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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In With the New

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On March 12th, I wrote a <a href="http://aflippenlife.blogspot.com/2015/03/katies-house-and-hotel.html" target="_blank">post</a> about <a href="http://quirkgallery.com/" target="_blank">Quirk</a> director Katie Ukrop's house, which was featured in the August 2008 edition of <i>Domino</i>. This evening I found some photos online that seem to indicate that Richmond, Virginia, interior designer <a href="http://suellengregory.com/" target="_blank">Suellen Gregory</a> has updated the Ukrop home. The interiors still have a lot of pink touches, but the walls have been painted gray. What do you think?</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/AVvXsEhx-7I2ZoJ-_pzw9OHNElIxJhgBtASEEjCi-momd7b7AB_ay_oFkds6OOK8iCX6eg9N3PpiGzuqk-RPvdITZ60miPnh6LMjBqjhWktnn3rpv1W_o3a5LYyHvRnySFtdDWLTNm09NenrNb4/s1600/63a2241d3aaf8f3746934943bb077092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-7I2ZoJ-_pzw9OHNElIxJhgBtASEEjCi-momd7b7AB_ay_oFkds6OOK8iCX6eg9N3PpiGzuqk-RPvdITZ60miPnh6LMjBqjhWktnn3rpv1W_o3a5LYyHvRnySFtdDWLTNm09NenrNb4/s1600/63a2241d3aaf8f3746934943bb077092.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Suellen Gregory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image </span><a href="http://suellengregory.com/fandistrict/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">source</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </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/AVvXsEisLeqDev-gDtH0BQnwbZuij7uBrpMb7yMJoXzuQ2_CbKOobuTS_huSoZFKDtCEVUgg2o5_BlPl6Mo5jHbY6Dlc5f_LtYq38VtBIBcpLmYpN1mrTbsvXYCSXRora_Hh7qcHO5tVGeaZu6I/s1600/1530698_558580134288758_1792891289_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLeqDev-gDtH0BQnwbZuij7uBrpMb7yMJoXzuQ2_CbKOobuTS_huSoZFKDtCEVUgg2o5_BlPl6Mo5jHbY6Dlc5f_LtYq38VtBIBcpLmYpN1mrTbsvXYCSXRora_Hh7qcHO5tVGeaZu6I/s1600/1530698_558580134288758_1792891289_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Suellen Gregory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Color of pink tables: "Marry Me"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image </span><a href="https://instagram.com/explore/tags/suellengregorydesign/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">source</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </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/AVvXsEjnTxZ9b_YKbB4WAV8r1Gbf2_6oZ1Rz6js09wDxycjM2GbG-3KwlwS2ugqnLwNFB9QfIrG0VemWRj34sm-Plzz24lvCgcjvQBUkZcblUx5vy6d050boJGpTN3NS96dYF8gRQyDu8u5CpQw/s1600/ae05053a3eaeb6847279750275514652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTxZ9b_YKbB4WAV8r1Gbf2_6oZ1Rz6js09wDxycjM2GbG-3KwlwS2ugqnLwNFB9QfIrG0VemWRj34sm-Plzz24lvCgcjvQBUkZcblUx5vy6d050boJGpTN3NS96dYF8gRQyDu8u5CpQw/s1600/ae05053a3eaeb6847279750275514652.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Interior design by Suellen Gregory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image </span><a href="http://suellengregory.com/fandistrict/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">source</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVbVnGRQ7F5fYCrYg-i3xlJ3SJF9XuH43qYFmFcfUoiOOLEO9FfnFXnlpXEMTsIeFfYlHRVlwhm5f7pvFkYR9yXeE8TXuCumhGJwSSrJxqjwvwnmBS9MLHwXItoGOhtY5kz_Lnw-9miE/s1600/1098057_10151775281094201_499496014_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVbVnGRQ7F5fYCrYg-i3xlJ3SJF9XuH43qYFmFcfUoiOOLEO9FfnFXnlpXEMTsIeFfYlHRVlwhm5f7pvFkYR9yXeE8TXuCumhGJwSSrJxqjwvwnmBS9MLHwXItoGOhtY5kz_Lnw-9miE/s1600/1098057_10151775281094201_499496014_n.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Interior design by Suellen Gregory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.kipdawkinsphotography.com/" target="_blank">Kip Dawkins</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kipdawkinsphotography/photos/pb.310208749200.-2207520000.1427602463./10151775281094201/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">source</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/AVvXsEjVQeNHxAfwiBST7E269PS2dUqDva95wqPAqq5RmyttaJrrREvQwHf6EnHIFOLtZRfpQAMDVki1CYadDKDn-IZqzov_MqU3ZNCCbxMvoPhHActV1kbOTrDmXSso7nBCPGGxz67CDqTg8BY/s1600/10731903_725468207507857_564586342_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQeNHxAfwiBST7E269PS2dUqDva95wqPAqq5RmyttaJrrREvQwHf6EnHIFOLtZRfpQAMDVki1CYadDKDn-IZqzov_MqU3ZNCCbxMvoPhHActV1kbOTrDmXSso7nBCPGGxz67CDqTg8BY/s1600/10731903_725468207507857_564586342_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Interior design by Suellen Gregory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://instagram.com/explore/tags/suellengregorydesign/" target="_blank">source</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </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/AVvXsEhfN2hUO5Qn4YDORUqxr22djSU4NRgxnV2bK9-AFHkjGR49kEjCf5WpcAl4MF0NcxtkVMGbW7RwBzjB2Zm2X5_kLmEZVt-hBMQZD9Ht_sZMMh0VqDPFOHTD9HqITNrzyG0t3onPp9lKTGg/s1600/10817720_617529225017840_599032572_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfN2hUO5Qn4YDORUqxr22djSU4NRgxnV2bK9-AFHkjGR49kEjCf5WpcAl4MF0NcxtkVMGbW7RwBzjB2Zm2X5_kLmEZVt-hBMQZD9Ht_sZMMh0VqDPFOHTD9HqITNrzyG0t3onPp9lKTGg/s1600/10817720_617529225017840_599032572_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Interior design by Suellen Gregory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image </span><a href="https://instagram.com/explore/tags/suellengregorydesign/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">source</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJoThzkKWCRx6Y54-KkVJeHVxB02EvFk73Nr_ENOtWcErN04QQcZZKYNe49DK3VpeekTYAfIVtabwo7jS6K3woT8rIy7Iy_0J9mUJ0vpzj6aKkVkJSDNXOVD4y_RdYpEcHUSe_sFb4QTM/s1600/999438_10151775281124201_289421769_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJoThzkKWCRx6Y54-KkVJeHVxB02EvFk73Nr_ENOtWcErN04QQcZZKYNe49DK3VpeekTYAfIVtabwo7jS6K3woT8rIy7Iy_0J9mUJ0vpzj6aKkVkJSDNXOVD4y_RdYpEcHUSe_sFb4QTM/s1600/999438_10151775281124201_289421769_n.