In Memory of Peter Shelton

<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The product would be pure and beautiful, </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but there was a complicated process behind that purity.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Margaret Russell, editor in chief of <i>Architectural Digest</i>, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">regarding the work of Peter Shelton and his design partner, Lee Mindel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peter Shelton, an award-winning architect who, with his design partner Lee Mindel, created clean, classical interiors that conveyed luxury without opulence, died at his Manhattan home on August 26 at the age of 67. The cause was cancer, said his wife Laura Bennett. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peter Shelton and Lee Mindel, who met while undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania, later founded Shelton, Mindel and Associates.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Said </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Margaret Russell, editor in chief of <i><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a></i>, "They won pretty much every award a firm could win." </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pair created elegant spaces in which people could live comfortably surrounded by beautiful objects and important art. Mr. Shelton's obituary in the </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/arts/design/peter-shelton-architect-who-made-luxury-minimal-dies-at-67.html">New York Times</a></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> stated: "Although the two architects had different styles and strengths - Mr. Shelton was the quiet visionary who conceived the plans, and the more outgoing Mr. Mindel refined those plans and dealt with clients - they worked on everything together." Here are some photos of interiors Peter Shelton and Lee Mindel created together .</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/AVvXsEjajAXvZVsPDtW2NhDufT8JS5626kc-Wh5KSeb7JFLdpdcLh7mHRoTxmXcNZQok5vM99UXow_4Kfhr_QZUGzy-280_gQmMQsCPa8yQw14dLqcBopt1rtdEbf0FdyMVE3Y_9UDHvNMDoObM/s1600/BlogChaiseLongueElleDecorDec2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajAXvZVsPDtW2NhDufT8JS5626kc-Wh5KSeb7JFLdpdcLh7mHRoTxmXcNZQok5vM99UXow_4Kfhr_QZUGzy-280_gQmMQsCPa8yQw14dLqcBopt1rtdEbf0FdyMVE3Y_9UDHvNMDoObM/s640/BlogChaiseLongueElleDecorDec2008.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1902 Manhattan townhouse.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The living room "pairs a set of circa-1925 French armchairs with an English Regency chaise." The 26 color studies by German artist Gunther Forg were hung </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"to read as one piece." </span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by architects Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton of <a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a>.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span> </div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Call to Order" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2006).</span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div><br /></div></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/AVvXsEjC_CH1EYIkH7D7f3WDifdYwb31YQPeWRBbEwubqqyVJ1cCZKHSP4XxxnWVGXWY9ici6yV9dC3CT4HDhditQ5Nf-FuejXMT5SvJuOf20FpKPw7S_Qisb1VFmOnFhdMWBKtwBEm9u0rUo5g/s1600/3_1285620748_ED_1206_Orientreich_2%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_CH1EYIkH7D7f3WDifdYwb31YQPeWRBbEwubqqyVJ1cCZKHSP4XxxnWVGXWY9ici6yV9dC3CT4HDhditQ5Nf-FuejXMT5SvJuOf20FpKPw7S_Qisb1VFmOnFhdMWBKtwBEm9u0rUo5g/s640/3_1285620748_ED_1206_Orientreich_2%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1902 Manhattan townhouse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The goal of the homeowner was to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"live an informal life in a grand setting."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by architects Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton of <a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Call to Order" 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> (December 2006).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0q-7-0BmK27Z58k0m0mq_DN32qWZilJ4nKbaa1rhsd9BwzPUTmN4PvU0KIAF0FFgxME4LjTTesi3F52np3-9BG1XXoCtsm-nDupkNg_7JPweUe3x6-CNYpC3FLNAPBWqdlVK0hx4e1pE/s1600/BlogPeterSheltonEDOne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0q-7-0BmK27Z58k0m0mq_DN32qWZilJ4nKbaa1rhsd9BwzPUTmN4PvU0KIAF0FFgxME4LjTTesi3F52np3-9BG1XXoCtsm-nDupkNg_7JPweUe3x6-CNYpC3FLNAPBWqdlVK0hx4e1pE/s640/BlogPeterSheltonEDOne.