New Living Room paint & a Fireplace Makeover

Is it Monday already? I'm dragging this morning after a little too much of everything on a family trip to Sonoma Valley this weekend...<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://distilleryimage5.ak.instagram.com/63c1c176b84111e3a2810e71a3fcc52d_8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://distilleryimage5.ak.instagram.com/63c1c176b84111e3a2810e71a3fcc52d_8.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://instagram.com/jennasuedesign">via Instagram</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table>It's only a three hour drive but it was my first time in wine country—and it was beautiful. On the way home we stopped at a Barnes and Noble where I grabbed a copy of the latest issue of Cottages & Bungalows...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://distilleryimage2.ak.instagram.com/bc909736b85111e39b120a26978b387e_8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://distilleryimage2.ak.instagram.com/bc909736b85111e39b120a26978b387e_8.jpg" /></a></div><br />Anyone remember <a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2012/04/sunroom-reveal.html">this room</a>?<br /><br />I was honored to receive a four page spread about the sunroom in our Florida house! <i>(Special thanks to my girl <a href="http://www.thewoodgraincottage.com/">Shayna @ The Wood Grain Cottage</a> for showing me a sneak peek of the article before I could get my hands on a copy!)</i><br /><i><br /></i>Now that the weekend is over, it's back to reality—work and house projects. In between kitchen projects last week, we made time to spruce up the living room with a fresh paint job.<br /><br />Here's how it looked in the very beginning:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNqIONcG-qdsOjNNrmc9dP3dxV11y0OZ6XLDR8Nf8oqGYRBPhSgGBMo25IStUNJUYeDU0VBLf88ojyp-Xuzx82m39nZ8fYxEImqUhw334E7yR_ET7pHnViIWZ-sAozRZlujZC7SAZRXHZ/s1600/IMG_3048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNqIONcG-qdsOjNNrmc9dP3dxV11y0OZ6XLDR8Nf8oqGYRBPhSgGBMo25IStUNJUYeDU0VBLf88ojyp-Xuzx82m39nZ8fYxEImqUhw334E7yR_ET7pHnViIWZ-sAozRZlujZC7SAZRXHZ/s1600/IMG_3048.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjt6mc9SojwGt68meT5MltxHxc3toDCjo-xRjz2L3B7PY1adM6z2waYD2dQ6XeAXVu2zt1AZI4IHplcR9wm32pnHGpHx1o39mmZZR5rXBpdQdTgraZP3yhiec6q7sJXd8ZXVP9cZcbdq1e/s1600/IMG_0102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjt6mc9SojwGt68meT5MltxHxc3toDCjo-xRjz2L3B7PY1adM6z2waYD2dQ6XeAXVu2zt1AZI4IHplcR9wm32pnHGpHx1o39mmZZR5rXBpdQdTgraZP3yhiec6q7sJXd8ZXVP9cZcbdq1e/s1600/IMG_0102.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />And then after moving in, still very beige:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WRxhXIm9UfnUSUGWKAXANvRD5kVF2KkS50bO_boRtdI70ibqMuGQe2tSC0U4V9OYGmOJ8PmuoJnLhd_jQW-7fW1MYuqKjZLxUvqGNHysW552sLBKG9SxDUBABeLHybnFwI1RKz7Dm7zc/s1600/IMG_1357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WRxhXIm9UfnUSUGWKAXANvRD5kVF2KkS50bO_boRtdI70ibqMuGQe2tSC0U4V9OYGmOJ8PmuoJnLhd_jQW-7fW1MYuqKjZLxUvqGNHysW552sLBKG9SxDUBABeLHybnFwI1RKz7Dm7zc/s1600/IMG_1357.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WZbbXu-q6YOUeHA5ksvIJgYfBiLTWHC03CnyE1ktVaBIKYlQ7Bk8rxXyzhmcDn0l8vxdlgPcsml7HW55BR7Jf6h1U7kD503qYS-D8E-rBIMSOc2yXSrBArJOyEd0zyjk-FSnfLFVs2sC/s1600/IMG_1762.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WZbbXu-q6YOUeHA5ksvIJgYfBiLTWHC03CnyE1ktVaBIKYlQ7Bk8rxXyzhmcDn0l8vxdlgPcsml7HW55BR7Jf6h1U7kD503qYS-D8E-rBIMSOc2yXSrBArJOyEd0zyjk-FSnfLFVs2sC/s1600/IMG_1762.jpg" /></a></div><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WAkZCPeTH-bUL8aUIQ9punMktem8d23-Zw3wOfOUMAws9Ptb5BPi4KlbzGYsKpV1KpSnRAgmJ2VbiuwoupN4sIcb8tGtqZjBdPurcad8mRjRj97738C3lip8RJDhjfecsCIOHtCXtU9N/s1600/IMG_1841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WAkZCPeTH-bUL8aUIQ9punMktem8d23-Zw3wOfOUMAws9Ptb5BPi4KlbzGYsKpV1KpSnRAgmJ2VbiuwoupN4sIcb8tGtqZjBdPurcad8mRjRj97738C3lip8RJDhjfecsCIOHtCXtU9N/s1600/IMG_1841.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnv0DMwqDPrODiuqSM0ejTVTTxQayhRshbM9IVOBOSfaPRZ7eWnqIIylXCfij54IFj0JvS8CLHE6nlvda_onuACdOUxf0XcPdHdoVHgfO91B2uU0OUdVJC65Ff_7tuL1WcawuY_5rX-Ro/s1600/IMG_1764.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnv0DMwqDPrODiuqSM0ejTVTTxQayhRshbM9IVOBOSfaPRZ7eWnqIIylXCfij54IFj0JvS8CLHE6nlvda_onuACdOUxf0XcPdHdoVHgfO91B2uU0OUdVJC65Ff_7tuL1WcawuY_5rX-Ro/s1600/IMG_1764.jpg" /></a></div><br />I decided to keep things open and airy so I used the same barely there gray I chose for the top half of the <a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-studio-is-ready-for-business.html">studio walls</a>—Valspar's Montpelier Madison White.<br /><br />We were going to tackle it ourselves, but this room has some seriously high ceilings—some of them directly over a staircase, and there was just no possible way we could do it. We found a local reputable painter (my parents use him all the time) and he made us an offer we couldn't refuse so we went for it.<br /><br />And now it's like a whole new room.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQV_yIW-npjcym94Ac1JSMgB-r82iihQKfsqKKCM6E4o1MvijW1wa4L1s_q6h_5eXcZm7wC89cpH3GAcF9mY8HOpBHSOJ9oi7otZ_9aW62HvzHibY0uSkEGcP228AWtnKL55BjS2xCdUP7/s1600/IMG_2505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQV_yIW-npjcym94Ac1JSMgB-r82iihQKfsqKKCM6E4o1MvijW1wa4L1s_q6h_5eXcZm7wC89cpH3GAcF9mY8HOpBHSOJ9oi7otZ_9aW62HvzHibY0uSkEGcP228AWtnKL55BjS2xCdUP7/s1600/IMG_2505.