Halloween

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Halloween is coming. Here are some images to inspire a darker mood . . .</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0FK3YBIlD5H82njzQ4kXuNwgU3oScuNecTrKYGSJrBx0aDFqTAgWk9XtvxAwIcLoTzXJOKSp5EzpzT6VZn5zZIOXyCWoiNIoETn2j4LGzSEhctoovrm29lqb8fA-6a5Wh-AUbvyq4zo/s1600/skull-a-day-book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0FK3YBIlD5H82njzQ4kXuNwgU3oScuNecTrKYGSJrBx0aDFqTAgWk9XtvxAwIcLoTzXJOKSp5EzpzT6VZn5zZIOXyCWoiNIoETn2j4LGzSEhctoovrm29lqb8fA-6a5Wh-AUbvyq4zo/s1600/skull-a-day-book.jpg" width="602" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'Skull-A-Day' began as a blog in 2007, when artist Noah Scalin started posting images of skulls he created, then invited others to share their variations on the theme. A book with 150 images, Skulls, was released by Lark Books in 2008. It’s now out of print, but when people continued to ask for it, <a href="http://www.chopsueybooks.com/" target="_blank">Chop Suey Books</a> owner Ward Tefft saw an opportunity. . . . A year ago, he and Scalin decided to collaborate on a book — Chop Suey’s first foray into publishing — to show the complete scope of Scalin’s project. It’s 260 pages, the first skull to the last, in full color and between hard covers.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://richmondmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/richmond-events/skull-a-day-book/" target="_blank">Book of Skulls</a>" by Harry Kollatz Jr.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.richmondmagazine.com/" target="_blank">Richmond Magazine</a> (October 2, 2014).</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/AVvXsEiRNoFfbpYRajZ36-opc9Sc-_w7zl1IzgqmJs53dcMMogqCTafJGrXhbZuvq8GkNHXVubV7X340tN69iYkfTRhZGmUrokz1-_G2dA3gtJ6C4123N08kZ3uNMdllstftQPF3gsOOdrROYrg/s1600/book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNoFfbpYRajZ36-opc9Sc-_w7zl1IzgqmJs53dcMMogqCTafJGrXhbZuvq8GkNHXVubV7X340tN69iYkfTRhZGmUrokz1-_G2dA3gtJ6C4123N08kZ3uNMdllstftQPF3gsOOdrROYrg/s1600/book.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'Skull-A-Day' began as a blog in 2007, when artist Noah Scalin started posting images of skulls he created, then invited others to share their variations on the theme. A book with 150 images, Skulls, was released by Lark Books in 2008. It’s now out of print, but when people continued to ask for it, <a href="http://www.chopsueybooks.com/" target="_blank">Chop Suey Books</a> owner Ward Tefft saw an opportunity. . . . A year ago, he and Scalin decided to collaborate on a book — Chop Suey’s first foray into publishing — to show the complete scope of Scalin’s project. It’s 260 pages, the first skull to the last, in full color and between hard covers.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://richmondmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/richmond-events/skull-a-day-book/" target="_blank">Book of Skulls</a>" by Harry Kollatz Jr.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.richmondmagazine.com/" target="_blank">Richmond Magazine</a> (October 2, 2014).</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/AVvXsEjDCQcYsBDhcST7bkyhs6CskPQep-mT6EJtqKy3H6CkEIqONSWNPhyO6iKS3yQnIv_F2de0y8jqMw0Yb-mlfsYtt7h3IUkko_rlXhhpN3d_t2MV5rP7WBb8Pl816hekj1V3xBqCUZic0ro/s1600/download+(7).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCQcYsBDhcST7bkyhs6CskPQep-mT6EJtqKy3H6CkEIqONSWNPhyO6iKS3yQnIv_F2de0y8jqMw0Yb-mlfsYtt7h3IUkko_rlXhhpN3d_t2MV5rP7WBb8Pl816hekj1V3xBqCUZic0ro/s1600/download+(7).jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This mask is made of a lace veil with a pearl-encrusted skull a la a corpse bride - Thakoon Panichgul."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Olivia Bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Jorden Bickham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vogue.com/867098/masters-of-disguise-designer-made-halloween-masks-on-our-favorite-new-yorkers/#1" target="_blank">Masters of Disguise: Designer-Made Halloween Masks on Some of Our Favorite New Yorkers</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/" target="_blank">Vogue</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwCrYsG5jgPyZNEDJJ1KK6TmsCrOF_bY8bdWQaCu4_3G0fzsQi8MHr2JNiO51lXjOUvLElv7sRsROkkzNMJ-IVinwbXO_gCVa3wAvCYLsGIujCcrCyPDtHIjDgXRyowSj2Gxvca1lNt8/s1600/abf58c188711790131c4f55761c3b8cc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwCrYsG5jgPyZNEDJJ1KK6TmsCrOF_bY8bdWQaCu4_3G0fzsQi8MHr2JNiO51lXjOUvLElv7sRsROkkzNMJ-IVinwbXO_gCVa3wAvCYLsGIujCcrCyPDtHIjDgXRyowSj2Gxvca1lNt8/s1600/abf58c188711790131c4f55761c3b8cc.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Givenchy presents this black lace head dress and veil with bones designed by Alexander McQueen."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.express.co.uk/pictures/galleries/1073/Alexander-McQueen-1969-2010-A-life-in-fashion/Givenchy-presents-this-black-lace-head-dress-and-veil-with-bones-designed-by-Alexander-McQueen-19092" target="_blank">Alexander McQueen 1969 - 2010: A Life in Fashion</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.express.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Daily and Sunday Express (U.K.)</a> (February 12, 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUaJp2QahDkyFcTvUFNNp_aEW1sGsFDwuJCdJ4ffK9WZpq7kVAb4OIEUCHg0VPV4_THCjpmQz5scFak3xs1qhM5omkXx1P9DtGgyg_5HFwmB278a3XNetX2zC7DDx4KNxIqUgeFXauMk/s1600/2c0bccb8ee1fac3bc50223e89800b07a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUaJp2QahDkyFcTvUFNNp_aEW1sGsFDwuJCdJ4ffK9WZpq7kVAb4OIEUCHg0VPV4_THCjpmQz5scFak3xs1qhM5omkXx1P9DtGgyg_5HFwmB278a3XNetX2zC7DDx4KNxIqUgeFXauMk/s1600/2c0bccb8ee1fac3bc50223e89800b07a.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A model in an Alexander McQueen creation for Givenchy in 1997."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.express.co.uk/pictures/galleries/1073/Alexander-McQueen-1969-2010-A-life-in-fashion/A-model-in-an-Alexander-McQueen-creation-for-Givenchy-in-1997-19089" target="_blank">Alexander McQueen 1969 - 2010: A Life in Fashion</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.express.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Daily and Sunday Express (U.K.)</a> (February 12, 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqy3ohe7wA_j2F1Dh9aojLE8g_kE9aecc1WbdMA6QIFdGlTBvnUrhaBeaZSV8bRr_6rYaGXibm7r3P6bWO1WL7YRWqbMvf8Bet91ctTmbyjZcFFKC3PRxry2PSY40oVanOMmKi3Kg_hos/s1600/download+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqy3ohe7wA_j2F1Dh9aojLE8g_kE9aecc1WbdMA6QIFdGlTBvnUrhaBeaZSV8bRr_6rYaGXibm7r3P6bWO1WL7YRWqbMvf8Bet91ctTmbyjZcFFKC3PRxry2PSY40oVanOMmKi3Kg_hos/s1600/download+(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Philip Treacy mask worn by Toni Garrn."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Olivia Bee.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Jorden Bickham.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vogue.com/867098/masters-of-disguise-designer-made-halloween-masks-on-our-favorite-new-yorkers/#1" target="_blank">Masters of Disguise: Designer-Made Halloween Masks on Some of Our Favorite New Yorkers</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/" target="_blank">Vogue</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1c7g-iIBLAZfRnWdzfBnGGBX4j4yxcHHCXsh6_l9z5_fvf9dHfIOnts_EKkFZDsr2aglGmXuZxZzjhpaP1qxyQ8lyja4ibgxAu9ULqcDDI7qkhcYHNlvHGicfOIWBolJ4tkWv_a2DD_w/s1600/download+(6).