Guess Who Designed These Rooms? A four-time Grammy-winning musician with a love for the South designed these rooms and actually has his own interior design firm. Can you name him? (Hint: He once dated a famous Aussie actress.)
Last year, I arranged my bookshelves by color, and I think this small change made a major difference in the study. While I'd be dismayed if my local library tried to arrange books in this manner, I do think that it works for smaller home collections. Doesn't it look stunning in this Scandinavian study?
From the exterior, Gary and Samantha Peterson's Chamonix cottage, which was featured in Marie Claire Maison, is resolutely a traditional Alpine house. But push open its front door, and you'll be confronted with cheerfully decorated interiors bursting with acid colors, massively proportioned spaces, and walls dressed in white, throwing you into a ski vacation universe turned upside down. Despite the fact that all conventions have been thrown to the wind, and your average cottage kitsch is notably missing, the Petersons' cottage is a welcoming mountain escape, and certainly what I'd call a coveted crib. To take the full tour, check out this slideshow.
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New Year's Quiz There are many traditions and customs surrounding the new year. A very popular tradition says that Lady Luck will grace your home if a handsome, tall, dark-haired man is the first person to step into your home in the new year.
Since you named Jonathan Adler your favorite product designer of 2008, and since Greek key patterns are perennially pleasant, I find it highly likely that Jonathan Adler's Greek Key Pillow ($82.50, marked down from $165), will meet your approval. The pattern is painstakingly embroidered in needlepoint, and its chic monochromatic colors will make it welcome in any home.
This year, I was lucky enough to interview several familiar faces in the interior design world, and you were always eager to hear a word from the wise. But when Sex and the City production designer Jeremy Conway stopped for a chat about Carrie Bradshaw's new bedroom, you were blown away and full of chatter. Revisit the interview here.
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