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A Texas Enfilade

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image This month’s Veranda – it’s a good one!

I opened an email from a reader – she casually mentioned she wasn’t happy with the new Veranda, she found it boring and thought perhaps I would join her in the bashing.   I thought, should I?   Should I pretend I agreed with the reader even when I truly didn’t?  After all she is quite nice and sweet enough to email me and the last thing I would want to do is offend her by arguing about a magazine, of all things!   So, I pondered my answer to her (and I wonder why my emails are so stacked up!) before I chose a neutral position:
I wrote back:

“haha.   I kind of liked a few articles - the one from Houston especially!”  - an understatement of the year, I would say.  Kind of liked it?    How about, well – more on that later!

As I said, it’s just a magazine after all – 150 pages of a few pretty pictures and lots of advertising in between.   But, why did she dislike this Veranda so much, when I absolutely loved it?    Who knows.   I’m sure if the editors could bottle up the formula for what makes a magazine likable, they would.   The fact is, I think it’s a great issue, full of beautiful homes and mouth watering jewelry and gorgeous flowers.  What more could any woman want? 

Reading it, I felt that editor Lisa Newsom had called me up and said, “Joni, what do you want to see in the March issue?  Tell me!”  And then, she delivered it.   All.

 

 

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Tara Shaw’s Houston shop. 

The issue is full of things a Houstonian would love, so maybe I am biased.   Newsom starts with a small piece on Tara Shaw’s new antique reproduction line.  She then shows a house in Colorado owned by a Houston businessman/socialite – it’s always a thrill to see how the other half lives!  Then, there’s a wonderful apartment in Paris full of antiques – owned by an American designer.  And whoa – Newsom even adds a house by Dan Carithers.  How long has it been since any new work by this Atlanta designer has been seen?   That alone is worth the price of the magazine.

But Newsom doesn’t stop there.  The cover story is a house by the hottest married couple in interior design – they are so hot despite the fact that no one even knows their name, much less can pronounce it or spell it.    The Belgian, Californian,  Mediterranean Modern house all rolled into one is the work of Michael and Alexandra Misczynski.  Remember those names.  You are going to be hearing them a lot. Well, just remember the name of their business - Atelier AM  - if you have trouble with their last name.  Except how do you really pronounce Atelier?    Why did they choose a difficult business name when their own last name is impossible???

 

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A casual entry hall by Atelier AM aka Michael and Alexandra Misczynski.

 

Everyone who can properly pronounce their name is talking about this couple.   The Misczynskis started their own business in 2002, and half of Hollywood, who are probably the only people who can afford them, have hired them.  The focal point of the house in this month’s Veranda is a huge wood cabinet bought in Belgium from Axel Vervoordt.  I can only imagine how much that one piece cost, much less the rest of the furniture.    It’s all casual and wonderfully Rough Luxe, but don’t let casual be confused with inexpensive.   Everything here has a provenance.

 

 

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Living room by Atelier AM.  I love this room – with the blush pink silk pillows mixed in with all the rough woods.   Atelier AM is the personification of Rough Luxe.  Beyond fabulous!!!

 

But, it wasn’t for Carithers or the French Apartment or Tara Shaw or the Misczywhoevers that had me driving by the grocery store at 12:00 midnight and stalking Barnes and Noble  looking for the March Veranda, even though that felt so good!   I hadn’t driven around looking for a new magazine issue in ages!   It’s just too sad to do all obsessing now - the racks are so empty!  There are  so few decor magazines left to buy except for the Big Three, what I now call House Beautiful, Elle Decor, and Veranda and a few international issues.   But, I digress.    I had heard the blogosphere mumbling about this Veranda showing Kay O’Toole’s new house and that was what had my mouth watering like Edward’s whenever Bella is around.  Honestly, I’ve been waiting over two years for this issue!   

 

 

imageHouston antiquarian Kay O’Toole in her shop – Kay O’Toole Antiques and Eccentricities.  Photos from 1st Dibs by Fran Brennan.

