Something Old . . . Something New

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">June is the traditional month for weddings and with weddings come presents. Not every gift is welcome, unfortunately, and many couples are unsure what to do with unsightly lamps and oversize paintings that well-intentioned friends and family have given them. Some presents are perfect, however, and retain places of honor in a couple's home year after year. In celebration of married couples everywhere and in tribute to the spirit of giving, I offer a look at wedding gifts and mementos that have personalized a variety of settings . . . </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/AVvXsEieqwmdzmUeb0bBxMwRnwwIo5ngvKA8IUbO7_aQKMnRx_-TCdk8Fch0t0csD4Z_mjfnLhSC5l4anog5-Yve84WWvp5sMsDckZHpbu_imHWwfvOrx7omHvos0_I-5mTIG7ccEF40Jy5_l-8/s1600/ss_101999717TradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieqwmdzmUeb0bBxMwRnwwIo5ngvKA8IUbO7_aQKMnRx_-TCdk8Fch0t0csD4Z_mjfnLhSC5l4anog5-Yve84WWvp5sMsDckZHpbu_imHWwfvOrx7omHvos0_I-5mTIG7ccEF40Jy5_l-8/s640/ss_101999717TradHome.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A black-and-white photograph from Lindsay and Hank's wedding hangs above a Tibetan chest in the dining room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1920s-era Edwardian-style apartment of Lindsay and Hank Brier in San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Lindsay Anyon Brier, <a href="http://www.anyondesign.com/">Anyon Interior Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Paul Dyer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Krissa Rossbund. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/updated-california-classic_ss9.html">Updated California Classic</a>" produced by Sarah Alba.</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/AVvXsEgLm5Rrf6RtW8DvxIH1ivvqosT5eOhvjsZNv9mdyAXvne3MBbItKOvB9ni6QxLILgMBntEuyuJy64taW2r782ajQWHJxrTthyphenhyphenhxz93RCAi6pTyyHBi6i8oMzHjd9Dga9VHbk05waYgzPXc/s1600/ss_101773912TradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLm5Rrf6RtW8DvxIH1ivvqosT5eOhvjsZNv9mdyAXvne3MBbItKOvB9ni6QxLILgMBntEuyuJy64taW2r782ajQWHJxrTthyphenhyphenhxz93RCAi6pTyyHBi6i8oMzHjd9Dga9VHbk05waYgzPXc/s640/ss_101773912TradHome.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The marble-topped antique chest in the foyer was purchased at a French flea market as a wedding gift for Lili and Sean O'Brien."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Julian Mirror" by <a href="http://www.niermannweeks.com/">Niermann Weeks</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home of designer Lili O'Brien and her family in Richmond, Virginia's historic Fan District.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Lili O'Brien and Leigh Anne Muse, <a href="http://obrienandmuse.com/" target="_blank">O'Brien and Muse</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gordon Beall. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/comfortable-charismatic-row-home_ss2.html" target="_blank">Comfortable and Charismatic Virginia Row Home</a>" written and produced by Elizabeth Beeler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><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/AVvXsEi4nVWArrfyb5MyXvxgQdLqkzGvIEU6HzrTV6wPwMQive4g59xX5Mk068NIrTjctkICzH2Bs9YZ6bSUwg7nfW4pysZdJLvpx2R35qHwLeV8qpUwZlEwQZbDs4EI-NxO68kwJFK2CxCd83c/s1600/101788874_ssTradHomeMaryDouglasDrysdale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4nVWArrfyb5MyXvxgQdLqkzGvIEU6HzrTV6wPwMQive4g59xX5Mk068NIrTjctkICzH2Bs9YZ6bSUwg7nfW4pysZdJLvpx2R35qHwLeV8qpUwZlEwQZbDs4EI-NxO68kwJFK2CxCd83c/s640/101788874_ssTradHomeMaryDouglasDrysdale.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Karen Sealander's prized blue-and-white dishes look at home in an antique pine cupboard."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Says designer Mary Douglas Drysdale, "This is so romantic. . . . My clients have been married for over twenty years and this piece was the wedding gift from the husband to his wife!