A Touch of Green

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the best ways to add a touch of green in a room is to buy a plant. Foliage adds texture, shape and variegated color to a space. Studies indicate that plants can reduce stress and many, such as English ivy, the Boston fern and the peace lily, can help improve air quality. Unfortunately, not all of us are blessed with "green thumbs," and keeping houseplants and indoor trees alive can become a daunting task. A low maintenance way to bring the outdoors in is to decorate with botanical prints, as well as wall coverings and fabrics featuring ferns, palms and other leaf motifs.   </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first few images that appear below were created by Becky Davis of <a href="http://bdbotanicals.com/" target="_blank">Becky Davis Botanicals</a> whose work is featured in the October - November edition of <a href="http://gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank"><i>Garden and Gun</i></a>. Ms. Davis wears waders and uses a canoe to gather the plants she dries and has framed. She even has encountered alligators while foraging for flowers near her South Carolina home.</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/AVvXsEjvRXDXAToMFUUKRPjDGL6OLtQ6zQjfzYaNsmut0AM-6tYuMec9neP339UP23XfB3AUUJnb1nEQLskVXYSVXuC6RgPWBRPRbwfHNvZp6dHpLpmz0gkRJjtfomBIhefcQlu7D5mKO0eLO6e7/s1600/dwarf_palmetto.229221156_std.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRXDXAToMFUUKRPjDGL6OLtQ6zQjfzYaNsmut0AM-6tYuMec9neP339UP23XfB3AUUJnb1nEQLskVXYSVXuC6RgPWBRPRbwfHNvZp6dHpLpmz0gkRJjtfomBIhefcQlu7D5mKO0eLO6e7/s320/dwarf_palmetto.229221156_std.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dwarf palmetto</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sabal minor</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bdbotanicals.com/gallery/leaves" target="_blank">Becky Davis Botanicals</a></span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOBBBO46guneQAPjJMwWOckF8Zpo85Hf1oK-HbgVIDQFeQMJS6rvWp220nMG__nvHbRngLRWlx1T-_7i0W5bzti9TVilT47dIUcBTt1aXzbl9dJFvffd-OhF_6neu9PVC6l0RTvMUTBh4/s1600/netted_chainfern.229220936_std.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOBBBO46guneQAPjJMwWOckF8Zpo85Hf1oK-HbgVIDQFeQMJS6rvWp220nMG__nvHbRngLRWlx1T-_7i0W5bzti9TVilT47dIUcBTt1aXzbl9dJFvffd-OhF_6neu9PVC6l0RTvMUTBh4/s320/netted_chainfern.229220936_std.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Netted chain fern</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Woodwardia areolata</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bdbotanicals.com/gallery/ferns" target="_blank">Becky Davis Botanicals</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwX_MH8SN9bjwOM_fPxWrkvwdjvUOcOCNRbG59I6P5u6aJ0RcHN_y4sha0xVo_N_1WHtGViWiNEKYFT-ad8MIqMSyVe_gz0hY6GF_DSStB404Uqtv47YFVuTMZtB0NfDOf2oIHjCiWKAWu/s1600/grasses.229221257_std.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwX_MH8SN9bjwOM_fPxWrkvwdjvUOcOCNRbG59I6P5u6aJ0RcHN_y4sha0xVo_N_1WHtGViWiNEKYFT-ad8MIqMSyVe_gz0hY6GF_DSStB404Uqtv47YFVuTMZtB0NfDOf2oIHjCiWKAWu/s640/grasses.229221257_std.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bdbotanicals.com/gallery/grasses" target="_blank">Becky Davis Botanicals</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMzz74bv_yGEqQhoDY1Ili1A1I1_rwzfKuonfm5SYiq5dU14WEKfN1dtuSLYzkZ8r0pKgAQ5RZcrR1V4q4OLv6a99g-LztOCiF5ivnCBpKvgDuI2mHBQ4xob5aAdX-AQnrEqIMaFqq-r4/s1600/6-comfort-hallway-1008-xlg-23414924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMzz74bv_yGEqQhoDY1Ili1A1I1_rwzfKuonfm5SYiq5dU14WEKfN1dtuSLYzkZ8r0pKgAQ5RZcrR1V4q4OLv6a99g-LztOCiF5ivnCBpKvgDuI2mHBQ4xob5aAdX-AQnrEqIMaFqq-r4/s640/6-comfort-hallway-1008-xlg-23414924.