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Black-and-White Smallbone Kitchen

by on August 31, 2009 in Blk&Wht Kitchen

In London, a 19th Century house with a 21st Century kitchen Modernizing a kitchen in a Victorian house in England is no small accomplishment, even for a designer as celebrated as Robert Couturier. When a longtime client moved from New York to London, Couturier chose the classic black-and-white color scheme using white Smallbone cabinetry with [...]

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Dining room by Phoebe Howard

3 Things to Know About Dhurries

by on August 19, 2009 in Rugs

The top three pros-and-cons of owning a flat-weave carpet When House Beautiful featured a room makeover by New York designer Jonathan Rosen, my eye went straight to the rug.  It appeared to be a dhurrie.  There is a clue in the image that makes me think that but meanwhile it’s good to know that dhurrie [...]

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Wolf gas cooktop in custom cherry kitchen

Custom Cherry Kitchen Tour

by on August 18, 2009 in Wood Kitchen

An amazing update from disco silver to natural country wood When Margie B set out to renovate the ‘70s kitchen in her New England home she hoped to keep the original footprint of the room but wanted a peninsula instead of an island. “We were a bit apprehensive about this as the trend is to [...]

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renovated pantry in Katharine Hepburns former home

Katharine Hepburn’s Kitchen Redone

by on August 17, 2009 in White Kitchen

The dressy new kitchen in Kate’s getaway When classic film star Katharine Hepburn died in 2003 at age 96, Fenwick, her 8000-square foot beach house on the Connecticut coast, came onto the real estate market for $12 million and sat there for a year. When the price was halved, a New York construction magnate and [...]

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A flat-woven dhurrie style rug layered over sisal style carpet Mrs. Howard Personal Shopper

Stain Proof Sisal

by on August 12, 2009 in Rugs

The popularity of sisal and natural fiber area rugs is far from waning A look made popular by interior designers years ago is still going strong, if not stronger than ever.  Touring the San Francisco Decorator Showcase this past May I noticed most of the rooms had a natural fiber rug as a base floor [...]

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