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Summer Shopping at Pergola

November 29, 2015

Pergola, one of my favorite shops in New Preston, CT. Slideshow

I am a frequent visitor to the charming village of New Preston, Connecticut, a town filled with home and antiques shops not far from our Waterworks offices. I cherish my conversations with the individual shop owners, their direct engagement with clients and knowledge of their personal preferences, and the unusual merchandise. These and many other factors create a truly memorable shopping experience. Of course, it helps that the village has wonderful well-maintained 19th-century buildings and a fabulous waterfall that provides an outstanding background.

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Treasures from the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show

November 29, 2015

A colorful carousel horse decked out with flowers. Slideshow

The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show is one of the design world’s premier events in October. The venue is spectacular: The Fort Mason Center is located right on San Francisco Bay, so not only are there beautiful things to see inside but the view outside is breathtaking as well. Highly sophisticated dealers participate, and many save their most unique and highy prized objects just for this show. The visual display is dazzling from the moment you walk in the door.

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Barbara Westbrook, Gracious Rooms

November 29, 2015

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Barbara Westbrook, author of the new book, GRACIOUS ROOMS, loves bathrooms and treats them thoughtfully with an eye on proportions, decoration, light and views. Architectural details, color (her favorite is the color of bark and weathered wood), and materials all factor in to her thinking as she plans and executes really beautiful baths. Her classic Southern style infused with a European touch create approachable and memorable rooms.

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Art Deco in the Bath

November 28, 2015

Yellow is not the color of choice for contemporary baths, but is is perfect in this Art Deco setting against black glass walls. A beautiful scalloped mirror hangs over the sink and simple globe sconces are on either side of it.Slideshow

I know that many of you saw this bath featured in World of Interiors. I would be remiss if I did not comment on this completely original Art Deco design: it is perfection.  The New York City apartment, a penthouse with 30 rooms on Gracie Square with views in several directions, was owned by Conde Nast. The design elements of the bath and the entire apartment fall well within the decorative arts framework made popular in the 1920s and 1930s in France. The influences were informed by contemporary design themes from LeCorbusier and Walter Gropius, historical excesses and exuberant wrought iron floral designs of Edgar Brandt, organic forms from Hector Guimard and crisp angularities from Charles Rennie Mackintosh are evident in the etched glass.

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