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1c7g-iIBLAZfRnWdzfBnGGBX4j4yxcHHCXsh6_l9z5_fvf9dHfIOnts_EKkFZDsr2aglGmXuZxZzjhpaP1qxyQ8lyja4ibgxAu9ULqcDDI7qkhcYHNlvHGicfOIWBolJ4tkWv_a2DD_w/s1600/download+(6).jpg" width="470" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographed by Steven Meisel, <i>Vogue</i>, May 2011.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vogue.com/2669331/alexander-mcqueen-savage-beauty-retrospective-victoria-albert/" target="_blank">Alexander McQueen’s 'Savage Beauty' Retrospective Is Set to Break Records Again at the V and A</a>" by Sarah Mower.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/" target="_blank">Vogue</a> (October 9, 2014).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0rlzBNrACCMI31AwVCZuzvyTGKVv_DgKviUJpPm9ESCVJ_yvigJJP13IceIHBTeE5yC5_mq9YZcWwDHA4rbxLp1yko7C9c7XOOKi-4_NUwCgWWvo196JopesatzXDHHxqYaSSiclhKE/s1600/black.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0rlzBNrACCMI31AwVCZuzvyTGKVv_DgKviUJpPm9ESCVJ_yvigJJP13IceIHBTeE5yC5_mq9YZcWwDHA4rbxLp1yko7C9c7XOOKi-4_NUwCgWWvo196JopesatzXDHHxqYaSSiclhKE/s1600/black.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="412" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Street photographer Bill Cunningham "collaborated with artist Edward Gorey for Visionaire 7 BLACK."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="https://www.visionaireworld.com/blog/bill-cunninghams-visionaire/" target="_blank">Bill Cunningham's Visionaire</a>"</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;"><a href="https://www.visionaireworld.com/" target="_blank">Visionaire</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0CiWKPGKBECp99Nh84OWuQGYF59QFQTyHi3DHfQEuzV4a-np4bWtC_8rqKViWd3TuiWwqAaR_6lIoiABV3wViZkcnLG64Bd26ZH4PL0C3BfMesW-BV684AVnQdqhN2JcBQh9VioguI0/s1600/472204_in_pp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0CiWKPGKBECp99Nh84OWuQGYF59QFQTyHi3DHfQEuzV4a-np4bWtC_8rqKViWd3TuiWwqAaR_6lIoiABV3wViZkcnLG64Bd26ZH4PL0C3BfMesW-BV684AVnQdqhN2JcBQh9VioguI0/s1600/472204_in_pp.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/472204/Alexander_McQueen/cotton-trimmed-stretch-wool-mini-dress" target="_blank">Cotton-trimmed stretch-wool mini dress by Alexander McQueen</a>" offered by <a href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/" target="_blank">Net-a-Porter</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This dress reminds me of Wednesday from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2454373376/ch0008919" target="_blank">The Addams Family</a>:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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/AVvXsEgKkxqrA-XAzQ3Mq-6YJE_WqoNI5TsNOHHCE9SzU1VfH9iIaGdTWYY95FSF4Bg2BglF6lKEq7FMLMT_yjCeuZ9DmSNQZwnGVVKzi8kVuMB6qrfxfUVKNbzll-EZx7YIT0r8Iwx-0SuEDC8/s1600/6e2ef50e029369267534900e558ddf22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkxqrA-XAzQ3Mq-6YJE_WqoNI5TsNOHHCE9SzU1VfH9iIaGdTWYY95FSF4Bg2BglF6lKEq7FMLMT_yjCeuZ9DmSNQZwnGVVKzi8kVuMB6qrfxfUVKNbzll-EZx7YIT0r8Iwx-0SuEDC8/s1600/6e2ef50e029369267534900e558ddf22.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo of Wednesday Friday Addams from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2454373376/ch0008919" target="_blank">The Addams Family</a> (1964) via imdb.com.</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/AVvXsEhoNsyxUFRQ6jjOiUPByf1FWO-CRblujDzSv_4RULCV89Ls0bY-pifnbwmI7OdMPmUTJRTzSKlxfwI17DEjgQloIuxoF3dLLYqqUvD2ij9kUi0AlNOnfoeFMaXoPc4-NqdlHnA3bdj_7iY/s1600/download+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNsyxUFRQ6jjOiUPByf1FWO-CRblujDzSv_4RULCV89Ls0bY-pifnbwmI7OdMPmUTJRTzSKlxfwI17DEjgQloIuxoF3dLLYqqUvD2ij9kUi0AlNOnfoeFMaXoPc4-NqdlHnA3bdj_7iY/s1600/download+(1).jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Benoit Missolin worn by Nora Zehetner."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Olivia Bee.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Jorden Bickham.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vogue.com/867098/masters-of-disguise-designer-made-halloween-masks-on-our-favorite-new-yorkers/#1" target="_blank">Masters of Disguise: Designer-Made Halloween Masks on Some of Our Favorite New Yorkers</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/" target="_blank">Vogue</a>.</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/AVvXsEjhZnyNuntxsyA7P2UCW0av2oeHQqRBJ328bKUV9OeLqGbyaWwCVdT9mzYcuRRG80Xv0H3Ylt3S3XjvBQUZv09XMf1vGWzb7AgTHvPt8QDMTN3pN4IjbugotlkeaK47bngS1lH3WEVmWD4/s1600/download+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZnyNuntxsyA7P2UCW0av2oeHQqRBJ328bKUV9OeLqGbyaWwCVdT9mzYcuRRG80Xv0H3Ylt3S3XjvBQUZv09XMf1vGWzb7AgTHvPt8QDMTN3pN4IjbugotlkeaK47bngS1lH3WEVmWD4/s1600/download+(2).jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Lanvin masks worn by <i>Vogue</i>."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Olivia Bee.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Jorden Bickham.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vogue.com/867098/masters-of-disguise-designer-made-halloween-masks-on-our-favorite-new-yorkers/#1" target="_blank">Masters of Disguise: Designer-Made Halloween Masks on Some of Our Favorite New Yorkers</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/" target="_blank">Vogue</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8Vdzbjdt4xoQMUP6qsdGmPEbQCX4vRKh_p7EGnTYORXtITjW0G5DC1iACkJer09O-aomrGgP3FnV5RJ3cYM1JRknZExUG_3aMhu_i-c__eJSFfql4uKvWBYlLlQaZ55shR62Mcc1Q-Y/s1600/001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8Vdzbjdt4xoQMUP6qsdGmPEbQCX4vRKh_p7EGnTYORXtITjW0G5DC1iACkJer09O-aomrGgP3FnV5RJ3cYM1JRknZExUG_3aMhu_i-c__eJSFfql4uKvWBYlLlQaZ55shR62Mcc1Q-Y/s1600/001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rosamond is my favorite character from the <i>Nate the Great</i> books.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illustration by Marc Simont.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image from <a href="http://www.randomhousekids.com/books/detail/165052-nate-the-great-and-the-halloween-hunt?isbn=9780440403418#.VDtVM_ldWZc" target="_blank">Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt</a> by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7thrW0oDGIChidgfxX6GNAHhhuMtDZTt1U649n7YotRslhYPsSh7PWV5Gohy4NjaUIo6FngJn-8r6INGPRigGpIkNhbGeQCxV-_t4E-7xPt4MCIjkl8-Ipdmgmi0c34sk_A6GO2S-8I/s1600/1082057563.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7thrW0oDGIChidgfxX6GNAHhhuMtDZTt1U649n7YotRslhYPsSh7PWV5Gohy4NjaUIo6FngJn-8r6INGPRigGpIkNhbGeQCxV-_t4E-7xPt4MCIjkl8-Ipdmgmi0c34sk_A6GO2S-8I/s1600/1082057563.jpeg" width="388" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Post-it Note art by <a href="http://johnkenn.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">John Kenn</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/interview-mysterious-postit" target="_blank">Interview: Mysterious Post-it Note Artist</a>" by Alice Yoo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/" target="_blank">My Modern Metropolis</a> (November 17, 2010).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTicbl6NHEcY4gg7bcAc48LNJDFnwpu-KwXCvXf9GejD3YeMVHA-4VfKYpYhyphenhyphenFipRQoYXFQKn76QIU8hL6Z9qxiRLZbwxhxBI7xfx1jKdOIgAUhXwhBcSnaSqLy967uvD2A2U1qKS4elM/s1600/gashlycrumb15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTicbl6NHEcY4gg7bcAc48LNJDFnwpu-KwXCvXf9GejD3YeMVHA-4VfKYpYhyphenhyphenFipRQoYXFQKn76QIU8hL6Z9qxiRLZbwxhxBI7xfx1jKdOIgAUhXwhBcSnaSqLy967uvD2A2U1qKS4elM/s1600/gashlycrumb15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Gashlycrumb-Tinies-Edward-Gorey/dp/0151003084/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413175057&sr=8-1&keywords=the+gashlycrumb+tinies+by+edward+gorey" target="_blank">The Gashlycrumb Tinies</a>" by Edward Gorey.