-2207520000.1428852236./1449463195294434/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image</a> via Facebook page of NTS Brodick Castle, Garden and Country Park (May 15, 2014).</span><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIAbKnbRZlZjA_Z2f84ZxTFzaA_Bie9l6DtHeMTfbgx0Ipo2-nY535CCljXz1ttwRy7PUNbu2GyYI2jH3xt_HQ00fIX4Wn2Vo9QHuA6zW0973ZN3ovePBXZLRHKm2GlH0viRcWJkv1BA/s1600/11117028_1569415980013219_1744293671_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIAbKnbRZlZjA_Z2f84ZxTFzaA_Bie9l6DtHeMTfbgx0Ipo2-nY535CCljXz1ttwRy7PUNbu2GyYI2jH3xt_HQ00fIX4Wn2Vo9QHuA6zW0973ZN3ovePBXZLRHKm2GlH0viRcWJkv1BA/s1600/11117028_1569415980013219_1744293671_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/craft-ideas/news/a32023/adult-coloring-books/" target="_blank">The Top-Selling Books on Amazon Right Now Aren't for Reading</a>" by Lauren Piro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/" target="_blank">Good Housekeeping</a> (April 7, 2015).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-qAT2n4kZvz4gJ8HYt2PWe9CHU__RLumsep3O1CFkYo173h5gYmWkF8FIp3JFBwh59iIu6Oevhf5dqIQvk7RAVvK07d7e-m0X0HdH24r17IL9RlPCALCXIlcf0vfnIvL25-SgROLLzg/s1600/11041666_1599414320299320_8944145479989377476_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-qAT2n4kZvz4gJ8HYt2PWe9CHU__RLumsep3O1CFkYo173h5gYmWkF8FIp3JFBwh59iIu6Oevhf5dqIQvk7RAVvK07d7e-m0X0HdH24r17IL9RlPCALCXIlcf0vfnIvL25-SgROLLzg/s1600/11041666_1599414320299320_8944145479989377476_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garden of Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, Scotland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrodickCastle/photos/pb.1388631328044288.-2207520000.1428851809./1599414320299320/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image</a> via Facebook page of NTS Brodick Castle, Garden and Country Park (April 2, 2015).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnh9JJOx-kS9PTUi4EAFAuPmq_lHetAxIM4qdB-Is642xehUaMaUpzIc42-0qKk_gNJM_kL5JnD8QBLPfrS-A4tBxVf3BIEph061EABw62RSVXloCj5KnQv_eaFo35olKQznFQ34l1XUM/s1600/10612770_815845471798175_5993488855452993577_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnh9JJOx-kS9PTUi4EAFAuPmq_lHetAxIM4qdB-Is642xehUaMaUpzIc42-0qKk_gNJM_kL5JnD8QBLPfrS-A4tBxVf3BIEph061EABw62RSVXloCj5KnQv_eaFo35olKQznFQ34l1XUM/s1600/10612770_815845471798175_5993488855452993577_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coloring by "Claudia."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/143404702375592/photos/pb.143404702375592.-2207520000.1428853557./815845471798175/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image</a> via Facebook page of illustrator Johanna Basford (February 10, 2015).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgmMRBBLEBbXWeeLowmgUOguRsqdbLvbzZrgt-tDeU5Md9RgtcNhhiuYmbh8_KdKtnmm__qy0YevamkfcyYXAhR0-sktBe4AfhG-1ECO9yv9A3SHuAEKkh6MkJEnNYzrX9zkbYAaUgI4/s1600/10342411_1449802008593886_2030158767130316784_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgmMRBBLEBbXWeeLowmgUOguRsqdbLvbzZrgt-tDeU5Md9RgtcNhhiuYmbh8_KdKtnmm__qy0YevamkfcyYXAhR0-sktBe4AfhG-1ECO9yv9A3SHuAEKkh6MkJEnNYzrX9zkbYAaUgI4/s1600/10342411_1449802008593886_2030158767130316784_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Blue sky, yellow daffs and the red brown stone of the Castle - today there's a feast of colour around the property and a spring in everyone's step as we enjoy the sun!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, Scotland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrodickCastle/photos/pb.1388631328044288.-2207520000.1428852236./1449802008593886/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image and text</a> via Facebook page of NTS Brodick Castle, Garden and Country Park (May 16, 2014).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMP8UIb8aZ8_cygsX-hEF2GAxi7N6ifg6tnBPWzM9goCTvUyywlyfAPR9Uv1P8V2FJYe0qhcWrer-lI0v6XThzR5MJQ2yirknVGrgOgfWtn0sT1rTdzMAG7QeAM7CUGDsaOXD3vidAWc/s1600/10374877_1460783037495783_7090985275900761422_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMP8UIb8aZ8_cygsX-hEF2GAxi7N6ifg6tnBPWzM9goCTvUyywlyfAPR9Uv1P8V2FJYe0qhcWrer-lI0v6XThzR5MJQ2yirknVGrgOgfWtn0sT1rTdzMAG7QeAM7CUGDsaOXD3vidAWc/s1600/10374877_1460783037495783_7090985275900761422_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garden trails, Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, Scotland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrodickCastle/photos/pb.1388631328044288.-2207520000.1428850187./1460783037495783/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image</a> via Facebook page of NTS Brodick Castle, Garden and Country Park (June 8, 2014).</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ecD2H88a8dbqwP56mEk0u8TpvS3VEfx6xsUfhuiyHeV90X86lzhO_5IkC8mdCQ8VuJMJ0WwvyI5LrIU-L9DMek-S96iYKVuCS1dwp729RPqxmNP_ZfBEzqjVtaiD0OsRzKAFQvooxd0/s1600/original-31213-1426715827-45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ecD2H88a8dbqwP56mEk0u8TpvS3VEfx6xsUfhuiyHeV90X86lzhO_5IkC8mdCQ8VuJMJ0WwvyI5LrIU-L9DMek-S96iYKVuCS1dwp729RPqxmNP_ZfBEzqjVtaiD0OsRzKAFQvooxd0/s1600/original-31213-1426715827-45.