Horse Sense

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are many ways to celebrate the beauty of horses in a home's decor. One of the simplest, of course, is to hang a painting or photo of a horse on the wall, as designer Stephen Shubel did below:</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/AVvXsEhJ_WGiG7M79PkDFiE8jNuAR01QvqUmQo03J6RlmLFRAZAo1WwO9EHQyvfoPNWfJJb3EasTy-ZSQdabF_LObNM3pFdr0rnAulGXeETTaA-R9TnmwRwZOWorWAGTAp9r4Iato4xbCAXxka7v/s1600/12-feature-shubel-0109-xlg-63905188-42113731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_WGiG7M79PkDFiE8jNuAR01QvqUmQo03J6RlmLFRAZAo1WwO9EHQyvfoPNWfJJb3EasTy-ZSQdabF_LObNM3pFdr0rnAulGXeETTaA-R9TnmwRwZOWorWAGTAp9r4Iato4xbCAXxka7v/s640/12-feature-shubel-0109-xlg-63905188-42113731.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"France meets California in this foyer designed by Stephen Shubel: A Louis XVI-style chair sits next to a petrified tree trunk. Horse photo by Susan Friedman."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.stephenshubel.com/">Stephen Shubel</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jeremy Samuelson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/power-of-color?click=main_sr#slide-11">A California Home Shows Off the Power of Color</a>" produced by Doretta Sperduto.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (January 2009).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">There are more literal means of adding an equine spirit to a space, especially if one's home actually housed horses in the past. Judith Nadler Ellerman and John Ellerman created their spacious residence in an Illinois building that served as a storage stable more than 100 years ago:</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/AVvXsEiNmAj8_PiOk9_woWqeE7jV0fGoeEOy8vKXGGGRcu_kXgavGe8vRPPLcfpTSeNfXH0m2Doo_HIbPcWzxAsHWti_3sqilJXYDsCUw1bzHkNsrbHTughODWY5J0bRRBSyiC3110DnzH5QmvRN/s1600/img_stunningremodel_ss1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmAj8_PiOk9_woWqeE7jV0fGoeEOy8vKXGGGRcu_kXgavGe8vRPPLcfpTSeNfXH0m2Doo_HIbPcWzxAsHWti_3sqilJXYDsCUw1bzHkNsrbHTughODWY5J0bRRBSyiC3110DnzH5QmvRN/s640/img_stunningremodel_ss1.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Gardens are linked by winding paths made with bricks salvaged from one of the fort's old horse stable floors."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home of Judith Nadler Ellerman and her husband John Ellerman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The "brick residence was built in 1892 as a storage stable at Fort Sheridan, a United States military installation north of Chicago."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Judith Nadler Ellerman, Judith Nadler Interiors.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Bernard Jacobs, <a href="http://jacobsryan.com/">Jacobs/Ryan Associates</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 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/howwelive/chicago-home-conversion_ss1.html">Stunning Remodel</a>" produced by Hilary Rose.</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><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another family, also in Illinois, turned a barn into a kitchen and guesthouse. "The owners wanted to keep the integrity of the barn, right down to the horse stalls and feeder bins," but the goal was a "sophisticated" space, not "a cute, kitschy barn look." Here is the kitchen designer Mick De Guilio created:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSn0hM5D2QAlHuM5v4hCE5DVBZJFPqVb_aBRLghzTCrYO4tHEPyKM1BkJuSZsOKaa6llLVril7fVCjBFc-GjGKhhUpdSD2d7dClddHHR5XBfK2f16_pqAPsIxzIabUcd6BPTxJyGXbOEJm/s1600/1-hbx-barn-kitchen-pie-1211-kitchen01-mdn-53606767.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSn0hM5D2QAlHuM5v4hCE5DVBZJFPqVb_aBRLghzTCrYO4tHEPyKM1BkJuSZsOKaa6llLVril7fVCjBFc-GjGKhhUpdSD2d7dClddHHR5XBfK2f16_pqAPsIxzIabUcd6BPTxJyGXbOEJm/s640/1-hbx-barn-kitchen-pie-1211-kitchen01-mdn-53606767.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designer Mick De Giulio repurposed the three horse stalls in this old Illinois barn by giving each a function: one for storage, with a tall, free-standing pantry; one for cooking, with a Wolf wall oven; and one for cleanup, with a dishwasher, a sink, and cupboards for the dishes. 'We just worked with what was there and had fun with it,' he says. Antique Holophane pendants restored by <a href="http://www.remains.com/">Remains Lighting</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A barn in Lake Forest, Illinois was turned into a kitchen and guesthouse."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by Mick De Giulio, <a href="http://degiuliokitchens.com/">de Giulio kitchen design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/before-after-kitchen-makeover-photos-1211#slide-2">Kitchen of the Month</a>" interview 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> (December 2011 - January 2012).</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;">Horse troughs and barn doors can add history and beauty to living spaces as the following two photos attest:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfi9Eeoo-RNdwSZ43QJfmbYgRIX8OkBVulNyW5ZOqIPcpecwVVRprv8NSNR5EdfNUKgnqtd1TqEpchD_tzJvUCvTbt_HoIyR0f8HyKpurMwULqdnDnfGymPR9yVJJrwYBadPi0s5-6_uqs/s1600/6-kitchen-otm-fountain-0808-xlg-61229412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfi9Eeoo-RNdwSZ43QJfmbYgRIX8OkBVulNyW5ZOqIPcpecwVVRprv8NSNR5EdfNUKgnqtd1TqEpchD_tzJvUCvTbt_HoIyR0f8HyKpurMwULqdnDnfGymPR9yVJJrwYBadPi0s5-6_uqs/s640/6-kitchen-otm-fountain-0808-xlg-61229412.