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Interior design by Suellen Gregory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.kipdawkinsphotography.com/" target="_blank">Kip Dawkins</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kipdawkinsphotography/photos/pb.310208749200.-2207520000.1427602463./10151775281124201/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">source</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found three versions of the dining room, but I think the photo with the bright pink and white chairs may feature the most recent iteration:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxPpa77kmHJLSmbzR21DABRBlWMLB7L3EYQpmCfrWnjQUhtLQ6P9j0uS-y_qQjUP2-x2AUcqZkAuE2qkuEJJF1_1Hv7KA8O_KinfpR8GzUEkJiYxZTkMTvZB1UOsCalZY2QoZF-q8jDM/s1600/e6d2d5d8f734b513990b72b3bd9a5777.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxPpa77kmHJLSmbzR21DABRBlWMLB7L3EYQpmCfrWnjQUhtLQ6P9j0uS-y_qQjUP2-x2AUcqZkAuE2qkuEJJF1_1Hv7KA8O_KinfpR8GzUEkJiYxZTkMTvZB1UOsCalZY2QoZF-q8jDM/s1600/e6d2d5d8f734b513990b72b3bd9a5777.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Interior design by Suellen Gregory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image </span><a href="http://suellengregory.com/fandistrict/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">source</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </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;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVnMaBBzi1_jusclrRJS414NGg7yoc69MXsxzDeEy-kcGgzhbB3XQPg0avAOIcSrfcDvTi7yt0r3JDZ9O7sogOA_YbzbkENe4TpZq5J4nYaAYaNjDnV6PsHkfexLutXCXkzpSP8jc6p8E/s1600/10251541_1503411929878697_1671900969_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVnMaBBzi1_jusclrRJS414NGg7yoc69MXsxzDeEy-kcGgzhbB3XQPg0avAOIcSrfcDvTi7yt0r3JDZ9O7sogOA_YbzbkENe4TpZq5J4nYaAYaNjDnV6PsHkfexLutXCXkzpSP8jc6p8E/s1600/10251541_1503411929878697_1671900969_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Interior design by Suellen Gregory.</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 <a href="https://instagram.com/explore/tags/suellengregorydesign/" target="_blank">source</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/AVvXsEhMfZ9ybsWz7YzYGs26EBC7WIElIdJyZznk6bS3mN6BFp31iy19YR04YrEzaqeQKaGnYSF18tny0VzZ4zr38hxmeB4fS_xRx_HfFi4COgAbOoQh_tvojpaA3RMIjWnUCryTADWqLtG5eys/s1600/seg_oi_u0025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMfZ9ybsWz7YzYGs26EBC7WIElIdJyZznk6bS3mN6BFp31iy19YR04YrEzaqeQKaGnYSF18tny0VzZ4zr38hxmeB4fS_xRx_HfFi4COgAbOoQh_tvojpaA3RMIjWnUCryTADWqLtG5eys/s1600/seg_oi_u0025.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Interior design by Suellen Gregory.</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 <a href="http://suellengregory.com/category/of-interest/" target="_blank">source</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPMX-zdvYT4WlnsqTjTvLOOI4VMx0RkNbG5UkOgXXbFgQSyA_b8PpVHkw4PV_dnTerczlxJjVZyZ1BJPQH7OWEb4fjOnorQgWXpAmXnwHt9-wjB4UuOCAbmtGBTcxYcU1IvZak1DGAtc/s1600/5998dc9f761f0b3228f8dec22c29c4d6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPMX-zdvYT4WlnsqTjTvLOOI4VMx0RkNbG5UkOgXXbFgQSyA_b8PpVHkw4PV_dnTerczlxJjVZyZ1BJPQH7OWEb4fjOnorQgWXpAmXnwHt9-wjB4UuOCAbmtGBTcxYcU1IvZak1DGAtc/s1600/5998dc9f761f0b3228f8dec22c29c4d6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Interior design by Suellen Gregory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image </span><a href="http://suellengregory.com/fandistrict/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">source</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz70Uhyphenhyphen4Iz6E-niAX7629ohPxlfnZO-33Nve2U_ObLhp9kHh0U2xSSHOQbdhiBU2-wBKt0EzrIFCCOwWlwF-s88bspZ9oPAz56Wb-mB7ANFsYNE0d24X8xRW0VhUIa2GRWLLYR6oH-UQQ/s1600/02bce43b48faf8986e80278b4b7546e6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz70Uhyphenhyphen4Iz6E-niAX7629ohPxlfnZO-33Nve2U_ObLhp9kHh0U2xSSHOQbdhiBU2-wBKt0EzrIFCCOwWlwF-s88bspZ9oPAz56Wb-mB7ANFsYNE0d24X8xRW0VhUIa2GRWLLYR6oH-UQQ/s1600/02bce43b48faf8986e80278b4b7546e6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Interior design by Suellen Gregory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image </span><a href="http://suellengregory.com/fandistrict/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">source</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9jyK1ofI0zbw-aFWrM8dZBB9ohMEgFooX9m2vdS9bCjpkJimeCPlOAHSr1hRb_IgLTwr87m-uNacE_Ty6lJJLXWQNa51TMDgLdcxwx4Fo1xfqVj-_kMxHswjvL7GaG1DZuPu6KoMpNs/s1600/4dd3c49d4636c043398ae16600dfd358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9jyK1ofI0zbw-aFWrM8dZBB9ohMEgFooX9m2vdS9bCjpkJimeCPlOAHSr1hRb_IgLTwr87m-uNacE_Ty6lJJLXWQNa51TMDgLdcxwx4Fo1xfqVj-_kMxHswjvL7GaG1DZuPu6KoMpNs/s1600/4dd3c49d4636c043398ae16600dfd358.