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVmkvyJ5d2cjlWfMMAVa5lyrwhTgOX5F3_vvZ43kI374cvSfRrZ3FmFJ1nkm4GZqlzNNJy9YAi6rtajUD8jFqSZWX4oUJXDDrQgKvT3fvtoyUdHxAAqz_PR9e_P-rBbxWr1CNgQbv3Ju8/s1600/IMG_2504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_DBtzDLGkhdBZFMBFVp7zA90iOUQ4oapVzh4oqmSQiHwk3LP5j7ZJYLn9-KDVCB_-946dpLq82TGpEpbpbj4s9h_AT9VY81SKrmi0lz7lS4rmv2Bb00BinafhDMtCAKmBxbKx92fM2pP/s1600/IMG_2509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_DBtzDLGkhdBZFMBFVp7zA90iOUQ4oapVzh4oqmSQiHwk3LP5j7ZJYLn9-KDVCB_-946dpLq82TGpEpbpbj4s9h_AT9VY81SKrmi0lz7lS4rmv2Bb00BinafhDMtCAKmBxbKx92fM2pP/s1600/IMG_2509.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DyRg7ZipnbQkgSJdZpu_59fOfc2DY_qyt7flrAihAFwy2pnIudpqJcffPm9Lmqn7781HMS_TAMzVEaG0vbxMIj0fETeD3TQCh3pBaqECqpLEbE83Rrn5sl3kClEccBPpDIw5QKTFWgKW/s1600/IMG_2510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DyRg7ZipnbQkgSJdZpu_59fOfc2DY_qyt7flrAihAFwy2pnIudpqJcffPm9Lmqn7781HMS_TAMzVEaG0vbxMIj0fETeD3TQCh3pBaqECqpLEbE83Rrn5sl3kClEccBPpDIw5QKTFWgKW/s1600/IMG_2510.jpg" /></a></div><br />The stair risers will be painted this week!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKhp9u3B2nKdzIH4OzvFDpEUsbdLnjY2dZCuRfxztkIWzgllRJx5AAgTzLoE4Faer81IyaG6TYDclwga6OP5aLAxO6isA9Li4i76jO380PPSMFkq8kVLNDc6OGawy6aykGzG78lIwHs1Z/s1600/IMG_2511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKhp9u3B2nKdzIH4OzvFDpEUsbdLnjY2dZCuRfxztkIWzgllRJx5AAgTzLoE4Faer81IyaG6TYDclwga6OP5aLAxO6isA9Li4i76jO380PPSMFkq8kVLNDc6OGawy6aykGzG78lIwHs1Z/s1600/IMG_2511.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />The paint was a huge improvement, but there was still a big eyesore...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYukxwOj9rTq_uQE0AthQ1r1xa_UNC3aihb7gVw2M_-3yCQL_VGXEbQ1LA7ZQNekiV6h4ALrhj9UDichmVFiy21r_V4f7yoAyR8GlINbVlbM_E1l7TuJrHE7A37D9nQkQOjG202sGC-Cv/s1600/IMG_2512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYukxwOj9rTq_uQE0AthQ1r1xa_UNC3aihb7gVw2M_-3yCQL_VGXEbQ1LA7ZQNekiV6h4ALrhj9UDichmVFiy21r_V4f7yoAyR8GlINbVlbM_E1l7TuJrHE7A37D9nQkQOjG202sGC-Cv/s1600/IMG_2512.jpg" /></a></div><br />This dingy red fireplace <i>had to go.</i><br /><i><br /></i>My ultimate vision is stacked stone all the way up to the ceiling (maybe the same stone we used for our <a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/03/kitchen-chronicles-stacked-stone-bar.html">bar wall</a>?) But this requires quite a bit of time/effort/money, none of which we're willing or able to dedicate right now.<br /><br />So we went with the easy temporary fix—paint.<br /><br />First I had to clean it up a bit and address some of the issues... like this:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7KBLcKdKKM0IV-2nsyB0BJPQQJH5MFs_1ntzGGeq4n1Uk4heXdMrJ_B0uTovisZMYQ_TfjO7vVLAGs4oqaveM_8B1jy0IpAWcDW4okMLGdPYJLB-hL_FNoeUO2iBamTKiMRT5yr2n3h6/s1600/IMG_2515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7KBLcKdKKM0IV-2nsyB0BJPQQJH5MFs_1ntzGGeq4n1Uk4heXdMrJ_B0uTovisZMYQ_TfjO7vVLAGs4oqaveM_8B1jy0IpAWcDW4okMLGdPYJLB-hL_FNoeUO2iBamTKiMRT5yr2n3h6/s1600/IMG_2515.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />And this:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZItOa_pT0qouiOSTWZ_uypxDceKiq8i7DPvUAASlAWgnojP-35IEbdbAn1phErRBRlKdW80o13AQ8CASvVtLCpo3hxcDZdxGMiwnarWwEtwpfSmi-QiyF9I9EAIXXS7WpB0VypToy1vFL/s1600/IMG_2513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZItOa_pT0qouiOSTWZ_uypxDceKiq8i7DPvUAASlAWgnojP-35IEbdbAn1phErRBRlKdW80o13AQ8CASvVtLCpo3hxcDZdxGMiwnarWwEtwpfSmi-QiyF9I9EAIXXS7WpB0VypToy1vFL/s1600/IMG_2513.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />It wasn't going to be perfect, but there were some obvious cracked/missing bricks that I thought could benefit from patching. I used "Presto Patch" which is a powder you mix with water and it forms a cement-like putty that dries and hardens rapidly.<br /><br />It worked pretty well in areas like this:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmConVScW7IVhdGYx8P-sY668R6QNJu9Sr1S9IA_5mpTF5LrZkLdAJ-beyjx5yPQFyi0e1f5OIqP1ulpHSIPOkNf089FJGQTK7uR1x3UTtnhpNFv3-dJmg-fj7V0MpvDsfDuLuqAcT7Rrq/s1600/IMG_2516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmConVScW7IVhdGYx8P-sY668R6QNJu9Sr1S9IA_5mpTF5LrZkLdAJ-beyjx5yPQFyi0e1f5OIqP1ulpHSIPOkNf089FJGQTK7uR1x3UTtnhpNFv3-dJmg-fj7V0MpvDsfDuLuqAcT7Rrq/s1600/IMG_2516.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />The larger areas usually needed a few coats, so it took a little while to do the job. And it was a messy job.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgreOcLH7GlB_f88TraUN8exyhJemTlDfiOjpPuleqeEIpDRKXDmA9XfwnKqgwFvzFmfli5H3VtuiQ6oNdWVbtQ5EVIptUnkcDmHRYuovXziAa2nHGlaP16VO9ZFzNsmfW437GDfZLzwSLH/s1600/IMG_2517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgreOcLH7GlB_f88TraUN8exyhJemTlDfiOjpPuleqeEIpDRKXDmA9XfwnKqgwFvzFmfli5H3VtuiQ6oNdWVbtQ5EVIptUnkcDmHRYuovXziAa2nHGlaP16VO9ZFzNsmfW437GDfZLzwSLH/s1600/IMG_2517.jpg" /></a></div><br />I didn't go over every spot as it would have taken all day—I don't mind a little roughness. It's just temporary, remember.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9AaS4cdb7sWFBT5GNXq6AcEEJnNLG-WVLd2itF-9lP_kp0Q-KB_MR9KUk4B7r3vuQwF7MMwnhmV8734OouloLISSEpIy9YA8oRBw98n8os-rcftecxKTcHe7lXDFsOJR6VVactKkNe1ev/s1600/IMG_2518.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9AaS4cdb7sWFBT5GNXq6AcEEJnNLG-WVLd2itF-9lP_kp0Q-KB_MR9KUk4B7r3vuQwF7MMwnhmV8734OouloLISSEpIy9YA8oRBw98n8os-rcftecxKTcHe7lXDFsOJR6VVactKkNe1ev/s1600/IMG_2518.