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Fern prints and a Regency bench lend presence to a small upstairs hall."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/decorating-change-it-comfort-1008?click=main_sr#slide-6" target="_blank">Markham Roberts</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Francesco Lagnese.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/decorating-change-it-comfort-1008?click=main_sr#slide-6" target="_blank">A Traditional Design Gives Comfort to This Southampton Home</a>" by Amanda Lovell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><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/AVvXsEi5Ww3cyXVFUfgU2Gk7kLLDED-6k3eQ09aXyNsobH-EiUvpuUFs5uLj8HFxtVr3wxfDtM7zrxZ8jb1tcEaGYyiU_vCZGz4ZU7_0k6Zp2udbbB52PrFeddQ8NUsGqC7Fuy1KBUEoF55CRW1C/s1600/bedroom-stripes-print-traditional-0411-scheerer13-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Ww3cyXVFUfgU2Gk7kLLDED-6k3eQ09aXyNsobH-EiUvpuUFs5uLj8HFxtVr3wxfDtM7zrxZ8jb1tcEaGYyiU_vCZGz4ZU7_0k6Zp2udbbB52PrFeddQ8NUsGqC7Fuy1KBUEoF55CRW1C/s640/bedroom-stripes-print-traditional-0411-scheerer13-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Designer Tom] Scheerer visually linked twin beds in a girl's room with a single headboard, covered in Botanical Fern by <a href="http://www.fschumacher.com/" target="_blank">Schumacher</a>. 'I thought it was appropriate for a Maine house,' he says. 'It's a paradise of ferns here.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.tomscheerer.com/" target="_blank">Tom Scheerer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Francesco Lagnese.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/maine-interior-design-cottage-0411?click=main_sr#slide-11" target="_blank">A Fresh Take on an Old-Fashioned Maine Home</a>" by James Servin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><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/AVvXsEimRlTqIV95_KcmQ2T_ZsZC9XxttnImRy3mbxVpN8rjGLYwAzEBb2NVZeCHxEubu40eOKtXLe4Os32nmYDH49zb5ch3cYnY_MSdrCBEYgrWegh0ySexk0ICk-2FR8SsaM4kK3KnnO_cqs2r/s1600/paladino-8-0909-xl+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRlTqIV95_KcmQ2T_ZsZC9XxttnImRy3mbxVpN8rjGLYwAzEBb2NVZeCHxEubu40eOKtXLe4Os32nmYDH49zb5ch3cYnY_MSdrCBEYgrWegh0ySexk0ICk-2FR8SsaM4kK3KnnO_cqs2r/s640/paladino-8-0909-xl+(1).jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the master bedroom, a bed from Drexel Heritage's Postobello collection and nightstands by Thomas Pheasant for Baker are 'rich and elegant' against walls painted <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Mesquite. Settee is covered in <a href="http://www.cowtan.com/" target="_blank">Cowtan and Tout</a>'s Trailing Leaf Linen."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://apinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Allison Paladino</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/bright-palm-beach-house?click=main_sr#slide-8" target="_blank">A Palm Beach Home That's Bright and Full of Energy</a>" by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><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/AVvXsEhP8x55AohIsWMni3u9zsPzNuMh5dpu2iJ9z5QoJ1THVTvYCmgstUFta0ad0WLpPhZibNOGikbwVNcrNCvNYTKzUyyFUXm8lm4o5DLuWvYdcUXyqwE12KYANzSIsR7T4bXAauinrRcqWvo0/s1600/paladino-9-0909-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8x55AohIsWMni3u9zsPzNuMh5dpu2iJ9z5QoJ1THVTvYCmgstUFta0ad0WLpPhZibNOGikbwVNcrNCvNYTKzUyyFUXm8lm4o5DLuWvYdcUXyqwE12KYANzSIsR7T4bXAauinrRcqWvo0/s640/paladino-9-0909-xl.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"On the loggia, [designer Allison] Paladino used her favorite palm tree fabric, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.brunschwig.com/" target="_blank">Brunschwig and Fils</a>' West Indies Toile, on a pair of wicker armchairs from Whitecraft. Garden stools, the Van Cleve Collection."