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Colorful & Stylish
Family Home |
Tis the time of year when friends and family gather to celebrate with food, drinks, and seasonal festivities. Good food and drink, plenty of preparation, and of course, gorgeous décor make the season bright. |
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| For Him: Holiday Gift Guide
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| From plenty of the latest tech must-haves to classic accessories—and from spirits to little luxuries—browse this gift guide and give him a Christmas to remember. |
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| Remodeled Row House |
| Like many designers, Paul eyed his home as a laboratory where his aesthetic taste could develop. |
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| Suburban House with Great Color |
| When it comes to color muscle, Tobi Fairley is trained, toned, and unafraid to flex. In the Little Rock home the designer shares with attorney-husband Carter and 5-year-old daughter Ellison, Tobi parades a powerful palette with poise. |
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| Spanish Colonial House with Calm Palette |
| Remember those days when Dallas and big hair were uttered in the same disparaging breath? (For Dallasites who shunned the oversized 'do, self included, those were fightin' words.) That was the same time the city took an equally unflattering rap for design with a capital D--as in, over Done. Well, hang on. |
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| Chicago Apartment with Delightful Color |
| Some homeowners hire a decorator to make a splash. Others for sophistication. Some just want their curtains to match their carpets. For Laura Kofoid, the only objective was "joy." |
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| House with Vibrant Color and Light |
| From their first meeting, interior designer Julie Massucco Kleiner knew that Joe and Kim Boswell loved color--and lots of it. "Joe wears bright green or pink Polo shirts or cable-knit sweaters," the designer relates. |
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| Beautiful Waterfront House Remodel |
| Bob and Cheryl Rabbitt's waterfront getaway in Sherwood Forest, Maryland, has provided a scrapbook full of summer memories for their family. |
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| Classic House, Major Renovation |
| It's your typical home renovation story--besotted homeowners; a charming yet seriously outdated home long admired from afar; the obligatory snowball effect; and a "quick update" that became a three-and-a-half-year overhaul. |
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| Remodeled New York Apartment |
| Fortress-like with its Romanesque-meets-Renaissance facade, the Osborne Building commands a special place in Manhattan's history. |
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| A Colorful New Dream Home |
| For Wanda, her new home earns an A+ after many semesters in search of all the right design answers. |
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| East Meets West: Hawaiian Home |
| Just because someone lives on an acre of rain forest cut by a cold mountain stream in a historic Hawaiian home filled with exotic treasures three minutes from downtown Honolulu, that doesn't mean she's in paradise, does it? Mary Philpotts McGrath, lucky girl, must admit that it does. |
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| Tropical Traditional Home |
| Like Hawaii itself, Marion's fresh look is ideal for raising a family. When she moved back to Honolulu with husband Jeff 10 years ago, their daughters, Marée and Makena, were only 5 and 9. "There's no better place in the world for children to grow up," attests Marion. |
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| JoBeth Williams' Spanish-Style Home |
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In a town known more for glitz and glamour than veracity, the home of director John Pasquin and actress JoBeth Williams may seem a bit of an anomaly. |
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| Visions of Sugarplums |
| Picture a trim, clean-shaven Santa Claus in a pinstripe suit with a crisp white pocket handkerchief, and you have Christopher Hyland. |
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| Rocky Mountain Holiday |
| Greg and Jane Hills and their two children, Austin and Whitney, celebrate Christmas as countless Americans do--at home, exchanging gifts and sharing traditional holiday meals. |
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| Christmas in Boston |
| Boston's distinguished Beacon Hill neighborhood is an ideal location for decorating slackers. Its pristine medley of existing adornments--Federal-style townhouses, historically appropriate gas lamps, brass door knockers, and black-shuttered windows--sustains a facade that never looks unpolished or ordinary. |
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| Christmas in the Heart of Texas |
| Just beyond the bottlenecks of west Houston but well within the city limits, a bucolic civility reigns. Horses graze, peacocks strut, and a favorite antique carriage (a three-spring Studebaker trap, vintage 1910) glistens with spit and polish. |
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| House with Vibrant Colors and Patterns |
