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Vintage Braided Rugs

by on December 6, 2009 in Rugs

Braided rugs woven from fabric scraps are cherished today Whether woven out of necessity to keep the floors warm or as a way to use the salvageable parts of worn garments, decades later braided rugs are revered as much for their heavy-duty attributes as they are for the memories attached to them.  The rugs were [...]

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Square Foyer Rug

by on December 5, 2009 in Rugs

The right rug can visually expand floor space in an entry way This square Turkish entry-hall rug is colorful and a terrific example of how a rug’s pattern can help balance a space. The over sized diamond-shaped center of this tribal carpet has shades of green and blue that nearly fill the wine-colored field — [...]

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Mexican villa living room from Kara Mann

Natural Moroccan Rugs

by on December 2, 2009 in Rugs

An organic textile alternative to retro shag carpets Morocco may be known for its vivid, flat-weave rugs but another style is so completely different you may not have realized it too, hails from Morocco.  Vintage Beni Ouarain (the name of the tribe) rugs were woven by Berber women of Morocco’s Mid-Atlas mountains in the 1940′s [...]

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Adjustable Bedside Wall Lights

by on December 1, 2009 in Accessories

How functional is your bedside lighting? Can you read easily? Is your half of the bed properly lit for other bed-cozy tasks like needlepoint or knitting? Is there a way to dim the lights when it’s time to change the mood? If there are more “no” than “yes” answers to this informal quiz, then it [...]

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kitchen before renovation in a house once owned by Errol Flynn

Hollywood Legend Kitchen

by on November 29, 2009 in Blue Kitchen

In L.A., even a long-dead movie star like screen legend Errol Flynn can distinguish a house. At some point, the star of film classics like 1935′s “Captain Blood” and 1938′s “Robin Hood,” lived in this 4500-square foot, 1926 Mediterranean style, hillside home in the Hollywood Hills, which boasts an 18 x 21-foot kitchen plus a [...]

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