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I also had to prepare the tile surface by scraping and scrubbing off this sticky tape all the way around it...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgScgL4HWOdn003JPdAPuhUCpSAvv4ldL8o6IRfZoieSNYrL3RwdXRT7H19z28Bko54NYUiU4aTxG0kK_ndYQGODp7Y52cKtlw6xtMuMnMtxE6wvKA7OEp-lfikOI1L-uk7XXdnGbBZvq7B/s1600/IMG_2514.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgScgL4HWOdn003JPdAPuhUCpSAvv4ldL8o6IRfZoieSNYrL3RwdXRT7H19z28Bko54NYUiU4aTxG0kK_ndYQGODp7Y52cKtlw6xtMuMnMtxE6wvKA7OEp-lfikOI1L-uk7XXdnGbBZvq7B/s1600/IMG_2514.jpg" /></a></div><br />After a few hours of prep, it was time to paint!<br /><br />To keep the grays consistent, I pulled another color from the studio (we used it on our plank walls)—Valspar's Ocean Storm.<br /><br />I didn't know what to expect as this was our first time painting brick, but it was <i>not fun.</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DVzMXFLwtRrsHt7xiUHQRF6L4UgDFO9Kw8jM_NFQEhJIhw8Y4_jcr6uGVXN-wZ_ZWTx0tbCA2EMVP0Yfs67F_nA0R3C-0LKwHtX9OZiY2U7liCm_iLyvxVeLLPCmE8dbv9ncEjdhUKdM/s1600/IMG_2526.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DVzMXFLwtRrsHt7xiUHQRF6L4UgDFO9Kw8jM_NFQEhJIhw8Y4_jcr6uGVXN-wZ_ZWTx0tbCA2EMVP0Yfs67F_nA0R3C-0LKwHtX9OZiY2U7liCm_iLyvxVeLLPCmE8dbv9ncEjdhUKdM/s1600/IMG_2526.jpg" /></a></div><br />It took a lot longer than expected. The flat surfaces of the bricks weren't all that bad—just a couple passes with a roller brush. The grout was an entirely different story. It was difficult to get into every single nook and cranny.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCj9H7TFz9uMk5miX8rt1KXFKZFaag8TODKx89DFQuw6248lb6d3jC_FMJ1U8xSiI_J4R6UbPaCxQdHWojZl0CDqQW36uENLXx5veM8ho-2C0oiGHq-ey2BaX7Y3vlTrEv6snInOnrIGUh/s1600/IMG_2527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCj9H7TFz9uMk5miX8rt1KXFKZFaag8TODKx89DFQuw6248lb6d3jC_FMJ1U8xSiI_J4R6UbPaCxQdHWojZl0CDqQW36uENLXx5veM8ho-2C0oiGHq-ey2BaX7Y3vlTrEv6snInOnrIGUh/s1600/IMG_2527.jpg" /></a></div><br />We were up for a good part of the night just trying to get it covered. There are still a lot of small touch ups we need to make, but we're happy to call this project Done (for now).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTg87qM9ZhfeFuGeHae4GEAXuQR7hlCb62q1KRvM9SvRgI2sS4unbcHibDhgJ4Ns5QcaW1XzPztcoxYYPGSrfHbXe5xtIFBzdXx-NAU4n09rmxvcGpRG64vtZCBC0Bi_417ypeDyFKe3i/s1600/IMG_2531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTg87qM9ZhfeFuGeHae4GEAXuQR7hlCb62q1KRvM9SvRgI2sS4unbcHibDhgJ4Ns5QcaW1XzPztcoxYYPGSrfHbXe5xtIFBzdXx-NAU4n09rmxvcGpRG64vtZCBC0Bi_417ypeDyFKe3i/s1600/IMG_2531.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />Much better, right?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsaMJVspnIFgexy6X2VNuHEgaLBbcBRaLkZnKHzl5yaRO2vSX4VKyR4EeMj680Jej3FVDK_EGE9oHkfGCxJUo8nzNQ2UREBGr2v7fBaLtQNMSOJTEAiXX4dMInw0f2b4ERnk1qvIDeCTF/s1600/IMG_2538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsaMJVspnIFgexy6X2VNuHEgaLBbcBRaLkZnKHzl5yaRO2vSX4VKyR4EeMj680Jej3FVDK_EGE9oHkfGCxJUo8nzNQ2UREBGr2v7fBaLtQNMSOJTEAiXX4dMInw0f2b4ERnk1qvIDeCTF/s1600/IMG_2538.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />For a $40 gallon of paint, you can't beat it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4m4Lq9zl-7lhliOlCfIu2SeKVefZGRlmG5Eg8Z2XVzw0k5aP2TwBAaubn9e-T2wBXyQ5ZF0j6Wa_wqKMDhzzzBScUTpQNLB_LGbLnJMq0RMzTqE-pDfiD22t0KQo6aUGK7jOc0rmrwxc/s1600/IMG_2540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4m4Lq9zl-7lhliOlCfIu2SeKVefZGRlmG5Eg8Z2XVzw0k5aP2TwBAaubn9e-T2wBXyQ5ZF0j6Wa_wqKMDhzzzBScUTpQNLB_LGbLnJMq0RMzTqE-pDfiD22t0KQo6aUGK7jOc0rmrwxc/s1600/IMG_2540.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />I haven't decided when I'll go ahead and pull the trigger on the stacked stone—we're going to live with it like this for a little while and see how the other projects pan out. I can't wait to build a nice chunky mantel for it!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKrbzxbvtMmEQyunxo5B4VLTRqa1H3NJfcL5NbdphBor8QvbTPXc8ALdy_j5bSHHtfzWnPjoGGefY9LF1znbPe2iOxThRlUvkdvX8kM_BC7BoQR23BGKJ3qe5iKg3_1jhEwAailNP_1aq/s1600/IMG_2542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKrbzxbvtMmEQyunxo5B4VLTRqa1H3NJfcL5NbdphBor8QvbTPXc8ALdy_j5bSHHtfzWnPjoGGefY9LF1znbPe2iOxThRlUvkdvX8kM_BC7BoQR23BGKJ3qe5iKg3_1jhEwAailNP_1aq/s1600/IMG_2542.jpg" /></a></div><br />For now, I'm just enjoying the fact that the red is gone and the living room feels a lot calmer.<br /><br />I think this week we'll be focusing on the stair railing—it's an issue we've been putting off for a while now and it's a safety hazard that needs to be addressed. Check back later to see how things are coming along!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePsDFnnEsdCOFBSHdpQJod4_ZVZzT0legJgp79b48LMFMMKnsj3ERWghdY8xhMgo5_PMovtN0sKzRDatsUWGR6Czo9Wzl9lkTXOuobvqZJKSyWZuKho9iAhfWSu5K6QMi9GfJqoCw7dxS/s1600/Signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePsDFnnEsdCOFBSHdpQJod4_ZVZzT0legJgp79b48LMFMMKnsj3ERWghdY8xhMgo5_PMovtN0sKzRDatsUWGR6Czo9Wzl9lkTXOuobvqZJKSyWZuKho9iAhfWSu5K6QMi9GfJqoCw7dxS/s1600/Signature.jpg" /></a></div><br />

New Living Room paint & a Fireplace Makeover

Is it Monday already? I'm dragging this morning after a little too much of everything on a family trip to Sonoma Valley this weekend... ...

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ONE PRINT DECORATING–RIGHT OR WRONG?