 

O’Toole owns a French antique shop housed in a 1920s brick building that was once home to several different businesses.  Through the years, she eventually acquired the entire building and tore down the dividing walls – creating a long and narrow haven for the best of what France, and now Belgium, Sweden, and Italy have to offer.   O’Toole has an uncanny eye to buy just exactly what you want – everything in her shop is delicious.  It’s impossible to walk away without feeling wistful about what you have left behind for someone else to stake claim on.  O’Toole’s eye extends of course to interior design.  Not for other people, but for herself.   Through the years her changing houses and decor have been published, allowing her devotees to follow her lead.    The crowning touch was her apartment in a mid century high rise that half of Houston’s designers – interior and fashion – live in.   Again, like at her shop, she combined one apartment with another, and another again – stretching her living space to accommodate her growing collection of French chairs, no doubt.       The apartment was so far ahead of itself.   Looking back at it now – she moved there over 15 years ago - it’s amazing to recognize the trends she indulged in before they were trendy.  She had white vellum books when no else did, and crowns were everywhere before anyone collected them.   There were painted pieces and dark woods mixed in with concrete garden elements, though hers were centuries old.    There was a light gray antique Fortuny covering most of the chairs  - cut from curtain panels she had uncovered.   Houstonians who are into design went slightly batty over her place.  I know I studied it – every inch and then some.   At one point I even took out some tracing paper and tried to draw the floor plan in order to understand it better.  It was, in a word, gorgeous.    Simple, almost plain, yet elegant, a Parisian flat in the middle of the southwest.   In the end, I think that apartment was publicized three times, once locally, once in Veranda, and once in a decor book.  Each photo shoot was just a little different than the next to create excitement.   The space was so perfect for Kay.    She shared it with her partner, just the two of them, high in air, overlooking the greenest part of Houston.  Why would anyone ever move?

 

 

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O’Toole’s shop, a mix of French, Swedish, Belgian and Italian antiques.

 

But O’Toole had other plans.   She had long dreamt of living in a house modeled on a centuries old New Orleans design.   She marches to her to her own silent beat, and she was now ready to create a symphony.   Behind her shop, which fronts one of the longest and most traveled streets in Houston, there is a large back yard, filled with a gravel parking lot and ferns – thick and unruly.   She decided to build her house, an enfilade, in the back of the yard.      One long side would face the parking lot and the store’s back,  the other side would face the back property’s fence.    The house would be narrow and one room deep in most places.    She would design it on scraps of napkins at dinner, tweaking it until it became her masterpiece.   Finally, the enfilade became a reality, rising up from the ferns and gravel.

 

 

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Kay’s antique shop, filled with European antiques.

 

One day Kay was sweet enough to take me out back to see the house, still under construction.    She graciously smiled at my ooh’s and ah’s, and pointed out what would be where – her kitchen, the living room, her bedroom.   She showed me the French doors that had just been installed.  They were from a large cache of old metal windows she bought when a River Oaks mansion was being demolished and she had designed her enfilade around these glorious pieces of glass and steel.     When it was all finished I once stopped by and hinted at maybe seeing it again, now completed and furnished.  Oh no, it was a mess,  not ready for its debut, a million excuses from someone who is a perfectionist at being a non perfectionist.  

 

 

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I adore these oval Italian paintings.

 

So, do you understand, now, when I say I’ve been waiting for a few years, to see inside Kay’s new  house  – her own personal piece of the French countryside, hidden away right off a busy street in Houston?    I knew it would  be published, but when?    This month,  Lisa Newsome – finally gives me the grand tour.

 

 

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Kay’s shop:  Kay O’Toole Antiques and Eccentricities.  Her new house is located behind this 1920’s brick building, past the gravel parking lot and fern garden.

 

I would love to show and discuss the photoshoot of O’Toole’s new house here, but I can’t ruin it for any of you who haven’t yet seen  it.  Instead, let’s look back at her former place in the sky and remember how beautiful it all was back then!

 

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 The March 2007 issue of Veranda shows Kay’s famous antique Aubusson rug, casually draped over a round table.  Stunning.   I’ve wanted to copy this look for years!    One of Veranda’s prettiest covers.  All photos by Tria Giovan for Veranda.

 

 

imageThe main living area in the highrise – with the French settee surrounded by French chairs, some covered in the gray Fortuny and some in a quilted white linen.   Ahead of the trend, two faux deer heads flank the doorway to the dining room.   The walls were painted white back then, while most of us still had color on ours.    Silk taffeta curtains hang simply from the top of the windows.   The yellow papier mache columns played an integral role in the design of this apartment, but they are absent from the enfilade.  Instead, they have now moved to the store, looking for a new home.

 

 

image A collection of crowns are displayed on a side table.  O’Toole had all the moldings and bookcases built to turn the modern architecture into something more traditional.  Architect and Interior Designer Sharon Perry Wise remodeled the apartment HERE.