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A fountain was made from a lavabo and a horse trough."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Reed Davis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/kitchen-otm-california-0808?click=img_sr#slide-6">Kitchen of the Month: A Relaxing Outdoor Kitchen in California</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> (August 2008).</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/AVvXsEh9LocHoyay2vgK3pmtqKN4UrA8aDaT_zcdunAgSCgIhzOZz_GZfc448n-PxrPhgiuZzQOySegSjs8fXcJuAoRFwCYh5zUiZ4PQVWqcpIlaBwlCqj-59QduqW-xmx7qE463pKC1vIgqwO8i/s1600/BlogBarnRaisingFeb2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LocHoyay2vgK3pmtqKN4UrA8aDaT_zcdunAgSCgIhzOZz_GZfc448n-PxrPhgiuZzQOySegSjs8fXcJuAoRFwCYh5zUiZ4PQVWqcpIlaBwlCqj-59QduqW-xmx7qE463pKC1vIgqwO8i/s640/BlogBarnRaisingFeb2011.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A folk art painting of a horse, once part of a barn, was mounted on a track in the owner's home office. She is a marriage counselor, and the sliding door hides a desk and files during sessions. Cameroon chief stools from Martin Showroom."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">House in Santa Barbara, California.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://erinmartindesign.com/">Erin Martin</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Grand Gestures" interview by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (February 2011). </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;">If a homeowner owns Thoroughbreds or is a competitive rider, trophies and ribbons add color and shine:</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/AVvXsEiF_hFmn8jgw_SqDlykg83zOwSgB9QJFLI4c7t8tFapqNGYs03Re2bP3mJzr4QeBra6RFjhnSomwn94lzfBHcI-oLehIZdEVtWLqGf3c7Pyra1R_JQwhvtIocfl65r0ELSqbqkAfH7ONSbZ/s1600/img_americanbeauty_ss7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_hFmn8jgw_SqDlykg83zOwSgB9QJFLI4c7t8tFapqNGYs03Re2bP3mJzr4QeBra6RFjhnSomwn94lzfBHcI-oLehIZdEVtWLqGf3c7Pyra1R_JQwhvtIocfl65r0ELSqbqkAfH7ONSbZ/s640/img_americanbeauty_ss7.jpg" width="566" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Next to the living room, the bar and game room was refreshed with whitewashed walls. A new banquette runs the width of the sweeping lunette window on one wall. Silver commemorations testify that trophies have come like clockwork to family equestrian champions over many years."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Janice and Cortright Wetherill's home in Pennsylvania horse country.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Bill Brockschmidt and Courtney Coleman, <a href="http://www.brockschmidtandcoleman.com/">Brockschmidt and Coleman LLC</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: John D. Milner, FAIA, <a href="http://www.johnmilnerarchitects.com/">John Milner Architects Inc</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/weekendlivingsecondhome/americanbeauty_ss7.html">American Beauty</a>" written and produced by John Francisco Andreu.</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><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXCRe4I0SXr0b_i-EQvaqJ6yWKcxQEfUxGFQl5dMPvTQt1Min5XmrnWQR3lhbdvgRXyzM6VLZGlIztwJVRccXF5teq4Wa07AGJS5FvkzyqIjkR3gF4lKYbiPD8b9Xty_ydgK6jr4t-EXx/s1600/img_americanbeauty_ss8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXCRe4I0SXr0b_i-EQvaqJ6yWKcxQEfUxGFQl5dMPvTQt1Min5XmrnWQR3lhbdvgRXyzM6VLZGlIztwJVRccXF5teq4Wa07AGJS5FvkzyqIjkR3gF4lKYbiPD8b9Xty_ydgK6jr4t-EXx/s640/img_americanbeauty_ss8.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"One of the most prized of the Wetherills' many horse-racing trophies is the Preakness won in 1945 by Polynesian, a thoroughbred owned by Cortright's grandmother Gertrude T. Widener."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Janice and Cortright Wetherill's home in Pennsylvania horse country.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Bill Brockschmidt and Courtney Coleman, <a href="http://www.brockschmidtandcoleman.com/">Brockschmidt and Coleman LLC</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: John D. Milner, FAIA, <a href="http://www.johnmilnerarchitects.com/">John Milner Architects Inc</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/weekendlivingsecondhome/americanbeauty_ss8.html">American Beauty</a>" written and produced by John Francisco Andreu.</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/AVvXsEh2reu2349EJhv0ckN0rXr1BFYN7GLcmHX4Gh3Mhw9LBs4O3jxSHOeCwmfc2zqWlXbQcizGoyb1V4YryMsSVgtponSgC4L2C6H4t9AkrQ4FvENaJWO6MQlhIBt4F4jGI3SlyPlloRz-GQ9g/s1600/14-hoefer-0109-xlg-2007417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2reu2349EJhv0ckN0rXr1BFYN7GLcmHX4Gh3Mhw9LBs4O3jxSHOeCwmfc2zqWlXbQcizGoyb1V4YryMsSVgtponSgC4L2C6H4t9AkrQ4FvENaJWO6MQlhIBt4F4jGI3SlyPlloRz-GQ9g/s640/14-hoefer-0109-xlg-2007417.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A wall of horse-show awards in the library . . . is evidence of the owner's skills at hunt and jump."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1880s house in Healdsburg (Sonoma County), California.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Myra Hoefer, <a href="http://www.myrahoeferdesign.com/">Myra Hoefer Design</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/power-of-white#slide-15">A California Home is Powerful in White</a>" by Amanda Lovell.