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via "<a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/01/19/edward-gorey-the-gashlycrumb-tinies/" target="_blank">The Gashlycrumb Tinies: A Very Gorey Alphabet Book</a>" by Maria Popova.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/" target="_blank">Brain Pickings</a> (January 19, 2011).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBZTQ3c2rq3F8d8ZlULtCDN5HjHWX0CfirnsS2QGCp-C3EP3MylNrhIRunLZXw9crkskQ509CKtnI8du98veOALOArBgP7-I2WaOkz9KDnjSIN-DqJpmPy7b9JI4teXgkDLtXfC1uQk8/s1600/3d9365f5ea0ce9b6a434ed868ec064e5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBZTQ3c2rq3F8d8ZlULtCDN5HjHWX0CfirnsS2QGCp-C3EP3MylNrhIRunLZXw9crkskQ509CKtnI8du98veOALOArBgP7-I2WaOkz9KDnjSIN-DqJpmPy7b9JI4teXgkDLtXfC1uQk8/s1600/3d9365f5ea0ce9b6a434ed868ec064e5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Gashlycrumb-Tinies-Edward-Gorey/dp/0151003084/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413175057&sr=8-1&keywords=the+gashlycrumb+tinies+by+edward+gorey" target="_blank">The Gashlycrumb Tinies</a>" by Edward Gorey.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via "<a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/01/19/edward-gorey-the-gashlycrumb-tinies/" target="_blank">The Gashlycrumb Tinies: A Very Gorey Alphabet Book</a>" by Maria Popova.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/" target="_blank">Brain Pickings</a> (January 19, 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiarpjsXhxqT4ZHX264wbj2fnWVfSPGNK2y9YVf7ME3sDzAjIKrIiOdwGKz93uESl0ZgY70yGoToT8ZM_R2s9QVshFjWAZFAEtIyHHTVGsnjnGXTPCHui0bvrS7K2yQgXPckeXc_a3zwt8/s1600/PoisonBottles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiarpjsXhxqT4ZHX264wbj2fnWVfSPGNK2y9YVf7ME3sDzAjIKrIiOdwGKz93uESl0ZgY70yGoToT8ZM_R2s9QVshFjWAZFAEtIyHHTVGsnjnGXTPCHui0bvrS7K2yQgXPckeXc_a3zwt8/s1600/PoisonBottles.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Poison bottles (c. 1894) from the collection of Joan Cabaniss, editor of the <i>Antique Poison Bottle Collectors Association Newsletter</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An 1850 law required bottles containing poison to have distinguishing characteristics: they had to be identifiable in the dark as well as by the illiterate to prevent their contents from being consumed. As a result, poison bottles are among the most intricate of all antique bottles, manufactured in striking colors such as cobalt blue, amber and emerald, and fashioned into unusual shapes and textured with latticework, ridges, dots and diamonds."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.virginialiving.com/arts-events/pick-your-poison/" target="_blank">Pick Your Poison</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.virginialiving.com/" target="_blank">Virginia Living</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPU5RWHsST8Z4zTR5owgHbRBO3mZUTCCakzWl-SS73YyR_TS7Epwey0eqIlm_Jj3ohSU0SVBKLgqCBLArml_94CLVwdBSSBN3varMRjtVxqxO9ty7LBJox8sEgJDnVxEmfoKInwcHL0k/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.resl07_schumacher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPU5RWHsST8Z4zTR5owgHbRBO3mZUTCCakzWl-SS73YyR_TS7Epwey0eqIlm_Jj3ohSU0SVBKLgqCBLArml_94CLVwdBSSBN3varMRjtVxqxO9ty7LBJox8sEgJDnVxEmfoKInwcHL0k/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.resl07_schumacher.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Although best known for his photographs and illustrations for Vogue, Cecil Beaton occasionally dabbled in the design side of fashion. <a href="http://www.fschumacher.com/" target="_blank">F. Schumacher</a> debuted Beaton’s Halloween as part of its 1949 collection. Printed on a rayon shantung, it depicted two glamorous witches rendered with the same vibrant lines as in his drawings."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo courtesy of F. Schumacher and Co.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/2008-05/schumacher_slideshow_slideshow_Cecil-Beaton_7" target="_blank">Fashionably Inspired</a>" by Jeffrey Simpson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (May 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNaobP-pLaV7db-piuKH4ec0NI3WDAWOOa22zGSPjDLlKPnWOAwllIcpNcOrm8_dZNbqu5KDFXuKiGIFZnp-KEwbcWq_Md7nfbMKfRfVzvZ6XE6eTFDPnSPFwZ7LsnVJyFIA_E1X5qE6o/s1600/item7.rendition.slideshowVertical.resl08_schumacher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNaobP-pLaV7db-piuKH4ec0NI3WDAWOOa22zGSPjDLlKPnWOAwllIcpNcOrm8_dZNbqu5KDFXuKiGIFZnp-KEwbcWq_Md7nfbMKfRfVzvZ6XE6eTFDPnSPFwZ7LsnVJyFIA_E1X5qE6o/s1600/item7.rendition.slideshowVertical.resl08_schumacher.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Although best known for his photographs and illustrations for Vogue, Cecil Beaton occasionally dabbled in the design side of fashion. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_522431984"></span>F. Schumacher<span id="goog_522431985"></span></a> debuted Beaton’s Halloween as part of its 1949 collection. Printed on a rayon shantung, it depicted two glamorous witches rendered with the same vibrant lines as in his drawings."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo courtesy of F. Schumacher and Co.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/2008-05/schumacher_slideshow_slideshow_item7_8" target="_blank">Fashionably Inspired</a>" by Jeffrey Simpson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (May 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNYBV8sifujt-bDf5pGIdcvjLX8WOT_bDDjrMqcN36VeugsRHQp24wironvxh5KEJHUr6wj3oqlg1hicUtDR2mYmRmuXWmORe3Q0yWqYFsZOAcmJjX40JXqP408CG3yKMco5y5Xgap50/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.delphine-krakoff-new-york-city-01-elevator-patterson-flynn-martin-floor-mat-alan-rath-installation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNYBV8sifujt-bDf5pGIdcvjLX8WOT_bDDjrMqcN36VeugsRHQp24wironvxh5KEJHUr6wj3oqlg1hicUtDR2mYmRmuXWmORe3Q0yWqYFsZOAcmJjX40JXqP408CG3yKMco5y5Xgap50/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.delphine-krakoff-new-york-city-01-elevator-patterson-flynn-martin-floor-mat-alan-rath-installation.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Delphine Krakoff of Pamplemousse Design remodeled the interiors of a Manhattan townhouse for a couple and their three children. Oliver Cope Architect collaborated on the gut renovation. The elevator cabin, clad in calfskin, with a Patterson, Flynn and Martin floor mat, features a video installation commissioned from artist Alan Rath."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Delphine Krakoff.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Björn Wallander.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by David Colman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2013-07/delphine-krakoff-oliver-cope-new-york-townhouse-slideshow" target="_blank">A Cutting-Edge New York City Townhouse</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (July 2013).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRDvuXT_SKwbUYC6DGKPnDAO5jn_Ieir1haYL5eSTRRqOhFx93HJ5b7qvnFCmeF3V7c2jYSVfCFgWajMtVF-PkykpRiI91kpwQ2kE530i7xcNH6bTIsiFqxn82s1cH3Jvccs5n688jtQ/s1600/Save-venice-617x420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRDvuXT_SKwbUYC6DGKPnDAO5jn_Ieir1haYL5eSTRRqOhFx93HJ5b7qvnFCmeF3V7c2jYSVfCFgWajMtVF-PkykpRiI91kpwQ2kE530i7xcNH6bTIsiFqxn82s1cH3Jvccs5n688jtQ/s1600/Save-venice-617x420.