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1902 Manhattan townhouse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I go to friends' houses and they feel 'done,' but our house doesn't. I don't feel like I am living in a museum," said the homeowner's fifteen-year-old son.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by architects Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton of <a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Call to Order" 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> (December 2006).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNOdTw8gj5O_wFH427WUUYW-CdRAAYX2Jpx6YnAP1UebCtnvUPlb5XiPZcR43V814Z2Ygh4Lr9U0NMOtNjucoztcKrsfWq-uYw8leeM9Pw3UEfBdkoV9j6Rm9up8zK23rUDKRAXZuzR4/s1600/BlogPeterSheltonEDFour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNOdTw8gj5O_wFH427WUUYW-CdRAAYX2Jpx6YnAP1UebCtnvUPlb5XiPZcR43V814Z2Ygh4Lr9U0NMOtNjucoztcKrsfWq-uYw8leeM9Pw3UEfBdkoV9j6Rm9up8zK23rUDKRAXZuzR4/s640/BlogPeterSheltonEDFour.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1902 Manhattan townhouse.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A pair of Hans Wegner's Papa Bear chairs and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">circa-1938 Mogens Koch desk in the library."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by architects Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton of </span><a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span> </div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Call to Order" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2006).</span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArkDk7Nydv-T2gKSL3Efctx5JPj2YTytMaAGTpahxdj1oawN1kW3EAM_-1kseThkrZ6Y5YW-Mi1DgeBamo-LA0iKtUrXSMy3KfSwDeAonPERWRlxMiAX0PTK0xxbV4JMRRMUP9ajGCNc/s1600/BlogPeterSheltonEDTwo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArkDk7Nydv-T2gKSL3Efctx5JPj2YTytMaAGTpahxdj1oawN1kW3EAM_-1kseThkrZ6Y5YW-Mi1DgeBamo-LA0iKtUrXSMy3KfSwDeAonPERWRlxMiAX0PTK0xxbV4JMRRMUP9ajGCNc/s640/BlogPeterSheltonEDTwo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1902 Manhattan townhouse.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another view of the dining room.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by architects Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton of </span><a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span> </div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Call to Order" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2006).</span></div></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUYbwK37sQ6kmIaVphem-NpvgK6qJCXD0WGaG_AHbBM1IF_4AnIIaxRaRc6hfGewnpK5G2awxC1d7-C57Biio4HIRwqAbnM8q1GpTyiJ2Unju5zq1FnM_MadrE9jA3I4iKWdsdLNnBG4/s1600/BlogPeterSheltonEDSix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUYbwK37sQ6kmIaVphem-NpvgK6qJCXD0WGaG_AHbBM1IF_4AnIIaxRaRc6hfGewnpK5G2awxC1d7-C57Biio4HIRwqAbnM8q1GpTyiJ2Unju5zq1FnM_MadrE9jA3I4iKWdsdLNnBG4/s640/BlogPeterSheltonEDSix.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1902 Manhattan townhouse.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vintage wing chair by Fritz Henningsen in the master bathroom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by architects Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton of </span><a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Call to Order" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2006).</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/AVvXsEhBALpbax1DyKHCr-4c5Dmf_ACEheLTg4j6kp5RQErCKyij4nEoEWOK8BrfVIjrtZgWAAHZZDSE1yqHLAsOW0UeCGiRMdMi5lQOSapOOnm-nsbbRaDidwvMvX0snfYKHP6KKSpE0NtUkMs/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-01-foyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBALpbax1DyKHCr-4c5Dmf_ACEheLTg4j6kp5RQErCKyij4nEoEWOK8BrfVIjrtZgWAAHZZDSE1yqHLAsOW0UeCGiRMdMi5lQOSapOOnm-nsbbRaDidwvMvX0snfYKHP6KKSpE0NtUkMs/s640/item0.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-01-foyer.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Iconic photographs of New York greet visitors in the foyer; the plasterwork ceiling and the picture lights were designed by Shelton, Mindel and Associates."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan apartment overlooking Central Park.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation and furnishings by Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton of </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Joshua McHugh.