 

 

image Off the living room is the dining room with the gray and white Fortuny covered chairs.  The fabric covers the table too.  An antique screen shields a door.   In the new house, the Fortuny is gone, replaced by a light lavender fabric that covers the chairs.

 

 

kay5 More trendy items from years ago:  A Swedish stove stands next to one of the many papier mache columns placed about the space.   A bust stands guard under a large clam shell.  This army figure shows up again in the enfilade.

 

 

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Next to the main living area is another sitting area – three apartments were merged into one.   A concrete capital holds antique books, while a steel garden table holds tulips.  On the skirted table, one of the prettiest I have ever seen, a crusty urn holds a collection of shells, again, years before shells became so important in today’s decor.    The walls are stark white, while the taffeta curtains are a slight champagne color.  Too gorgeous!!  

 

 

 image Across from the skirted table is a daybed with another garden element standing in for a table. 

 

 

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Reflected in a wall of antiqued mirror is more concrete, vellum books, and ironstone.  Birds are another favorite of O’Toole’s.   Notice the beautiful painted console.  The parquet floors have been painted in a Versailles pattern.   The mirror reflects the Italian light fixture that today is so wildly popular. 

 

 

image Two Fortuny covered chairs hold more antique vellum books.   More urns, more shells, including sea fans.    This might be the first time I ever saw sea fans used as a decorative object.

 

 

 

 

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This is the only picture of the kitchen – which is actually two made into one.   Here, a collection of iron stone and yellow ware, cloches and bird nests and eggs all rest on an antique baker’s rack.

 

 

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The guest room is a charming space – a Paisley slipcovered chaise with its large scalloped detail shares space with another screen and antique commode.

 

 

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O’Toole’s bedroom features another large scalloped detailing.   The simple room is all in white – all moldings were added by Kay.   The new house, shown in this month’s Veranda is still all antiques, mostly monochromatic with touches of lilac.    Above all, it is elegant – just as this space was and it is totally original, totally Kay O’Toole.     Finally, it is interesting to compare the two spaces, seeing what pieces were reused and what was not.  Her bed, for instance, is used in the new enfilade, exactly as seen here.   See it all in the March 2010 Veranda. 

 

 

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Kay O’Toole has a store on 1st Dibs.   This painted French commode is a personal favorite.  Beautiful!

 

 

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This Gustavian daybed is another favorite.

 

 

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And I love the Venetian sofas on her 1st Dibs site!     To see Kay O’Toole’s web site on 1st Dibs, go HERE.

 

 

It’s really raining Houston in magazines this month.   Another great Houston house is in the beautiful “All About Blue” March issue from House Beautiful!  The house is designed by a trio of Houstonians:  Babs Watkins, Julie Watkins  Baker, and Eleanor Cummings.  Whew!  What a bevy of talent.  The house is absolutely gorgeous and another must see.   Congratulations to all of you!!

 

 

 

A special shout-out to interior designer and blogger Tobi Fairley whose work graces the cover of this month’s House Beautiful, above!   A huge congratulations to Tobi!!    To read her blog and see her beautiful portfolio, go HERE.

 

 

 

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Don’t forget Texans – this Sunday is the Urban Market.  For directions and times, go HERE.

 

 

AND AND – one last thing – I promise! - Cote de Texas is going to be offering a fabulous giveaway next week.  Be sure to check in for more information.  You are going to LOVE this giveaway, I PROMISE you!!!

Objects Lost and Found!

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There is a new antiques shop in Houston – Objects Lost & Found, or to make it all a little easier on the tongue, just Objects.  Located in the heart of antiques central on Ferndale, Objects owes its start to last year’s Hurricane Ike.  Proprietor Sharon Perry has had her offices at this charming house for years.   An architect/interior designer with more impressive credentials than President Obama:  she graduated with a degree in Architecture from  Rice University and earned her major degree from Harvard, Perry has dreamed of running an antiques shop in her office for a long while.    In fact for the past three years she has been quietly amassing antiques from France and warehousing them, waiting for just the perfect time to open.   Once Hurricane Ike blew through last year and  her office suffered storm damage – it gave Perry the  excuse to finally open Objects.  Since reconstruction work was going to have to be done anyway – why not reconfigure the office into a shop?   The turnover was easy -  she had plenty of room on the second floor for her architecture and interior design business – so upstairs all the offices went.  While the downstairs was being turned into the charming shop, Perry flew off to France yet again to really get down to the business of buying.  It all came together last month when she opened the doors to the newest shop on antique row. 