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Americana horses appear in the next two homes:</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/AVvXsEjuBj5VDYqnumLWcwVsjabv300PfEiqgCLxhJDZ3AhKA7TjdZ3Sg3z4ybLEc2dTQf9qm_RqPIRpkWIQzbu4Dy7GcMayh8AWKXkONcXrofjQ3f3F4YWZCLGN8LbVmHOSaiaXUZ1r4v2ObzG2/s1600/img_Bremner_ss5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuBj5VDYqnumLWcwVsjabv300PfEiqgCLxhJDZ3AhKA7TjdZ3Sg3z4ybLEc2dTQf9qm_RqPIRpkWIQzbu4Dy7GcMayh8AWKXkONcXrofjQ3f3F4YWZCLGN8LbVmHOSaiaXUZ1r4v2ObzG2/s640/img_Bremner_ss5.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An island sink from Waterworks with a vintage-style Rohl faucet faces the living areas. Wm Ohs cabinets and marble countertops and backsplashes contrast with walnut Olde Savannah Flooring."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lake Maxinkuckee home of Gina and Jim Bremner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kitchen design: Rob Klein, Conceptual Kitchens and Millwork.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</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/weekendlivingsecondhome/salute-to-summer_ss5.html">Salute to Summer</a>" produced by Betsy Harris.</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 /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lds7KYMT6F9VT_OdMY8bpdvZoJb960C21DvoyQpvukkB_ObSUza1D6HG0r0M3bGL3QBfy-izs8Y2LQBTBh7TtQ1yxGGX99ZqGsTN-RhQazm-K3EF5zYy9JvG9L2elP2rlicSL4bypJeR/s1600/sun-valley-1-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lds7KYMT6F9VT_OdMY8bpdvZoJb960C21DvoyQpvukkB_ObSUza1D6HG0r0M3bGL3QBfy-izs8Y2LQBTBh7TtQ1yxGGX99ZqGsTN-RhQazm-K3EF5zYy9JvG9L2elP2rlicSL4bypJeR/s640/sun-valley-1-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The barn-style house, by architects Sandra Vlock and Glenn Arbonies, has a 28-foot-high gambrel-shaped ceiling made of alder wood. A 'hayloft' runs the length of the main room."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designer Chipper Joseph's family home in Idaho, which was inspired by a 19th-century barn in Vermont."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Chipper Joseph.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Sandra Vlock and Glenn Arbonies, <a href="http://akvpc.com/">Arbonies King Vlock Architects</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Maura McEvoy.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/sun-valley-barn-style-house#slide-1">A Barn-Style House in Sun Valley</a>" by Frances Schultz.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The remaining photos feature horse paintings of different styles and varied horse figures. Sculpted horse heads add drama to some of the spaces featured below. Take a look . . . </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnySyyexGcZkx5vU8s9Mw8lzRbROncrS6DbjZ7ZrupD1Wmn_0G12ow8etKTJRyfCcNUWdgmM-OKH-7PpumzDB5A4SjtRcnyAd18hP_rD4W5hDpIacsQMNi0n2VI9Z6CYoxrUfTNvm5ganY/s1600/ver-netto-library-0311-mdn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnySyyexGcZkx5vU8s9Mw8lzRbROncrS6DbjZ7ZrupD1Wmn_0G12ow8etKTJRyfCcNUWdgmM-OKH-7PpumzDB5A4SjtRcnyAd18hP_rD4W5hDpIacsQMNi0n2VI9Z6CYoxrUfTNvm5ganY/s640/ver-netto-library-0311-mdn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Said David Netto of the house he designed with Gil Schafer: "I haven't met the room yet that doesn't do better with an African stool or headrest. If you don't want to dress up an English room, put something Russian in it. That desk changes everything for me, just closes the deal. The horse sculpture was the first thing we bought for <i>Boxwood</i>. You have to start somewhere - funny."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Boxwood</i>, the Nashville residence of Gil Schafer, author of <i>The Great American House: Tradition for the Way We Live Now</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://davidnettodesign.com/">David Netto</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <a href="http://www.gpschafer.com/#/home">Gil Schafer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography  by Max Kim-Bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/designers-ideas/david-netto-gil-schafer-0311?click=main_sr#slide-9">Behind the Scenes</a>" by David Netto.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (March 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVimxfbgjebikhQaos7CkVqfKxy-yjTsogxP1Rw7cq6OuFJq-VokN9T8ZZe6p_T0vtEzmz3WjsbjQHnXmuQfaZ_IgQcW1kFCOYv8qBB4KSYNdK7k5EcGXs8Z2WDtT7A1-QQvBE78nhSFAg/s1600/2-showhouse-0109-xlg-13366409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVimxfbgjebikhQaos7CkVqfKxy-yjTsogxP1Rw7cq6OuFJq-VokN9T8ZZe6p_T0vtEzmz3WjsbjQHnXmuQfaZ_IgQcW1kFCOYv8qBB4KSYNdK7k5EcGXs8Z2WDtT7A1-QQvBE78nhSFAg/s640/2-showhouse-0109-xlg-13366409.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Susan Ferrier took her color palette from this painting by James McLaughlin Way, through Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery. Faux horse-leg benches from John Rosselli are a whimsical touch."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Showhouse apartment in New York City created by Susan Ferrier and <i>House Beautiful</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Interior design by Susan Ferrier, </span><a href="http://www.mcalpineboothferrier.com/index.cfm" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">McAlpine Booth and Ferrier Interiors</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/power-of-neutrals?click=main_sr#slide-1">The Power of Neutrals</a>" produced by Ellen O'Neill and Whitney Robinson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (January 2009).