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image courtesy Johanna Basford and Laurence King via BuzzFeed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/this-woman-created-gorgeous-coloring-books-for-adults-and-so#.bhKmpe7M8" target="_blank">Meet the Woman Who Sold a Million Copies of her Coloring Book for Adults</a>" by Rachel Zarrell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/" target="_blank">BuzzFeed</a> (March 19, 2015).</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/AVvXsEg2TWQheXVvt232rusfOr2ZF1Gl8Q2Rjzp4AuagcqMzbWDErS_u7TVSEOL4p3wJmyUslygsLfxLJ6dWQTsqL7nAEfIRLy3Fo1NQhSbMydUh0B5m4BB0ywV_Lzxu2s98ngE7KizG4AScoqs/s1600/11133854_1601839720056780_5212963277449799212_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2TWQheXVvt232rusfOr2ZF1Gl8Q2Rjzp4AuagcqMzbWDErS_u7TVSEOL4p3wJmyUslygsLfxLJ6dWQTsqL7nAEfIRLy3Fo1NQhSbMydUh0B5m4BB0ywV_Lzxu2s98ngE7KizG4AScoqs/s1600/11133854_1601839720056780_5212963277449799212_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It looks set to be another gorgeous day here on Arran. This plant the dog's tooth violet (Erythronium dens-canis) is a such a charming thing and is popping up all over parts of the garden."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garden of Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, Scotland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrodickCastle/photos/pb.1388631328044288.-2207520000.1428785147./1601839720056780/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Image and text</a> via Facebook page of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NTS Brodick Castle, Garden and Country Park (April 9, 2015.)</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/AVvXsEhXdAkADot_6_V-4QqwKb9OgCDQgbbJaQrHfrzQv7bjse3pTZ-L_v4oIgbTz26MU-tPi65g6iPDVGoJkXfnxeIogty3rzvlhntz-5ScIXnCuMO0NtMoNc17g21SgKeiQTsdNH4IFY87Ffk/s1600/landscape-1428440424-secret-garden-coloring-book-index.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdAkADot_6_V-4QqwKb9OgCDQgbbJaQrHfrzQv7bjse3pTZ-L_v4oIgbTz26MU-tPi65g6iPDVGoJkXfnxeIogty3rzvlhntz-5ScIXnCuMO0NtMoNc17g21SgKeiQTsdNH4IFY87Ffk/s1600/landscape-1428440424-secret-garden-coloring-book-index.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/craft-ideas/news/a32023/adult-coloring-books/" target="_blank">The Top-Selling Books on Amazon Right Now Aren't for Reading</a>" by Lauren Piro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/" target="_blank">Good Housekeeping</a> (April 7, 2015).</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/AVvXsEgP6gjPcYXKGwY6x23PWcfIaES4KG9P_R5nQzXSau83bExYol10JIUoTzv9bXIj8u5pb-ZRQLDu-awzJB9ANePIHtq6ehkgKDvy4znMVAkuRHxF2pWHMzXU65PmQFs1rMVSURTYH-Tp6-Q/s1600/original-2046-1426715588-29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6gjPcYXKGwY6x23PWcfIaES4KG9P_R5nQzXSau83bExYol10JIUoTzv9bXIj8u5pb-ZRQLDu-awzJB9ANePIHtq6ehkgKDvy4znMVAkuRHxF2pWHMzXU65PmQFs1rMVSURTYH-Tp6-Q/s1600/original-2046-1426715588-29.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Illustrator Johanna Basford is based in Aberdeen, Scotland."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image courtesy of Johanna Basford/Laurence King.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2015/04/07/johanna_basford_enchanted_forest_secret_garden_addictive_coloring_books.html" target="_blank">These Coloring Books for Adults are More Addictive than Smartphones" by Kristin Hohenadel</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.slate.com/" target="_blank">Slate</a> (April 7, 2015).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Readers must find eight symbols that are hidden throughout the book to solve the coloring puzzle on a pull-out poster at the end of the book.</span><br /><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/AVvXsEiSeYpvJRBjhlhYI2tuuElV5u3lUDphL9yE_a12Tc3SC7XhWQ9MyvUeXLkhgpwnVHmUZnhwFTT4x6bVx8ZYVnkUVA4BEs7cp8N3wafPV2gs37Cztp85KRMnmM0i-mdtD8rkhDZLiX-oM8k/s1600/original-28859-1426715690-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeYpvJRBjhlhYI2tuuElV5u3lUDphL9yE_a12Tc3SC7XhWQ9MyvUeXLkhgpwnVHmUZnhwFTT4x6bVx8ZYVnkUVA4BEs7cp8N3wafPV2gs37Cztp85KRMnmM0i-mdtD8rkhDZLiX-oM8k/s1600/original-28859-1426715690-3.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image courtesy Johanna Basford and Laurence King via BuzzFeed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/this-woman-created-gorgeous-coloring-books-for-adults-and-so#.bhKmpe7M8" target="_blank">Meet the Woman Who Sold a Million Copies of her Coloring Book for Adults</a>" by Rachel Zarrell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/" target="_blank">BuzzFeed</a> (March 19, 2015).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div>

Color Your Own Secret Garden

Perhaps you have heard of Johanna Basford , the Scottish illustrator whose coloring book for adults, Secret Garden , has sold more than a mi...

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