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Masked guests.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Sherly Rabbani.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/parties/2014/04/save-venice-gala/photos/" target="_blank">Saving Venice</a>" by Vanessa Lawrence.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/" target="_blank">W Magazine</a> (April 7, 2014).</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/AVvXsEgwu15tYQMBlwL9SxY-wnW2diRjTVL4SpB3wpbWPtlG3pHt-IQUj2EB_Iz8wjusPYUlBslqyX459RFJiUCfDtYhD817eYXMN5qc52rHTdUL8KTJWC5DvZyV8pXhJZIpmH4g-U_jOYc90MQ/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwu15tYQMBlwL9SxY-wnW2diRjTVL4SpB3wpbWPtlG3pHt-IQUj2EB_Iz8wjusPYUlBslqyX459RFJiUCfDtYhD817eYXMN5qc52rHTdUL8KTJWC5DvZyV8pXhJZIpmH4g-U_jOYc90MQ/s1600/download.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Fornasetti mask worn by <i>Vogue</i>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The décor of this mask is taken from the series 'Tema e Variazioni' (theme and variations) by Piero Fornasetti. The image that inspired Fornasetti to coin the title 'Tema e Variazioni,' is the enigmatic face of a woman: the opera singer Lina Cavalieri. For him, this face became the ultimate enduring motif."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Olivia Bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Jorden Bickham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vogue.com/867098/masters-of-disguise-designer-made-halloween-masks-on-our-favorite-new-yorkers/#1" target="_blank">Masters of Disguise: Designer-Made Halloween Masks on Some of Our Favorite New Yorkers</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/" target="_blank">Vogue</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGGcwvtpAYTBqw1WOfd5tukSG0i6g0HClN4RHrc6Av1WLe8Eqms303q5l6X34UI2DjHiVsyo-Wh7PlbvJPNS9Fh9GO-K80ofHIM_d0dP_wkP5PHmz5JsIaMutWMFaYSLfvB7w2krVGoA/s1600/download+(5).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGGcwvtpAYTBqw1WOfd5tukSG0i6g0HClN4RHrc6Av1WLe8Eqms303q5l6X34UI2DjHiVsyo-Wh7PlbvJPNS9Fh9GO-K80ofHIM_d0dP_wkP5PHmz5JsIaMutWMFaYSLfvB7w2krVGoA/s1600/download+(5).jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Halloween-Party-Hercule-Mystery-Mysteries/dp/0062073958/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412911176&sr=1-1&keywords=halloween+party+by+agatha+christie" target="_blank">Halloween Party</a> by Agatha Christie.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpVs1Do1Nikc326op6A-UbyoDuFn5uA4aA2M7GT31B2nbjO1rqGyhS3w7iImBq7-aor2QR-aLisWR_BOy1o8JhIqNCKa2AIMXP_HwWei0mNzIjbR1SSqINXrjo2QyCcugYbuiQJ1lX80/s1600/download+(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpVs1Do1Nikc326op6A-UbyoDuFn5uA4aA2M7GT31B2nbjO1rqGyhS3w7iImBq7-aor2QR-aLisWR_BOy1o8JhIqNCKa2AIMXP_HwWei0mNzIjbR1SSqINXrjo2QyCcugYbuiQJ1lX80/s1600/download+(4).jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Brown paper bags fit over all head sizes, and once decorated, they make attractive disguises. I never leave home without one."—Hugo Guinness</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Olivia Bee.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Jorden Bickham.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vogue.com/867098/masters-of-disguise-designer-made-halloween-masks-on-our-favorite-new-yorkers/#1" target="_blank">Masters of Disguise: Designer-Made Halloween Masks on Some of Our Favorite New Yorkers</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/" target="_blank">Vogue</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0AhBweDCVeaEZMPccJF3qX2lYl6q1Ul8p1maahSbTRFwMBtBrz53UVkTE3KIXlwn6hHcfhEMoJx5LR4x18u54vgacuD8mPockEbDd2fuPJoqzFQ8X2_daz8gOl9_py-g-vxn5u06lno/s1600/spooky-house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0AhBweDCVeaEZMPccJF3qX2lYl6q1Ul8p1maahSbTRFwMBtBrz53UVkTE3KIXlwn6hHcfhEMoJx5LR4x18u54vgacuD8mPockEbDd2fuPJoqzFQ8X2_daz8gOl9_py-g-vxn5u06lno/s1600/spooky-house.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Margaret Houston.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/blog/walking-moonlit-road" target="_blank">Walking the Moonlit Road</a>" by Jed Portman.</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;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a> (October 31, 2013).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />

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A Toast to the New Year

<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ring out the old, ring in the new,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ring, happy bells, across the snow;</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The year is going, let him go;</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ring out the false, ring in the true.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alfred, Lord Tennyson</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>In Memoriam</i></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 toast to the new year.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy 2013!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWUVaNIE_pwBMNUkG82ZbjF1EV-00pNI2yKdKedJ2dBZPL_w32MLt-4AfDizi5yfJLrqIN_rtxW9e2wUHQZxC9lcceefNdilBhLtg-7bXxDeEQvtm8Jb5ft_Y4FOQ3lqNlB-FSvm4euP3/s1600/01-hbx-faux-bois-bar-ertegun-1112-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWUVaNIE_pwBMNUkG82ZbjF1EV-00pNI2yKdKedJ2dBZPL_w32MLt-4AfDizi5yfJLrqIN_rtxW9e2wUHQZxC9lcceefNdilBhLtg-7bXxDeEQvtm8Jb5ft_Y4FOQ3lqNlB-FSvm4euP3/s640/01-hbx-faux-bois-bar-ertegun-1112-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The homeowner asked artist Richard Woods to work his fun, faux-bois magic on the bar, transforming a closet-like space into a vivid focal point."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Mica Ertegun.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/photos/home-bar-design-ideas-1012?click=main_sr#slide-1">Photography by Alec Hemer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Frances Schultz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Cordial Spirit" produced by Doretta Sperduto and Rebecca de Ravenel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (November 2012).</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/AVvXsEjxODfTXPLNqrzn4xQn8B0VwwdyBtrD5pLjIAL92lzsuiR4C8U46QN_L5JXX2b3hz6T-0QtAD5JDjV9ik0GHXWJGpIxyMVxe-eigbNQA3KSORjU0R1Hxp-l9HaWytQE7Fpn4jxs7VPDadtE/s1600/impromptu-bar-m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxODfTXPLNqrzn4xQn8B0VwwdyBtrD5pLjIAL92lzsuiR4C8U46QN_L5JXX2b3hz6T-0QtAD5JDjV9ik0GHXWJGpIxyMVxe-eigbNQA3KSORjU0R1Hxp-l9HaWytQE7Fpn4jxs7VPDadtE/s640/impromptu-bar-m.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bar created by <a href="http://www.phoebehoward.net/">Phoebe Howard</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Laurey W. Glenn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/solutions/how-to-stock-the-bar-00417000080189/">How to Stock the Bar</a>" by Zoe Gowen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.southernliving.com/">Southern Living</a> (November 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQiutWncLSTFFNPmP6V6z6t0TE2QAqCEA1ajZWl6alWdk9csHckrrnZ81_YmIV6-m6COZHyuMj4bDlRZ6We-RwQjevd9wLE8DMwRMaIEmnAIbj5B9oFrDoFekiKTmKzXZ9N2T1H3VXxDi-/s1600/101841384_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQiutWncLSTFFNPmP6V6z6t0TE2QAqCEA1ajZWl6alWdk9csHckrrnZ81_YmIV6-m6COZHyuMj4bDlRZ6We-RwQjevd9wLE8DMwRMaIEmnAIbj5B9oFrDoFekiKTmKzXZ9N2T1H3VXxDi-/s640/101841384_ss.