<blockquote> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvs-GtAKMqTMSfV7yeHxXSLxj3JbKhsaxAnuwj0yIn41BOlWbbuGvyHJWNU_uJLRNBa0_VemUEIIkddB1VVy4DOTOL8LtBW4BxWhGOyLUA3ZWMsuvG6f_Hs1LlCW2GQl1TKEON-ZtA8eC/s1600-h/image138.png"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PSwq4GkpMFE/UzY7fn2wZzI/AAAAAAACSmg/z_qboGjphc8/s1600-h/image1361.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="627" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XPaZvXYvVic/UzY7jBqh-fI/AAAAAAACSmo/DLRN9nIH7M8/image136_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="1028"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Last week, we looked at the beautiful living room by Ladye Kay Allen from Dallas.  The slips actually are only for the spring and summer – they are put away in the winter months.   While there are other fabrics besides the Peter Fasano stripe in the room – it is the most dominant fabric. </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg718Hw5X1eSqqoaKbzGIZYiXVMOqRV_5Rn2ZMucWFnr5h-ZM2XKnb3_pKn4oBrzl1CAuvcW54SCtZxwh-OU1YqBs619f5TbzL10Pi7XUXvkSLyzplYNWWAdqRBm_MQY0SVbSjZnMbuzFdk/s1600-h/image141.png"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-l1lfZ41BAck/UzY7kzKjwfI/AAAAAAACSm4/OA2_Pxn8qO0/s1600-h/image1391.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="630" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-j4XPEWxHs3k/UzY7pPveY_I/AAAAAAACSnA/5S3JUcjalhI/image139_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="1028"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">In addition to the living room, the dining room also has the seasonal slips.   I love this look.  I love one fabric/one print decorating, my own house is filled mostly with white linen slipcovers.  I love the cohesive look to a room or a house when mostly one fabric is used, but is it boring?  </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEissDpyIMBtb0_AE5Zm66J7q1YpRAMu8JQ-caItW4ZnEzDYkZVLs4yqB0ftXE5WVd6xXii8Tk2jIRXKOnkeEUhicSDNyw1PBLOQEqmpYJkrbsfDDlBj3wUjzknxITWVGP7Kb7hHvhCHxalM/s1600-h/image8.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-j3voSYI0rdI/UzY7sC5vQLI/AAAAAAACSnQ/pfznEfuYqQE/image_thumb4.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="845"></font></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Dan Carithers designed this room 25 years ago using the linen stripe as the only pattern.  I fell so in love with this room that I copied it in my first house, using the same linen stripe on all the furniture except for a few pillows and a skirted table.   Stripes are particularly attractive when used as a singular fabric in a room.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font><a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cu4hUGFNbxE/UzY7tYdQUFI/AAAAAAACSnY/5LKGsMA48C8/s1600-h/image10.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sW-c-KPIUvI/UzY7ugVptfI/AAAAAAACSng/zhkp-np2vjY/image_thumb6.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="565"></font></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Another living room – showing one main fabric, a blue and white stripe.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p></a> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KeDb2J_8ypo/UzY7wANJ8rI/AAAAAAACSno/KJmAB10UCh8/s1600-h/image120.png"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KeDb2J_8ypo/UzY7wANJ8rI/AAAAAAACSnw/Pxb_0yQJ9JQ/s1600-h/image.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PHCiFhO2r_o/UzY70Io3OWI/AAAAAAACSn4/oq5C8gsa3bM/image_thumb1.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="941"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Lee Radziwill likes to decorate using one fabric.  Here she used a stripe in her NYC apartment.  </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-iQXkvCKY59s/UzY71wpwBkI/AAAAAAACSoA/QsVXtaMZgLY/s1600-h/image5.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gfNzrkLr1KE/UzY74bVnW3I/AAAAAAACSoI/AqodiZ6FuAc/image_thumb4%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="989"></font></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Another room of Lee Radziwill’s in her former Paris apartment shows everything covered in the same toile pattern.  Is decorating with one pattern a good design statement – or is it a lazy way to decorate?  Would this room above look better if there were different patterns here – or does this one toile make a fabulous statement?  I vote for the fabulous statement.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ppAFT4tEXjE/UzY750-OCSI/AAAAAAACSoQ/_1mgRF7BEm0/s1600-h/image901.png"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ppAFT4tEXjE/UzY750-OCSI/AAAAAAACSoY/S9GTuhuPrEQ/s1600-h/image11.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6YoDGiyaZxs/UzY780-Yw6I/AAAAAAACSog/Y2Gp_NC21uI/image_thumb7.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="567"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Checks are another popular fabric to use in one-fabric/pattern decorating.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HTky-ssjGvw/UzY7-WUkalI/AAAAAAACSoo/94CG1VsoI-8/s1600-h/image54%25255B1%25255D.png"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HTky-ssjGvw/UzY7-WUkalI/AAAAAAACSow/-fB7WaRJHdU/s1600-h/image12.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="686" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChmMCZdC9cOguPIygpTW4sFb3lm2W-yl35QKomL_382nNV84TZHJJ9BZR9yFxy-UYeJye-oRoy4bs7tBCY-sy8zvrRoTxEOcbuO00bnqJmYMG8sNuBAWFeLKyRG-eiJ1gKBBEIpPZOCWZ/?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="1028"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">This bright blue and white check looks more effective used everywhere in the room.  It would have been even more effective if the fabric was put on the walls.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYiSuifCKa1mwTju5SB2p9be_azKDolGSawdR5xxJ5gpEvwyNV3fMwFcYxbnt-U7fdpamTlkE0wDI39t_y8r-gNHXHlC4CQJyvucX3a1bl0xgEpUp0_MzPMzfvLKzBVGz4YJcx3Vac8fI/s1600-h/image27.png"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Lt-vqtDQycA/UzY8DrHhUqI/AAAAAAACSpI/ir605ham_ZY/s1600-h/image13.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="760" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ObGSGMOnNfs/UzY8GjYKGVI/AAAAAAACSpQ/jKKPYzXlXJg/image_thumb9.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="1028"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Using one fabric is not a new idea.  The earliest rooms most often had one fabric, as shown here in Versailles. </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-j2apn4NkuoM/UzY8Ic3R_qI/AAAAAAACSpY/5HAJImM2GVA/s1600-h/image66.png"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-j2apn4NkuoM/UzY8Ic3R_qI/AAAAAAACSpg/zl6ZUZjgU90/s1600-h/image14.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kUxcjeHo1kY/UzY8NFNiXXI/AAAAAAACSpo/EHSliZfqoBI/image_thumb10.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="981"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">The French aristocracy used one fabric to cover the walls, furniture, curtains and beds. Of course there wasn’t a decorative center back there with a million choices of fabrics.  </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LAHsvMZkNig/UzY8OduHSEI/AAAAAAACSpw/OMBB3a_078Q/s1600-h/image121%25255B1%25255D.png"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LAHsvMZkNig/UzY8OduHSEI/AAAAAAACSp4/CDa6DhGDciQ/s1600-h/image16.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOkWue_KEyet4RzCxF_I6757zVEMB-MEHjWEspC79HXyMcUwPHpL1q6yqCVWdzXWKpJZD0qnie7Ou78yaZuAdMuTNUb3Ky00-IVasH0lRrChh1O57dgmu5MjoWVt4PLJ9HW3BhiTDT40V/?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="580"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Toiles are a popular fabric for one fabric decorating.  </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-zQQtO6X0sLY/UzY8S5T8TjI/AAAAAAACSqI/5l-MCWDFXL8/s1600-h/image32.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4UOiBfIL0jY/UzY8UTDZRRI/AAAAAAACSqQ/gtF7pWpUkzI/image_thumb24.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="610"></font></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Charlotte Moss used this red toile, mixing it with a silk leopard velvet.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJ07uv3vjCiLeWgWevcQnAn0zgnxeKlEu94wDtMYJlN2CNyJaTHuozbtWxrOpkvFMHmSZFtmG_-R9XrMintgpOVu-L87OLmzjeDfCwp_CSEC1U6x26yfQ-hQICD3ItZeofo7aNelpGdg/s1600-h/image93.png"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-utru94Qzmdk/UzY8V5s8OUI/AAAAAAACSqg/_o1_4up08Z0/s1600-h/image17.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="687" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ohR-v40oonk/UzY8Zp4rLAI/AAAAAAACSqo/k8kUMQQ9rDk/image_thumb13.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="1028"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Another popular fabric is a Tree of Life pattern.  Here, one fabric covers almost everything.  