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Interior design by Suellen Gregory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image </span><a href="http://suellengregory.com/fandistrict/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">source</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bO2jmZbo5JKbXEJv4QHyYG_VxxVhq0X-kglqm8UJ4X-VlsJQnUT8oKqsYEzG0N6PzaTXSkQj2Kgr7isM4u2V85-Xlw2AKUc166ZuUNo7afcgLK9L8XEBWJ8Q4NUifrQ-LaYjnH8kbO4/s1600/17c9e87e2f19290e80cf575c697c2a0a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bO2jmZbo5JKbXEJv4QHyYG_VxxVhq0X-kglqm8UJ4X-VlsJQnUT8oKqsYEzG0N6PzaTXSkQj2Kgr7isM4u2V85-Xlw2AKUc166ZuUNo7afcgLK9L8XEBWJ8Q4NUifrQ-LaYjnH8kbO4/s1600/17c9e87e2f19290e80cf575c697c2a0a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Suellen Gregory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image </span><a href="http://suellengregory.com/fandistrict/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">source</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are photos from <i>Domino</i>:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The leather round-back chairs in this photo remain in the current living room, but the painting over the mantel has been moved into the dining room: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpB0gHGjMYKwBjTuvVgz5oiNmrUjCKZUYhTJsr6r6elYE3oxMj1WD-MuPgmvsWFDvB9oqdZ_9AyLwI8BvdZ5zOvkY-UsX7swuNlYfldzqAN07Bg2FeLbQ1BsUb0boVP45JzIFQFJkRd-4/s1600/1195dafa37e64106a74f7da8910d48aa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpB0gHGjMYKwBjTuvVgz5oiNmrUjCKZUYhTJsr6r6elYE3oxMj1WD-MuPgmvsWFDvB9oqdZ_9AyLwI8BvdZ5zOvkY-UsX7swuNlYfldzqAN07Bg2FeLbQ1BsUb0boVP45JzIFQFJkRd-4/s1600/1195dafa37e64106a74f7da8910d48aa.jpg" width="628" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Shiny leather round-back chairs shake up an otherwise genteel living room."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Katie Ukrop.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Paul Costello.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Neo-Southern Belle" produced by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span><br /><a href="http://www.domino.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Domino</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (August 2008).</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></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/AVvXsEhMCqeaUCpk9jUV7dcqx4b7pSJ59pLA_yeXAw3IKjVQwfygEeVcR0KaO9a9VDmz63tdYa5InXtwj5nJx8IQfvzKJ4VNQnUEp1ZIuGY1u_jPoOLGiLMPExyQ_o6Jx7Q2iGxGM1V5Xr1VrP0/s1600/brownstone-high-ceilings-dr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCqeaUCpk9jUV7dcqx4b7pSJ59pLA_yeXAw3IKjVQwfygEeVcR0KaO9a9VDmz63tdYa5InXtwj5nJx8IQfvzKJ4VNQnUEp1ZIuGY1u_jPoOLGiLMPExyQ_o6Jx7Q2iGxGM1V5Xr1VrP0/s1600/brownstone-high-ceilings-dr.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.<br />"<a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/01/housecrashing-a-dreamy-decadent-delight/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">House Crashing: A Dreamy and Decadent Delight</a>" by Sherry Petersik.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Young House Love (January 27, 2009).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><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/AVvXsEisVlV2dhHuiWiKoISzJ0dYuiPmcIeIw1JAT3_qfyJXQHw8pzr4ftcADahYtmp2hnjI9pVE_atI0AsptefFufe3DnhwwHwubMVRODAZHaZEmb1MkcQVDZlxpPMH85deTB8V-9uL_syYokQ/s1600/003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVlV2dhHuiWiKoISzJ0dYuiPmcIeIw1JAT3_qfyJXQHw8pzr4ftcADahYtmp2hnjI9pVE_atI0AsptefFufe3DnhwwHwubMVRODAZHaZEmb1MkcQVDZlxpPMH85deTB8V-9uL_syYokQ/s1600/003.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">"Most homes in the dominantly Victorian 'Fan' district (so-called for its splayed grid of roads) boast wide-planked pine floors, but Ukrop's were nothing special. So last year she hired local decorative artist Sunny Goode to paint the downstairs floors in paler shades. Every inch had to be sanded, coated several times with acrylic paint and then glazed, but the resulting infusion of delicate tints took the house into the 21st century. Here a neutral-toned motif, which was inspired by a book of Turkish patterns and Ukrop's passion for florals. provides both graphic flourish and an earthy counterpoint to the glossy coffee table and mid-century style settee."</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Parlor of Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Interior design by Katie Ukrop.</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Photography by Paul Costello.</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Text by Ruth Graham.</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"Neo-Southern Belle" produced by Sara Ruffin Costello.</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (August 2008).</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06yZzjNONRSvSlzgqXizzpdImsBgMxhk0SfYIPfbQt1DTuHJ6GRmEMXPj6ZVJoXlbrbgk9-Zo_4ya733gYwPQqUiMCTtLTG-wHF3lqG402f_JsAyF7RPZkgEUAkq7YVBgJIs80PSnL0o/s1600/aa99d51fcfb82c541374eb1346f237f8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06yZzjNONRSvSlzgqXizzpdImsBgMxhk0SfYIPfbQt1DTuHJ6GRmEMXPj6ZVJoXlbrbgk9-Zo_4ya733gYwPQqUiMCTtLTG-wHF3lqG402f_JsAyF7RPZkgEUAkq7YVBgJIs80PSnL0o/s1600/aa99d51fcfb82c541374eb1346f237f8.jpeg" width="518" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"With glass-paned cabinets, nickel pulls on the vibrant-white drawers and a French-style table, the prevailing look in the sunny kitchen is pure country. But curvy wood chairs bring it up to the moment, keeping the overall effect from being too precious."