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Dujardin redesigned the bar's cabinetry. By providing more counter space as well as drawers and a wine refrigerator below, the functionality of the bar increased dramatically."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Summer home on Nantucket Island owned by designer Trudy Dujardin and her husband, Frank Fasanella.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect/Interior designer: Trudy Dujardin, <a href="http://dujardindesign.com/">Dujardin Design Assoc. Inc.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Terry Pommett.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/greenspace/eco-friendly-summer-home_ss6.html">Before and After: Eco-Friendly Summer House</a>" written by Amy Elbert.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8B9lw6v7NZP9yeA6eAOHdf59kwlY3qpl7Du_hgncYbZel2UzbXaJOYuXpnjNpX9pdK9TDQZ8hidgqUOIRbT9-gJIO_Hfem3GVVOccaulwcxSM5Jp-vkTZ7QTrVcW1fU4TI_hBlJmi0G7/s1600/img_newhousenewkitchen_l6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8B9lw6v7NZP9yeA6eAOHdf59kwlY3qpl7Du_hgncYbZel2UzbXaJOYuXpnjNpX9pdK9TDQZ8hidgqUOIRbT9-gJIO_Hfem3GVVOccaulwcxSM5Jp-vkTZ7QTrVcW1fU4TI_hBlJmi0G7/s640/img_newhousenewkitchen_l6.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An antique hutch from New England was converted to a wet bar adjacent to the kitchen." Faucet by <a href="http://www.kohler.com/">Kohler</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Naples, Florida vacation home of Sydney and Charlie Jerabek.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Molly Frey (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerabek), <a href="http://mollyfreydesign.com/">Molly Frey Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural consultation by Mario La Mendola, La Mendola Architects.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Michael Partenio.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Amy Elbert.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/kitchens/newhouse-newkitchen_ss6.html">New House New Kitchen</a>" produced by Stacy Kunstel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATaybkXOPRww5A1aC2H2CNi5O43mx8BZOGpHrNvZyYaZSP_cAftWWrjG7CoFDxJlrFCWFf1DhStn3waOCcyahY9TvTuFc_jBQM5LcpQ0hJxiy8N4o0bZ_7qGkVHXNK_wfkpih6SU2tDzB/s1600/img_newhousenewkitchen_l7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATaybkXOPRww5A1aC2H2CNi5O43mx8BZOGpHrNvZyYaZSP_cAftWWrjG7CoFDxJlrFCWFf1DhStn3waOCcyahY9TvTuFc_jBQM5LcpQ0hJxiy8N4o0bZ_7qGkVHXNK_wfkpih6SU2tDzB/s640/img_newhousenewkitchen_l7.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Next to the wet bar, the Jerabeks added a small climate-controlled room for storing wines. Although the antique French bottle corker does work, it is for display only."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Naples, Florida vacation home of Sydney and Charlie Jerabek.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Molly Frey (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerabek), <a href="http://mollyfreydesign.com/">Molly Frey Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural consultation by Mario La Mendola, La Mendola Architects.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Michael Partenio.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Amy Elbert.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/kitchens/newhouse-newkitchen_ss7.html">New House New Kitchen</a>" produced by Stacy Kunstel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_F7vQj9A_0hFLuDvQJWgpvLP5P4nZgLNpp4D_I5vi06qlCVgk_FU9GCGKiJ9v0SuNkZKxN0WLZ9BcE7m4oD9wygxcvkbX3wxXOf0NVVzTvU8GCNqhsS6G18ixyWYrFilaoWxI06gbynS/s1600/hbx-wooden-wine-cabinet-1110-DesignerVisions18-de-76122600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_F7vQj9A_0hFLuDvQJWgpvLP5P4nZgLNpp4D_I5vi06qlCVgk_FU9GCGKiJ9v0SuNkZKxN0WLZ9BcE7m4oD9wygxcvkbX3wxXOf0NVVzTvU8GCNqhsS6G18ixyWYrFilaoWxI06gbynS/s640/hbx-wooden-wine-cabinet-1110-DesignerVisions18-de-76122600.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An antique bookcase doubles as a bar."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York City apartment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jim and <a href="http://www.phoebehoward.net/">Phoebe Howard</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/designer-visions-somethings-gotta-give-1110#slide-9">An Apartment Inspired by <i>Something's Gotta Give</i></a>" by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (November 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghczIg8s1TQrIoU2msXk-gCs7I4HDq55CKU29UZ7WXYRh05XSV-Ms200FSrxjN4GWA2N_BLu4XNeX9vOjOU2r_7bUSqVuBxyuV3m__Sc3_3bM6AprDvRpzxSGv_GI12cV-bLaTabTdfZnm/s1600/101756966_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghczIg8s1TQrIoU2msXk-gCs7I4HDq55CKU29UZ7WXYRh05XSV-Ms200FSrxjN4GWA2N_BLu4XNeX9vOjOU2r_7bUSqVuBxyuV3m__Sc3_3bM6AprDvRpzxSGv_GI12cV-bLaTabTdfZnm/s640/101756966_ss.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Skip's ingenious solution to avoiding the off-putting look of a bar in the living room. Now you see it . . ." (see photo below)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Washington, D.C. home of Skip Sroka.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Skip Sroka, <a href="http://srokadesign.com/">Sroka Design Inc</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Anne Decker, <a href="http://annedeckerarchitects.com/">Anne Decker Architects</a>.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Builder: <a href="http://gibsonbuilders.com/">Gibson Builders</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Werner Straube.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Candace Ord Manroe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/designer-Sroka-home_ss7.html">Designer Skip Sroka's Own House</a>" produced by Eileen A. Deymier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiit_PmScoiaF5WbA2xKxcmcw6sHnCFrrg0CaE9oDFAZ1KjQnQuzK9_Rv707taCAcZqm5S4HXsm6wwnMJo7kIe5kmFkqplEYGYnK5cIjNc-xN_zh1WX6LMZsb6jAsxkPEoqGByYJ34qnLoE/s1600/101756967_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiit_PmScoiaF5WbA2xKxcmcw6sHnCFrrg0CaE9oDFAZ1KjQnQuzK9_Rv707taCAcZqm5S4HXsm6wwnMJo7kIe5kmFkqplEYGYnK5cIjNc-xN_zh1WX6LMZsb6jAsxkPEoqGByYJ34qnLoE/s640/101756967_ss.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">". . . now you don't. The beautiful paneling conceals the bar [seen open in previous photo] when it's not in use. 'I think there are a lot of practical things we use on our lives that we need to hide,' Skip says. 'That's what I've done here.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Washington, D.C. home of Skip Sroka.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Skip Sroka, <a href="http://srokadesign.com/">Sroka Design Inc</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Werner Straube.