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Shingle Style Beach House with Classic Coastal Interiors

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Designed by Paul Geary and and overseen by project manager Katie Milner, both from T.S. Adams Studio, Architects, this is certainly one of the most beautiful shingle style beach houses I’ve posted on this blog. Located on the Panhandle of Florida approx. 30 miles west of Panama City, and 20 miles east of Destin, FL, this shingle home features an impressive layout and classic coastal interiors that will definitely inspire you today. Take a look at the custom coastal kitchen with stained island and steel vent hood and the gorgeous butler’s pantry with retro appliances. The master bedroom and bathroom are yet another place you will fall in love with. Take notes on furniture, lighting and other designer sources. I hope you have fun! Shingle Style Beach House with Classic Coastal Interiors Beautiful architectural details are evident everywhere you look – inside and out!   Fence Inspiring custom white fence and gate. Welcome Home! A fenced, and gated...

West Village Charm

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Dream kitchen, dream living room, dream bedroom, dream bathtub . . . can we please move into Alison Cayne’s West Village townhouse?! The founder of the New York cooking school Haven’s Kitchen took her love of grays, blacks, whites and gold to decorate all five fours of her turn of the century home. There really isn’t any detail I don’t love but let’s talk about the extraordinary kitchen, mustard yellow sofas, black clawfoot tub and floor to ceiling wall art gallery, shall we?! Swoon. by  Erica  in Home Read more »  

Wishbone Chairs

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In 1944, inspired by Chinese chairs from the Ming Dynasty, Danish furniture designer  Hans J. Wegner  designed the  Wishbone Chair,  his most successful design of all time. To this day, the  Carl Hansen & Son  factory continues to produce the chair with it’s iconic Y shaped wooden back and frame and hand woven paper cord seating. Did you know it takes 400 feet of paper cord to construct the seat, which is meant to last at least 50 years of wear? I’m crushing hard on these timeless chairs – especially the ones with the natural wood frames.