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Capitol Hill home of Karen and Winfield Sealander. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">Architectural and interior design by </span><a href="http://www.marydouglasdrysdale.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; background-color: white; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; outline: none; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Mary Douglas Drysdale</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ron Blunt.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/before-after-capitolhill-renovation_ss19.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Before and After: Capitol Hill Renovation</a>" written and produced by Amy Elbert.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Traditional Home</a> (March 2012). </span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIms_DKN-ZLP7Rfmtj3hTOcCCrW4qODL2ErO9b4fvEJfbwBCS55JvKcTb4somtoUWBvVaTkr-exEJ39WZdVvKE6AWcZ5pSKDPKNH-_ZZ2nHnBLplXifXBtbsUcHAUV5fvR9ZdxQmjBI1U/s1600/12-lush-life-secretary-dec0707_xlgHB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIms_DKN-ZLP7Rfmtj3hTOcCCrW4qODL2ErO9b4fvEJfbwBCS55JvKcTb4somtoUWBvVaTkr-exEJ39WZdVvKE6AWcZ5pSKDPKNH-_ZZ2nHnBLplXifXBtbsUcHAUV5fvR9ZdxQmjBI1U/s640/12-lush-life-secretary-dec0707_xlgHB.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This stunning secretary from the Veneto is dated 1740, and is painted with scenes representing the family for whom it was made, likely as a wedding present."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An Italian-style palazzo that faces a lagoon off the San Francisco Bay.</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;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/lush-life-0707?click=main_sr#slide-12" target="_blank">Lush Life</a>" by Frances Schultz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July 2007). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhhb4H2Uxx_gcojd2N8wdaX21N-GDQRg2-Vn4HhRQWuRdPItR1Ds8krMuaQqk0SewTfzp68-OsH1cXWHqcyGNggyIFegrrtnGi3kO9dtEyz5FvaFptWlbKZbGuako_g1sTOaadmTevyE/s1600/janie-bryant-entry-xlnElleDecor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhhb4H2Uxx_gcojd2N8wdaX21N-GDQRg2-Vn4HhRQWuRdPItR1Ds8krMuaQqk0SewTfzp68-OsH1cXWHqcyGNggyIFegrrtnGi3kO9dtEyz5FvaFptWlbKZbGuako_g1sTOaadmTevyE/s640/janie-bryant-entry-xlnElleDecor.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the entry, a console is topped with vintage lamps from Silver Lake vintage shop Casa Victoria; the tassels are souvenirs from [Janie] Bryant and [Peter] Yozell's honeymoon in Vietnam, the bowl is a housewarming gift from <i>Mad Men</i> creator Matthew Weiner and his wife, and the flowers are from Dandelion Ranch."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Los Angeles home of Janie Bryant and husband Peter Yozell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Janie Bryant and Meredith Kleinman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Kimberly Genevieve.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/homes/janie-bryant-home-mad-men?click=main_sr#slide-7" target="_blank">Inside Mad Men Costume Designer Janie Bryant's LA Home</a>" by Amy Preiser.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSO5wFVfl8mHfL1-lcFTbWA_dGhbzb8i0-o7bbwMna6LwvK1f-eukd-XhTesU_a1-NkUmYo0rTm_PSSNDxl8xuzKcoFSl63WTPgmml7Ru-uDZyQ7Y0MvofqOaX-7xwR_LMJtbyzhW9Gs/s1600/janie-bryant-dining-2-xlnElleDecor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSO5wFVfl8mHfL1-lcFTbWA_dGhbzb8i0-o7bbwMna6LwvK1f-eukd-XhTesU_a1-NkUmYo0rTm_PSSNDxl8xuzKcoFSl63WTPgmml7Ru-uDZyQ7Y0MvofqOaX-7xwR_LMJtbyzhW9Gs/s640/janie-bryant-dining-2-xlnElleDecor.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"On the dining table, Royal Crown Derby's Gold Aves plates are paired with napkin rings from Mexico - a wedding gift from [Jane] Bryant's mother. The silverware, Rose Point by Wallace, originally belonged to her grandmother, and the stemware is Colleen Encore by Waterford."