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Candace Ord Manroe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/designer-Sroka-home_ss8.html">Designer Skip Sroka's Own House</a>" produced by Eileen A. Deymier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><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/AVvXsEjX9QeOA2fynYvyiqRg5ri2a7AZp3dY3zz5ytofY1PqPIPK-vGaDwH02oBmhHTi2_AU6cid3Cc8hHbkOuahho0JMImimuTtvlGDz7cfc5FSbtBC7yEFVc_3dKdN2L66A4-iyR3pPwLMycJT/s1600/05-hbx-vintage-bar-heekin-barber-1111-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9QeOA2fynYvyiqRg5ri2a7AZp3dY3zz5ytofY1PqPIPK-vGaDwH02oBmhHTi2_AU6cid3Cc8hHbkOuahho0JMImimuTtvlGDz7cfc5FSbtBC7yEFVc_3dKdN2L66A4-iyR3pPwLMycJT/s640/05-hbx-vintage-bar-heekin-barber-1111-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the dining room of their Barnard, Vermont cottage, Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barber set up a sumptuous old-world bar on her childhood desk, placed against a backdrop of vintage wallpaper from Second Hand Rose."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ditte Isager.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/vermont-country-cottage-1111#slide-10">A Cozy Vermont Cottage</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/">House Beautiful</a> (November 2011).</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/AVvXsEhbiFQQk0Ozi5iqGT6OUS1s-0GzR9tUy3N7A_tJcxEk3fzn0Y-Hcl-83FPum5_p7hyphenhyphennt1-oThn2Sjw-T_MHz3OHiEAHRK1xC8cbZK04GOJJAKxiOf3UuyJOxxeSQ68X5uWaWaamUIwpBj7W/s1600/hbx-well-lillian-heekin-barber-colorful-bookshelf-with-flowers-112011-mdn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbiFQQk0Ozi5iqGT6OUS1s-0GzR9tUy3N7A_tJcxEk3fzn0Y-Hcl-83FPum5_p7hyphenhyphennt1-oThn2Sjw-T_MHz3OHiEAHRK1xC8cbZK04GOJJAKxiOf3UuyJOxxeSQ68X5uWaWaamUIwpBj7W/s640/hbx-well-lillian-heekin-barber-colorful-bookshelf-with-flowers-112011-mdn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A bookcase is designed with a mantel-like shelf 'to make it hearthlike, since we don't have a proper fireplace,' Heekin says."</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barnard, Vermont cottage of Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barber.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ditte Isager.</span> </div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/vermont-country-cottage-1111#slide-8">A Cozy Vermont Cottage</a>" by Mimi Read.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (November 2011).</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUcTmhLtQNGU-ifrpYyIVbwkbUKbcKmgZvKK5xz6XRi3pHGJZ99pqhzm2MqgRv7D63eDw7xqTroMSato9QYWlKvj2OOMnCd5ESTjNg6ZxBgPH4hJ7ZndsigCQ7JPZu0wbbtXNAvBuST7n/s1600/hbx-designer-visions-rockwell-group-bar-1112-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUcTmhLtQNGU-ifrpYyIVbwkbUKbcKmgZvKK5xz6XRi3pHGJZ99pqhzm2MqgRv7D63eDw7xqTroMSato9QYWlKvj2OOMnCd5ESTjNg6ZxBgPH4hJ7ZndsigCQ7JPZu0wbbtXNAvBuST7n/s640/hbx-designer-visions-rockwell-group-bar-1112-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Inspired by a gentleman's smoking lounge, the bar, built by C. Stasky, is clad in Maya Romanoff's True Metals Coffers. William Yeoward crystal. Ebony Pearl Silestone counter."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apartment in 1906 red-brick warehouse on western edge of Manhattan.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/designer-visions-david-rockwell-1112?click=main_sr#slide-9">House Beautiful 2012 Designer Visions Showhouse</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by David Rockwell, Rockwell Group.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Produced by Sabine Rothman.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (November 2012).</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/AVvXsEiNj6fb7ZZ86oTGAQAf27sQbGQPZ1UnUHPdRkFSmTgC-d4-HhJe_2bqNuW9Garpw9g9FlAdgs_Y47NJI5iOdT55ZwPy-kAQNsO5EMEQXOq5WPf_6FHUju1SZTSXMN3haIfWyiNlsCjf5Kum/s1600/101676239_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNj6fb7ZZ86oTGAQAf27sQbGQPZ1UnUHPdRkFSmTgC-d4-HhJe_2bqNuW9Garpw9g9FlAdgs_Y47NJI5iOdT55ZwPy-kAQNsO5EMEQXOq5WPf_6FHUju1SZTSXMN3haIfWyiNlsCjf5Kum/s640/101676239_ss.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Once a closet, the wet bar in the media room is now handy when settling in to watch a movie."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1947 Georgian Colonial in Hickory, North Carolina - home to Bob Williams and Stephen Heavner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Bob Williams, <a href="http://mgbwhome.com/">Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams</a>.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contractor: Glaze Construction Co.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jenny Bradley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/renovation-classic-house_ss6.html">Classic House, Major Renovation</a>" produced by Andrea Caughey.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsiC66VRX3Wl0B4RjYwbIQ6pmPe5ypLxdRgb5YYGg0jb0koGkIY8fC7evt_B8Wjk6UyuxiMilsf6c6Cz31Anq4J7N-JiPzZy8eIarYvLpZonv0lJo6jqwVltssa-_-JYgDsVlJEtsF145L/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.atelier-am-04-entrance-gallery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsiC66VRX3Wl0B4RjYwbIQ6pmPe5ypLxdRgb5YYGg0jb0koGkIY8fC7evt_B8Wjk6UyuxiMilsf6c6Cz31Anq4J7N-JiPzZy8eIarYvLpZonv0lJo6jqwVltssa-_-JYgDsVlJEtsF145L/s640/item4.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.atelier-am-04-entrance-gallery.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Marc Chagall painting graces the bar, which is paneled in distressed walnut."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Las Vegas.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Alexandra and Michael Misczynski of <a href="http://www.atelieram.com/">Atelier AM</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: <a href="http://www.williamhablinski.com/">William Hablinski</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mayer Rus.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-09/atelier-am-william-hablinski-las-vegas-house-slideshow#slide=5">Classic Inclination</a>" produced by Howard Christian.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (September 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HdtoI2fPrZVKgorg5OzwX55TTludOojmYRCutWCF2KMZx860nOorUCdkh1N2k4zswgIs5f4oiVuCA0w6xl5dUZfHZfrhfwgq8zCVW5gSXwFlirrLYYJJQoCE4fU8EYNghQXAMjR6wXs-/s1600/emanuele-filiberto-EDC-1112-13-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HdtoI2fPrZVKgorg5OzwX55TTludOojmYRCutWCF2KMZx860nOorUCdkh1N2k4zswgIs5f4oiVuCA0w6xl5dUZfHZfrhfwgq8zCVW5gSXwFlirrLYYJJQoCE4fU8EYNghQXAMjR6wXs-/s640/emanuele-filiberto-EDC-1112-13-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A metal-and-mirror bar cabinet doubles as a chessboard; the painting at right is by Robert Rauschenberg, and a pair of palettes used by the painter Balthus is mounted on a mobile."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stone "castle" on Lake Geneva that is home to Prince Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gianni Franchellucci.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ingrid Abramovitch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interiors/prince-emanuele-filiberto-castle?click=main_sr#slide-7">Royal Treatment</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (November 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90Naw-XFkoX7sdQ8PPmjzOp3n5P6v9P_wg2XYGE0fhuOaEgchmbwAFp3jVIirShWHLBsKyD5Efotb-i4nyfO_MyX7QVyE2YAszof2No7NddTMfwi3mXbe1IMMOF_IpQyYtnxfNCGdOPLC/s1600/BlogUnionJackTradHome2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90Naw-XFkoX7sdQ8PPmjzOp3n5P6v9P_wg2XYGE0fhuOaEgchmbwAFp3jVIirShWHLBsKyD5Efotb-i4nyfO_MyX7QVyE2YAszof2No7NddTMfwi3mXbe1IMMOF_IpQyYtnxfNCGdOPLC/s640/BlogUnionJackTradHome2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wine room by Carol Egan and Wayne Nathan, <a href="http://nathanegan.com/">Nathan Egan Interiors</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Custom-made wine cabinets from Christopher Peacock were painted electric blue as a brilliant partner to the graphic black-and-white scheme. The Union Jack backsplash is constructed from Irish blue limestone - honed, polished, and distressed to create a subtle image of the British flag."