Again, it is hard to imagine this room decorated with many fabrics instead.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SzUwJG1wwOk/UzY8bDyhFwI/AAAAAAACSqw/SGXwXbaMPfo/s1600-h/image601.png"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SzUwJG1wwOk/UzY8bDyhFwI/AAAAAAACSq4/zwKiZyvlcmw/s1600-h/image18.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="748" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GXSgI3Jyi28/UzY8es-3GcI/AAAAAAACSrA/85S_Ik3gvms/image_thumb14.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="1028"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Ginny Magher used one floral print in her former bedroom in Atlanta.  The effect is beautiful and pleasing.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-odnjgycUUkM/UzY8f06wX2I/AAAAAAACSrI/2OuP8gSa9g4/s1600-h/image96.png"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-odnjgycUUkM/UzY8f06wX2I/AAAAAAACSrQ/C1IcyA_kQ_Q/s1600-h/image19.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WTGEAXrHliM/UzY8jBiqwNI/AAAAAAACSrY/EQM2TNEouFU/image_thumb15.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="624"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">This room has a pretty yellow/green toile covering everything, including the walls.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wMs2QByHSUcRriGx05GvBnvJUJOCA7q050P49sRf314h3TtRCX6U3jNlNzMlMG14JRSxHk8NyDe_NtTPe1LFRSabc-bA08GPWyOlzOaN7o4ncnYRtBXb8LLtMUoUbnceJzoSqfU0Eww/s1600-h/image15.png"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tnQU7tbuGLc/UzY8knhpWXI/AAAAAAACSro/XqXc5RJbFWY/s1600-h/image20.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nRM81N6vpH8/UzY8ogNZv_I/AAAAAAACSrw/JNgRJGVmMw8/image_thumb16.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="986"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Blue and white toile is a popular choice – the white bed linens help to break up expanse of toile and the break in the pattern is a good choice.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yGiB7NJkXV7WE1jnDKlxuAQe53uLtq4dMx3PLrirPEDfR8ZIPgDNd_sZfagtLqNxWdSAQGXLkIAwUWxUhbOsRwjUKi0a6hIsgUSUblAtNzZdaGLrG1B6CwvhoXQKE6fceynEPB_UHgk/s1600-h/image1111.png"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5aoW2ycN7ac/UzY8p8CpQ6I/AAAAAAACSsA/maKikKq0V8E/s1600-h/image21.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Bcxaz4vCCj0/UzY8sw9H9TI/AAAAAAACSsI/EJkPBLMghP8/image_thumb17.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="772"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">There are several toiles that have become popular for one fabric decorating – this Old World Weavers toile is quite popular.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kZscZiKUSx8/UzY8t9sXthI/AAAAAAACSsQ/5NQo83nrpVA/s1600-h/image28.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="682" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oA6JLXcMcyE/UzY8vKwUm4I/AAAAAAACSsY/f2JsmW7vZb8/image_thumb22.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="509"></font></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Here the same toile in the red colorway.  The mustard colorway is also very popular.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bY_MKKF3IPA/UzY8wYBKApI/AAAAAAACSsg/3IEVcYuZTSI/s1600-h/image30.png"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmJaNmALNnkVAAbeCyXUaKOnQUB0EKb5KzOIa7I_NSNQmqPHv_xnTBuQlc0s45zB7K7hFVrfPFaKFXS2jlG31IPNIyEQzgPW0euMBgMRYaqVk3Yb5aOiDJtlmfZGm5PekmjE0DYgXLfc6/s1600-h/image22%25255B1%25255D.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-CLQDBSxvWZk/UzY8zVSLeXI/AAAAAAACSsw/EAZij0tExgo/image_thumb18.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="618"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">This Scalamandre toile is another very popular toile  - especially in the green colorway.  </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-f6p8yOVpc6w/UzY807AliII/AAAAAAACSs4/xlOopoeDYmI/s1600-h/image33.png"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2lT4ZDKHub594O7fTavAvhlr0KbZ4RjayuiMr9DWw2kTBs6w_5pZ_7dN-e68AsKi79GkrGqYZrIGdpuof_8rocq5NUb8wD4gjaodvTKOb988WTfH55zGyRUBLZGpdmlVsGDLFyp4Dx2v/s1600-h/image23.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mUpK2GwJCL0/UzY83zwVUUI/AAAAAAACStI/3dFw9NDqZh8/image_thumb19.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="565"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Here it is mixed with a brown check.  The fabric has long vines running through it that are especially feminine and pretty and simulate movement.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9r5_P0WpTU9G74NIasSXYcYtomawC4F0FnvX0BdoKMUYexSwiIdlazG1nsJsZ6ImorDkKwkXT433sUaEl1K_duwydBUAv24zs4ghDa4jz9uOEPX8CivUUdFhp1KdV_noD6Ouyr7FFV1O7/s1600-h/image571.png"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hBFbbOmQDIQ/UzY843YctLI/AAAAAAACStY/9PrHcpK-ou8/s1600-h/image24.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="726" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XAg1tcwJDf8/UzY87O0Kr-I/AAAAAAACStg/XUq6Rv-Y6Kg/image_thumb20.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="1028"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Another room with the Scalamandre toile.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEtcSowSnLdXLQFXLCUfYCzM1TwS5t8odnsihb3-oYMPiHGyyadHS8G0tDag-UTud80dXUCzrTu45UFe0kDPT-_ult_Ti4MRxEN4Z2Q5PPDtKRAHwX345YmfeQE9zfE7vWxAoAXVVQ14/s1600-h/image1141.png"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7pFCoQFRJ7E/UzY8892P0tI/AAAAAAACStw/0wluMjwiefI/s1600-h/image35.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="585" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UiAbDEL690M/UzY9ArdcCiI/AAAAAAACSt4/0p2ZKpYWy1s/image_thumb27.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="1004"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">One of the most iconic fabrics for this type of decorating is this Brunschwig &  Fils pattern –  Verrieres.  This room in the Verrieres estate is where the fabric got its name.   Louise Vilmorin is pictured in her drawing room – as it was decorated for many decades, never changed.  I’m very familiar with this fabric as my parents had a bedroom decorated in it– but their rug was a needlepoint in cream, with the flowers in the blue.  It popped the fabric much better than this rug, I must say!  </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-w3W7Ka7amNU/UzY9CGlDbEI/AAAAAAACSuA/ACaxCaL2aT0/s1600-h/image39.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mGp30xTNGTE/UzY9DrzT-FI/AAAAAAACSuI/DdTye6xfuRs/image_thumb29.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="567"></font></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Another view of the room – notice the tea table with the blue and white porcelains imbedded in it.  Little Augury has a wonderful story about the history of this room and it’s fabric </font><a href="http://littleaugury.blogspot.com/2009/09/revisiting-verrieres.html"><font size="5">HERE</font></a><font size="5">.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BfbHddTHD2s/UzY9FDqsx1I/AAAAAAACSuQ/deToFRFycw4/s1600-h/image123.png"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BfbHddTHD2s/UzY9FDqsx1I/AAAAAAACSuY/xEbv_MRlExo/s1600-h/image40.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="746" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-v00hJk9SApk/UzY9JF_wUII/AAAAAAACSug/hHjbYRwj-WQ/image_thumb30.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="1028"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Mario Buatta used the iconic fabric in this most celebrated Kips Bay Showhouse room.  He mixed in a few other fabrics including persimmon silk on the vanity table.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxK8BwGlQB6oJbannC_EYqkD8K2YdcM6SZo_v5VlboR5WOZiTkE4xOU8dHmqfvzY43VFuQaRLBYWExuQmGhyphenhyphenN0mP7D0pN16d_Vi9cRUZ75XD2jP6Ph429NEtrJ7BgpZYjYB7n_ks2Uec/s1600-h/image811.png"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyr3oy5c2-QXA_u0wcN-EeqVIqUi8nZtf6kgzENzUmi8vu_jpn_WV44ZeEUil2wZlVmBum8b1ePe__5hsgdpskL48obUKemmG5CtOKAkRbbDDahD7HrqhP-6h9Nbck-3QJUoa6XPJtJc/s1600-h/image41.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PRUnULVBXNM/UzY9NyfkKEI/AAAAAAACSu4/GIBrV672094/image_thumb31.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="650"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">The tall curtains were so pretty.  </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-60O7ICBRxJ8/UzY9PIVFYFI/AAAAAAACSvA/St-aWgxyKHA/s1600-h/image84.png"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVK99DnNA5pUBtg9X1-ftaLYQNsyCgIzJcHiE-LpZYroshrwelKbBad_pcsW8o6NMhBVP2Wly6ZJEb4w5dBEZtdUPNkbv3q7cpVrVj_ULJRSMicYinnM53Rw7zB7AHthyWpnjltowQbL9W/s1600-h/image42.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AnAshDIMzCE/UzY9SYXmTYI/AAAAAAACSvQ/Gju-XMEnzhw/image_thumb32.