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Los Angeles home of Janie Bryant and husband Peter Yozell. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Janie Bryant and Meredith Kleinman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Kimberly Genevieve.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/homes/janie-bryant-home-mad-men?click=main_sr#slide-5" target="_blank">Inside Mad Men Costume Designer Janie Bryant's LA Home</a>" by Amy Preiser.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSC-rBmobCruiF5Sfv3pTWd3-z4l6DJ9j9vw-jWsH1ERzqvGcJLkKC3w1W272hV0V1tAFTcACBLv67q5XN-pCOdVM2XjFF7qBJk91p5-GrtH0ICDz39986MubS7HhiGISCEDXKZiA9p4/s1600/table-3-deHBPaulaDeen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSC-rBmobCruiF5Sfv3pTWd3-z4l6DJ9j9vw-jWsH1ERzqvGcJLkKC3w1W272hV0V1tAFTcACBLv67q5XN-pCOdVM2XjFF7qBJk91p5-GrtH0ICDz39986MubS7HhiGISCEDXKZiA9p4/s640/table-3-deHBPaulaDeen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> " 'I love mixing the old with the new. I love things that tell a story and have a history. For my place setting I used my wedding silver. It brings back wonderful memories. The china is from an antiques store here in Savannah. For flowers I went right out to my garden and picked up some hydrangeas that were drying on the bush. I added some dried gourds and roses for a festive look. I placed the hydrangeas in a tarnished silver pitcher. I like the tarnished finish. The place setting wasn't complete without a mint julep. Instead of a place mat I used an antique table runner I found at a yard sale."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Place setting by Paula Deen, Food Network star.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/table-decor/holiday-place-settings?click=main_sr#slide-4" target="_blank">15 Designer Place settings with Basic White China</a>" by the editors at House Beautiful.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtm4TDR1alWBSrh9SkzJidC_5kLMb5pYOT0xA5E7HQa6hTVJNdktvoE3UJLUjICNF2m5EcoaHr-dvnT9ty2yU48mxnWfyAwHtH10GT1uVrL199zWxWMuOORPePR69VQzA7bS8X5druDY0/s1600/hbx-bathroom-french-luxury-sinks-chandelier0311bath02-deHB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtm4TDR1alWBSrh9SkzJidC_5kLMb5pYOT0xA5E7HQa6hTVJNdktvoE3UJLUjICNF2m5EcoaHr-dvnT9ty2yU48mxnWfyAwHtH10GT1uVrL199zWxWMuOORPePR69VQzA7bS8X5druDY0/s640/hbx-bathroom-french-luxury-sinks-chandelier0311bath02-deHB.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Swathed in Carrara marble and aglow under a 19th-century chandelier hanging from the 11-foot-high ceiling, the guest bathroom in designer Betty Lou Phillips's French-style Dallas house was inspired by baths in five-star luxury suites. Monsieur and Madame 'mats' are inlaid mosaics."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Betty Lou Phillips.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Nathan Schroder.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/french-bathroom-style-0311?click=main_sr#slide-2">A Grand, Parisian Hotel-Inspired Guest Bathroom</a>" by Julia Lewis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (March 2011). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPn6KJh_lJ_qDewPeB5yZWBA3HBaCc0IqvLIFAce8ShUOxmkL5Kzq4LZt0-2nOMaLWUWvJZrg8oPzRoI6ZI-YdCBYms7mxfHz5bU3bJHS7VnU3DmwlW4XMizVSDwIisbVSGyaMcNlpcRU/s1600/hbx-napkinrings-french-bathroom-luxury-0311-bath05-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPn6KJh_lJ_qDewPeB5yZWBA3HBaCc0IqvLIFAce8ShUOxmkL5Kzq4LZt0-2nOMaLWUWvJZrg8oPzRoI6ZI-YdCBYms7mxfHz5bU3bJHS7VnU3DmwlW4XMizVSDwIisbVSGyaMcNlpcRU/s640/hbx-napkinrings-french-bathroom-luxury-0311-bath05-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"One of a pair of silver napkin rings than inspired the his-and-hers tile mosaic 'rugs.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guest bathroom in Betty Lou Phillips's Dallas, Texas, home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Betty Lou Phillips.