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/hampton-2010-designer-showhouse_ss43.html">Traditional Home Hampton Designer Showhouse 2010</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jenny Bradley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBT0CnCBkm_AHOtT3uAEoDunFD4l_d33IkM8c5JzcNetgtXx7WvqxBam953Yp7VA6xZCpqZ2OTWGsDVts1okLCikrjBOa-BDGq1mW_4gW0BWTFSudqoZjAKTA1QwqJ5mi6WkPUgfBWnOz/s1600/barnaba-fornasetti-EDC-01-13-02-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBT0CnCBkm_AHOtT3uAEoDunFD4l_d33IkM8c5JzcNetgtXx7WvqxBam953Yp7VA6xZCpqZ2OTWGsDVts1okLCikrjBOa-BDGq1mW_4gW0BWTFSudqoZjAKTA1QwqJ5mi6WkPUgfBWnOz/s640/barnaba-fornasetti-EDC-01-13-02-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A bar cart by Piero Fornasetti adorned with trompe l'oeil bows.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Milan home of Barnaba Fornasetti, son of the late Piero Fornasetti.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Andrea Ferrari.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interiors/fornasetti-home-milan?click=main_sr#slide-4">Magical Thinking</a>" styled and produced by Paola Moretti.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (January 2013).</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By Enrico Decca (Originally in <i>Elle Decor</i> India.)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mng7LyQ46-LWY1vppYv8rdp3TuEq1jWLclD0A7AyGKNtFe7ANpd2txQ1xmpbSuG9B645NePzpbuvDcC6dJQv_SRkMjhcQyptLBMIQcxS7smSRk3YkUZwgBr_FQ0zHgKNYjPFAmGnDOEp/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.carla-fendi-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mng7LyQ46-LWY1vppYv8rdp3TuEq1jWLclD0A7AyGKNtFe7ANpd2txQ1xmpbSuG9B645NePzpbuvDcC6dJQv_SRkMjhcQyptLBMIQcxS7smSRk3YkUZwgBr_FQ0zHgKNYjPFAmGnDOEp/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.carla-fendi-02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The living room features a metal bar made by Francois-Xavier Lalanne for Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Oberto Gili.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/carla-fendi-rome-palazzo-home-slideshow#slide=3">Carla Fendi's Eclectic Roman Apartment</a>" written and produced by Marella Caracciolo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2012).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvcCRv9aS-wcADhCAoT2vBA4OQ83OXuKzI02xN2LHj9yLCbN4PNAtG_CCbEnIUIxINpYJD7qUYa7iYaZa9zMWAeTBFz3e2bNT5H4CXZYlfFaC3seRrLCyZvdOM3kHuinnEM7wkUU7R2z2/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.carla-fendi-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvcCRv9aS-wcADhCAoT2vBA4OQ83OXuKzI02xN2LHj9yLCbN4PNAtG_CCbEnIUIxINpYJD7qUYa7iYaZa9zMWAeTBFz3e2bNT5H4CXZYlfFaC3seRrLCyZvdOM3kHuinnEM7wkUU7R2z2/s640/item3.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.carla-fendi-03.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The living room features a metal bar made by Francois-Xavier Lalanne for Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge. On one side of the living room, a pair of Lalanne bronzes - a desk in the form of a preening mountain sheep and a ram stool - flank a seating area."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Oberto Gili.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/carla-fendi-rome-palazzo-home-slideshow#slide=4">Carla Fendi's Eclectic Roman Apartment</a>" written and produced by Marella Caracciolo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2012).</span> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

A Toast to the New Year

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow; The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. ...

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Piero Fornasetti

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Piero Fornasetti was a Milanese painter, sculptor and interior decorator. Born in 1913, he was the creator of furniture and decorative objects bearing his whimsical, classical, trompe l'oeil images. Recurring themes included the sun and harlequins, but his most famous creations probably were the items in his "theme and variations" line. These products featured the classically beautiful and enigmatic face of an opera singer named Lina Cavalieri. Her picture appeared in a 19th-century French magazine and Fornasetti used that image to create more than 350 items, including plates. Here is a collection of plates that are available at <a href="http://www.unicahome.com/" target="_blank">Unica Home</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMF6IVPd7lMbJnRiHpZcC38grSXAzgFcLV_JpBIaUVPMSbuzlnXHzGfeISz9shTYToQh6lGEGlAkQuozeyq3dpk5vKBeKZ03mlHS7lye8jk1YwsHjfS7mVIKA6viWhugmXyiYzcMHfcyk/s1600/24869.48A27849%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMF6IVPd7lMbJnRiHpZcC38grSXAzgFcLV_JpBIaUVPMSbuzlnXHzGfeISz9shTYToQh6lGEGlAkQuozeyq3dpk5vKBeKZ03mlHS7lye8jk1YwsHjfS7mVIKA6viWhugmXyiYzcMHfcyk/s1600/24869.48A27849%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some people have compared this beautiful opera singer to the Mona Lisa. These plates remind me of Marcel Duchamp's artwork, "L. H. O. O. Q.", which Duchamp created by adding a beard and mustache to a cheap postcard image of the Mona Lisa.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marcel_Duchamp_Mona_Lisa_LHOOQ.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="395" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/Marcel_Duchamp_Mona_Lisa_LHOOQ.jpg/250px-Marcel_Duchamp_Mona_Lisa_LHOOQ.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.H.O.O.Q." target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">In fact, one of Fornasetti's plates (below) does feature Lima Cavalieri with a mustache. (Duchamp created "L.H.O.O.Q." in 1919 when Fornasetti was six years old.) </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvW7KkDXXljZH44t6n-ReAT_e3rdu_mQ-sEWNkzvpT_MndohaypcYO39PaP_kse4I7uSnOqB5CyUNLxz5Zl34Lg8KhP6ITwXTFawQobLXyFUXAtrawA8FGYyMA6qnyxy1LJH-NaUZI_s/s1600/24869.46B2FB0C%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvW7KkDXXljZH44t6n-ReAT_e3rdu_mQ-sEWNkzvpT_MndohaypcYO39PaP_kse4I7uSnOqB5CyUNLxz5Zl34Lg8KhP6ITwXTFawQobLXyFUXAtrawA8FGYyMA6qnyxy1LJH-NaUZI_s/s1600/24869.46B2FB0C%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plate images from <a href="http://www.unicahome.com/" target="_blank">Unica Home</a>.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In addition to plates, Fornasetti created chests, screens and wallpaper, which are popular in decor today. Take a look. . . . </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4wjQJMz7GpBSWj-Joj0iJhoDm8k0ISELcPIir07A9N2XC2IrQr_SpTk66DaXajSgmjHzGZqxtz3CpeIw5XAqrbC2DxyUaPM03QGs49QO1qJ_MRJPQ61TbRf_AqYlGvVA4zPZS2nmAdt8/s1600/ADCountryClarity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4wjQJMz7GpBSWj-Joj0iJhoDm8k0ISELcPIir07A9N2XC2IrQr_SpTk66DaXajSgmjHzGZqxtz3CpeIw5XAqrbC2DxyUaPM03QGs49QO1qJ_MRJPQ61TbRf_AqYlGvVA4zPZS2nmAdt8/s640/ADCountryClarity.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Piero Fornasetti screen in a new Greek Revival home built in upstate New York.