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early 19th c. hand-painted Italian bean-bag game

Fantasy Auction Finds

by on September 29, 2009 in Collecting

Browsing auctions for fun is really the antique lover’s equivalent of fantasy baseball. One of my early jobs after grad school landed me in the Old Master Painting department of an auction house. I had just left a marquee contemporary New York art gallery with live artists and a vibrant scene and suddenly was thrust [...]

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purple room with red accents by Camilla Guiness

Plummy Dark Rooms

by on September 22, 2009 in Color

Plummy purples and oxblood reds are deep, romantic colors being touted as fashionable this year. Red rooms are hardly a novelty. Red dining rooms in every shade about in houses old and new. But the red-and-purple color scheme has a special impact and as these two English rooms prove. I’d love an amethyst sofa (though [...]

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colorful handmade kantha throw used to cover sofa table

Tabletop Textiles

by on September 21, 2009 in Tablescapes

Handmade kantha throws are a beautiful alternative to traditional table coverings The House Beautiful spread on designer Bunny Williams’ 2009 Kips Bay Showhouse may have caused a stir for its style, but something in that room caught my attention.  It was the kantha throw atop the dining table. Traditionally made by women in India using [...]

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contemporary eucalyptus kitchen with island and picture window

Modern Eucalyptus Kitchen

by on September 16, 2009 in Modern Kitchen

Simple, luxurious and perfectly planned down to the last tiny detail This contemporary kitchen, with its glorious book-matched sustainable Eucalyptus veneer cabinets manages to be both exciting and serene. While the stainless steel lining of the stove cove requires considerable maintenance, the workability shines through. There is acres of prep area on the mammoth island [...]

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whitewashed sitting room with white furniture by Axel Vervoordt

Whitewashed Rooms

by on September 15, 2009 in Rooms

White interiors endure because they can be infinitely tuned in to style, texture and surface treatment. Beach house white. Stark white. Cottage white. Winter white. Snow, milk or chalk. No matter what the style of a room or how it’s described to evoke the almighty absence of color, white rooms are the greatest shape-shifters of [...]

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