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAOgPemt04lpGSRZO_8qZxqWLTeserRnzggHsIqOTyMaG8fsI77hjrR9NOHZPvHYKK-hHqR918LaDkg-EDotW0RmRj8sMn4POaNLXeDFjjrH1rLKprmmTe4CFIgGrxAOXZYbeJdNOTLlq/s1600/21-showhouse-0109-xlg-11453904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAOgPemt04lpGSRZO_8qZxqWLTeserRnzggHsIqOTyMaG8fsI77hjrR9NOHZPvHYKK-hHqR918LaDkg-EDotW0RmRj8sMn4POaNLXeDFjjrH1rLKprmmTe4CFIgGrxAOXZYbeJdNOTLlq/s640/21-showhouse-0109-xlg-11453904.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A sculpted horse's head silhouetted against the bathroom window. Anastasia benches from Bungalow Classic."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Showhouse apartment in New York City created by Susan Ferrier and <i>House Beautiful</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Susan Ferrier, <a href="http://www.mcalpineboothferrier.com/index.cfm">McAlpine Booth and Ferrier Interiors</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/power-of-neutrals?click=main_sr#slide-18">The Power of Neutrals</a>" produced by Ellen O'Neill and Whitney Robinson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (January 2009).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LOpqw4vI73qHZMtljr2wc_tCS8s6qLXBNV40p_400V-bjrB-f6SGn6Pakv2kVjWTv8aL5i3sAM0ny4Mh4MWHPEjnLQQXseNVqGuc0s4BRT__ygFGHUWHPdRZxk3vM-IiY7Dxlttcp3gR/s1600/101570217_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LOpqw4vI73qHZMtljr2wc_tCS8s6qLXBNV40p_400V-bjrB-f6SGn6Pakv2kVjWTv8aL5i3sAM0ny4Mh4MWHPEjnLQQXseNVqGuc0s4BRT__ygFGHUWHPdRZxk3vM-IiY7Dxlttcp3gR/s640/101570217_ss.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The ceiling, often ignored in design, provides more dazzle to the elegant room. Silver-leaf squares, applied in a block pattern, were glazed to give the surface an aged appearance. Window panels of luscious silk taffeta in a silvery celadon enhance the complexity of the room's pastel-and-metallic palette. A stately horse-head sculpture rendered in 1920s Aptware reigns from atop a high pedestal in front of one of the windows."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silver-leaf on ceiling: <a href="http://valleycraftsmen.com/">The Valley Craftsmen Ltd</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">D.C. Design House in Washington, D.C.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dining room design: Basha White, <a href="http://www.bashawhiteinteriors.com/Basha_White_Interiors.html">Basha White Interiors</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/pastel-colors-showhouse-rooms_ss6.html">Showhouse Color: Pastels</a>"</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/AVvXsEh1vEujthErZJEhri3s24vnCK2f1R4wZA0ncc1HgU3_nRdF9Coev_rmLsgrL9ybq7xWbXHM4-XoW-qsVfbuzQZ-sDo0BXdYL77Wcn3DG3wWvNZax2-DWmf0DFxfLi9fuUdE9valWBf4It8K/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.01_grass_is_greener.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1vEujthErZJEhri3s24vnCK2f1R4wZA0ncc1HgU3_nRdF9Coev_rmLsgrL9ybq7xWbXHM4-XoW-qsVfbuzQZ-sDo0BXdYL77Wcn3DG3wWvNZax2-DWmf0DFxfLi9fuUdE9valWBf4It8K/s640/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.01_grass_is_greener.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"On historic Mount Brilliant Farm in Kentucky, architect Elby S. Martin and designer Mona Hajj renovated an 8,600-square-foot fire-damaged carriage house for the owners' residence. Above: The enclosed north terrace."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Mona Hajj.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Elby S. Martin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Billy Cunningham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2010-06/grass_is_greener_slideshow#/slide=1">The Grass is Greener</a>" text by Michael Frank.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2010).</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/AVvXsEi1qVAYTwFootYtvx30zUsaisEZSdlvR13ImYpFqzOEhGsDjaNboCRjWoSTqo-e9GSO8OQwhFlpwaU7_irkPKBsTwBTrMRrQ7ZjFTYrXYgxHCHQDrqKdixclurlJBmqG_0O_MKVCdmA6s1Q/s1600/cn_image.size.elby-s-martin-lexington-h670.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qVAYTwFootYtvx30zUsaisEZSdlvR13ImYpFqzOEhGsDjaNboCRjWoSTqo-e9GSO8OQwhFlpwaU7_irkPKBsTwBTrMRrQ7ZjFTYrXYgxHCHQDrqKdixclurlJBmqG_0O_MKVCdmA6s1Q/s640/cn_image.size.elby-s-martin-lexington-h670.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hajj set her clients' furniture in the family room on a vintage Persian kilim. On the walls she paired antique Turkish textiles with paintings such as an oil by Roberto Marquez."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.monahajj.com/">Mona Hajj</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Elby S. Martin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Billy Cunningham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2010-06/grass_is_greener_slideshow#/slide=3">The Grass is Greener</a>" text by Michael Frank.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2010).</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/AVvXsEgmwbIhV584QDWzhAEmKbFOXzseRo9w7X9Iogcs51-bIx-E4Ivn3mT90duvzR80y66GRGY26B7bAHKj3QUD7PeJTt8w5zP8i9aLsFVsydhZbdOQGOkmArdJ4-zQKKxYmYZe97UDKNc9CaYz/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.05_grass_is_greener.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwbIhV584QDWzhAEmKbFOXzseRo9w7X9Iogcs51-bIx-E4Ivn3mT90duvzR80y66GRGY26B7bAHKj3QUD7PeJTt8w5zP8i9aLsFVsydhZbdOQGOkmArdJ4-zQKKxYmYZe97UDKNc9CaYz/s640/item4.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.05_grass_is_greener.