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Nathan Schroder.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/french-bathroom-style-0311?click=main_sr#slide-5">A Grand, Parisian Hotel-Inspired Guest Bathroom</a>" by Julia Lewis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (March 2011). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipT_-k5tAtmUZYRNT09m2eJh5wHfMI6xr64UG1C8q2YosCyacGKQ46CWvHAMSlBnBUDmk28E_5qkoD5qV-p_8YInFe6k4NPS9DpB6SKknrTFTfCqQC5K412lGFe4QEJvGm98yJ6aFKFMg/s1600/9-lyonpalm-0509-xlg-61707504HB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipT_-k5tAtmUZYRNT09m2eJh5wHfMI6xr64UG1C8q2YosCyacGKQ46CWvHAMSlBnBUDmk28E_5qkoD5qV-p_8YInFe6k4NPS9DpB6SKknrTFTfCqQC5K412lGFe4QEJvGm98yJ6aFKFMg/s640/9-lyonpalm-0509-xlg-61707504HB.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the family room, oversize wing chairs by Formations are slipcovered in Ralph Lauren's Hemp. The pillows are made from old French feed sacks, which would have been part of a rural bride's dowry. Dennis and Leen Cap D'Antibes cocktail table."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Dana Lyon.</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/decorating/dana-lyon-palm-european-design?click=main_sr#slide-7" target="_blank">A Quiet and Elegant Home in Arizona</a>" by Michalene Busico.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Bqw4EMEHvmtcsPX1nHpHTrFqH6Xj1s9omVyW9q7iVl3ksEa77040o_N6ciT4x5PL8pXG6jmu4_xZMikUQ0Dqq-yTdf2jID7yW6ESbGVzFxAnpdp1SbY7aoSw03mO2I-0MsHYKdgz_Lg/s1600/3-color-0509-xlgHBPhoebeHoward.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Bqw4EMEHvmtcsPX1nHpHTrFqH6Xj1s9omVyW9q7iVl3ksEa77040o_N6ciT4x5PL8pXG6jmu4_xZMikUQ0Dqq-yTdf2jID7yW6ESbGVzFxAnpdp1SbY7aoSw03mO2I-0MsHYKdgz_Lg/s640/3-color-0509-xlgHBPhoebeHoward.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" ' Even though I'm known for a soft neutral palette, I keep getting hired by people who love color. I can do both, and I explain it like this: I am married to beige, but I have affairs with color. GOING TO THE CHAPEL is just like a marriage - comfortable, livable, with just a hint of gray. Actually, that sort of describes my husband. A super-neutral, safe color you can stay with for a long time.' " </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior designer <a href="http://www.phoebehoward.net/home.aspx" target="_blank">Phoebe Howard</a> regarding <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s "Going to the Chapel" (1527).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Mali Azima.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/colors/unique-color-names-0509?click=main_sr#slide-7" target="_blank">Colors with Great Names</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/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjI_pQHZUBgij5uiYbz7jZIwk6tpI1zC3f9gylH8xQhonBOxuxeH8__WZxpPJsNFbsIHP0mJOAd4TG16S5bsTtao3DJKWveUdVSEv-r3tTH-kFDwaSyuE0BlPvZZULEo1uAhSQrgo4Ks/s1600/02-Carolina-Herrera-Baez-home-1012-lgnElleDecor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjI_pQHZUBgij5uiYbz7jZIwk6tpI1zC3f9gylH8xQhonBOxuxeH8__WZxpPJsNFbsIHP0mJOAd4TG16S5bsTtao3DJKWveUdVSEv-r3tTH-kFDwaSyuE0BlPvZZULEo1uAhSQrgo4Ks/s640/02-Carolina-Herrera-Baez-home-1012-lgnElleDecor.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the entry, a watercolor by Maximo Gonzalez above a flea-market settee upholstered in a suzani that was a wedding gift; the table is by Renzo Mongiardino."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Madrid apartment of Carolina Herrera Baez, Miguel Baez, and their three children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by Carolina Herrera Baez.</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;">Produced by Cynthia Frank.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/carolina-herrera-baez-home-interiors?