| While Anna and Alan Clark's Hancock Park, California, home may not be as famous as the legendary Southern mansion in Gone With the Wind, it shares at least one striking architectural detail. |
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| Old-World Style in a Farmhouse |
| Every day when she wakes up in her new Old World-style farmhouse at Blackberry Ridge Farm, Debbie Dobbs counts her blessings. The views alone merit Matins. A breathtaking panorama of eastern Tennessee's Appalachian foothills unfurls from the house's hilltop perch on the 300-acre farm. |
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| House with Comfort and Elegance |
| Rare is the occasion when a vintage house like the 1950s Dutch Colonial in California's Newport Beach presents its buyers with a blank slate inside. Scrubbed clean of earlier mistakes, dated trends, and anyone else's taste--all of which have a way of lingering like stale odors--the interior offered a blissfully fresh start. |
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| Remodeled Boston Home |
| If Lynn Bay Dayton's life followed the pattern of a multicourse meal, then at this point she's enjoying dessert. It all started in 1990, when she began adding just the right ingredients to a recipe for life that has made her journey one long feast. That was the year she enrolled in a classical French culinary program in San Francisco. |
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| Stunning Remodel |
| Heavy caissons loaded with munitions and military supplies rumbled through great arched doors of the Fort Sheridan artillery stable in the early 1900s. Today, the 10-foot-tall doors allow gentle cross breezes to flutter linen draperies in the serene living spaces of interior designer Judith Nadler Ellerman and husband John. |
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| L.A. Designer's Home |
| After a five-year renovation on his Los Angeles home, Bill Frack can think of only one payoff that would outweigh the disruption: Permanence. As in staying put, now and forever after, even should Hollywood and hell both freeze over. |
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| garden State Grandeur |
| Set aside your stereotypes. Janet Simon is not the typical Jersey girl--though she'll tell it like it is. Her hair's not big. Her dress is classic. She's the consummate hostess. And her house, situated in New Jersey's Morris County, is the epitome of good taste. |
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| Remodeled Vacation Home |
| As a mother of four (three teenagers and one soon-to-be teen), Nina Richter knows how to coax results from stubborn situations. When she and her husband, Greg, bought an ungainly vacation home in Bridgehampton, New York, she never doubted its hidden beauty. She just needed a designer and an architect who shared her vision and determination. |
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| Hollywood Before & After |
| The Hollywood Regency-style house hinted at grandeur, but like a wannabe actor with raw talent and little polish, it came up shy of a winning performance. The house has location--overlooking Hollywood's Sunset Strip in a ritzy, celebrity-laden neighborhood. |
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| Atlanta Remodel |
| Atlanta designer Amy Morris knows clients Daphne and Alex Davis so well that she can tell you who wakes up first and how they like their coffee. That's because she grew up with them. Naturally, when the Davises wanted help in finding a smaller house, they turned to Amy, their designer daughter. |
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| Beautiful House Makeover |
| As any psychologist will confirm--women love details while men cut to the chase. So when Florida designer Jack Fhillips signed on to complete the redo of Sheldon Ecklund's spacious two-story bachelor pad on Hypoluxo Island near Palm Beach, he dismissed the idea of poring over fabrics, trims, and finishes and made a snap decision to use an old standby--a blue-and-white combo. |
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| All About the View |
| Barbecues at Joanne and Dennis Schwary's California home are likely to start aboard their canopied electric boat, cruising Newport Bay while guests enjoy wine and hors d'oeuvres. |
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| Elegant and Comfortable |
| A California family builds a new house that is elegant but very comfortable and livable, and perfect for entertaining guests. |
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| Charming English Farmhouse |
| As a textile designer who has created fabrics for companies such as No. 9 Thompson by Jim Thompson, Warner Fabrics, and F. Schumacher & Co., Richard Smith doesn't just bring his work home, he swathes most every inanimate object in it. |
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| Decorating with...Sunshine! |
| But there is one highly coveted decorative element that has a mind of its own--and no invoice to guarantee its intensity. That element is sunlight, and in Nicole and Andrew Sheehan's home, with the way the beautiful rays elegantly stream through every room, one might think that the homeowners paid an upcharge to achieve such warm luminosity. |
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| Enchanted Cottage |
| Once upon a time there were two rustic cottages snuggled under towering Torrey pine trees and surrounded by a tangle of overgrown bushes and weeds. |