</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Kitchen of Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Interior design by Katie Ukrop.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Photography by Paul Costello.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Text by Ruth Graham.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"Neo-Southern Belle" produced by Sara Ruffin Costello.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (August 2008).</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-9Sda_00piktGlb5RCFZ52Rn2Q9gtUYCNC9TsC_EOlKmBfr2M8_Jz7tLdal5cYzYe-kjb0PcjftSASXNlJMLNp2n-NSlBIC-mR_xKiQSjXT-8FV2vK9OfBNPT8DltEzb6yMpuS399yU/s1600/004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-9Sda_00piktGlb5RCFZ52Rn2Q9gtUYCNC9TsC_EOlKmBfr2M8_Jz7tLdal5cYzYe-kjb0PcjftSASXNlJMLNp2n-NSlBIC-mR_xKiQSjXT-8FV2vK9OfBNPT8DltEzb6yMpuS399yU/s1600/004.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"The utilitarian stove works overtime as a display case for Ukrop's stash of vintage white ironstone, which she adores for its white-on-white tones (and because both her mother and her sister are collectors too)."</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Kitchen of Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Interior design by Katie Ukrop.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Photography by Paul Costello.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Text by Ruth Graham.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"Neo-Southern Belle" produced by Sara Ruffin Costello.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (August 2008).</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOQ0hLhvLluFksXM8T_gZWlv_Wv1Hy3TwJizBDjF_Ydxf8yOZ5gHdcgIXiWqvz_QMbeQBuLxcM2T-0qr3Zk_Ozv6FDo8VA9oa6ZCHOottwBiwkEuQPvR8Zet-MYjcRdS5bjzzkY61IuU/s1600/005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOQ0hLhvLluFksXM8T_gZWlv_Wv1Hy3TwJizBDjF_Ydxf8yOZ5gHdcgIXiWqvz_QMbeQBuLxcM2T-0qr3Zk_Ozv6FDo8VA9oa6ZCHOottwBiwkEuQPvR8Zet-MYjcRdS5bjzzkY61IuU/s1600/005.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"For years, Ukrop's large formal dining room was a creamy ivory. Though it was perfectly nice, she explains, 'It never had enough oomph.' On a whim, she changed the color of the walls and ceiling to a pale pink, bestowing instant energy. . . . The oval pedestal table's lacquered sheen and sturdy central column balance the frill of the chandelier and the weathered patina of the wood pieces. To further the relaxed, romantic mood, Ukrops put in a refurbished thrift-store settee and billowing curtains."</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Dining room of Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> Interior design by Katie Ukrop.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Photography by Paul Costello.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Text by Ruth Graham.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"Neo-Southern Belle" produced by Sara Ruffin Costello.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (August 2008).</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHeGKMXUND7qLO-Qs-Fj6dGDZbUuTIA59UnPzNAmy9JtPpntRVKbg7B2-PL1V6riNJ6soewHgjl39BZxZ6YZdRizR36G6yrm1-Ms8GTecu6VuAqigzGjkhN1Iie52ITVnXsHY2TowIdl0/s1600/formal-dining-room-lacquere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHeGKMXUND7qLO-Qs-Fj6dGDZbUuTIA59UnPzNAmy9JtPpntRVKbg7B2-PL1V6riNJ6soewHgjl39BZxZ6YZdRizR36G6yrm1-Ms8GTecu6VuAqigzGjkhN1Iie52ITVnXsHY2TowIdl0/s1600/formal-dining-room-lacquere.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Dining room of Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"<a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/01/housecrashing-a-dreamy-decadent-delight/" target="_blank">House Crashing: A Dreamy and Decadent Delight</a>" by Sherry Petersik.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Young House Love (January 27, 2009).</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jr7Qau3Avp_fQqfPto_RsKHjdUd_9IEMLzmdbleB7SiphXMVhVf0zBPymjETQh6hhSsy1FOjrQvaTs6XcYjsuZI_AH_v2hleGEGa2Y-NDkVdFCoAIX7MZhnOxEOuI6swfh63zWF3iTE/s1600/006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jr7Qau3Avp_fQqfPto_RsKHjdUd_9IEMLzmdbleB7SiphXMVhVf0zBPymjETQh6hhSsy1FOjrQvaTs6XcYjsuZI_AH_v2hleGEGa2Y-NDkVdFCoAIX7MZhnOxEOuI6swfh63zWF3iTE/s1600/006.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"A painted border of warm-brown interlocking rings defines the dining room with a subtly classical formality."</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Dining room of Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Interior design by Katie Ukrop.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Photography by Paul Costello.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Text by Ruth Graham.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"Neo-Southern Belle" produced by Sara Ruffin Costello.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/01/housecrashing-a-dreamy-decadent-delight/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (August 2008).</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOPrsyv60aRbRdFtfwVEZi-v2GJBZQ2_k-R6OnJ5sk3lw2JLBlkpbtdk62oIpSoGtcepoxeWMjIVhZKKG2ksJvp7wPBQjPICCUPZyxJZU2T8kD6idFWLPDTBXD4rjvu3jtbauw1cGz20/s1600/007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOPrsyv60aRbRdFtfwVEZi-v2GJBZQ2_k-R6OnJ5sk3lw2JLBlkpbtdk62oIpSoGtcepoxeWMjIVhZKKG2ksJvp7wPBQjPICCUPZyxJZU2T8kD6idFWLPDTBXD4rjvu3jtbauw1cGz20/s1600/007.