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://apinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Allison Paladino</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/bright-palm-beach-house?click=main_sr#slide-9" target="_blank">A Palm Beach Home That's Bright and Full of Energy</a>" by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2hKM5Zr-Rc6Uec0V1ZKMM49XdgYLQDjOZvd5cW9jjpqInHFJHaG8PJjux83wVKNmPutx3ZZH15OXNEf_PWX3hYcgYS7TgqExR04O0pD_iMF9D3MbUUEcm1QBAbdAmFB5jJ7AW72-QwoU/s1600/paladino-1-0909-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2hKM5Zr-Rc6Uec0V1ZKMM49XdgYLQDjOZvd5cW9jjpqInHFJHaG8PJjux83wVKNmPutx3ZZH15OXNEf_PWX3hYcgYS7TgqExR04O0pD_iMF9D3MbUUEcm1QBAbdAmFB5jJ7AW72-QwoU/s640/paladino-1-0909-xl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In this oceanfront Palm Beach house, designer Allison Paladino glazed the sunroom walls bright green to capture the light and painted the woodwork white to calm it down. Ficks Reed's St. Denis Lounge Chairs and ottomans are covered in Woodland Fern and Baker Slipper chairs are covered in Monterey in Citron Green; both fabrics from </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.brunschwig.com/" target="_blank">Brunschwig and Fils</a>. Ferncroft needlepoint rug from Jack Walsh Carpets."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://apinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Allison Paladino</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/bright-palm-beach-house?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">A Palm Beach Home That's Bright and Full of Energy</a>" by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><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/AVvXsEjYQI7x4BFgxN5-pfzCenQPj8IZdIBZuAgOHSrvJqHrsKiKW2n1-KILObrN5V8DWmDpMd42_bzJufclUWJJeJReWaqHv_bolz2tGJv44BvfrCtbPcGtL6fKCsYXFcuKtQnhz2T-RKQxyspH/s1600/ss_101917351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQI7x4BFgxN5-pfzCenQPj8IZdIBZuAgOHSrvJqHrsKiKW2n1-KILObrN5V8DWmDpMd42_bzJufclUWJJeJReWaqHv_bolz2tGJv44BvfrCtbPcGtL6fKCsYXFcuKtQnhz2T-RKQxyspH/s640/ss_101917351.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"To complement the green colorings that are prominent around the house, ivy-embroidered sheers filter the light streaming in through the large window in the library."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">English Tudor-style home in the Hamptons, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.jfhillipsdesign.com/" target="_blank">Jack Fhillips</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Robert Brantley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/beach-house-antiques-beauty_ss6.html" target="_blank">You've Never Seen a 'Beach House' Like This</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><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/AVvXsEiYmOc-yskdBVfKGDe8AGTxkliHlBrgxv3aDSMIlEfHjNW2kteO4pAqrbFukse7Nvr-2GwBLgzWtbi0SRKWKeAwZD2apnLuM9sqnLxnT32xNMLmz3SHH3t4R424R9yd8JUk-DIWng_qg6_W/s1600/hbx0910murphy07-8N24Ff-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYmOc-yskdBVfKGDe8AGTxkliHlBrgxv3aDSMIlEfHjNW2kteO4pAqrbFukse7Nvr-2GwBLgzWtbi0SRKWKeAwZD2apnLuM9sqnLxnT32xNMLmz3SHH3t4R424R9yd8JUk-DIWng_qg6_W/s640/hbx0910murphy07-8N24Ff-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the master bath, a freestanding Empire tub by <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" target="_blank">Waterworks</a> is positioned under a skylight. Fern wallpaper by Spring Street Designs creates an instant tropical rain forest."