Checkmate

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xKHZX6QjEbYm_bIqzQlZVfL_tcUoeJgmUlRea7iBn569k5gYBVzSyEctOKt2QbqR_1XoR-sQM1-Z53uukMK7IVVHnnkM-7W5pSDpTz_25iJAp4RTmOgg0QJUwV9iVLSldXb7LioCcMY/s1600/BlogCheckMateADSept2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xKHZX6QjEbYm_bIqzQlZVfL_tcUoeJgmUlRea7iBn569k5gYBVzSyEctOKt2QbqR_1XoR-sQM1-Z53uukMK7IVVHnnkM-7W5pSDpTz_25iJAp4RTmOgg0QJUwV9iVLSldXb7LioCcMY/s640/BlogCheckMateADSept2011.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A pair of 1960s Brazilian rosewood chairs from Noho Modern.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Living room of the Calabasas, California retreat of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architect: Stephen Samuelson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural Digest (September 2011).</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZaGKmflwPEh-uu8raSql23zOaNjXHdDDBx00uCKyOTixieFOjAgClx3HbIRXbsc2NUNRq3f-M1EhFxCXZ4xMLBHwI1VpUSg9X5f-NbdmRz6ULKrWWDLdyDLRggJpYBhs-LjZicnWjDk/s1600/BlogCheckMateADJan2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="515" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZaGKmflwPEh-uu8raSql23zOaNjXHdDDBx00uCKyOTixieFOjAgClx3HbIRXbsc2NUNRq3f-M1EhFxCXZ4xMLBHwI1VpUSg9X5f-NbdmRz6ULKrWWDLdyDLRggJpYBhs-LjZicnWjDk/s640/BlogCheckMateADJan2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Villa Palagio, Sting and Trudie Styler's farm in Tuscany.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The giant chessboard was Sting's idea.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Arabella Lennox-Boyd.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Giancarlo Gardin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural Digest (January 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/AVvXsEhxMum50kIcnkMCD83pzXgFkefOxMUKF3RPryo_WYNpChsGbKO7ecWRGbq3LzbCteAf-SE8LQ-l19ilho6ywtWl4snejkE6sz39l_yt7ZVGrrFPEktZk-iTCpPU18ovwx6RfnwKU0pR0HI/s1600/cn_image.size.sting-tuscan-paradise-h670%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMum50kIcnkMCD83pzXgFkefOxMUKF3RPryo_WYNpChsGbKO7ecWRGbq3LzbCteAf-SE8LQ-l19ilho6ywtWl4snejkE6sz39l_yt7ZVGrrFPEktZk-iTCpPU18ovwx6RfnwKU0pR0HI/s640/cn_image.size.sting-tuscan-paradise-h670%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another view of Villa Palagio, Sting and Trudie Styler's farm in Tuscany.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Arabella Lennox-Boyd.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Giancarlo Gardin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural Digest (January 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></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/AVvXsEjDhEkcloK8RPGW49Yon0maZXyWZfEN4klxjR0YMdFqNxwWjJtr8BsJHfrZNpwkpdTLcyDl7JEc2Yt-__waVyPcvoRdT0T0Eg64CZgFAKbdN5UuBNq8oaM2xuhb0dlnXYA3uIB-Krn5qxg/s1600/BlogCheckMateEDFebMarch2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhEkcloK8RPGW49Yon0maZXyWZfEN4klxjR0YMdFqNxwWjJtr8BsJHfrZNpwkpdTLcyDl7JEc2Yt-__waVyPcvoRdT0T0Eg64CZgFAKbdN5UuBNq8oaM2xuhb0dlnXYA3uIB-Krn5qxg/s640/BlogCheckMateEDFebMarch2011.