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"It's here that Ukrop's 'when in doubt, repaint' philosophy takes center stage. An old armoire, which she coated in white, hides the television and stores her 'ridiculously large' cache of sweaters. Further recipients of the all-white treatment: the mantelpiece, the iron bed frame and the wall sconces that serve as bedside lamps. She pumped up the femme factor - luckily, her husband doesn't mind - with pleasingly mismatched linens, most of which are garden-themed, the bench was re-covered in a vintage curtain from a local shop. The inside of the nonworking fireplace is enlivened by an arrangement of seashells and an artwork from a local auction hangs above. Baby-blue walls complete the soothing tableau."</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Bedroom of Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Interior design by Katie Ukrop.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Photography by Paul Costello.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Text by Ruth Graham.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"Neo-Southern Belle" produced by Sara Ruffin Costello.</div><div style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (August 2008).</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div>

In With the New

On March 12th, I wrote a post about Quirk director Katie Ukrop's house, which was featured in the August 2008 edition of Domino . This...

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Katie's House and Hotel

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The August 2008 edition of <a href="http://www.dominomag.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> featured the Richmond, Virginia, home of Katie Ukrop, director of <a href="http://quirkgallery.com/" target="_blank">Quirk</a> - a gallery that exhibits the work of both established and emerging artists. The Ukrop row house, which is located in Richmond's Fan District, was much admired by bloggers who loved Katie's feminine yet spare aesthetic. Anyone who wants to experience more of the Ukrop style should be pleased to learn that Katie and her husband Ted are developing an art-focused boutique hotel in downtown Richmond. </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/AVvXsEgmojY3lMmQg_28WH5YAdlETJjErQbO8aUL_ej9PUN7dpiRSWpXgKqRWYB6HAxqB939G2aJ3PyWiwNUg6pVsshw5PwCwaT8ASC3QIrf899_d-Rdv-J09coKcQlBnPbbXEDJoiiGzaqOhzw/s1600/Quirk-hotel-drawing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmojY3lMmQg_28WH5YAdlETJjErQbO8aUL_ej9PUN7dpiRSWpXgKqRWYB6HAxqB939G2aJ3PyWiwNUg6pVsshw5PwCwaT8ASC3QIrf899_d-Rdv-J09coKcQlBnPbbXEDJoiiGzaqOhzw/s1600/Quirk-hotel-drawing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image courtesy of 3North.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://rvanews.com/news/art-focused-boutique-hotel-coming-to-broad-street" target="_blank">Art-focused boutique hotel coming to Broad Street</a>" by Nathan Cushing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://rvanews.com/" target="_blank">rvanews</a> (August 5, 2014)</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We hope to have a lot of great art in the lobby and all the public spaces. We want to put art in as many places as we can." - Katie Ukrop</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;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRjvTwn6ehOsl5sh8da7nxoxih-XZTtZD9_0_GAPuaLFUIlbuehaROR4qlz6_NvCvwIcKsbe5pkOJy9grkOM4dhsyBE7BZ2I5HYXsTmv_Z5P410dVgM_Zxzfdp5iA-tEp9IU3eqX8MRk/s1600/53a79abfe86dd.image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRjvTwn6ehOsl5sh8da7nxoxih-XZTtZD9_0_GAPuaLFUIlbuehaROR4qlz6_NvCvwIcKsbe5pkOJy9grkOM4dhsyBE7BZ2I5HYXsTmv_Z5P410dVgM_Zxzfdp5iA-tEp9IU3eqX8MRk/s1600/53a79abfe86dd.image.jpg" width="588" /></a></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Italian Renaissance-style building at 201 West Broad Street is an old department store building that the Ukrops plan to turn into a boutique hotel."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Dean Hoffmeyer.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/article_969eeac9-4b1f-527d-aa88-2d7eb83d199d.html" target="_blank">Boutique Hotel Planned for Downtown Arts District</a>" by Graham Moomaw.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.richmond.com/" target="_blank">Richmond Times-Dispatch</a> (June 23, 2014).</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Ukrop family has owned the Italian Renaissance-style building at 201 West Broad Street - in Richmond's Art and Culture District - since 1997. (<a href="http://rvanews.com/news/art-focused-boutique-hotel-coming-to-broad-street" target="_blank">Source</a>.) They are in the process of converting the structure into a hotel with a downstairs bar, a coffee shop, and a restaurant. The lobby will connect the hotel to Quirk Gallery, which will relocate to the building next door. (<a href="http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/article_969eeac9-4b1f-527d-aa88-2d7eb83d199d.html" target="_blank">Source</a>.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxacWzGcnOYlp51yBba3UCD1R3OuN6j7vyYZ-XDMUt2Ddr9KqQLK-QxuNu8CTnvLcZkCLnZ-wEBULzk3HFGoV4oftY7aI5T72l7omJTbQO-lK1rZwcmrxwAgq-sPfBiM7-7sQRHwMJH8/s1600/ukrophotel_history.