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach house in Oyster Bay, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.christinamurphyinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Christina Murphy</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/modern-beach-house-pictures-0910#slide-8" target="_blank">A Retro Beach House Made Modern</a>" by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><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/AVvXsEhih_6M69LBOreoA_kBWiIjGMd6oUv6bx2m9GWLD_RUsnI8j4cuCap_OZxQYLuaIcnlefBhm-C7Jf2ii-CzIaBaOsVnbzh2rG6CsrZCYKaN16zcKosde4xVAqHEeDszB4slGibJeWVggHVn/s1600/0910-murphy-master-bed-headboard-08-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhih_6M69LBOreoA_kBWiIjGMd6oUv6bx2m9GWLD_RUsnI8j4cuCap_OZxQYLuaIcnlefBhm-C7Jf2ii-CzIaBaOsVnbzh2rG6CsrZCYKaN16zcKosde4xVAqHEeDszB4slGibJeWVggHVn/s640/0910-murphy-master-bed-headboard-08-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The master bedroom's knockout punch is a dramatically overscale headboard covered in <a href="http://www.raoultextiles.com/" target="_blank">Raoul Textiles</a>' Exoticus Elephant  Leaf."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach house in Oyster Bay, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.christinamurphyinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Christina Murphy</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/modern-beach-house-pictures-0910#slide-7" target="_blank">A Retro Beach House Made Modern</a>" by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mX37i_9w5JZB2g-n9NcvNGv43XIB5qGGU-SCoSbrD-C5I4qrksASDNT6uMe74A8C2aJQv0y0qW1t9qTyvo_QdOy0Ac06dNX9oK3diX7EiUnG5UC4iay0RCy0GAK0xoSHzzXZZem5w-Fu/s1600/traditional-bedroom-wallpaper-white-bedding-0411-scheerer11-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mX37i_9w5JZB2g-n9NcvNGv43XIB5qGGU-SCoSbrD-C5I4qrksASDNT6uMe74A8C2aJQv0y0qW1t9qTyvo_QdOy0Ac06dNX9oK3diX7EiUnG5UC4iay0RCy0GAK0xoSHzzXZZem5w-Fu/s640/traditional-bedroom-wallpaper-white-bedding-0411-scheerer11-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A guest bedroom has a deliberately old-fashioned look. Wallpaper is Adam's Eden by <a href="http://www.carletonvltd.com/" target="_blank">Carleton V</a>. Chenille candlewick bedspreads by <a href="http://www.chelseatextiles.com/" target="_blank">Chelsea Textiles</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.tomscheerer.com/" target="_blank">Tom Scheerer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Francesco Lagnese.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/maine-interior-design-cottage-0411?click=main_sr#slide-10" target="_blank">A Fresh Take on an Old-Fashioned Maine Home</a>" by James Servin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><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/AVvXsEjsqSlYlsLRXspGgZllXETezNXhprBt_-YklwAI76CRDNr6AfXvt93-MYc4_Dl8bEf9q3pbpuX0yd5DIZVHRUKLHLkNBaE-QW82tsnlTO1w7QhHgIK_w0n-t-jfwlDT7YwgzhqE9ntpFplp/s1600/1-whealon-0609-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqSlYlsLRXspGgZllXETezNXhprBt_-YklwAI76CRDNr6AfXvt93-MYc4_Dl8bEf9q3pbpuX0yd5DIZVHRUKLHLkNBaE-QW82tsnlTO1w7QhHgIK_w0n-t-jfwlDT7YwgzhqE9ntpFplp/s640/1-whealon-0609-xlg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Stenciled wall paintings based on 18th-century wallpaper in Sweden's Drottningholm Palace Theater bring fresh air and drama into the foyer of a New York apartment. Designer Timothy Whealon extended the alfresco theme with a green lacquer David Hicks garden seat and lattice-motif <a href="http://www.madelineweinrib.com/" target="_blank">Madeline Weinrib</a> Brooke rug in Chocolate."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.timothywhealon.com/" target="_blank">Timothy Whealon</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/contemporary-design-in-manhattan?