Come into my parlour

By Emily Gilbert

Creative use of small spaces - this packs a huge punch

in terms of style and functionality.

France meets California

Stephen Shubel

Horse photo by Susan Friedman

Knockout hot pink sofa against a rich cocolate wall by

Ned Marshall

Be bold, be yourself.

Jonathan Berger design.

Rooms that caught my eye

Vincent Wolfe

Silk Tafetta Draperies

Frank Babb Randolph

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J Solis Betancourt

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Bring the sunshine in

Word wall

Softly, softly she goes

Jamaican harmony

Bringing the outdoors inside.

Seaside Antiques

Mirror by Currey and Company

German 17th century commode

Chairs in Bergamo cotton

Master Suite.

David Hollingsworth bed

Sferra linens

Sofa in Osborn and Little Cotton

Antique French bed

Dining with books.

What a wonderful room this is!

Antique Syrian mother of pearl inlaid table.

Mottahedeh porcelain bowl.

Crystal lamps by Visual comfort.

Antique Swedish Consoles.

Guest Bedroom.

Wouldn't you just love to be a guest here?

Back to back sofas in Schumacher Ikat and armless chairs in Duralee fabric, by Thayer Coggin.

Colefax and Fowler stripe on Louis xvi chairs.

Crystal lamps and throw: Ralph Lauren.

Old Dutch painting.

Limestone walls with antique brick floor.

http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/Jamaican-house-0908

Emotions through colour.

Most of us are unaware of the effects that the visual world has on our senses and feelings; blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body, it slows the metabolism and produces a calming effect. Red is a very emotionally intense colour, it enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate, and raises blood pressure.

These emotions can be altered significantly depending on saturation, or depth of colour, but the basic principles are worth considering when deciding on your colour scheme.

•  Red is associated with energy, power and passion.

• Pink is fun, lively and feminine.

• Orange stimulates creativity, encouragement and is invigorating.

• Yellow is the colour of sunshine and is associated with joy, happiness and intellect.

• Blue represents the sky and water. It is associated with wisdom, confidence and calmness.

• Green suggests nature, harmony, freshness and fertility.

• Purple is associated with royalty. It symbolizes power, nobility, luxury, and ambition.

• White means light, purity and cleanliness.

• Black denotes strength and authority; it is considered to be a very formal, elegant, and prestigious colour.

Attitudes towards colour differs from person to person so identifying the colours that affect you and your environment favourably or negatively will help you to feel and live better.



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International flair

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photographer: james merrell house beautiful

More subdued shades of lilac with Venetian touches

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Spanish style entry looks like they just cut open a fresh cantaloupe.

Country House Decor in the City -William Howard Thompson House

With a creative eye and a passion for salvaged antique treasures from Europe, an entrepreneur proves that country style can be right at home in any setting — even an elegant city house.
Anyone still believing that country style must be limited to farmhouses need only behold the home of Annie Brahler for compelling proof to the contrary. Located in Jacksonville, Ill., the stately, six-bedroom house is a landmark of that city's historic district. On the outside, it is pure architectural sophistication; on the inside, it's country through and through.


Beneath a crystal chandelier, a small table off the kitchen provides an intimate dining nook.

Vintage silver gets repurposed as bud vases

Pictured: Eight-year-old daughter Isabel's bedroom has a bedstead that belonged to Princess Lillian of Belgium.

Dividing the living room from the sitting room is an archway rimmed in tooled leather and guarded by carved indian heads

Dressed Up & Dressed Down
Tasseled, buttoned "ball-gown slipcovers" dress up gilded dining chairs. Their opulence is underscored by the bare oak floor, outlined in walnut parquet, which gives the room the youthful look of "wearing an evening gown without shoes," Annie says. The Drexel claw-foot table was dark brown until Annie coated it with Sherwin-Williams "Pulmonaria" semigloss paint, deliberately avoiding a precise match with the slipcovers. "I don't like things to be matchy," she adds.

Annie in the Garden The daughter of Dutch immigrants, Annie lives with her husband, Richard, three children, and three dogs in an imaginative re-creation of the interiors inhabited by her ancestors, with antique "farmhouse castoffs" she unearths at barn sales throughout Europe. These she imports through her business, Euro Trash, a thriving enterprise that employs a carpenter and two seamstresses full-time. Like a tableau by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, these rooms combine opulence with an irresistible lack of pretense: Elaborate crystal chandeliers and chairs covered in simple linen look as lovely together as a 17th-century servant girl with a pearl earring. Here, all members of the Brahler clan make themselves at home as they please: "My kids and dogs are welcome anywhere," Annie says. "This is definitely not a museum!"

http://www.countryliving.com/homes/house-tours/william-howard-thompson-house-0506

Classic Contemporary

Brown Davis designed new paneling in the family room, where they repurposed furniture from the couple’s previous home. The print is by Robert Motherwell.

In the dining room, golden drapes warm the north-facing windows. The rosewood table, upholstered chairs, banquette and rug were designed by Brown Davis.

In the living room off the stair hall, Brown and Davis unified the seating groups with a Chinese-inspired rug of their own design.

More here:

http://www.homeanddesign.com/article.asp?paper=95&cat=158&article=20835

An Artful Approach

A Gene Davis abstract painting lends a modern touch to the master bedroom, which is decorated in soft, neutral colors.

Comfortable seating and a casual, glass-topped table make the den an inviting place to unwind.



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http://www.homeanddesign.com/article.asp?paper=95&cat=160&article=20962

Steven Gambrel mixes traditional and eclectic with funky and tame

http://www.srgambrel.com/