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-11/shelton-mindel-manhattan-apartment-renovation-slideshow#slide=1">Leading Role</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</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/AVvXsEgwvDLLuwS5KVTeUsXCJolNX-XnyPPb-U-vJ1C-rZViutJ96S4iS89QfEVO2uiyVcGHuSuUrFbbjuOjXYpyUqvWMm9WGDzRpxjvPIZTuS8BOwObs6xf1cx73UBbEvCcp9_PoDsWfD3gIC4/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-04-living-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvDLLuwS5KVTeUsXCJolNX-XnyPPb-U-vJ1C-rZViutJ96S4iS89QfEVO2uiyVcGHuSuUrFbbjuOjXYpyUqvWMm9WGDzRpxjvPIZTuS8BOwObs6xf1cx73UBbEvCcp9_PoDsWfD3gIC4/s640/item3.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-04-living-room.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Peter Shelton and Lee F. Mindel are the rare modernist architects who can put their imprimatur on a historic space without gutting it." </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan apartment overlooking Central Park.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation and furnishings by Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton of </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Joshua McHugh.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-11/shelton-mindel-manhattan-apartment-renovation-slideshow#slide=4">Leading Role</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2011).</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTD7cYTnkFnItUmn2SNf8TQfnjuIPYOGxDRf8OcVf4Odutv6-ew2brlX6uMveUXkCqcyXBJ_4tcYc06zggQ-_qHODVfOtaeVFX1KvPsKN1b_kkivRMmRhyphenhyphenuyEaFyCXPCm2MZj7WepQ46k/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-09-sunroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTD7cYTnkFnItUmn2SNf8TQfnjuIPYOGxDRf8OcVf4Odutv6-ew2brlX6uMveUXkCqcyXBJ_4tcYc06zggQ-_qHODVfOtaeVFX1KvPsKN1b_kkivRMmRhyphenhyphenuyEaFyCXPCm2MZj7WepQ46k/s640/item8.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-09-sunroom.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A framed view of the sunroom highlights a vintage Line Vautrin mirror </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and Roger Capron cocktail table."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan apartment overlooking Central Park.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation and furnishings by Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton of </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Joshua McHugh.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-11/shelton-mindel-manhattan-apartment-renovation-slideshow#slide=10">Leading Role</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</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/AVvXsEhuLgy25O1Pa5Cw7A1c3pnDz0TnrzuicKa6zeixdkgh3gHq9g5v1qfcVSahYze9pBBmPnR4E2OQ5oHkhhN9LJs8KwB-jPZ2Xm3aHpyPCr7266RKmhXa1C0nRvKQ0bA5wDaKQxt2rwkn7kI/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-10-fountain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLgy25O1Pa5Cw7A1c3pnDz0TnrzuicKa6zeixdkgh3gHq9g5v1qfcVSahYze9pBBmPnR4E2OQ5oHkhhN9LJs8KwB-jPZ2Xm3aHpyPCr7266RKmhXa1C0nRvKQ0bA5wDaKQxt2rwkn7kI/s640/item9.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-10-fountain.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The solarium, which was restored according to rotting blueprints [Peter] Shelton discovered buried within a wall, has both the original wrought-iron birdcage and new aluminum-and-wood <i>Tourterelle</i> chairs by Francois-Xavier Lalanne, all of which are a wink to the Central Park Zoo across the street."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan apartment overlooking Central Park.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation and furnishings by Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton of </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Joshua McHugh.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-11/shelton-mindel-manhattan-apartment-renovation-slideshow#slide=1">Leading Role</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2011).</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQccvNNhpA_WyHEOhGmscbZyU2pTK_6f7j-mz-q5-W927r_TlGRnBeRZ8RvgQGr2j9Br27eM6B6fJfWLHJSdsHn9qYIUdBG2gG-TJGba6hxoLL2LaOmtXt6s3drEEYaQcXimR-Cycc1E/s1600/item7.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-08-library.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQccvNNhpA_WyHEOhGmscbZyU2pTK_6f7j-mz-q5-W927r_TlGRnBeRZ8RvgQGr2j9Br27eM6B6fJfWLHJSdsHn9qYIUdBG2gG-TJGba6hxoLL2LaOmtXt6s3drEEYaQcXimR-Cycc1E/s640/item7.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-08-library.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Peter [Shelton] did extensive forensics and due diligence to maintain the spirit of the past."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Library in Manhattan apartment overlooking Central Park.