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the master bedroom, Martin refurbished an existing heavy-beamed ceiling. Over the mantel, Hajj placed a Milton Avery painting she found in her clients' storage. 'The chandelier and tapestry are mine,' she says,  'the refined waking up the rustic, so to speak.' "</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.monahajj.com/">Mona Hajj</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Elby S. Martin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Billy Cunningham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2010-06/grass_is_greener_slideshow#/slide=5">The Grass is Greener</a>" text by Michael Frank.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxS9bWST6z4STZFemlpn9b7VimNDiMgu_fhQaQqsSfE5uSCjt-hdFzM_1jl504j26gXwiwPKR9nKKu05jzs2BZhqmXkFAYUj4MmrlqIhzO-fb1cMR5lhK_GEYiTe6jNQdyX6lQumSt_iwz/s1600/hbx-dining-room-horse-painting-antique-13-1010-de-82082110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxS9bWST6z4STZFemlpn9b7VimNDiMgu_fhQaQqsSfE5uSCjt-hdFzM_1jl504j26gXwiwPKR9nKKu05jzs2BZhqmXkFAYUj4MmrlqIhzO-fb1cMR5lhK_GEYiTe6jNQdyX6lQumSt_iwz/s640/hbx-dining-room-horse-painting-antique-13-1010-de-82082110.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Francesco Clemente's dramatic watercolors dominate the dining room, and <a href="http://www.johnrobshaw.com/">John Robshaw</a>'s silver Indian chairs encircling the antique French lacquer table increase the theatrical quotient. Seat cushions are in Vaison linen by Nicole Fabre, trimmed in a Jim Thompson silk. Andrew Lord's sculpted bronze floor lamp is topped with a handmade paper shade. The iron-base lamp is a 17th-century candlestick with a shade in Robert Kime's India Pear."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apartment of Nancy Tilghman, former CNN producer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Daniel Sachs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/global-antique-decor-1010?click=main_sr#slide-13">Classic and Worldly: A Park Avenue Apartment Takes a Global Point of View</a>" produced by Senga Mortimer and Whitney Robinson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (October 2010).</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/AVvXsEjism1oYhCixx2Oi25lO65QdSnjint_L3J8JzvdFWL8HK7pD7UMg5rxyYYfqYzuR9afGQTtrA-8aROR3vSTLrtTCwFqkIKFFdZ_S0J25nrr5oRWps40uA1RJn0Cp-F2zZKMP659yG69K8_H/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl03_hoppen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjism1oYhCixx2Oi25lO65QdSnjint_L3J8JzvdFWL8HK7pD7UMg5rxyYYfqYzuR9afGQTtrA-8aROR3vSTLrtTCwFqkIKFFdZ_S0J25nrr5oRWps40uA1RJn0Cp-F2zZKMP659yG69K8_H/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl03_hoppen.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Kelly] Hoppen, who is based in London, collaborated with Tim Gosling, of David Linley, on the dining table, which was fashioned from mahogany inlaid with mother-of-pearl. They designed the cabinet - displaying Tang horses and old vellum books - to complement it."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stonewall Farm in Westchester County, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Owners Barry K. Schwartz, cofounder and chairman of Calvin Klein Inc., and his wife Sheryl breed and race Thoroughbreds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.kellyhoppenretail.com/">Kelly Hoppen</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Rebecca Rasmussen Grunwald, <a href="http://www.rasmusarch.com/">Rebecca Rasmussen Architects</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Durston Saylor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/AD100/2010/kelly_hoppen/hoppen_slideshow_062005#/slide=3">New York Thoroughbred</a>" t</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ext by Steven M.L. Aronson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2005).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpoEtexgOe6mg57l4wr8f0b0qiaIXys66tMC8Lve2IWndNIEplwIJAspAG5hwqHxlYtETL_a7ytBqDhm8bmi1RBr_VcWGLrdTTaYLUnln0ERda35uWAFAjHIJRLLk0T7EzDju8FrSeU2P/s1600/img_wrigleyhouse_8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpoEtexgOe6mg57l4wr8f0b0qiaIXys66tMC8Lve2IWndNIEplwIJAspAG5hwqHxlYtETL_a7ytBqDhm8bmi1RBr_VcWGLrdTTaYLUnln0ERda35uWAFAjHIJRLLk0T7EzDju8FrSeU2P/s640/img_wrigleyhouse_8.jpg" width="608" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The design scheme for the master bedroom was defined by the 6-foot-tall oil painting of a horse, which Kandis found during an art-shopping escapade. Creams, tans, and whites swathe the room in serenity."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kandis Wright's 1920s Mediterranean-style home in the Chicago suburbs. Kandis co-founded <a href="http://www.sanjuanventures.com/">San Juan Ventures</a>, "an import company that designs, makes and sells reclaimed wood products created in Indonesia." Many of her home's furnishings are from San Juan Ventures.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Gail Plechaty, <a href="http://www.gailplechaty.com/">Real Simple Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Edmund Barr.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Saxon Henry.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/wrigleyhouse_8.html">Natural Wonder</a>" produced by Hilary Rose.