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architecture by Peter Talbot, AIA.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior architecture and design by Shelton, Mindel and Associates.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Michael Moran.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architectural Digest.</span></div><div align="center"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UlOV_mMnhhQ_nT3KQB8U2sfCO3kKOoOOrE2yoycvYLNCbnetWCUfpf_ufP8MZ2RxfQnvFgEYDjgmf6NqjWAQuNQ-77Vj4_P5zilltdYqCzWQKR6sIsOOx9o05D6M3CtkD-6-erro8sk/s1600/ADLoneStarStatement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UlOV_mMnhhQ_nT3KQB8U2sfCO3kKOoOOrE2yoycvYLNCbnetWCUfpf_ufP8MZ2RxfQnvFgEYDjgmf6NqjWAQuNQ-77Vj4_P5zilltdYqCzWQKR6sIsOOx9o05D6M3CtkD-6-erro8sk/s640/ADLoneStarStatement.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pair of circa 1950 Piero Fornasetti landscape panels in the master bedroom of a</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tudor Revival home in Austin, Texas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Thad Hayes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Scott Frances.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architectural Digest.</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJtwc5pXgkC3Eblpv7mEESQDkGSrtYtONOokkICUDIWTYf_Hh2glnuZ79hZ19GOVwZCLNGQP4DmWZnY1EZ35qR-mSdcGVLsC9YT-szo_YshFH5_kn937A-5Fu_C1HBgFvMEffC_4IrMg/s1600/BlogPieroFornasettiADMay2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJtwc5pXgkC3Eblpv7mEESQDkGSrtYtONOokkICUDIWTYf_Hh2glnuZ79hZ19GOVwZCLNGQP4DmWZnY1EZ35qR-mSdcGVLsC9YT-szo_YshFH5_kn937A-5Fu_C1HBgFvMEffC_4IrMg/s640/BlogPieroFornasettiADMay2011.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Piero Fornasetti screen in living room of </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Manhattan penthouse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Delphine Krakoff.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architect: Mark Ferguson</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural Digest (May 2011.)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">(The stairs in this screen remind me of the work of <span id="goog_937594979"></span><a href="http://www.mcescher.com/Shopmain/ShopEU/facsprints-uk/prints.html" target="_blank">M.C. Escher<span id="goog_937594980"></span></a>. For copyright purposes, I will not include images of M.C. Escher's work here, but he was a graphic artist (1898 - 1972) famous for his "impossible structures" that trick the eye. I have included a link to the official M.C. Escher website so you can view images of "Up and Down", "Relativity", "Ascending and Descending" and "Waterfall", the art that comes to mind when I look at Fornasetti's stairs.)</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/AVvXsEhcgujpL6cZ-14f8pa1r5UyNqdJ95GC71Q_mz6Go5ws21tkBuB3fVhKIZJZn0LH8KJeIJVcYdpttpA1Kci9hX89lcaV0znsEIAZXeW9vR7Gi3jKYy5C0ulDtS-P3Hh6-IsDv-7RFvZGdj8/s1600/Cohler-3-0909-xl%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcgujpL6cZ-14f8pa1r5UyNqdJ95GC71Q_mz6Go5ws21tkBuB3fVhKIZJZn0LH8KJeIJVcYdpttpA1Kci9hX89lcaV0znsEIAZXeW9vR7Gi3jKYy5C0ulDtS-P3Hh6-IsDv-7RFvZGdj8/s640/Cohler-3-0909-xl%5B1%5D.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here we see the face of Lina Cavalieri in the Fornasetti "Teme e Variazioni" wallpaper </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from <a href="http://www.cole-and-son.com/" target="_blank">Cole and Son</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Manhattan apartment of interior designer Eric Cohler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful.</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/AVvXsEhYzDVCZDFGvUekGkHCcjQChNVHv0C94Wal15onRpZVXsZ-rBNr6viWw17QnFxc6o4tYqz7eK-JbUzY-HR4NI5R6qetSjC4kjKedK0hIT0G889uiuJ0wtKdq30EAj7FR0TTOFTnuok3P18/s1600/Cohler-9-0909-xl%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzDVCZDFGvUekGkHCcjQChNVHv0C94Wal15onRpZVXsZ-rBNr6viWw17QnFxc6o4tYqz7eK-JbUzY-HR4NI5R6qetSjC4kjKedK0hIT0G889uiuJ0wtKdq30EAj7FR0TTOFTnuok3P18/s640/Cohler-9-0909-xl%5B1%5D.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although <em>House Beautiful</em>'s website does not identify the name of this wallpaper, I am assuming that it is Fornasetti's "Ex Libris" from <a href="http://www.cole-and-son.com/" target="_blank">Cole and Son</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bathroom in interior designer Eric Cohler's Manhattan apartment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful.</span><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKc91zIC8HPP45h95QEhTD40EEq6QaxfvF_w9xGPPzy_VyjGGrlb9laYr-HnlDzO3AMR0epqHqIftbw9mls9rb8J9F5nRTlDwbbLYH3XsKIbijv-kNJhQkd5-2P4IAYxyA463iM8Y4us/s1600/BlogPieroFornasettiEDSept2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKc91zIC8HPP45h95QEhTD40EEq6QaxfvF_w9xGPPzy_VyjGGrlb9laYr-HnlDzO3AMR0epqHqIftbw9mls9rb8J9F5nRTlDwbbLYH3XsKIbijv-kNJhQkd5-2P4IAYxyA463iM8Y4us/s640/BlogPieroFornasettiEDSept2011.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A Piero Fornasetti cabinet in the living area of designer Steven Volpe's <br />San Francisco apartment.<br />Photography by William Abranowicz.<br />Elle Decor (September 2011).</div><div style="text-align: center;">(A  similar chest is available from <a href="http://www.unicahome.com/" target="_blank">Unica Home</a>.)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEico1LE8gKHiVE0ACh2mv17aP7pwo5svs6JezcVaQ1oz_f4ALJVm5Smmg6FRjftrlDw-5RMa5uUHk4pIc4lTM4L42wvF4v7zK_ZE1qUEkgkgHMYLvjCmsSANnT63J5iAoj3pR8KGZ_v3bg/s1600/BlogPieroFornasettiEDMay2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEico1LE8gKHiVE0ACh2mv17aP7pwo5svs6JezcVaQ1oz_f4ALJVm5Smmg6FRjftrlDw-5RMa5uUHk4pIc4lTM4L42wvF4v7zK_ZE1qUEkgkgHMYLvjCmsSANnT63J5iAoj3pR8KGZ_v3bg/s640/BlogPieroFornasettiEDMay2011.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The closet doors in the master bedroom's dressing area are covered <br />in Piero Fornasetti wallpaper ("Ex Libris"). </div><div style="text-align: center;">Brussels townhouse of Jorge Almada and Anne-Marie Midy, owners of <a href="http://www.casamidy.com/index2.html" target="_blank">Casamidy</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Photography by Simon Upton.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Elle Decor (May 2011). </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/AVvXsEiTPVct4gIqSAgWLsbV0LvP-l2MnL8nW8diFkM9HS83P8LR3QN4uweLIQBOefFkErNZ6crHq5gIoMXIiaLmUiKWniKQelIwDDdj8qBquZuSUQuVWdgZp_RFSyT4cPWCC5-xvMUDTj7Bd70/s1600/hbx-gold-serpent-mirror-0912-Dhong-04-lgn%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPVct4gIqSAgWLsbV0LvP-l2MnL8nW8diFkM9HS83P8LR3QN4uweLIQBOefFkErNZ6crHq5gIoMXIiaLmUiKWniKQelIwDDdj8qBquZuSUQuVWdgZp_RFSyT4cPWCC5-xvMUDTj7Bd70/s640/hbx-gold-serpent-mirror-0912-Dhong-04-lgn%5B1%5D.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fornasetti "Nuvole" paper by <a href="http://www.cole-and-son.com/" target="_blank">Cole and Son</a>.</span><br />Look at the image that is reflected in this mirror.<br />San Francisco Row House.<br />Designer: Benjamin Dhong.<br />House Beautiful.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>

Piero Fornasetti

Piero Fornasetti was a Milanese painter, sculptor and interior decorator. Born in 1913, he was the creator of furniture and decorative objec...

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