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation and furnishings by Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton of </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Joshua McHugh.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-11/shelton-mindel-manhattan-apartment-renovation-slideshow#slide=8">Leading Role</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</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/AVvXsEisQ8O3W8HYgG2HG7icv1Si59_SJmPIjdQoal52PWBC00j9nK5XRJCnEckTQbKKqs1bNYMEqZs4o2pYys9dPtX9gm12IRZDWyRrRKusULYEgd7mGkV5YA_WgocYsI12A6I8Py47W8SVxYI/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-03-living-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQ8O3W8HYgG2HG7icv1Si59_SJmPIjdQoal52PWBC00j9nK5XRJCnEckTQbKKqs1bNYMEqZs4o2pYys9dPtX9gm12IRZDWyRrRKusULYEgd7mGkV5YA_WgocYsI12A6I8Py47W8SVxYI/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-03-living-room.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Instead of displaying a painting above the living room fireplace, the architects cleverly hung an Alexander Calder mobile that casts a dramatic shadow as the sun sets."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan apartment overlooking Central Park.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation and furnishings by Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton of </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Joshua McHugh.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-11/shelton-mindel-manhattan-apartment-renovation-slideshow#slide=3">Leading Role</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2011).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqoI4v-bWn7e4r9bZza07fpwFVOY6G_tFLKe5Ew2qdZUXLXBYpsS41vzumYE0lEuFZyfsXlZSknn1dH3E2kYDBcpw-rByo7jxaRTn6eRiblXAlUH-6YqYtdBKdUFG2z04UB-gzDgQsj0/s1600/item12.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-13-master-bedroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqoI4v-bWn7e4r9bZza07fpwFVOY6G_tFLKe5Ew2qdZUXLXBYpsS41vzumYE0lEuFZyfsXlZSknn1dH3E2kYDBcpw-rByo7jxaRTn6eRiblXAlUH-6YqYtdBKdUFG2z04UB-gzDgQsj0/s640/item12.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-13-master-bedroom.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'As formal as the apartment is, people tell me it is not intimidating,' [the homeowner] says with obvious pleasure. 'Guests feel startled by the beauty, but not awed by it.' "</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan apartment overlooking Central Park.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation and furnishings by Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton of </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Joshua McHugh.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-11/shelton-mindel-manhattan-apartment-renovation-slideshow#slide=13">Leading Role</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2011).</span><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div>

In Memory of Peter Shelton

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Black and White

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Black and white. Perfect for the kitchen, the bath, a foyer or a gracious curving stair. Perfect even for circus tents, or the illusion of one . . .</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZCTMLrAAH79lTXKrFqFnYxFiZRKA2k86anlSz8OPUKhdj7GzfMrQ6RGbwO0C9VLPMdSI1KRswgnQQCrxZzI0v0SbUibMFX06dhqKN7A1S0WVYmfMlI0UV9K4zKP1ri5SRh4oE1JpxBo/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.jean-louis-deniot-chicago-apartment-07-kitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZCTMLrAAH79lTXKrFqFnYxFiZRKA2k86anlSz8OPUKhdj7GzfMrQ6RGbwO0C9VLPMdSI1KRswgnQQCrxZzI0v0SbUibMFX06dhqKN7A1S0WVYmfMlI0UV9K4zKP1ri5SRh4oE1JpxBo/s640/item6.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.jean-louis-deniot-chicago-apartment-07-kitchen.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I told Jean-Louis [Deniot] I wanted the apartment to be beautiful without a stick of furniture in it," the wife says. "You had to say, 'Ooh,' even when it was completely empty."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prewar apartment in Chicago.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.deniot.com/">Jean-Louis Deniot</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The French Connection" 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/">Architectural Digest</a> (December 2011).</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/AVvXsEjMLs9ykNdV_ykf-7IuJ__l7O51UnJHNYS431qZhgqij98eEJ6skgO1sBJ-Yv9s-5GSYC7XwOeIhaYis0K3Xb1_WvzQKmx6Clkn-tmmEpWB_x0Jlre6En4WqX6XWv7S6CRbEX2_8sSPwmM/s1600/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesEDDec2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLs9ykNdV_ykf-7IuJ__l7O51UnJHNYS431qZhgqij98eEJ6skgO1sBJ-Yv9s-5GSYC7XwOeIhaYis0K3Xb1_WvzQKmx6Clkn-tmmEpWB_x0Jlre6En4WqX6XWv7S6CRbEX2_8sSPwmM/s640/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesEDDec2008.