</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/AVvXsEipCr0YTkNq-WEJpr2s1nJ5pTjkUJIp0Fj6npqckNuhaey82ya4pvVjKQ61m3SMNPfMmrz-i9OqZYXDkPm7iivm25DB-qjIrytSVxm0SuxEIRS8p05QhnrbLmfhkYm_ewK3G87CfaPtvzxM/s1600/19-chintz-mirror-1007_xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipCr0YTkNq-WEJpr2s1nJ5pTjkUJIp0Fj6npqckNuhaey82ya4pvVjKQ61m3SMNPfMmrz-i9OqZYXDkPm7iivm25DB-qjIrytSVxm0SuxEIRS8p05QhnrbLmfhkYm_ewK3G87CfaPtvzxM/s640/19-chintz-mirror-1007_xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A vintage horseshoe-shaped mirror."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saratoga Springs home built in 1905.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Nancy Boszhardt, </span><a href="http://www.nancyboszhardt.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nancy Boszhardt Inc</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Carol Prisant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/where-is-chintz-1007?click=main_sr#slide-19">Where's the Chintz</a>?" produced by Senga Mortimer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (October 2007).</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/AVvXsEin3bvtFygyuQa0Ig8lnsZXOgEIGiogIqubGjRgNL-RGIW7OffKZvGgoYDxqsxMbUhFEecFpfto7guWUxPMREdQijArwulIqvR3PDUWfFr91bHYQSSmmfMehypyoBodYbJaeP79kP-LRiRo/s1600/hbx-decorating-redd-7-0709-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3bvtFygyuQa0Ig8lnsZXOgEIGiogIqubGjRgNL-RGIW7OffKZvGgoYDxqsxMbUhFEecFpfto7guWUxPMREdQijArwulIqvR3PDUWfFr91bHYQSSmmfMehypyoBodYbJaeP79kP-LRiRo/s640/hbx-decorating-redd-7-0709-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Striped faux-marble specimen lamps from John Rosselli and a nineteenth-century Italian wooden saddle form add height to a tablescape."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.milesredd.com/">Miles Redd</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/colorful-manhattan-apartment?click=main_sr#slide-5">A Small and Colorful Manhattan Apartment</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> (July 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAa5-6O9r8IedSvR-3m0-x4PpiGcluC5OXJBdzilvoRfcB6kXEYbdTnzZqPws7kXWPTyEtxiF5DERDjRvfK6kWHAlepeAo6DJLqKxj5ChdkncDozBK0sYMRhoONt0Gf3aAdSDn4gvaSrvI/s1600/13-chintz-lantern-1007_xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAa5-6O9r8IedSvR-3m0-x4PpiGcluC5OXJBdzilvoRfcB6kXEYbdTnzZqPws7kXWPTyEtxiF5DERDjRvfK6kWHAlepeAo6DJLqKxj5ChdkncDozBK0sYMRhoONt0Gf3aAdSDn4gvaSrvI/s640/13-chintz-lantern-1007_xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The main stair hall features a delicate lantern from Amy Perlin [Antiques]."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saratoga Springs home built in 1905.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Nancy Boszhardt, <a href="http://www.nancyboszhardt.com/">Nancy Boszhardt Inc</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Carol Prisant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/where-is-chintz-1007?click=main_sr#slide-13">Where's the Chintz</a>?" produced by Senga Mortimer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (October 2007).</span></div>

Horse Sense

There are many ways to celebrate the beauty of horses in a home's decor. One of the simplest, of course, is to hang a painting or photo ...

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Sliding Doors

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have started taking note of pictures of sliding barn doors, so the following <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/01/03/greathomesanddestinations/20130103-LOCATION.html?ref=greathomesanddestinations#8">photo in today's <i>New York Times</i>'s Home section</a> caught my eye.</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/AVvXsEjf55faSSOkHzNSzQ5CVMxvJQeyvh3QsaCJvQAEWW1qDpA5ax-SnclG7GjDuqt7YyKcL11v-mIIDe7fB3LBZomarxcgHGAIF_V08UcQ7CGZ1zIYY9YDRrfhMQn4hgTbGDEtIY9vjFFHFFrb/s1600/20130103-LOCATION-slide-9QKG-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf55faSSOkHzNSzQ5CVMxvJQeyvh3QsaCJvQAEWW1qDpA5ax-SnclG7GjDuqt7YyKcL11v-mIIDe7fB3LBZomarxcgHGAIF_V08UcQ7CGZ1zIYY9YDRrfhMQn4hgTbGDEtIY9vjFFHFFrb/s640/20130103-LOCATION-slide-9QKG-jumbo.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/01/03/greathomesanddestinations/20130103-LOCATION.html?ref=greathomesanddestinations#8">Photo credit: Emily Andrews</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The guest bathroom is on the mezzanine, a floor down from the guest room. The sliding door doubles as a blackboard."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Williamsburg, Brooklyn home of <a href="http://www.anthonygoicolea.com/">Anthony Giocolea</a> and Paul Kelterborn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architect: Janet Cross.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/greathomesanddestinations/williamsburg-town-house-renovation.html">New Kids in the Block</a>" by Joyce Wadler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</a>, Home Section, Thursday, January 3, 2013</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;">Sliding barn doors - or in this case, sliding blackboard doors - seem to be a modern take on traditional pocket doors, which can offer a practical solution in rooms or hallways that lack space for a hinged door. Unlike pocket doors, these sliding portals don't need to fit inside the wall, which in some cases may make them less expensive or difficult to install or repair. The blackboard sliding door is a creative option for a guest bathroom. Sliding doors can conceal a home office or provide entry to laundry rooms. Sliding barn doors or antique sliding cellar doors (as pictured at the bottom of this post) also provide patina or a sense of history or interest to a space. Take a look . . . </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEh10ZI-HO8cAiTuNbu9mpmTi5iIay3Fsp3TiqZiTVI99J3Q1DrGKlZE1HxE0FD04nK14AX8AacsrYKBTRn1AsZwUgRhRqrIwTi04fjjtobIvpA_-BWx_Ftf2_w8bhwMj1k9K44rgfFX2-Yz/s1600/orange-sliding-barn-doors-0911-berman-mdn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10ZI-HO8cAiTuNbu9mpmTi5iIay3Fsp3TiqZiTVI99J3Q1DrGKlZE1HxE0FD04nK14AX8AacsrYKBTRn1AsZwUgRhRqrIwTi04fjjtobIvpA_-BWx_Ftf2_w8bhwMj1k9K44rgfFX2-Yz/s640/orange-sliding-barn-doors-0911-berman-mdn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Barn doors painted [<a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Fresno] pack a punch in the laundry area. 