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| Classic House, Great Color |
| Arnie and Elizabeth Lizan like to color outside the lines--a predisposition evident the moment you step inside their stately Greek Revival home in Bellport, New York. |
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| Elegant Edge |
| The impeccably kept 1954-vintage house in the heart of Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood had to serve as a sophisticated modern-art gallery with a soupçon of edginess for him. |
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| Colorful, Sophisticated New York Apartment |
| Robyn Price and her husband's sophisticated home basks in aptly appointed formalities that also embrace moments of spirited and buoyant decoration, from a warm scheme of apricot, peach, and terra-cotta to oversized patterns and colorful artwork with modern compositions of stylish, exuberant chaos. |
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| First Nest |
| Fresh out of college and ready to decorate her first apartment on her entry-level earnings as a fashion writer, Lauren McGrath did what came naturally. She turned to her mother.
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| inside deborah norville's edition |
| Deborah Norville is a two-time Emmy-award-winning broadcast journalist and television show host, a devoted wife and mother of three, an author of four books, a tireless charitable worker, and an avid seamstress, but she can also add home decorator to her list of accomplishments.. |
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| Family-Friendly and Colorful
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| These Los Angeles homeowners confidently snipped the tethers restraining interior designer Ruthie Sommers and sent her racing into the realm of the unexpected. Their only mandate was a mild, "Surprise us, please." |
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| Comfortable and Light-Filled in California
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| After years on the road--including stints in New York City, the Hamptons, London, and, yes, Kansas--the couple felt it was time to put down roots. Not in their native Midwest but in Manhattan Beach. |
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| Glamour and Sophistication
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| Amy Ditomasso's "rock-star chic" classification of her home is plenty accurate, but requires an explanation more elaborate than a three-word label. |
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| Decorating: Bath Vanities
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| From antique cabinets to rustic trough-like pedestal sinks to sleek, glass wall-hung lavs, there are countless style options.
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| Shingle Style: Capturing the View
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| This newly built house on New York's Long Island was designed by architect Stuart Disston with one overriding challenge: "how to take advantage of the really spectacular view" of Oyster Bay. |
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| Sibling Revelry |
| When Meg Selling and her husband, Ralf, were returning to the States with their three children (Adele, 10, George, 8, and Fritz, 6) after spending seven years in Ralf's hometown of Frankfurt, Germany, they called on Joe Lucas and Parrish Chilcoat to help renovate the turn-of-the-century Colonial they'd recently purchased in Rumson, on the Jersey Shore. |
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| Real-Life Redo |
| Before she was one of The Real Housewives of New York City, which began airing its second season on Bravo TV in February, Jill Zarin was a mom, wife, sometimes-socialite, and flex-hours associate in husband Bobby's family business, Zarin Fabric. |
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| MATTER OF TRUST |
| Only three years out of architecture school, then-27-year-old David Neff was not his parents' first choice to design their new Connecticut home. |
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| YOUNG AT HEART |
| Tom and Leah Crowley spent two years planning how to turn their vision of a family-friendly compound outside Indianapolis into a reality. |
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| SPECTRUM OF CHANGE |
| When Manhattan interior designer Jennifer Flanders decides to make a change, she moves at a chop-chop pace and with a spectacular plan. |
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| working from home |
| Massachusetts designer Annie Selke takes her work home—literally—where she “test lives” her fun yet sophisticated new lines of furniture, fabrics, and trims. Annie is the creative dervish behind three home-design firms-Pine Cone Hill, Dash & Albert Rug Company, and Potluck Studios-that she runs with her husband, Whitney. |
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| a lesson in scale |
| Downsizing never went so big. Soon-to-be empty nesters Courtney McEnery and her husband, Roger, were moving from an 1870s Victorian home in Chicago's Lincoln Park area to a co-op of roughly the same square footage on the 22nd floor of a building overlooking Lake Michigan. |
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| neighborly advice |
| New Yorkers need no introduction to Rosanna Scotto. They’ve had the pleasure of watching her coanchor their local Fox 5 News for the past 22 years -- a very long run in the fickle world of television. |