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The walls of the bathroom and adjacent laundry are covered in <a href="http://www.clarencehouse.com/">Clarence House</a>'s Large Stripe wallpaper applied both vertically and horizontally, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the checkerboard ceramic-tile floor is American Olean."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chicago apartment of decorator <a href="http://www.branca.com/">Alessandra Branca</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;">Styled by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Return Engagement" text by Jan Parr.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufI6sAu8Y8znxxak_x_9EL3Uuk_Hmmlx3Ed8tO8_0ZCai9m3C3ropPtZWsZxAhNzTkLyVno-9MvUuQX0tvoT-FoM1c3zqqKwtZ121o66fP5XqA37N7lT7iXq22gxjlJJUYPOpChXSj10/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-01-foyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufI6sAu8Y8znxxak_x_9EL3Uuk_Hmmlx3Ed8tO8_0ZCai9m3C3ropPtZWsZxAhNzTkLyVno-9MvUuQX0tvoT-FoM1c3zqqKwtZ121o66fP5XqA37N7lT7iXq22gxjlJJUYPOpChXSj10/s640/item0.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.shelton-mindel-manhattan-01-foyer.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Iconic photographs of New York greet visitors in the foyer; the plasterwork ceiling and picture lights were designed by <a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Historic Manhattan apartment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation and furnishings by <a href="http://www.sheltonmindel.com/">Shelton, Mindel and Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Joshua McHugh.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Leading Role" 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/">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2011).</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/AVvXsEhYQwMc0Ld5XqD6TQL939GQEO123wXYqBKaUE0WbJ0eKKGJ1peWG8IAhW35vVKJmfPoN-ZsNdhRDO0Jw15z23d2XwUv58KagWEcgj7WZh8DUGrxvlt2W1N2S8-685yAzvUzcokKverq8xU/s1600/item01.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.then-and-now-01-entry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQwMc0Ld5XqD6TQL939GQEO123wXYqBKaUE0WbJ0eKKGJ1peWG8IAhW35vVKJmfPoN-ZsNdhRDO0Jw15z23d2XwUv58KagWEcgj7WZh8DUGrxvlt2W1N2S8-685yAzvUzcokKverq8xU/s640/item01.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.then-and-now-01-entry.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oval entrance hall with a ceiling dome. Belgian marble tiles.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Francisco apartment of Gary and O.J. Shansby.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.suzannetuckerhome.com/">Suzanne Tucker</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <a href="http://www.skurman.com/">Andrew Skurman</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Peter Haldeman</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Wish Fulfillment" produced by Howard Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (February 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ENnS0BZoz51G45rP_K_t-VvN7kEMyQ-Y-NOEGxK4jdO4I-m5MaauLe1conxa5xQp5DNIgdSEqAGEeyT8HcLKn2r3G9sE-K1DkAN9M299Pp1ZVxeQ_eRTw3UOPhYJ2WoVQTYogTayQS0/s1600/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesHBSept2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ENnS0BZoz51G45rP_K_t-VvN7kEMyQ-Y-NOEGxK4jdO4I-m5MaauLe1conxa5xQp5DNIgdSEqAGEeyT8HcLKn2r3G9sE-K1DkAN9M299Pp1ZVxeQ_eRTw3UOPhYJ2WoVQTYogTayQS0/s640/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesHBSept2011.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designer <a href="http://www.martynlawrencebullard.com/">Martyn Lawrence Bullard</a> creates an MGM musical moment with a checkerboard floor and a coordinating staircase in high-contrast black and white. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'The contrast creates a sense of drama,' he says."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walls are Decorators White by Benjamin Moore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.martynlawrencebullard.com/">Martyn Lawrence Bullard</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tim Street-Porter.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Drama, Dahling" written by David A. Keeps.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (September 2011).