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">Tour Carolina Herrera Baez's Madrid Home</a>" by Ingrid Abramovitch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhPnpxiTxAOYcyU-wqSo6PqGiJEguQxWawhbSu6ZOO5y9zMSQQzk1dJprUeFlUKJFBSpa4XGRrmrqAig4p9fQ6FuHp5W-HC-yN-If3cHlMnX1G7Lo2OTHB0n4H_nHaDcJ0fw35UqmS3Q/s1600/p_101389481TradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhPnpxiTxAOYcyU-wqSo6PqGiJEguQxWawhbSu6ZOO5y9zMSQQzk1dJprUeFlUKJFBSpa4XGRrmrqAig4p9fQ6FuHp5W-HC-yN-If3cHlMnX1G7Lo2OTHB0n4H_nHaDcJ0fw35UqmS3Q/s640/p_101389481TradHome.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The dining room - with its hand-painted wall covering [SY-206 by <a href="http://graciestudio.com/" target="_blank">Gracie</a>], round table, and twin-door access to the kitchen - is built for entertaining. The smoky-gold [Murano] chandelier, which came with the house, adds dramatic flair.' The table cover was used at a wedding reception.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1950s home of Kimberly Schlegel Whitman, who has written books about weddings and entertaining, and her husband Justin Whitman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Jan Showers, <a href="http://janshowers.com/" target="_blank">Jan Showers and Associates Inc.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Werner Straube.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/elegant-makeover-dallas-home_ss5.html" target="_blank">Elegant Makeover for a Dallas Home</a>" written and produced by Jenny Bradley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><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/AVvXsEihtx_ZN85KMcc0I17uarLUZpzOK1Y9arbdQG5SEBHu7HIcLCx7HeyalC5ZxwHG6W1FfvlajNytrGe01GmoUU3qyGT2UfiUvNhhpz6P8gHvFTHddcMnO-nPkwOtNUvvjEh4_vHye_A-iRI/s1600/ss_101947949TradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihtx_ZN85KMcc0I17uarLUZpzOK1Y9arbdQG5SEBHu7HIcLCx7HeyalC5ZxwHG6W1FfvlajNytrGe01GmoUU3qyGT2UfiUvNhhpz6P8gHvFTHddcMnO-nPkwOtNUvvjEh4_vHye_A-iRI/s640/ss_101947949TradHome.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The new Thermador range fits snugly into a tiled niche in the kitchen, built to look like an updated cooking fireplace from an older residence."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Basket on wall: Antique African wedding basket."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lynn Haven, Florida, home of Gene and Renee Evans.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Phillip Sides, Phillip Sides Interior Design.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Eric Watson, <a href="http://www.ericwatson.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Eric Watson Architect, P.A.</a></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/traditional-southern-design-hospitality_ss9.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">New Home With Traditional Southern Design and Hospitality</a>" written by Amy Elbert.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div></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/AVvXsEg-YjGKIvL6ZQRpkw0Fo8NHJc0bGVJ36JfPEcv5-3ViyN1LpZRxHvBH4PLNHjz0XzH42jZWkdXgCJUrhZycquj9HrPf6jSgQWghgiQJNA5-YTQeznEQBS3JZRUx-H7UzYf0cKBBf1bVhks/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowVertical.hosl05_hillADweddingchest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YjGKIvL6ZQRpkw0Fo8NHJc0bGVJ36JfPEcv5-3ViyN1LpZRxHvBH4PLNHjz0XzH42jZWkdXgCJUrhZycquj9HrPf6jSgQWghgiQJNA5-YTQeznEQBS3JZRUx-H7UzYf0cKBBf1bVhks/s640/item4.rendition.slideshowVertical.hosl05_hillADweddingchest.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An early-19th-century Mexican painting hangs above a Mexican wedding chest and a pair of 18th-century Italian candelabra, which are on a chip-carved sideboard in the dining room. In the foreground, a chandelier illuminates a Mexican santo; both are 18th century." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home of architect Christopher C. Hill in Texas Hill Country.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Christopher C. Hill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Mary E. Nichols.