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| refined refuge |
| After two terms as Dallas mayor and another on the city council, Laura Miller has earned a break from life in the fishbowl. So has her husband, Steve Wolens, a lawyer who served the state of Texas as a legislator for 24 years. |
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| total eclipse |
| When Thuy Tranthi and her husband, Mitch Rieder, began a search for their first real home, their daughter, Arielle, was just a baby. “We wanted a house close to New York City, where I was working, and had looked at more than 30 houses in Connecticut by the time we saw this one,” Thuy (pronounced Twee) explains. |
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| A Lighter Shade of Pale |
| When financial analyst Loi Thai decided to make a leap from his world of numbers to become an antiques dealer, he seamlessly made the transition by selecting Swedish-style acquisitions that glow in the palest of colors—white in all of its forms. |
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| Old Digs, New Threads |
| When Stephen Elrod, vice president and creative director of Lee Jofa, the American fabric house founded in 1823, decided to redecorate his Manhattan duplex, it was only natural that he would take the opportunity to test-ride the company’s new Threads brand of fabrics and rugs. |
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| Visions of Grandeur |
| Formerly grand homes in Boston’s South End were routinely robbed of carved fireplace mantels and other architectural embellishments when converted into apartments some 30 years ago. |
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| Charismatic Color |
| Short of bottling Manhattan Beach’s California sunshine and bringing it with her to Minneapolis, Dana Alpeter did the next best thing. |
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| California Greenin' |
| There’s a basic safety checklist that often accompanies the arrival of a new baby: Cover outlets, install gates near stairways, and attach child-proof locks on lower cabinets. |
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| trad fusion |
| Can a home designed with mid-century modern furniture that’s heavy on light-loving Lucite and mirrored veneers be considered traditional? |
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| 3 ring style |
| When Rebecca Worple says "Send in the clowns," she's not crooning song lyrics. As owners of an Italianate house that was built as the headquarters for John Robinson's Circus, Rebecca and her husband have indeed had occasion to send in the clowns. |
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| St. Louis Sophisticate |
| A switchback course of abrupt stops and sharp turns led to the design of Bill and Joan Koman’s St. Louis home. |
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| Sidney Poitier: From Her with Love |
| Sidney Poitier admittedly is more of a household name than is his wife, Joanna. But in their Beverly Hills home, the roles reverse. Joanna, an interior designer, is the unequivocal star; the entire house is her stage. |
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| Sugar and Spice |
| Snow isn’t guaranteed, even in the heartland state of Indiana. But everything else about Annette and Mike Davis’s family holiday is nearly Christmas-card perfect. |
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| inside deborah norville's edition |
| Deborah Norville is a Emmy-award-winning broadcast journalist and television show host, a devoted wife and mother, an author of four books, and a tireless charitable worker, but she can also add home decorator to her list of accomplishments. |
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| Savannah Chic |
| Jennifer Abshire's friendly philosophy is expressed in her sophisticated residence, which overlooks the Spanish-moss-strung live oaks of Lafayette Square. |
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| SOLEDAD'S SECRET |
| Soledad O’Brien is a woman’s woman—the kind we’d all like to claim as our sister. She’s smart, funny, successful, and drop-dead gorgeous. More important, she knows better than to rub it in. |
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| Body and Soul: Marcia cross |
| Rarely do the terms “glamour” and “trailer” go hand in hand, except when you’ve tiptoed into actress Marcia Cross’s chocolate-and-aqua-velvet-encased trailer on the set of Desperate Housewives at Universal Studios. |
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| thRee cheers for the home team |
| Baseball brought Kristie and Mike Edwards together. They were recent college graduates when they met as coaches of Little League teams near Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing project. |
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| not your typical little Debbie |
| Debbie Reynolds is all about details, and lots of them. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, she returned to her native San Francisco and worked in commercial real estate. |
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| Natural Wonder |
| On her first trip to Indonesia, Kandis Wrigley was so moved by the culture and craftsmanship that she and a partner founded an import company, to design, make, and sell reclaimed wood products created there. |