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="545"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">In the corner, Buatta covered a sofa in the toile.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--0IWpbQMmXM/UzY9TspTDPI/AAAAAAACSvU/DYGLcMB0T4U/s1600-h/traditional-living-room-mario-buatta%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--0IWpbQMmXM/UzY9TspTDPI/AAAAAAACSvg/ScPmALuCzhY/s1600-h/traditional-living-room-mario-buatta%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><font size="5"><img alt="traditional-living-room-mario-buatta-southampton-new-york-201307_1000-watermarked" border="0" height="759" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-84uUHorai9s/UzY9U1gY-xI/AAAAAAACSvo/rLnO8GlFQEo/traditional-living-room-mario-buatta%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="traditional-living-room-mario-buatta-southampton-new-york-201307_1000-watermarked" width="1028"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Years later Buatta used the same fabric in another room.  The scalloped edge is used on the hem.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-F3lC1QEpOBo/UzY9WMxlBvI/AAAAAAACSvw/H64TuocU100/s1600-h/image631.png"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-F3lC1QEpOBo/UzY9WMxlBvI/AAAAAAACSv4/iL8ABc52NTc/s1600-h/image44.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Nx20maZVgSA/UzY9ZNCfU1I/AAAAAAACSwA/Xy3rt0bfwwE/image_thumb34.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="554"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">A vintage room with Verrieres.  Too much of a good thing?  Perhaps a bed covered in white linens would have provided a break from all the blue?</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-y7pEQBOGIQA/UzY9aTzkG0I/AAAAAAACSwI/NlxyXuV26BA/s1600-h/image751.png"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-y7pEQBOGIQA/UzY9aTzkG0I/AAAAAAACSwQ/urBMF6TzlHk/s1600-h/image46%25255B1%25255D.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WU30r3CF8K8/UzY9dRT0orI/AAAAAAACSwY/fEWvg4usS90/image_thumb36.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="602"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Here it is in Peach – in another vintage room.  </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkC5IxBwGrYjvN__5-7ULEgkvBg8qFyGKHD34it6fYMY3MFrNo31RgdPs0JlRH6cLCqrxweAw7ys1NV63XcTykKo9wzgvFZE9qEE37gQqwi_Lf1ImGOEBZGtqCNCdfGw9gniRZsOYy3U/s1600-h/image24%25255B1%25255D.png"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1EzDqrB8pgbylK4AxuKJe37k7StM29Q-uX2lH6Jllg33lju69yQYeW0B2JzeZCJtdtLO6AEoY5o61YHCuGxDPhgnLingUp_iUJYnEz9zYtExxxRA-xh5VIVt8XhQ7xCASlSFsEDJZGc/s1600-h/image47.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--xIfrqK6KA0/UzY9ho-NqUI/AAAAAAACSww/_KTZ8I9wKJA/image_thumb37.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="726"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">This fabric is often used in one pattern decorating – it is a newer design by Manuel Canovas.  Here, Ginny Magher used it in the black colorway in her Provence house – mixing in blue bedding which is a nice touch.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jssi9m24fsY/UzY9i2qX3GI/AAAAAAACSw4/P4M97vLPK4o/s1600-h/image69.png"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jssi9m24fsY/UzY9i2qX3GI/AAAAAAACSxA/79P6tkmv-JI/s1600-h/image48.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="428" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Dg4htC6NJYo/UzY9mDAhWjI/AAAAAAACSxI/5g_lubxqE9Q/image_thumb38.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="672"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Mario Buatta effectively used the Canovas Melon toile here. </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kvY7MiiPbNg/UzY9nblV5oI/AAAAAAACSxQ/MaV3-kjOB_I/s1600-h/image481.png"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kvY7MiiPbNg/UzY9nblV5oI/AAAAAAACSxY/fqpOL1QmbMw/s1600-h/image49%25255B1%25255D.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YOy4IF44ryw/UzY9rNo6IXI/AAAAAAACSxc/X9vBHject0I/image_thumb39.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="558"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">A close up of the Buatta room.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-SHZcfphQpDg/UzY9sFiEcOI/AAAAAAACSxo/KrGs7BbZUrA/s1600-h/image36.png"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-SHZcfphQpDg/UzY9sFiEcOI/AAAAAAACSxs/VrdgWgWQdAo/s1600-h/image50.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-y5_rdZrjYVo/UzY9uBxXRpI/AAAAAAACSx0/y0qwr2kWR64/image_thumb40.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="606"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">The pink color way is very pretty.  Amanda Nisbet.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MVs_BvQ11I4/UzY9wnCPnmI/AAAAAAACSx8/VD1SJkuco3I/s1600-h/image51%25255B1%25255D.png"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MVs_BvQ11I4/UzY9wnCPnmI/AAAAAAACSyE/r6k4EewfoSI/s1600-h/image51.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-21BSgHu1mmA/UzY9zak_8gI/AAAAAAACSyM/NL06fjRMdGg/image_thumb41.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="930"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Buatta again.  </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6gKLopIcboE/UzY90oB64vI/AAAAAAACSyU/MsXqRP4juUg/s1600-h/image781.png"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6gKLopIcboE/UzY90oB64vI/AAAAAAACSyc/RaZ4CYg9T0E/s1600-h/image52.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qz7NG7Tu5nQ/UzY93_-dCEI/AAAAAAACSyk/lBKEfdQvzk4/image_thumb42.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="616"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">A vintage English room – with a creamy bedspread.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-UgOlLPcxdi0/UzY95GDHRvI/AAAAAAACSys/5BQScVQ7Qgk/s1600-h/image871.png"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-UgOlLPcxdi0/UzY95GDHRvI/AAAAAAACSy0/abyMDYoWesQ/s1600-h/image53.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tptIAJdHI-g/UzY98GXh1LI/AAAAAAACSy8/hDFvlgKkDDc/image_thumb43.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="712"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Gerrie Bremermann used the fabric in peach. </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GYPyvc_Fem4/UzY99-j9WTI/AAAAAAACSzE/Z6JpgLBXj3U/s1600-h/image57.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="673" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQp5F2-2tkOZuhQnpQWxP-wP8e6eY9o_f4_5rdAE-uwVxvqyU8tjpGvrncRDtOlQtZb3WNG6BmPY3c6bJD4c2qcsozkwhknqp-eXNvRzarMCAMZdAAxniZdhr-zV0sWCUszwHCHtX24Oy/?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="1028"></font></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Another popular fabric used in one pattern decorating is Bennison Roses, shown here in Carol Glasser’s former bedroom.  After Carol showed this bedroom in a magazine, many copycats sprung up using Roses.  It is still a favorite of mine.  Shannon Bowers used it in her bedroom in gray – in the new Milieu issue.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5">One of the most iconic fabrics used in single pattern decorating is Bowood – the Colefax and Fowler fabric.  Bowood is named after a piece of fabric that the famous decorator John Fowler found on the estate Bowood, which he then had manufactured.  Over the years – it has become one of the most popular fabrics used.  The three roses fabric comes in two colorways – in glazed cotton or union.   This month’s House Beautiful featured a delightful beach house designed entirely in Bowood.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TsgBY1_OxCM/UzY-A5VzdRI/AAAAAAACSzU/U5NOjeskhiM/s1600-h/image144.png"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TsgBY1_OxCM/UzY-A5VzdRI/AAAAAAACSzc/5wh5-79yUMU/s1600-h/image1421.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FjcgTF-5gjw/UzY-EIPgW2I/AAAAAAACSzk/K64A7nies0w/image142_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="634"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">The Hamptons house is designed by Justine Cushing, a New York blue blood interior designer.  Her sister bought the former garage which is right next to the old Cushing summer house – a barn and cottage, also decorated by Justine.   </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-T2TQUPYCg5E/UzY-FeJ6SMI/AAAAAAACSzs/bkedK5EGzN0/s1600-h/image184.png"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-T2TQUPYCg5E/UzY-FeJ6SMI/AAAAAAACSz0/9MomibYBP-0/s1600-h/image1821.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RzAyAJShxsJfkQ_pw_6sccjSo9Xs6e8tSJfn23okwEGInqbcOqxq5EfKSj1tNhJaWEmBuWeWQnlLgau1sZT-hLeACcTO8HDDqIlOHII-u7go1SLFNsCX44T_bgSUiwWuLdruas8hV4Co/?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="1028"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">The former garage was a wreck when they bought it sight unseen.  They opened up two rooms to make the large living/dining room.  