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Living room of Elle Decor's 2010 San Francisco Showhouse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Large Hicks pendant by <a href="http://www.circalighting.com/" target="_blank">Circa Lighting</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elle Decor (February-March 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/AVvXsEj5ugP0dlsG_WoHcYRKnBXun8_UqrZOSURsSw-foprvEeHTuJ5VzOm-fFHHK-RXPHtymdTIp8HkzFQGrzp6i4r6pxEHExt9e703miXGjADFKiTHhoa3SENdP47GQfG0nICDm60ym3lDJoY/s1600/BlogCheckMateHouseBeautifulDecJan2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ugP0dlsG_WoHcYRKnBXun8_UqrZOSURsSw-foprvEeHTuJ5VzOm-fFHHK-RXPHtymdTIp8HkzFQGrzp6i4r6pxEHExt9e703miXGjADFKiTHhoa3SENdP47GQfG0nICDm60ym3lDJoY/s640/BlogCheckMateHouseBeautifulDecJan2012.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hans Wegner's Wishbone chairs in a Los Angeles house.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Pamela Shamshiri for Commune.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Amy Neunsinger.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">House Beautiful (December-January 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxtZKGJZoG2lvAjza3JiNiVABIxSxELRlxOKb5vjP4bSUVENc8GAzZROWsL07YPSKSTZzghmlQHDh6isE4BF_OQrj6sKbA29_KZR2wOyl325uXZBofBNxmaqNLcwXq-dcAubCHLdR4gYI/s1600/BlogCheckMateVerandaSept2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxtZKGJZoG2lvAjza3JiNiVABIxSxELRlxOKb5vjP4bSUVENc8GAzZROWsL07YPSKSTZzghmlQHDh6isE4BF_OQrj6sKbA29_KZR2wOyl325uXZBofBNxmaqNLcwXq-dcAubCHLdR4gYI/s640/BlogCheckMateVerandaSept2011.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Richard Hallberg.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Game table, Rose Tarlow Melrose House.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Chairs, <a href="http://www.polo.com/" target="_blank">Ralph Lauren Home</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Art (Medicine Cabinet) by Damien Hirst.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Veranda (September 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/AVvXsEiASk7nAXxGeuJ2balngzXR6sHpYVQon9X1GdiXhySye1FaIqBJXrzSKvV1nUrz9zHVbrDRKCJFR3BS5zG_GLenMCKdCphwMQ1XsKhtKQB-EUSXyGdXmqRidXlpG2XQJPAg9DboPWB3pEM/s1600/BlogCheckMateTradHomeJuly2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASk7nAXxGeuJ2balngzXR6sHpYVQon9X1GdiXhySye1FaIqBJXrzSKvV1nUrz9zHVbrDRKCJFR3BS5zG_GLenMCKdCphwMQ1XsKhtKQB-EUSXyGdXmqRidXlpG2XQJPAg9DboPWB3pEM/s640/BlogCheckMateTradHomeJuly2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Giant chess pieces made of teak.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Silverbrook Farm between Leesburg, Virginia and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.helennorman.com/" target="_blank">Helen Norman</a>.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Traditional Home (June-July 2010).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWwbNz4iSYX0uImX8t_OWDA_Gy8G3tpD4R_wBdtYlCcKdCRuftR0M3v8zj0N3bkN284zGaiqlUKBUj58lSqb79YjTjZ2Z8VcE1KapYQ1NvKkhyrMFo8GEvNAYeaXHS3HO1DUbHj024e0/s1600/BlogTimetoPlayTradHomeJuneJuly2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWwbNz4iSYX0uImX8t_OWDA_Gy8G3tpD4R_wBdtYlCcKdCRuftR0M3v8zj0N3bkN284zGaiqlUKBUj58lSqb79YjTjZ2Z8VcE1KapYQ1NvKkhyrMFo8GEvNAYeaXHS3HO1DUbHj024e0/s640/BlogTimetoPlayTradHomeJuneJuly2010.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another view of the giant chess pieces made of teak.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Silverbrook Farm between Leesburg, Virginia and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by <a href="http://www.helennorman.com/" target="_blank">Helen Norman</a>.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Traditional Home (June-July 2010).</span></div>

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