A Country Living Room in the Vermont Mountains

Well Campers!!!

We've perused Connie's entry hall and her dining room, so now it's time to 

explore the living room!!!!!

Take a deep breathe.... we're going in.....

Traditional Home Magazine 2004
Some of you may remember this room.....
Some of you won't.....
Some of you don't care.....
and some of you wonder what the @#$ I'm going on about....
anyway....
This was the room that Connie first hired me to decorate.We started with the wonderful toile from Brunschwig & Fils.
This is when I found out that Connie's favorite color was coral.
Of course at that time, I didn't realize that this was the color that would haunt follow us down to Florida.....
But the girt just loves this hue.
She's blonde, so it looks really good with her coloring.
She tends to wear it too.
She's got sweaters......
She's got shirts....
That's as far as I'm going......

As I mentioned when showing off her dining room,
I unified the some of the rooms on the first floor by using the same fabrics throughout the spaces.
The check on the club chair is the same one I used for the dining room draperies and host and hostess chair

The ottoman fabric was used on the dining room side chairs.

Now some folks could accuse me of being lazy.

And they might be right.

But using the same fabrics in several rooms, in different applications, is a good way to unify areas of a house that are open to each other.

I designed the bookcase/fireplace wall and had it installed to everyone's delight!!!!!

If I do say so myself.....it transformed the room.

Now....

before I get hurt, patting myself on the back.....

I must admit that adding it was Les Brown's (the architect's) idea.

BUT I DID THE DRAWINGS.....

'cuz, as I've repeatedly told you.....I am a rock star when it comes to interior architectural details.......

I chose a mantle that was very close to the style I had in my Watertown home.

Here's a shot of my old living room with the fireplace....

House Beautiful
Sooooo.....
now you know.....
I just copy what I like.
I don't have an original idea in my skull.
I am a big fat fraud.

Well.....
how's that for no filter?????
On that note.
Latah, Gatah