To unite the small house, all walls were clad in beadboard and the wood floors are all painted white.  Bowood was used everywhere – to great appeal, I think.  You might think it’s a lazy way to decorate!  Here, white sofas, floor and walls pop against the Bowood. </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-w-RhzElHjmA/UzY-KEWdc6I/AAAAAAACS0E/FXpQTty4wCg/s1600-h/image61.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xHL-31zQ-Dg/UzY-LbEt7mI/AAAAAAACS0M/lYP9f9xkFXI/image_thumb47.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="613"></font></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Looking toward the front window – Cushing believes in reusing all furniture already owned.  Nothing goes to waste.  I like the green coverlets she used on the white sofas.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-aNsFQtiHhAg/UzY-MqRFc1I/AAAAAAACS0U/kGp16cUmuQA/s1600-h/image150.png"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-aNsFQtiHhAg/UzY-MqRFc1I/AAAAAAACS0c/uk9wORePSBI/s1600-h/image1481.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-bRoM0vNBGG8/UzY-P0tJ3AI/AAAAAAACS0k/QsTLL8v6Bow/image148_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="621"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Looking across from the living room to the dining area.  Cushing says, as do other decorators who favor using one fabric – that it unites furniture which is mismatched.  If you cover a room full of old furniture in one fabric – it tends to make it look decorated and special.</font><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-swZct5Hm8ss/UzY-RYlFmBI/AAAAAAACS0s/h-V756sf_Jg/s1600-h/image169.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="559" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMei6FKfdxFByvxMmPpE25pUPCmiST6fsZz_LGFjsUbFL2RSmwFYIaUTqSlQJxhv7E8lTl5RkmOWUMhZBhm-4KPQXwHzPHdrpWYKxbm0SGb9NzVzKF1MQ84ugQQaPw5P9piPVYvAHtpfk/?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="1028"></font></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">The dining room.  The two gold consoles are pricey family antiques.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZtBujZWGz6g/UzY-T1A315I/AAAAAAACS08/UEBIt8pkwZs/s1600-h/image153.png"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZtBujZWGz6g/UzY-T1A315I/AAAAAAACS1E/W3d_ZfpFJYI/s1600-h/image1511.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OXWarfK0JBQ/UzY-Wp65vQI/AAAAAAACS1M/gGERbGMtvO4/image151_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="576"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Before she decided to use Bowood everywhere – she had ordered this fabric for the kitchen blind.  It’s the one fabric that is different! </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UGwhwZeseYo/UzY-X_MKVjI/AAAAAAACS1U/RaASVQW3J5U/s1600-h/image156.png"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZMWst-SSph4sm2Ae1peB1vaTU0DzTCx-4n3uKYpURfT13yXyvuH3KcUjdrm8vpzUqELG9iTBBKAcOrx_-rb_rNPyyStE8CJyKP5weltaIX6E7vahjMiY9dS74lJDRduWYcSn2D2w4gZb/s1600-h/image1541.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xBw1ePwiiew/UzY-bHzGt7I/AAAAAAACS1k/4TyNG3yPxDA/image154_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="622"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">The upstairs landing – with antique chairs and chest.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Lh09kaqmJ-c/UzY-cZMxZZI/AAAAAAACS1s/jPCP8C4hZjw/s1600-h/image175.png"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Lh09kaqmJ-c/UzY-cZMxZZI/AAAAAAACS10/cxpQPSnK-Yg/s1600-h/image1731.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MR6pLuSUVzo/UzY-fvJ9n2I/AAAAAAACS18/uRMfoOait8Y/image173_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="693"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">The master bedroom with the sofa covered in, Bowood, of course!</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9x_Gw4Zv9HmkckvOqwaNBUHpnxjG2LVB5sD7aNTe6ZoXwbv3bxFRSlkSErsINOcfqyHfbdRb9mTpfOKtbGCfuEb-5vqetBnh9WkcyFyu5ILCMVVtD59EhT8cq0HaDMODfh9NPny9DoRO/s1600-h/image181.png"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUSVcH63SSw-Ee6wgZGFDqeEIzMcrA30SmIL6S_htPu2yI7bwD3tEp5OBFowj2RH-1PaJvNYOsDGEWwPO0qezWe5adeAkTCMYZn3mHZS5qUKrE87QX5i8KjPLhuaQ25UVEVuwqH2zIgI/s1600-h/image1791.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OhzQd8UCXRM/UzY-kz5TkCI/AAAAAAACS2U/MwupI1VpPkQ/image179_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="899"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">The master bedroom – I love the purple and white quilt used with the Bowood.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LylvoPW1vcc/UzY-mJPbIhI/AAAAAAACS2c/6D69PMDvKm4/s1600-h/image172.png"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LylvoPW1vcc/UzY-mJPbIhI/AAAAAAACS2k/togKfQoP3VM/s1600-h/image1701.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-G3ja_T1no1s/UzY-pHKiNdI/AAAAAAACS2s/P_Y47MlFMZY/image170_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="736"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">The guest room with handmade afghans.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JA_-t4BiAAg/UzY-rNJu7jI/AAAAAAACS20/FMEeUwOvLFw/s1600-h/image163.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pWytjVQIDas/UzY-sFOkcyI/AAAAAAACS28/UDqcOH5nx2w/image_thumb57.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="477"></font></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">The bathroom with the Bowood covered vanity.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Too much Bowood?   I love the way the small cottage looks, all covered in the rose fabric.   You would certainly have to love the fabric, but the simple, pretty Bowood is easy to love.  It is so airy and simple and sweet.   I love this beach house and would copy it, given a chance.  Can’t imagine another fabric that could replace the Bowood though.  Can you?</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Here is a look at how other designers have used Bowood:</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mMMGcRDy6tU/UzY-tfPALLI/AAAAAAACS3E/igpWm5kN2wc/s1600-h/image45.png"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mMMGcRDy6tU/UzY-tfPALLI/AAAAAAACS3I/2EIFZnDC1ww/s1600-h/image431.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-O2i8HL3Fm4c/UzY-vwvL42I/AAAAAAACS3Q/8BbH8vSb7-k/image43_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="1028"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Here, it is mixed with checks.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1Dcf0ZTZqofkkBi1JgvBaUeUAIrUJDTUjMpnac4rqS5B-QcboDCpg-ppln63RCdlUbSXB720wbRK9yis4TpqsK7i8fBaD2R3OAjqHZLyNmPdV4W0ErmPMldhMJb9zW9O2Dw5953UR1YS/s1600-h/image48%25255B1%25255D.png"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9kdFijAUmro/UzY-x-bFwSI/AAAAAAACS3g/NJ08uKexxu8/s1600-h/image462.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="696" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1IydGnFp5zv6oyG70hl-3naCTJPzbNvTwqBYw1gQ9LDtZdQMu7pHTbD-B1IjCvEkHiV9rB2Q6j3PcsA_p8dk5I3wWiXmwywiKbwTP6bhoc3Omlwypj6VebjRArQJy19YHDmZZ8AnGmGFb/?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="1028"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Checks and solid fabrics and mirrors keep the Bowood from dominating.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_9W3VRC55vQ/UzY-5fTPEZI/AAAAAAACS3w/SPpm3jHsPsc/s1600-h/image541.png"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_9W3VRC55vQ/UzY-5fTPEZI/AAAAAAACS34/53AmZSDGthw/s1600-h/image522.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-l6M0AuqRHyo/UzY-8A78QFI/AAAAAAACS4A/MKunkayVGSs/image52_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="775"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Architect Gil Shafer used Bowood on the walls and ceiling to unify the attic room.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bpqiKEZC4HY/UzY-9kv_S5I/AAAAAAACS4I/fXKzWqS5SwA/s1600-h/image57%25255B1%25255D.png"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bpqiKEZC4HY/UzY-9kv_S5I/AAAAAAACS4Q/n_mthvAQ6Ps/s1600-h/image5511.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkX-96PROV_Bl57MP6Wp9xhYxoDqOvGJif1u-bHBlp-yrAyWxTgxvAT5rb8r3zmEgPgR5wGNOQNqhBm4gdJWWQbXITLvKcZUrmNHG7TsgXqRvk957uVA8G70tWjJZeOCzP0_9uzYR8LQ4/?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="759"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Bowood used sparingly in this French bedroom.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FchmzJVYke4/UzY_CDnAA1I/AAAAAAACS4g/gsQe2siN0Gg/s1600-h/image661.png"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97CM1QGms4s8ewM3DSJNaZAyVyh7ibss4vwuBeW3sOA93rblNHpptbx8BMzWvNCL1mg4rzbWHL-if5aSLqH9Nq7UxNBIH5R7vB_d-iOOH0ncrrvHa3TnnI8TzpyoNzkezSDvPVfroh_Q/s1600-h/image642.