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A peaceful country feeling. Years of accumulated moss give these bricks a time-worn look that suits the patio's rustic mood. The dark-toned bricks were laid in a traditional basket-weave design.

Deck & Patio Styles, 1996

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Deck & Patio Styles, 1996

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An elegantly curved staircase joins the master bedroom suite and the top floor, where the living room, dining room, and kitchen are located, making these two floors self-contained.

Private Palm Beach - Tropical Style, 1992

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Looking south from the arched windows of the sun room on the top floor, one has a sweeping view of Worth Avenue and Palm Beach's southern estate section. The red barrel-tile roof of the club that was the very first of Addison Mizner's many Palm Beach designs dominates the horizon.

Private Palm Beach - Tropical Style, 1992

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An heirloom daybed graces this paneled sitting room, which is part of a guest suite.

Private Palm Beach - Tropical Style, 1992

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When the owners of this London home considered the various ways to divide the space, an alternative occurred to them that wouldn't strike most of us - steel and slats! And so the architect couple constructed the various rooms of their home with interior steel frames and Venetian blinds.

Beyond The Kitchen: A Dreamer’s Guide, 1985

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This bathroom serves both a master bedroom and a visiting child. Rather than build two separate bathrooms, resources were combined to make the bathroom as beautiful as possible.

The Not So Big House - A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live, 1998

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Country Kitchens, 1991

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At the bottom of the stair saddles, gumboots, a garden trug and an old carriage trunk - its top curved to keep the rain from settling - are deposited in a decorative ensemble. The tassled and embroidered numner or saddle blanket is from Mexico.

In an Irish House, 1988

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The pedimented mantel in the hall comes from Ardgillan in County Dublin and is made of Kilkenny marble. Combined with the arms of the Gorges family of County Meath, set within, it provides a focal point in the hall and a fine setting for the fire that burns continuously through the winter months.

In an Irish House, 1988

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Polished nobility is the quality Casas likes about the black granite from Itapemirin be selected to contrast with the estuque by artist Herman Tacasey.

Designing with Tile, Stone & Brick, 1995

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Creative Gardens, 1986

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American Country: The Country Home, 1988

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Antiques at Home, 1989

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A robust Clematis jackmanii, in bloom on the porch on a lazy summer's day.

Antiques at Home, 1989

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An antique door makes a spacious desk for antique dealers Jeff Cline and Bill Knopse in their shop, Kagedo, in Seattle. Rich cypress sliders like this often closed off the kitchen area in old homes. In general, they are too small to use as doors in Western settings unless they are mounted in a larger frame.

At Home With Japanese Design: Accents, Structure and Spirit, 1990

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Rooms by Design, 1989