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxacWzGcnOYlp51yBba3UCD1R3OuN6j7vyYZ-XDMUt2Ddr9KqQLK-QxuNu8CTnvLcZkCLnZ-wEBULzk3HFGoV4oftY7aI5T72l7omJTbQO-lK1rZwcmrxwAgq-sPfBiM7-7sQRHwMJH8/s1600/ukrophotel_history.jpg" width="506" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">201 West Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The structure, which features limestone arches at its base, was built in 1916 for the J.B. Mosby and Co. dry goods store. It was noted for being the first fireproof department store in the city, according to the Department of Historic Resources."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/article_969eeac9-4b1f-527d-aa88-2d7eb83d199d.html" target="_blank">Boutique Hotel Planned for Downtown Arts District</a>" by Graham Moomaw.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.richmond.com/" target="_blank">Richmond Times-Dispatch</a> (June 23, 2004).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We're designing it for the community, and we feel like if we can attract the community then people are going to want to stay here," Ted Ukrop told <a href="http://rvanews.com/news/art-focused-boutique-hotel-coming-to-broad-street" target="_blank">rvanews</a>. He and Katie were inspired to create their own hotel after staying at </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the 21C Museum Hotel in downtown Louisville, Kentucky:</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbov5S9_pa7Oi-_6SyKM4jIVqNzuOc20UhQU2I_iumA_9kE3gUpkBuyaPVgrHJ83zBvX8H5-OOExb4JjK4FaOoYt-bpiJ8FEsK0ebaNHrO7_YPocOnKoNd5PnBd6vEzpVJczr9tdYLSgg/s1600/404340_10152203939325006_754433490_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbov5S9_pa7Oi-_6SyKM4jIVqNzuOc20UhQU2I_iumA_9kE3gUpkBuyaPVgrHJ83zBvX8H5-OOExb4JjK4FaOoYt-bpiJ8FEsK0ebaNHrO7_YPocOnKoNd5PnBd6vEzpVJczr9tdYLSgg/s1600/404340_10152203939325006_754433490_n.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Nestled in historic downtown Louisville, 21c Museum Hotel is a 91-room boutique hotel, contemporary art museum, award-winning restaurant and cultural civic center."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.magazine.org/industry-news/press-releases/member-press-releases/travel-leisure-announces-winners-2014-global" target="_blank">2014 Global Vision Award Winner</a> - Travel and Leisure Magazine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text via 21C Museum Hotel <a href="http://www.21cmuseumhotels.com/louisville/" target="_blank">website</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">21C Museum Hotel in Louisville - housed in a refurbished 19th-century tobacco and bourbon warehouse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/21cMuseumHotels/photos/pb.72903720005.-2207520000.1424351071./10152203939325006/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">21C Museum Hotel in Louisville was created in an area of the city that was in transition. Richmond's Arts and Culture District, home of Quirk Gallery and the Ukrops's Quirk-branded hotel, is also in transition. Restaurants and galleries are moving to this part of downtown, and Ted and Katie hope their development of the historic building at 201 West Broad Street will draw both Richmonders and out-of-towners to this revitalized area. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">They would like to open their boutique hotel before the <a href="http://richmond2015.com/" target="_blank">UCI Road World Championships</a> cycling event takes place in September 2015. While we wait to see the building, which will feature the "aesthetics" of Pilar Proffitt and Robert Bristow of Poesis Design (<a href="http://rvanews.com/news/art-focused-boutique-hotel-coming-to-broad-street" target="_blank">source</a>), we can revisit the home of Ted and Katie Ukrop:</span><br /><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/AVvXsEhjIFdBSE3901LPVSoioYLfeXTaUJmt7vHsatDu2bE_qHU8PEsidBusmvA-DsQlzaTxHdVyAHvZOwOBMVh8hbHQSNCFh5SOy-PWSsvMWqelwIDWi5rgVncL7OYOIENUiEuix3uPWX93ouE/s1600/katie-ukrop-front-porch-doo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIFdBSE3901LPVSoioYLfeXTaUJmt7vHsatDu2bE_qHU8PEsidBusmvA-DsQlzaTxHdVyAHvZOwOBMVh8hbHQSNCFh5SOy-PWSsvMWqelwIDWi5rgVncL7OYOIENUiEuix3uPWX93ouE/s1600/katie-ukrop-front-porch-doo.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katie Ukrop at her front door.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/01/housecrashing-a-dreamy-decadent-delight/" target="_blank">House Crashing: A Dreamy and Decadent Delight</a>" by Sherry Petersik.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Young House Love (January 27, 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/AVvXsEgxFWqE3oYcnGEImkxBAC7YVXBs2XZFYbFCRRgUnyJDPqfqmhOqtpTuLG-rfXf4QhJYjmhAX-t3FJvHRoSHQJkacSKddVELWQ-EB7-iVb79qBLjReHtpXvGSMlgimd4lYPP0jmYnIdC8Qg/s1600/1195dafa37e64106a74f7da8910d48aa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFWqE3oYcnGEImkxBAC7YVXBs2XZFYbFCRRgUnyJDPqfqmhOqtpTuLG-rfXf4QhJYjmhAX-t3FJvHRoSHQJkacSKddVELWQ-EB7-iVb79qBLjReHtpXvGSMlgimd4lYPP0jmYnIdC8Qg/s1600/1195dafa37e64106a74f7da8910d48aa.jpg" width="628" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Shiny leather round-back chairs shake up an otherwise genteel living room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Katie Ukrop.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Paul Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Neo-Southern Belle" produced by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (August 2008).