'The doors to the laundry room could have been a lost opportunity - just another pair of white doors,' says [Mona Ross] Berman. 'But we felt they shouldn't be an afterthought. Painting them orange made them very visible and special. They read as art.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laundry area of a 1960s-inspired beach house in New Jersey.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://monarossberman.com/">Mona Ross Berman</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/vintage-colorful-beach-house-0911?click=main_sr#slide-8">A Sixties Surfer-Chic Beach House</a>" produced by Orli Ben-Dor and David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a>. </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/AVvXsEgRfJCxxdZbBh4hRJOlYkDnQU07Fdmfh4O87fAwVHsszJWPE1HAXzsQjU0Pi7Ys30HaaMw5lnGcixkq2UYWx8BzrqrxPzEkyJZweD58PLX-Gi0qZO0vGT0w_fcXqewstZGnB0LAS03Q9ibX/s1600/BlogSlidingBarnDoorsHB2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRfJCxxdZbBh4hRJOlYkDnQU07Fdmfh4O87fAwVHsszJWPE1HAXzsQjU0Pi7Ys30HaaMw5lnGcixkq2UYWx8BzrqrxPzEkyJZweD58PLX-Gi0qZO0vGT0w_fcXqewstZGnB0LAS03Q9ibX/s640/BlogSlidingBarnDoorsHB2011.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A sliding barn-style door to the laundry took up less space than a hinged door. It's made of reclaimed chestnut, with old barn hardware."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wilmette, Illinois home of Joseph Decker, executive chef and partner in the Wildfire restaurants, and his wife.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://michaeldelpiero.com/">Michael Del Piero</a> and Joseph Decker.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Kitchen of the Month" interview 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> (February 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_p4oVVhtc0Mv5cW_9vKGe7ikz7eoydRnLn3gbZU-H4yzYpkrdpyHRQ0W1TukwWlhSQChuQ7VM4U_rbaZA3Ztx0BinsvhXgizjZlzxRdrAs1sjeYkTXkqC5dhoUcbZO5091k68963QwcA/s1600/BlogBarnRaisingFeb2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_p4oVVhtc0Mv5cW_9vKGe7ikz7eoydRnLn3gbZU-H4yzYpkrdpyHRQ0W1TukwWlhSQChuQ7VM4U_rbaZA3Ztx0BinsvhXgizjZlzxRdrAs1sjeYkTXkqC5dhoUcbZO5091k68963QwcA/s640/BlogBarnRaisingFeb2011.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A folk art painting, once part of a barn, was mounted on a track in the owner's home office. She is a marriage counselor, and the sliding door hides a desk and files during sessions. Cameroon chief stools from Martin Showroom."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.erinmartindesign.com/">Erin Martin</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Grand Gestures" interview by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (February 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/AVvXsEjr9RcnojHZbwTnGlUxvH7Vi5Qt6febhmWuotXfL7U9sXCr7IGrDdeA0glMiD3gMlW1zEFgm2cdpqhhoYMCAAzDvx9pHJ4YOx7i-WEUFNNs7L5QTJ-Gk5K_qyuh93Vro91cwMyT1QitsYW9/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl06_hayes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9RcnojHZbwTnGlUxvH7Vi5Qt6febhmWuotXfL7U9sXCr7IGrDdeA0glMiD3gMlW1zEFgm2cdpqhhoYMCAAzDvx9pHJ4YOx7i-WEUFNNs7L5QTJ-Gk5K_qyuh93Vro91cwMyT1QitsYW9/s640/item5.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl06_hayes.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The building is clad in cedar siding. Large doors, which slide open to reveal the media room, continue the farmstead theme. 'The main house has a formality,' notes Hayes. 'This one needed to feel more outdoorsy.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An outbuilding created to house a media room and indoor pool in upstate New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.thadhayes.com/">Thad Hayes</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <a href="http://www.paulshurtleff.com/">Paul F. Shurtleff, AIA</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape architecture by Douglas Reed of <a href="http://www.reedhilderbrand.com/">Reed Hilderbrand</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Joseph Giovannini.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/AD100/2010/thad_hayes/hayes_slideshow_062008#slide=6">Farmhouse Abstraction</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtO3DxkrUeVeJD7-jfsxQFTP5pewDwKXD2bJ2KEO1Yf0hkezZkyb3Qs72XmMgbCk3UF8FIF_JtqnBOLHae-sCoIH_kne0pUDOsmzCbn8fDfFMSrHxgPNFtQOIzoAP4T1GCR0dsgYJSVLeR/s1600/cn_image.size.arar01_hayes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtO3DxkrUeVeJD7-jfsxQFTP5pewDwKXD2bJ2KEO1Yf0hkezZkyb3Qs72XmMgbCk3UF8FIF_JtqnBOLHae-sCoIH_kne0pUDOsmzCbn8fDfFMSrHxgPNFtQOIzoAP4T1GCR0dsgYJSVLeR/s640/cn_image.size.arar01_hayes.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The building is clad in cedar siding. Large doors, which slide open to reveal the media room, continue the farmstead theme. 'The main house has a formality,' notes Hayes. 'This one needed to feel more outdoorsy.