Vibrant revival: a designer's passion for Europe's grand past transforms a dowdy Connecticut house into a masterpiece of faded luxury
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Designer Michael Trapp transformed a neglected 1820s Greek Revival house into a museum-quality study in eclecticism using a mixture of textiles, antiques and found objects. His prize possessions include an 18th-century French closed bed and an 19th-century zinc bathtub.
Publication Name: Homestyle
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1531-5940
Year: 2001
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All about Swede: an interior designer casts her eye north and transforms a New England colonial into an 18th-century Swedish manor house
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Libby Holsten used 18th- and 19th-century painted furniture from Sweden to transform a New England colonial house. She decorated the rooms to provide the right backdrop for the delicate Swedish pieces.
Publication Name: Homestyle
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1531-5940
Year: 2001
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Double vision
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Art director Marino Zullich and his publishing-executive wife Cindy Allen's refashioning of a Bellport, New York cottage into a suitable weekend home is examined.
Publication Name: Homestyle
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1531-5940
Year: 2001
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