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bm4eNZKOLHE/UzY_FBcbzJI/AAAAAAACS4w/1ytbVoo53KU/image64_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="566"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">And again – the Bowood dresses down this fancy room.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVaTlmg5dr1jA_TcGPGj0eJdXifEhblOQT-EOYqBLUi-jmuWxME38OCfHEXgHZQYBmFMj8LaXnYYlkdJGUkK8BbQyL6V6ypyXzbBnVUEGs02LusLc_Aa7Rwgjg-HX3nDByWWk7O0IoOY/s1600-h/image60.png"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rnl-Dohi9oU/UzY_F0O3NuI/AAAAAAACS5A/6gXEuYz6MuU/s1600-h/image5811.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VG5Y1AU0PEU/UzY_IX9p8rI/AAAAAAACS5I/zts1rstW4rk/image581_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="554"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Bowood in the red colorway – it is not nearly as popular as the green.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5tE-1FZNb4g/UzY_J6nmGMI/AAAAAAACS5Q/y3rmO5vjAQw/s1600-h/image1021.png"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkH-Y3Q4_D7jk1E5cUcaDjxE4C5mvkqe7z2ao7VFHpfb7LttEQeK-PReC1Zgp6zlkU0wiMhdVtUTUpFM0zymJ25DPXetKCLXiYhcXF5m1qpW3dJaYCHRcKA38ksoFZwygpjCr2BDf7c0/s1600-h/image62.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjUz_3rfSvWyzg1iYUdTZPLy6UveU7kGKV5JM89ozRwhgqlfFhvHrQLQ123SW2MZBTEbUfaqRA0CYwqDGrWPG1BYJBH6PfOkV40t0-6jgXEuZ-AQkbJYaryqtE2IZXxE-uUxlrjilKxg/?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="588"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">A dining room – with Bowood curtain.  Love this!</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FjIGQ7fVttA/UzY_N5QJl5I/AAAAAAACS5o/duW3-ZtEeyw/s1600-h/image187.png"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FjIGQ7fVttA/UzY_N5QJl5I/AAAAAAACS5w/F7Oiix7O3b4/s1600-h/image1851.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6iD_m7HxQ4o/UzY_QLAdVWI/AAAAAAACS54/vuUk8zwsu_A/image185_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="423"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Justine Cushing.  Does that name sound familiar to you?  A few bloggers have posted pictures of a Hamptons cottage owned by the Cushing family.  The rooms had been decorated for decades and almost 10 years ago House Beautiful showed the house as it had been carefully and sparingly updated by Justine.   I found the location of the house – the original barn and cottage combined – across the street from the Atlantic Ocean.  You can see the house where the blue dot is above.  And – right next to it – is the former garage turned cottage that Justine’s sister just bought – and which she decorated entirely in the Bowood fabric.  The two houses both shown in House Beautiful – a decade apart – are wonderful Hampton houses.  Instead of the huge mega mansions found there now, these are original, small cottages clad in shingles that remind you of what the Hamptons used to be like.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjOOzGuHVl1sXSAAie9s95YSlTx7JLF_JiJWuTnq5zmXYyUu9W_oY8dYhwDtM_ah1j5galK1Za9Ke4Ujoa6uRvbsoEXiTDHkaqDhTiS0csLDStL580DxISKKeJaSoTikOQWFsi7i9E1s/s1600-h/image691.png"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-amDORXcIMmM/UzY_RpKbqvI/AAAAAAACS6I/9eq3wpFuxuQ/s1600-h/image6711.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="708" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-E9bjfiOlFj4/UzY_U_5bVRI/AAAAAAACS6Q/JyNFUH29IOo/image671_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="580"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">The original Cushing cottage – the barn living room.  The walls are covered in a pansy paper.  Most of the pieces are slipcovered in a Lee Jofa linen.  The zebra rug here and in the garage/cottage is really a hooked rug.  The slips covering the dining room chairs are in the faded companion print to the chintz.  </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1sWNDdd89pA/UzY_WvnoWII/AAAAAAACS6Y/gMY-DZavX4g/s1600-h/image72.png"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1sWNDdd89pA/UzY_WvnoWII/AAAAAAACS6g/rYs8aqcECSg/s1600-h/image701.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jy0BWdWxQG0/UzY_anVo9eI/AAAAAAACS6o/BmBpF1L5nNw/image70_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="821"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">The gorgeous crystal chandelier is a surprise in the barn cottage.  </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--0NiClu3120/UzY_b1cxsNI/AAAAAAACS6w/DeX3c20Nwoo/s1600-h/image90.png"><font size="5"></font></a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NKAtvw5bBYc/UzY_deaRmuI/AAAAAAACS64/Z2GHuN6wUjI/s1600-h/image75.png"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NKAtvw5bBYc/UzY_deaRmuI/AAAAAAACS7A/dxGG4szso20/s1600-h/image732.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5bftPrMrfV5a71iTeQiWDXKthTHc4iH15xCqkptp_fEWcN1zqjYBJjt0qZ9Bfl4INDJZXqSXNd1NapHvbzVcRH245BdkmV6rVTc_1p7ktGXlh5Nd-8AUwjaj4mEfkIfNQeSJrBL7CR-g/?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="841"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Close up of the dining room slips.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OQTJIXKcmiPl95eGSyZah9THQ6D7RKk76bgEQRH3xg-uqv6_1ceTznGt-81QOaBTIsSEgurCpZrFB5QzpwmqJZbjSKMH-iDIhm3ejyh_F8Lcg1qBhtKdplFL3gQMNCo7sbGo-z2Uy855/s1600-h/image961.png"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--0NiClu3120/UzY_b1cxsNI/AAAAAAACS6w/DeX3c20Nwoo/s1600-h/image90.png"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--0NiClu3120/UzY_b1cxsNI/AAAAAAACS7Y/w7vFnKFZhCA/s1600-h/image8811.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QOxze_XAk4g/UzY_lj_odcI/AAAAAAACS7g/xQqdNZniJtU/image881_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="583"></font></a></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Here you can just barely see the decades old faded pansy wallpaper.  The family calls this painting the Pom Pom Hat.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p></blockquote> <blockquote> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-R0Y-AF4IQE8/UzY_m76yfOI/AAAAAAACS7o/oE5Uww5f8_I/s1600-h/image931.png"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-R0Y-AF4IQE8/UzY_m76yfOI/AAAAAAACS7w/9WbLrzlDWVM/s1600-h/image912.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-viEDLjl4zb4/UzY_qP4SoWI/AAAAAAACS74/mIX9DFBlgkE/image91_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="593"></font></a></a><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">The piano is flanked by the chintz fabric.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-LZM9veg31sc/UzY_rrH4hyI/AAAAAAACS8A/cHo22AFb8ww/s1600-h/image762.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jPsY0aVxTEI/UzY_tIFQ_PI/AAAAAAACS8I/HChz2x2pqvI/image76_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="662"></font></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">In the cottage living room – one fabric is used to cover all the furniture and the curtains.  You can see that Cushing loves one fabric/pattern decorating.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZnXQYs33LL4/UzY_uU-XXUI/AAAAAAACS8Q/mKvvEeEQwIw/s1600-h/image9711.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7xHrBxBvXQqd_5AyG4fbZbKZP4RtrpdZSVVAGz-szfRAHuJzv1Z-smvJ4896vPRYeWZ4BjM3OjGzQJbs0CrH17EEN6Gp7fP2I-RsgHZ3oY7tpFusxphv0-nhAZWpYqHpumhpxBQuB6U/?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="583"></font></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">  Another view of the living room.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"> </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">  </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKyjWiLySKXCVMaVZTMb-whPv7DCW_DeqDrolSlmDDd2I1RWxC_DyKj-p15fnQL-pZkvfav_N6BKbuRBZHBPC3y7S0pxwY2eitPDKUU3ssJtXrHGveFsTWWD0ZPXG3ZL9OQJUseMDU0YY/s1600-h/image105.png"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qcSLEpLkTnA/UzY_xNeXUeI/AAAAAAACS8o/b5DNEAYF8sE/s1600-h/image1032.png"><font size="5"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-raD_bzP7DCo/UzY_0EN-hzI/AAAAAAACS8w/TPbQZkhdrLU/image103_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" title="image" width="693"></font></a></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5">Cushing recovered these old family pieces in a check to go with the discontinued floral fabric.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5"></font> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-i7jJCuKPw0s/UzY_1FggTsI/AAAAAAACS84/BHwJ4iqavck/s1600-h/cushing_1003.jpg"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-i7jJCuKPw0s/UzY_1FggTsI/AAAAAAACS9A/eOKj_mSY_Dc/s1600-h/cushing_100.jpg"><font size="5"><img alt="cushing_100" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nR3GTpovQac/UzY_2k4VJ3I/AAAAAAACS9I/qjniUimIGDE/cushing_100_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; 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ONE PRINT DECORATING–RIGHT OR WRONG?

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