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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Your Family Decorator: Current designs often draw best of classic elements

Your Family Decorator: Current designs often draw best of classic elements
courtesy Carleton Varney, Palm Beach Daily News

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About Me

Dean Farris: Naples, Florida, United States; I am an interior designer based in Naples, Florida, after relocating from New York, NY in 1996.

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Chinoiserie Chic

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Daytonian in Manhattan

Edward Cunningham's 1886 395 Manhattan Avenue - In 1886, developer and architect Edward Cunningham purchased the vacant lots on the western side of New Avenue (renamed Manhattan Avenue the following...
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Private Newport

A Newport Fall 2024 - It is Wednesday, November 20, the high temp will be 54 degrees today, and our long, very long Fall is still bright and enchanting. Newport is now in its se...
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Stuffy Muffy

Ho Ho Holiday! Festive Looks for Little Ones - I have a hard and fast rule about holiday dress clothes for my children: They... The post Ho Ho Holiday! Festive Looks for Little Ones first appeared on ...
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Bart Boehlert's Beautiful Things

A Trip to the Met - The American Wing lit up at night The Annunciation by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1344, from the Sienna show The Pieve Altarpiece by Pieto Lorenzetti, ...
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Damsel in Dior

What I’m Packing for Paris - To say that I’m excited for next week would be an understatement. The last time I was in Paris, I was pregnant with June, and I promised myself I’d make ...
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Habitually Chic®

Newly Opened Hôtel Norman in Paris - The Saint James and Relais Christine hotels in Paris are beloved by guests and now the group behind them have just opened a new hotel, Hôtel Norman. Billed...
1 year ago
Carolyne Roehm

Passion Project - I have written 14 books in the past 24 years and have learned and grown with each project. It has been an adventure and a formidable and sometimes, daunt...
3 years ago
The Glam Pad

Jan Showers Transforms a Dated Bachelor Pad - In 2011, a young Dallas couple called upon designer Jan Showers to design their French-style home… years later, they moved across town and paired with Ja...
4 years ago
McCormick Interiors

My definition of “luxury”! - My friend who writes the blog “Splenderosa” asked us to write about our “definition of luxury”! Here is mine!!! noun (pl) -ries This definition works fo...
7 years ago

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Favorite Books and Periodicals

Portfolio Magazine Naples
Mario Buatta
In With The Old
The New York Observer
Connecticut Cottages and Gardens
Hamptons Cottages and Gardens
My Three Lives
Palm Beach Splendor
Frances Elkins: Interior Design
The Country Houses of David Adler
Mrs. Astor Regrets
Marketing Interior Design
International Herald Tribune
Wall Street Journal
New York Times Style section
Veranda
Naples Illustrated
House Beautiful
Garden & Gun
Elle Decor
Architectural Digest
In The Spirit Of Venice
Michael Taylor Interior Design
Tony Duquette
Palm Beach Houses
Michael Tolliver Lives
Diamonds In The Sun
One Fifth

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