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9xfBK0zFYEU3Iom2FzuoWY5N4LGpc8DL25Gy9pfUlRTkkLxNMXd86xkwpDOh2k4uuLdzmf4KbPh-ZwnI26KqfXjJ61NVO_PKX3xNXdbIXUe_1Mgcibc34maoNoGbkFPPvS46oJomgIg/s1600/brownstone-high-ceilings-dr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9xfBK0zFYEU3Iom2FzuoWY5N4LGpc8DL25Gy9pfUlRTkkLxNMXd86xkwpDOh2k4uuLdzmf4KbPh-ZwnI26KqfXjJ61NVO_PKX3xNXdbIXUe_1Mgcibc34maoNoGbkFPPvS46oJomgIg/s1600/brownstone-high-ceilings-dr.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/01/housecrashing-a-dreamy-decadent-delight/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">House Crashing: A Dreamy and Decadent Delight</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" by Sherry Petersik.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Young House Love (January 27, 2009).</span></div></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;"></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/AVvXsEgsrWZZ7Rr_3j-kekR1kzr6U7Bm_hw1Q2FGXIl8nSPIMoPrg-9iT0DfXpebkB8b01iU9RdbbckMBfS0oaqR9T43KtXtEBvz2vlirMEAxATxdulFatOvef4AeKSzbrpF4aqf672Ou-uvk6k/s1600/003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrWZZ7Rr_3j-kekR1kzr6U7Bm_hw1Q2FGXIl8nSPIMoPrg-9iT0DfXpebkB8b01iU9RdbbckMBfS0oaqR9T43KtXtEBvz2vlirMEAxATxdulFatOvef4AeKSzbrpF4aqf672Ou-uvk6k/s1600/003.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Most homes in the dominantly Victorian 'Fan' district (so-called for its splayed grid of roads) boast wide-planked pine floors, but Ukrop's were nothing special. So last year she hired local decorative artist <a href="http://sunnygoode.com/" target="_blank">Sunny Goode</a> to paint the downstairs floors in paler shades. Every inch had to be sanded, coated several times with acrylic paint and then glazed, but the resulting infusion of delicate tints took the house into the 21st century. Here a neutral-toned motif, which was inspired by a book of Turkish patterns and Ukrop's passion for florals. provides both graphic flourish and an earthy counterpoint to the glossy coffee table and mid-century style settee."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Parlor of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Katie Ukrop.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Paul Costello.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Neo-Southern Belle" produced by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (August 2008).</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jlRPSARONJzwoaJ7sPdf8z2cQpJ5uOJ0sNbaouADYx87ZbTzjnT717qhFbZXgnXI_oMmuHVL22b-qYBnVLNqsd4nwM2QgVT_2xINXyC06AG1HQWvOVvgAwweOSk8qgeKK9mvR7VD4f8/s1600/aa99d51fcfb82c541374eb1346f237f8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jlRPSARONJzwoaJ7sPdf8z2cQpJ5uOJ0sNbaouADYx87ZbTzjnT717qhFbZXgnXI_oMmuHVL22b-qYBnVLNqsd4nwM2QgVT_2xINXyC06AG1HQWvOVvgAwweOSk8qgeKK9mvR7VD4f8/s1600/aa99d51fcfb82c541374eb1346f237f8.jpeg" width="518" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"With glass-paned cabinets, nickel pulls on the vibrant-white drawers and a French-style table, the prevailing look in the sunny kitchen is pure country. But curvy wood chairs bring it up to the moment, keeping the overall effect from being too precious."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kitchen of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Katie Ukrop.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Paul Costello.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Neo-Southern Belle" produced by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><a href="http://domino.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Domino</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (August 2008).</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/AVvXsEisN-2DQdUo1qwS4XMNr4_hNUCNWly-FJ0Uj9fhKdAeQA5XUrpKeuqy2rmYRJrkpv8Y6t-c0fkmMmSw1HmlgDS5GBnKdzRkg7fJ-TEMbH0iXGvmZBbJHTJsMkR2ZQgyt1udZVWdgCTxJFc/s1600/004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisN-2DQdUo1qwS4XMNr4_hNUCNWly-FJ0Uj9fhKdAeQA5XUrpKeuqy2rmYRJrkpv8Y6t-c0fkmMmSw1HmlgDS5GBnKdzRkg7fJ-TEMbH0iXGvmZBbJHTJsMkR2ZQgyt1udZVWdgCTxJFc/s1600/004.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The utilitarian stove works overtime as a display case for Ukrop's stash of vintage white ironstone, which she adores for its white-on-white tones (and because both her mother and her sister are collectors too)."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kitchen of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Katie Ukrop.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Paul Costello.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Neo-Southern Belle" produced by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><a href="http://domino.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Domino</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (August 2008).</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/AVvXsEirCdapFZ4i1H7euhKLBrsFZpQkAySGtwWlpq0AnHqK9g8VORifECtKivn2bpC7fWWYO-UqHTedaIsFT4IlxI_OX2FgEapQ0YgPdp9mKTXFME8RQ7CmrCGMxQ7HpIy5gY0Q95Z7qRjpFcg/s1600/005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCdapFZ4i1H7euhKLBrsFZpQkAySGtwWlpq0AnHqK9g8VORifECtKivn2bpC7fWWYO-UqHTedaIsFT4IlxI_OX2FgEapQ0YgPdp9mKTXFME8RQ7CmrCGMxQ7HpIy5gY0Q95Z7qRjpFcg/s1600/005.