</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/AVvXsEjsOlsxgVINCMspaQhnAGVHDKwZ-JRj6eH9ZfhpzRwd3Iky-T4rbKkD2rtYM9Ynudb3Fu1ef-sw7aVSOIAlsvC_lAQ-4d3VjYvfTbkrI43fLK820Z-L7c0fE6hMsWSTWAK_V4_TFEe1YgY/s1600/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesDominoMay2008Two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOlsxgVINCMspaQhnAGVHDKwZ-JRj6eH9ZfhpzRwd3Iky-T4rbKkD2rtYM9Ynudb3Fu1ef-sw7aVSOIAlsvC_lAQ-4d3VjYvfTbkrI43fLK820Z-L7c0fE6hMsWSTWAK_V4_TFEe1YgY/s640/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesDominoMay2008Two.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A striped tent on the terrace "shelters outdoor tools and extra furniture."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer <a href="http://www.stephenshubeldesign.com/">Stephen Shubel</a>'s San Francisco "office and overnight getaway."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Master of Illusion" produced by Dara Caponigro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomag.com/">Domino</a> (May 2008).</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/AVvXsEgmy909S_YxTBlex2F8IvyUBXA_w_l0yIULAErQ19HH7FZ6-aXg7qxe3hxzcuNCPlmDCMx-T92XHOgbZtEWOQnzEzjzSEa-mPsLqO89ik5iE_fI2F8TWXZJQXaWZwKCd4J3R_Xg7rrGFBg/s1600/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesDominoMay2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmy909S_YxTBlex2F8IvyUBXA_w_l0yIULAErQ19HH7FZ6-aXg7qxe3hxzcuNCPlmDCMx-T92XHOgbZtEWOQnzEzjzSEa-mPsLqO89ik5iE_fI2F8TWXZJQXaWZwKCd4J3R_Xg7rrGFBg/s640/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesDominoMay2008.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Don't let your eyes deceive you: the ceiling of the studio's bathroom is completely, 100 percent flat. Shubel hired local decorative painter <a href="http://www.willemrackestudio.com/">Willem Racke</a> to paint stripes that make the room . . . seem like a dramatically peaked tent, inspired by the circus-like storage tent on the terrace. . . . A matching curtain hides not only a washer and dryer, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but the studio's trove of research materials."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer <a href="http://www.stephenshubeldesign.com/">Stephen Shubel</a>'s San Francisco "office and overnight getaway."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Master of Illusion" produced by Dara Caponigro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomag.com/">Domino</a> (May 2008).</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/AVvXsEhhSFmdP8tY2Z_aLilISnb2NrAhdkyyS-mVvaDeWQ1H5sEmKnFscWUEFBn-dD6YRJnVowFNi5F_YNwD1DXUE4G3EDj9K9Xt185geXOWs-yDQHw0N6BR2wgv1DKyG1ZrwUNFpt4TXxV0FgY/s1600/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesADJuly2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSFmdP8tY2Z_aLilISnb2NrAhdkyyS-mVvaDeWQ1H5sEmKnFscWUEFBn-dD6YRJnVowFNi5F_YNwD1DXUE4G3EDj9K9Xt185geXOWs-yDQHw0N6BR2wgv1DKyG1ZrwUNFpt4TXxV0FgY/s640/BlogBlackandWhiteStripesADJuly2011.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Lined with marble and painted decades ago to resemble a tent, a bath is furnished with a Judi Boisson rug and antique Chinese garden stools."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greek Revival house in Philadelphia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.jaynedesignstudio.com/">Thomas Jayne</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jean Nathan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Restorative Power" produced by Howard Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (July 2011).</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/AVvXsEgRFtONGM8x9zyxWGtRAhM4idipuzci-c0-KP6CdPnDx_Z48hzz8T99ZlQP0IRVly8GSoGJCZK7Voizg37hxWQIoxtDjqgt9upZfavnoKzVqiTx2EDWpCrVvl26q7dWw9InX4ctiYhCLmg/s1600/BlogGamesPeoplePlayADMarch2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFtONGM8x9zyxWGtRAhM4idipuzci-c0-KP6CdPnDx_Z48hzz8T99ZlQP0IRVly8GSoGJCZK7Voizg37hxWQIoxtDjqgt9upZfavnoKzVqiTx2EDWpCrVvl26q7dWw9InX4ctiYhCLmg/s640/BlogGamesPeoplePlayADMarch2011.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Graphic patterns give the exercise room a fanciful attitude; the bold carpeting is by Durkan, and the striped fabric that tents the ceiling is by Romo."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.richardkeithlangham.com/">Richard Keith Langham</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Julia Reed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"State of Grace" produced by Howard Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (March 2011).</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

Black and White

Black and white. Perfect for the kitchen, the bath, a foyer or a gracious curving stair. Perfect even for circus tents, or the illusion of o...

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