 

 

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The shop is spread out over three main rooms – it is filled with antiques, mostly “smalls,” lamps, and accent furniture such as pairs of consoles.   What sets Objects apart is that it caters to those in the accessorizing phase - that time at the end of a project when the shelves and table tops are waiting to be styled - but finding just those right objects can be one  of the  more time consuming  duties an interior decorator faces.  As a designer herself,  Perry recognized the need for one-stop shopping for all things “accessory” and has merchandised Objects as such.   I suspect interior designers will flock to the shop for the special touches that make a room complete.

 

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First stop is a wall of lamps, mostly in pairs, and mostly custom designed by Perry.    On the bottom shelves is a collection of boxes – perfect for side tables and coffee tables. 

 

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On this round bakers rack are scores of decorative plates and Majolica -  highly collectable ceramics.

 

 

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I love this line up of parrots on the mantel!   Sharon said she has a real bird theme going on throughout the shop. 

 

 

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Naturally I was drawn to this beautiful pair of painted antique French chairs.   Sharon loves the original muslin lining  as much as I do – I wouldn’t have recovered these either!  Why do muslin linings look so fresh and attractive now?   Funny how times and taste changes. 

 

 

 

 

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Another favorite of mine was this stunning Spanish styled table, painted, and topped with aged stone.    I could see using this outside on a covered porch or inside in a dining room, either one!  I really love this table!!

 

 

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Another favorite was this painted console – it is actually one of a pair.  More majolica rests on top, along with birds and a birdcage. 

 

 

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image The second room has shelves filled with goodies mostly from Sharon’s trips to France.

 

 

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My mother, sister and I all collect tole or tin boxes.   Mostly, when we are lucky, we might find small biscuit tins from the English company Huntley Palmer.   But this piece dwarfs all of our carefully collected tins:   it is a large display that once held different spices – probably used in a market, Sharon said.  I was drooling over this!!!!   

 

imageA close up of the spice dispenser – here you can see the mustard and cinnamon compartments.  

 

 

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A painted chest with a zinc mirror.  Antique drapery hardware sits in a wooden crate atop the chest.

 

 

image In the third room:  I love this sofa and the pair of demi lune consoles flanking it.   The scrolled iron wall hangings are antique French burglar bars, Sharon quipped. 

 

 

 

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A large collection of English and French inkwells sit atop a vanity table in the third room.

 

 image And finally, one of the more unique objects in the shop is this lavabo in the shape of a turtle!  Sharon, being both an architect and an interior designer, is hoping someone will buy this and ask her to design a powder room around it.   I hope they do too – she has all the plans drawn up in her head, just waiting for them!!!

 A special thank you Sharon for the tour of your beautiful shop Objects!

 

Objects is located at 2815 Ferndale, off Kirby between Westheimer and Alabama.    For these next two weeks, Objects is participating in the Holiday Card for the American Cancer  Society.     It is open Monday through Friday, and on Saturdays by appointment.

 

                                   

 

AND IN OTHER HOUSTON NEWS:   

 

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Tara Shaw welcomes  authors Rhonda Eleish and Edie Van Breems to her Houston store this Friday from 2 until 5 pm  for a book signing and lecture on decorating with Swedish furniture.   On Saturday, the same event will be held in New Orleans.  If you can, please be sure to attend – it  should be a great event!

 

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HOUSTON:  Tara Shaw’s  at 1845-a West Alabama

Friday, October 23 at 2:00 until 5:00 pm

For more information call:   713-533-9744

 

 

AND EVEN MORE HOUSTON NEWS:

 

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Its that time again, The Urban Market, Houston’s version of Round Top, will be open this  coming November 8th.   For more information, go HERE.  

Sunday, November 8th
9am-4pm @ 607 E. Whitney, 77022
The Knights of Columbus Fields

BROWN Hosts Garden & Gun

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The darling - and let me repeat that for emphasis – the darling Haskell Harris, Associate Editor of Garden & Gun magazine said it best: “BROWN and Garden & Gun are simpatico.” I couldn’t have said it any better.

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Haskell Harris, Associate Editor, Garden & Gun magazine

But wait, who, what?

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Thursday night BROWN, my favorite lighting and decor store in Houston, hosted a party to welcome Garden & Gun, the newest Southern lifestyle magazine on the scene – or, as they say of themselves - the “Soul of the New South.” The two companies styles could not have meshed visually and philosophically any better – they are simpatico. Thank you, Haskell. BROWN and Garden & Gun just look good together.