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">A Classic Design in a Manhattan Apartment</a>" by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73Qwwc-OU-GKYZ5y9oO6IK8Hhz9dHOyOFWb_nxV3IaDFcPlOWIQXWuvddynx7AsHTGzpOW154Pd0Emr6_n75p9khZd8C78U5dFPDKi6mtKzJtMPjiK5lpLUSmJMZdiQUD2GUeQsCYz18L/s1600/paladino-5-0909-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73Qwwc-OU-GKYZ5y9oO6IK8Hhz9dHOyOFWb_nxV3IaDFcPlOWIQXWuvddynx7AsHTGzpOW154Pd0Emr6_n75p9khZd8C78U5dFPDKi6mtKzJtMPjiK5lpLUSmJMZdiQUD2GUeQsCYz18L/s640/paladino-5-0909-xl.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The powder room is papered in <a href="http://www.cowtan.com/" target="_blank">Cowtan and Tout</a>'s Palm Frond in Plum Green."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://apinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Allison Paladino</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/bright-palm-beach-house?click=main_sr#slide-5" target="_blank">A Palm Beach Home That's Bright and Full of Energy</a>" by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><div 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/AVvXsEh5ZMysQ6-XskcAhVbg5-pIGkVmRvraBWqqceXMi3DS-q1n4tmMq7sYQRw1qr6J30w5q5SJ7fDqc_ccw7Ew1EUzCEasUsINDVUseMHfv-jMNen-iGAtQACChBKnRTL-Tj9EdN8F-sX69qWp/s1600/0910-murphy-wall-paint-01-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZMysQ6-XskcAhVbg5-pIGkVmRvraBWqqceXMi3DS-q1n4tmMq7sYQRw1qr6J30w5q5SJ7fDqc_ccw7Ew1EUzCEasUsINDVUseMHfv-jMNen-iGAtQACChBKnRTL-Tj9EdN8F-sX69qWp/s640/0910-murphy-wall-paint-01-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'The floor is the room's biggest surface area, so I thought, why not a pond? Besides, I was tired of all the geometric floors everyone's been doing,' says [designer Christina] Murphy. Detail of the den floor's stylized lily pads, painted by <a href="http://www.christopherrollinson.com/" target="_blank">Christopher Rollinson</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach house in Oyster Bay, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.christinamurphyinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Christina Murphy</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Hgo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/modern-beach-house-pictures-0910#slide-2" target="_blank">A Retro Beach House Made Modern</a>" by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><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/AVvXsEhIrPi4Ey41XDOaKt6HP2VJkGmIjU1fwO-CR_4tAqu6ug_bZVYUV-j8_P9r0mkDJV4V5TfPr9cjsvZGydjUuZ1o3zz6X3An2QhM6xV1FDf3Nw9_cuMf9wVtqOW1gMGPVk17x-gdT2ud650U/s1600/hbx-0910-murphy-green-de.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrPi4Ey41XDOaKt6HP2VJkGmIjU1fwO-CR_4tAqu6ug_bZVYUV-j8_P9r0mkDJV4V5TfPr9cjsvZGydjUuZ1o3zz6X3An2QhM6xV1FDf3Nw9_cuMf9wVtqOW1gMGPVk17x-gdT2ud650U/s640/hbx-0910-murphy-green-de.JPG" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Lighthearted brushwork, as seen in the lily-pad 'pond' Christina Murphy designed for the den, marks a welcome change from dead-serious 1980s faux finishes. <a href="http://www.phillipjeffries.com/" target="_blank">Phillip Jeffries</a> Extra Fine Arrowroot grasscloth freshens up the walls."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach house in Oyster Bay, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.christinamurphyinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Christina Murphy</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/modern-beach-house-pictures-0910#slide-3" target="_blank">A Retro Beach House Made Modern</a>" by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div>

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