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Dude Ranch Do-Over" text by Jeff Turrentine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2006).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WYnZQWR6LQRHbON9ooKkjMXPhJwDSqCYmo2-y4njZvrOZ2lE6zctn_0ENVnps4F9GWOyC0rfSkxT7HOkCR4odeW0BKZ9Hs8T9o5PvLrJGz_UABW0l5E8_8XxwsWHBxXH1zgA9GUoWNk/s1600/ss_101747205TradHomeWeddingChest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WYnZQWR6LQRHbON9ooKkjMXPhJwDSqCYmo2-y4njZvrOZ2lE6zctn_0ENVnps4F9GWOyC0rfSkxT7HOkCR4odeW0BKZ9Hs8T9o5PvLrJGz_UABW0l5E8_8XxwsWHBxXH1zgA9GUoWNk/s640/ss_101747205TradHomeWeddingChest.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Positioned against the wall under a landscape oil painting that melts into the background, a 19th-century Syrian wedding chest displays dazzling mother-of-pearl inlays."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lake Forest Showhouse; Lake Forest, Illinois.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Gerri Wiley, Geri Wiley Design Group.</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;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/showhouse-rooms-neutral-palettes_ss7.html">Showhouse Rooms in Neutral Palettes</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/AVvXsEhzYg99AdyeI072gbI4d35VvBa9Cpyr7ad3UV3xHzi4ug7CK8qWWhw1XlTPZlhwuCUF7wubAqfsLM9MGCdpOLjVed0XWPoCY-oEzUxzwokaODiuVJIyc_Rq3kqGEAMGgvCMhe6IS5lXHWI/s1600/img_smoothmoves_ss5TradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYg99AdyeI072gbI4d35VvBa9Cpyr7ad3UV3xHzi4ug7CK8qWWhw1XlTPZlhwuCUF7wubAqfsLM9MGCdpOLjVed0XWPoCY-oEzUxzwokaODiuVJIyc_Rq3kqGEAMGgvCMhe6IS5lXHWI/s640/img_smoothmoves_ss5TradHome.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The "sunroom is invested with all the elements that make Julia's personal style buzz with energy - a mix of a Romanian wedding trunk repurposed as a coffee table, a 1960s-vintage outdoor sofa commandeered for use indoors, and an old olive jar that stands by the door as sculpture."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by homeowner Julia Buckingham Edelmann, <a href="http://www.buckinghamid.com/">Buckingham Interiors and Design, LLC.</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 Candace Ord Manroe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/smoothmoves_ss5.html">Smooth Moves</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/AVvXsEgaNqMpyGrSST6lZNrfzJriI5mz0OxDnNTX3IdjGkFFQjbl4vI6qp2UI91zxPmUVZ8cb9nyVxgkW_Ize6eJp5ljUDaPHdUi-Ro74ydQsqbKeP3_jX5lnyzTiter0DaVvCqh0dzDww9ci2o/s1600/ss_102047256_wTradHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaNqMpyGrSST6lZNrfzJriI5mz0OxDnNTX3IdjGkFFQjbl4vI6qp2UI91zxPmUVZ8cb9nyVxgkW_Ize6eJp5ljUDaPHdUi-Ro74ydQsqbKeP3_jX5lnyzTiter0DaVvCqh0dzDww9ci2o/s640/ss_102047256_wTradHome.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Between a pair of French doors dressed in panels made of a shimmery sheer fabric and shocking pink saris, an antique wedding chest sparkles with mother-of-pearl inlay. A mirror from Syria is also framed in mother-of-pearl."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dining room designed for the Stately Homes by the Sea Showhouse in Rumson, New Jersey.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.jennifergarrigues.com/" target="_blank">Jennifer Garrigues</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Rymwid and Peter Krumhardt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/food_entertaining/entertaining/colorful-Moroccan-dinner-recipes_ss1.html" target="_blank">Colorful Moroccan-Inspired Dinner Party, With Recipes</a>" written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZvh08BJ4csAB3UefvmNON1cL0byg1XitjBK-Jbw0nMdFtmeJT6xMcsKApNiJ2IEex9kO2_bRpBVAAd7m2B3kxMlb_LtuzalYAnF8wivYLeAzvsun9PQ3nwVcEpQcQ547zktKjLM6yYo/s1600/Ver-Hallberg-0410-13-mdnVerandaweddingbox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZvh08BJ4csAB3UefvmNON1cL0byg1XitjBK-Jbw0nMdFtmeJT6xMcsKApNiJ2IEex9kO2_bRpBVAAd7m2B3kxMlb_LtuzalYAnF8wivYLeAzvsun9PQ3nwVcEpQcQ547zktKjLM6yYo/s640/Ver-Hallberg-0410-13-mdnVerandaweddingbox.