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| cross currents |
| Just like fine food, homes should be comfortable, personal, and organic, says designer-turned-restaurateur Marcia Bond. |
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| At Home with a Furnishings Fashionista |
| Home-furnishings designer Barclay Butera avoids a predictable beach-house style at his Newport Beach, California, home with a nod to the sea and a deep bow to British Colonial design. |
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| True to Form |
| After renovating seven houses in 13 years, Kay Douglass was probably an easy mark. |
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| Viewing Pleasure |
| Charles Spada will always love Boston as a place to work, but he admits he has lost his passion for living there. |
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| Collector's Touch |
| Arizona interior designer Christopher Coffin wasn't about to let his condominium lack character or personality. |
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| art Opening |
| Passionate art collectors, Anita Nagler and Robert Moyer were walking the dog in their east-side Chicago neighborhood when they spotted an artistic masterpiece they couldn't resist. |
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| Second Verse, Same as the First |
| George and Darlene Shaw bought their Charleston historic-district alley house in 1988. Its already poor condition was worsened when Hurricane Hugo peeled off the roof and wrecked the interior. |
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| Seeing Green |
| Atlanta interior designer Bill Murphy was on the hunt for a new home when he spotted an orange brick, 1960s-era ranch tucked among grand Tudors and elegant Georgians. |
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| Smooth Moves |
| Homeowner Julia Edelmann, a Chicago interior designer, has an eye for unwanted houses. |
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| Horse Heaven |
| Diana Cummings worked with Virginia architect Mark Buchanan to build a house on her scenic acreage about 50 miles from Washington, D.C. |
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| dawson's creed |
| This Atlanta home combines classic taste and modern life. |
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| bliss on the bayou |
| The South has more to offer than its plantation homes; the views of the Bayou in this Louisiana home are breathtaking. |
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| a lot to love |
| Sometimes you just know when the right property comes along for a new home for your family. |
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| mad about the view |
| It's okay to combine decorating styles. Here, deco meets elegant antiques. |
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| born again |
| An old Brownstone home gets a makeover to be fit for a family of six. |
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| celebrating life |
| A family's misfortune turns their home into a place for them to find peace and happiness. |
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| destined to delight |
| The saying is true, "one person's trash is another person's treasure." This barn home shows it. |
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| endless summer |
| With the indoors moving outdoors, this Santa Fe family decided it was time to move to where the beach was welcoming and the sun wasn't too hot. |
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| The Evans's london flat |
| There are many surprises in this London flat, including secret doors that lead to a spare bedroom. |
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| Grand opening |
| A Victorian-style home doesn't necessarily mean Vicrorian-style decorating. |
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| many happy returns |
| Floral designer John Roberts makes Christmas decorations fit for a sunny California holiday season. |
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| the white stuff |
| Beachside homes have a tendency to bring the beach indoors; this home left it on the outside of the house. |
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| the hampton classics |
| Daughter of decorator and furniture designer Mark Hampton, Alexa is making her own mark with furniture while still carrying on tradition. |
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| Lofty visions |
| Sometimes an overly colored apartment can lead to design ideas never before explored. |
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| king of classics |
| The purchase of a vintage commercial structure building proved to be a great investment for a home and business. |
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| Nyc folk |
| Entrusting a designer with your most beloved art can be scary, but there's always family you can turn to. |
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| Simply serene |
| A home makeover can make a person feel different. In the case of Kathryn Kreimer, she needed a space that was relaxing and functional. |
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| sunny sophisticate |
| The Golden Age may be known to some for its uncomfortable and now ridiculously expensive furniture, but an Atlanta home disproves it all. |
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