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"For years, Ukrop's large formal dining room was a creamy ivory. Though it was perfectly nice, she explains, 'It never had enough oomph.' On a whim, she changed the color of the walls and ceiling to a pale pink, bestowing instant energy. . . . The oval pedestal table's lacquered sheen and sturdy central column balance the frill of the chandelier and the weathered patina of the wood pieces. To further the relaxed, romantic mood, Ukrops put in a refurbished thrift-store settee and billowing curtains."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dining room of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Katie Ukrop.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Paul Costello.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Neo-Southern Belle" produced by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (August 2008).</span></div><div></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipS-PBrh3Hl8ASXfFG-BEGzwYmt1B1FXpVdQ_2lfJJcfSnYBdPiUq95BdApF18pG8LhKN1VL0hY6YrxdciF8SLiUtv3ERTQ9zu-jKTZW4JRyL7veGbweXXeLWb_6iRLrzZGpxHjXbjP2E/s1600/formal-dining-room-lacquere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipS-PBrh3Hl8ASXfFG-BEGzwYmt1B1FXpVdQ_2lfJJcfSnYBdPiUq95BdApF18pG8LhKN1VL0hY6YrxdciF8SLiUtv3ERTQ9zu-jKTZW4JRyL7veGbweXXeLWb_6iRLrzZGpxHjXbjP2E/s1600/formal-dining-room-lacquere.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dining room of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/01/housecrashing-a-dreamy-decadent-delight/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">House Crashing: A Dreamy and Decadent Delight</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" by Sherry Petersik.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Young House Love (January 27, 2009).</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFhO8-RE21JfIuXSANsB9hQtRQ-6Mr8da-9wC4Fsw5nOHL0wuvKAAOx7iT3Pxm80E9JdsykPVkuTyZPDepfeZ8438RdBa4ak9U-HBSpwdRI7kPM2wSY88HdSsDbETErfnkTZkpLZ1i8Q/s1600/006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFhO8-RE21JfIuXSANsB9hQtRQ-6Mr8da-9wC4Fsw5nOHL0wuvKAAOx7iT3Pxm80E9JdsykPVkuTyZPDepfeZ8438RdBa4ak9U-HBSpwdRI7kPM2wSY88HdSsDbETErfnkTZkpLZ1i8Q/s1600/006.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A painted border of warm-brown interlocking rings defines the dining room with a subtly classical formality."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dining room of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Katie Ukrop.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Paul Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Neo-Southern Belle" produced by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (August 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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/AVvXsEjk-AeF-zoKjRYuzCCwy8-gZMoLY10wu8FC2k-ty6sztOGn7aDq4c37I1jt2hnPzKRaK9nG6dLqc0NXfVe6uxnoQ2_Q6AMvj9_Kfv7I4xgNEMUJSbXd0yacei9Jb6ZjhkzzOlimvFfsUFQ/s1600/007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-AeF-zoKjRYuzCCwy8-gZMoLY10wu8FC2k-ty6sztOGn7aDq4c37I1jt2hnPzKRaK9nG6dLqc0NXfVe6uxnoQ2_Q6AMvj9_Kfv7I4xgNEMUJSbXd0yacei9Jb6ZjhkzzOlimvFfsUFQ/s1600/007.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It's here that Ukrop's 'when in doubt, repaint' philosophy takes center stage. An old armoire, which she coated in white, hides the television and stores her 'ridiculously large' cache of sweaters. Further recipients of the all-white treatment: the mantelpiece, the iron bed frame and the wall sconces that serve as bedside lamps. She pumped up the femme factor - luckily, her husband doesn't mind - with pleasingly mismatched linens, most of which are garden-themed, the bench was re-covered in a vintage curtain from a local shop. The inside of the nonworking fireplace is enlivened by an arrangement of seashells and an artwork from a local auction hangs above. Baby-blue walls complete the soothing tableau."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bedroom of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Katie Ukrop.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Paul Costello.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Neo-Southern Belle" produced by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (August 2008).</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjev0BKg0Z800sKAp8QSo2tuO0hUOTL0sXkxjNNBqcc-M9c8ur7hUCcdwyzYAC1wd7sSoVVP-jaqQ8njQeIcmk9d_Z5_Tf-NeD9w3Z7jnx1BiS-XvzFGMnS3YO90eNqtbGhwSx-5LpZw/s1600/008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjev0BKg0Z800sKAp8QSo2tuO0hUOTL0sXkxjNNBqcc-M9c8ur7hUCcdwyzYAC1wd7sSoVVP-jaqQ8njQeIcmk9d_Z5_Tf-NeD9w3Z7jnx1BiS-XvzFGMnS3YO90eNqtbGhwSx-5LpZw/s1600/008.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Stone fruit baskets frame the archway, which is bursting with climbing roses and vines."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Backyard of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katie Ukrop's row house in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Katie Ukrop.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Paul Costello.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Neo-Southern Belle" produced by Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (August 2008).</span></div></div>

Katie's House and Hotel

The August 2008 edition of Domino featured the Richmond, Virginia, home of Katie Ukrop, director of Quirk - a gallery that exhibits the wo...

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