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"On the entry deck, the Formations iron table with stone top shields a shell-appliqued wedding box. Vintage bird figures, woven roots and a bowl of sand dollars are a direct response to surrounding nature."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">L.A.-based designers Hallberg and Wiseley create an earthly and sensual home on the shore.</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;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/beach-house-santa-barbara-0410?click=main_sr#slide-12" target="_blank">Well-Lived: Santa Barbara Beach House</a>" by Degen Pener.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (April 2010). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqbnmH7O2gJLtt2Lbf5HMnu4-FL2CtVu-G27lKCPZZBQOm1Lw5gfE3vAdCXbwrKdrxt1y8wmWqHmoIDB0xNh4atuMwszLeH_6G2Lpht5whO02R29AFO7WqdKhrCnIRig6S2zclJw5WPM/s1600/Ellen-EDC-05-13-012-xlnElleDecorDegeneres.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqbnmH7O2gJLtt2Lbf5HMnu4-FL2CtVu-G27lKCPZZBQOm1Lw5gfE3vAdCXbwrKdrxt1y8wmWqHmoIDB0xNh4atuMwszLeH_6G2Lpht5whO02R29AFO7WqdKhrCnIRig6S2zclJw5WPM/s640/Ellen-EDC-05-13-012-xlnElleDecorDegeneres.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An Arne Jacobsen Egg chair, a Fritz Henningsen armchair, and an 18th-century Gustavia cabinet in the Romantic Barn; [Ellen] DeGeneres made the artwork on the easel as a first-anniversary 'paper' gift for [Portia] De Rossi."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The artwork says "I'm glad I married you."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hidden Valley, California, ranch of Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ellen DeGeneres, Cliff Fong, and Jay Holman.</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;">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/celebrity-style/homes/portia-de-rossi-ellen-degeneres-santa-monica?click=main_sr#slide-14" target="_blank">Riding High: Portia De Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres's Ranch</a>" by Ian Phillips.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (May 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfs70LhEXQ0o6o5jB8Bmyv9HbyBIQxIZVAEwQ1yXeu1LOGVGZR4rNq80w0oETxVczUVLMcJ_9iyJ3rRTVFvNof3lzDqXhP7LUrfXAiyRuoML_hgqv87ssUYL7XU9_J9KvoEOOjUbHJpC0/s1600/p_101774348TradHomeGoingToTheChapel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfs70LhEXQ0o6o5jB8Bmyv9HbyBIQxIZVAEwQ1yXeu1LOGVGZR4rNq80w0oETxVczUVLMcJ_9iyJ3rRTVFvNof3lzDqXhP7LUrfXAiyRuoML_hgqv87ssUYL7XU9_J9KvoEOOjUbHJpC0/s640/p_101774348TradHomeGoingToTheChapel.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Something old, something new, something blue - Josephine Fisher's 'Going to the Chapel' room had it all. Perhaps the most heart-stopping piece was the custom wedding gown by Suzanne Hanley. 'The soft blue walls, silk curtains, and French daybed created an ethereal palette - the magical surroundings of a wedding day,' Fisher says. The low ceiling was coated in <a href="http://us.farrow-ball.com/">Farrow and Ball</a>'s high-gloss 'White Tie,' which made the room more reflective and thus seem larger."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Josephine Fisher, </span><a href="http://www.jfidesign.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Josephine Fisher Interior Design</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 Philip Harvey.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Clara Haneberg.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/sanfrancisco-decorator-showcase-2011_ss4.html">San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2011</a> produced by Heather Lobdell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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