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An outbuilding created to house a media room and indoor pool in upstate New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.thadhayes.com/">Thad Hayes</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <a href="http://www.paulshurtleff.com/">Paul F. Shurtleff, AIA</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape architecture by Douglas Reed of <a href="http://www.reedhilderbrand.com/">Reed Hilderbrand</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Joseph Giovannini.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/AD100/2010/thad_hayes/hayes_slideshow_062008#slide=1">Farmhouse Abstraction</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4QttnDoU04vhGn9tMLY5m_1HVOaxbGmYZpnsb3sVuCA3QcGX2Fep3SzkwEU_myYQbQ9RzSOlBFkrRV19xDVcbh4_6uzXb1qm79j_lV24Bu94eoDJLEQ2-VXLuKX50tPxcuvhzsit0ntR/s1600/neunsinger-18-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4QttnDoU04vhGn9tMLY5m_1HVOaxbGmYZpnsb3sVuCA3QcGX2Fep3SzkwEU_myYQbQ9RzSOlBFkrRV19xDVcbh4_6uzXb1qm79j_lV24Bu94eoDJLEQ2-VXLuKX50tPxcuvhzsit0ntR/s640/neunsinger-18-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Barn doors on sliding tracks separate the guest room from the family room. Vintage pillows by Shabby Chic."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographer Amy Neunsinger's home in Los Angeles's Laurel Canyon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ranch-house-makeover?click=main_sr#slide-6">A Ranch House Makeover</a>" by Alexandria Mott.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysAVj1g9AN67o2x-FLitcHYmAwkejtOnjlYHBPlo-Ow3G85UBBee4FiO5vVrsk5Y_gXoseTnRkiXFAI2asXfGo2VcusXBBs_GO9403kApyos9GYDcf0suT5PRl3QWz7O77NuiiiCfuBvF/s1600/item04.rendition.slideshowVertical.04_ozzy_sharon_osbourne_home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysAVj1g9AN67o2x-FLitcHYmAwkejtOnjlYHBPlo-Ow3G85UBBee4FiO5vVrsk5Y_gXoseTnRkiXFAI2asXfGo2VcusXBBs_GO9403kApyos9GYDcf0suT5PRl3QWz7O77NuiiiCfuBvF/s640/item04.rendition.slideshowVertical.04_ozzy_sharon_osbourne_home.jpg" width="590" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The sectional sofa, the Byron wing chair, and the Jaipur cocktail table are all by Martyn Lawrence Bullard design. The sliding barn doors were found at <a href="http://www.americangarageantiques.com/">American Garage</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Los Angeles home of Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://martynlawrencebullard.com/">Martyn Lawrence Bullard</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Fred Schruers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2011/ozzy-sharon-osbourne-home-slideshow#slide=4">Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne at Home</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (June 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/AVvXsEiL_hJ-J6aX6QzfxC_qb41xl0gMkaDTvJUqn0A1VbCx8r4Cop4NsBpZbScMGXvv9t7lDrBTGSFW6KoREYu_9WcFMeWE71Udl_6QpvYUA6yd-3_QfihZQGYZfahesD-G00JC2H1RkKA-i5jm/s1600/robert-stilin-home-EDC-1212-08-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_hJ-J6aX6QzfxC_qb41xl0gMkaDTvJUqn0A1VbCx8r4Cop4NsBpZbScMGXvv9t7lDrBTGSFW6KoREYu_9WcFMeWE71Udl_6QpvYUA6yd-3_QfihZQGYZfahesD-G00JC2H1RkKA-i5jm/s640/robert-stilin-home-EDC-1212-08-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A children's bedroom in the guest house features 1950s headboards, radiant-heated concrete floors, and a sliding door made from the barn's original exterior boards."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A family's weekend retreat on eastern Long Island.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.robertstilin.com/">Robert Stilin</a>.</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;">Text by Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interiors/robert-stilin-hamptons-style#slide-6">Hamptons Classic</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> (December 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyU-KT_ijD98T4qr_ZNB3ZO6d2hLJ0_Yjb6g_FNjF2PXxuNEM_e69VDEUgGYAuNcTIE6_THxrUH4WjZXN7WoPJiBLEbKGhu9ROb3Gg0_A_lQ6PtqQHYQ76z1szj2IaoN11megxWt3Ie9Tf/s1600/design-solutions-1112-03-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyU-KT_ijD98T4qr_ZNB3ZO6d2hLJ0_Yjb6g_FNjF2PXxuNEM_e69VDEUgGYAuNcTIE6_THxrUH4WjZXN7WoPJiBLEbKGhu9ROb3Gg0_A_lQ6PtqQHYQ76z1szj2IaoN11megxWt3Ie9Tf/s640/design-solutions-1112-03-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In a guest bedroom, an antique French cellar door is mounted on a custom-made track."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Condominium in Bal Harbour, Florida created by Darryl Carter for his parents.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.darrylcarter.com/">Darryl Carter</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Moris Moreno.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Michael Lassell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/design-solutions/designer-darryl-carter-florida-condo?click=main_sr#slide-5">Miami Modern</a>" produced by Linda O'Keeffe.</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><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;">For additional photos of blackboard doors, please visit my post, <a href="http://aflippenlife.blogspot.com/2012/10/chalk-it-up.html">Chalk It Up</a>, dated October 15, 2012.</span></div>

Sliding Doors

I have started taking note of pictures of sliding barn doors, so the following photo in today's New York Times 's Home section caug...

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