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Blow-ups of former G&G covers were strategically placed around the shop, along with stacks of the current issue, each neatly tied with twine.

Jill Brown, proprietor and designer of BROWN, planned the get together and every detail was perfect, it truly seemed as if Garden & Gun and BROWN were actually run and owned by the same people. Jill’s style is incredible and it really showed on Thursday night – starting with the menu (and all made by Jill herself) – the sweets and food all a nod to every Southern favorite: bourbon balls, molasses cookies, beer cheese, and turkey sandwiches – to name just a few of the delectables. Drinks included Belgian Beer and the historical Tait Farm Shrubs. Instead of using platters, the tables were set with Jill’s fabulous collection of antique copper pots and pans. Bread that looked like stone blocks chiseled with large G&G’s were an extra visual touch.

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Bread branded with G&G in wire baskets – every detail a visual treat.

The flowers, there weren’t really flowers in the sense you would think, instead Jill found someone somewhere in the Carolinas that provided tobacco leaves – in honor of Garden & Gun , because as Jill put it “tobacco is Southern, a part of our heritage, textural, and Brown. Jonathan Andrew Sage arranged all the tobacco leaves and various plants in Jill’s old galvanized buckets. Other “floral” details included cherry tomato stalks that Sage incorporated into the mix. Anything that had to do with the South, it seemed Jill had thought of it.

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Sweets and treats were placed in galvanized trays. Autumnal colors mixed well with BROWNS’s decor.

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Some time ago Jill found a substantial cache of 100 year old copper pots and pans. She put them to good use at the party.

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Live music – inside and out. Notice the gorgeous painted wood floor! Squares merge into stripes.

A band – the acoustic Across The Water played inside - while a lone saxophonist, Edmond Baker, Jr. added a moody vibe outside. The large store was filled to capacity with many of the great interior designers in Houston – I saw Babs Watkins, Ginger Barber, Sharon Perry, and Carol Glasser mingling in the crowd. Cote de Texas favorite Sally Wheat was there too.

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The General Store on the front porch of BROWN.

The front porch was set up like a general store, except nothing was for sale, it was all there for the guests to take home. (I took home a little sign, ok – three tiny signs!!!) Little chalkboards were purposed as signs, both outside and inside. And throughout the store were “Haskell’s Picks” – things that the Garden & Gun style maven found especially appealing. Haskell, who has the cutest dimple in the world – only one, I asked! - gave a talk about the history of Garden & Gun, their vision and where they want to take the magazine. She spoke about authentic design and heirloom quality – passing down things from generation to generation. Haskell is just as darling as you would expect and watching her star rise, first at Cottage Living and now here at Garden & Gun, you know she will have a long and successful career. Her mother was an interior designer – the very house where Haskell was raised was also where her mother’s shop was located, so you can safely say Haskell ate and slept interior design - and it shows. When her redone Birmingham house was featured in Southern Living, everyone loved it - but she’s in a new home now in Charleston where G&G is headquartered. Besides editing the magazine’s style features, Haskell also writes a charming blog HERE.

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Stacks of the current issue were there for the taking. Jill also graciously bought subscriptions for all of her guests. Thanks, Jill!!

You don’t have to be southern to enjoy Garden & Gun – there’s a mix of food, music, art, travel, and sporting culture in each issue. And G&G is one of those rare magazines that men love as much as women. When I got home, Ben immediately confiscated my issue and promptly bought gift subscriptions for his brother and partner. And with Haskell Harris in charge of all things stylish, there is plenty of ink on interior design and gardening to satisfy all feminine leanings. To order Garden & Gun go HERE. To visit BROWN, go HERE.

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Now that it’s all over except for the memories, Jill Brown, whose incredible eye has solely created the unique and visionary BROWN, graciously refused to take any credit for the party, giving Angela DeWree of Design and Inspiration, total thanks for the night. Somehow, I think Jill is being a little too humble, but that’s just part of her endearing charm. Make no mistake though DeWree is incredibly talented – her abilities in event planning, branding, PR, store staging (you name it, she does it) are legendary in Houston and she really shined Thursday night along with Jill. To contact DeWree, go HERE.

Below are a few favorite stories of mine in Garden & Gun, available on the their web site:

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This Texas Hill Country farmhouse is a modern day version of the classic Texas dogtrot. Read the story and see all the pictures HERE.

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How cute is this vintage styled trailer? G&G is filled with stories like this. HERE.

image_thumb11 This gorgeous Georgian garden is located on the former land of author Flannery O’Connor, read and see it all HERE.

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The oldest beagle pack in America – living in Virginia, HERE.

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One of the most visited private gardens – that of Emily Whaley – is featured in G&G HERE.

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Besides Haskell’s duties for the magazine, she also writes their blog, Belle Decor. Filled with personal stories of her past and present, she also highlights her favorite finds. HERE, the Charleston office of Ross Kenan Interiors is shown.

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This beautiful portrait by Jim Pollard is of Lou Harris and her two daughters, Haskell and Chandler. Son Haze was previously painted in another portrait. Haskell told Courtney of Style Court that she vividly remembers the chinoiserie screen in the background. To read the charming and bittersweet story behind this, go to Style Court HERE.

Haskell Harris has long been a favorite among design bloggers, starting with her days at Cottage Living. Growing up in Virginia, in the true southern manner, design is in her blood. Sharing the house with her mother’s interior design business, Haskell had an early and constant exposure to all things beautiful. Her love of historical houses also dates from her childhood, which was spent in an 1910 historically significant house. A graduate of UVA, Haskell moved to Birmingham when Cottage Living hired her. There she remodeled a cottage, which when published, made design bloggers everywhere fall in love with her. And who can blame us? Her house is as adorable as the one-dimple Haskell is. The jump to G&G forced a moved to Charleston and another historical house, this time a rumored to be haunted 1796 single house. We are all patiently waiting to see what magic Haskell performs there. Until then, please enjoy one more peek at the Birmingham cottage Haskell painstakingly remolded. Pictures, sources, and quotes come from Southern Living HERE and Style Court HERE.

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The charming Birmingham cottage that Haskell restored. Originally a neon green, she spent weeks painting it the neutral shade Cliffside Gray (RME-74) by Benjamin Moore with trim shade Swiss Coffee (5012) by Behr.

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I adore the picnic bench out front with lanterns – what better way to meet your neighbors?

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Inside the cottage, there is a large living/dining area. The pine dining table came from Haskell’s childhood mountain farmhouse where she spent many years eating meals on it, surrounded by family. The color scheme was taken from a bag of gourmet marshmallows which Haskell found soothing and inviting. “They were the softest, most sophisticated colors I’d ever seen. Pale pink, pale blue, cocoa, cream, and pale gray―I based all the paints on those marshmallows,” Haskell says. “The chalky finishes remind me of studying in Italy and visiting old villas and churches. The paint looks like it’s been there a long time.”

Living room wall paint: Riff (C2-358) by C2 Paint. Fabric on wingback chair: Tucker Resist from Lewis & Sheron Textile Co. The two antique 18th century maps of Europe atop the bookcases are a favorite splurge – found in NYC on a shopping trip with her mother.

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The hanging shelf is another heirloom from her parents. I love the way the chair fabric pops against all the neutrals.

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image_thumb19 The kitchen is utterly charming with its mix of high and low: black honed granite was a splurge, as was the farm sink from Herbeau. The walls are humble beadboard which add to the cottage atmosphere. Kraftmaid cabinets mix with classic white subway tiles from Daltile.

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Close up of the beautiful sink and faucet. Haskell loved her honed black granite and confesses she probably loves every honed stone. For her next kitchen, she wants to do fatigue green honed granite with matching painted cabinets – sounds divine! The hanging baskets hold fruit and recipes – such a cute idea.

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View towards the back door of her kitchen. The small tiled floor is another charming cottage touch.

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The master bedroom was a calm haven for Haskell to come home to. You can just see the vintage crystal doorknob on the very right.

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A collection of mirrors accessorized a wall in the light pink bedroom. Many were empty frames found by Haskell and fitted with antiqued mirrors.

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Haskell herself installed the subway tile in her bathroom. She chose gray grout to age the look and for ease of maintenance.

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And finally, in her laundry closet, next to the bathroom, Haskell cleverly wallpapered it with wrapping paper printed with maps. Baskets, shells, and a lantern add the finishing touches.

I can’t wait to see what Haskell has done with her house in Charleston! This one will be hard to top, that’s for sure.

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I hope you enjoyed learning all about Haskell Harris and Garden & Gun. To read more about BROWN on Cote de Texas, go HERE, and if you live in Houston pick up the latest issue of Paper City to see a large feature on Jill’s house. Thank you Jill and Haskell so much for including me Thursday night. It was a real treat to be there!