tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27984660719950169972024-03-13T05:03:58.289-05:00Period HomesPeriod revival architecture of America. Homes and their interiors of old houses and new houses built today. Styles encompassing French, Spanish, Italian and English architecture.Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-33316978859112753542010-04-14T07:21:00.000-05:002010-04-14T07:21:55.912-05:00Another Deep South Master<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Another architect doing great work in the South is Ken Tate from Louisiana. Ken, who was born in Mississippi, studied at Auburn. His work is spectacular. Ken, as others I have covered, does an incredible job of reinterpreting historic works to fit the homes sites or simply what he sees as fitting. Each of his projects are unique works that fit incredibly well into their settings.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here is one of his Creole Compounds he created:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And a Deep South Estancia in Jackson, Mississippi:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Another Creole style house:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFx_qfAACqk_EmPKrx8L0xdzGzidJ46qJd1CK2yzFb_IEOVmj2Hsqj9lv_keisOFM3kppyCe1JU5rDOzL1Q46To00fYxzVE3pFvawKdTXlqg4UqRzvIFtDGi54VSqKwRkW0apwCKRuQe18/s1600/Ken+Tate+Creole+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFx_qfAACqk_EmPKrx8L0xdzGzidJ46qJd1CK2yzFb_IEOVmj2Hsqj9lv_keisOFM3kppyCe1JU5rDOzL1Q46To00fYxzVE3pFvawKdTXlqg4UqRzvIFtDGi54VSqKwRkW0apwCKRuQe18/s640/Ken+Tate+Creole+1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com116tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-23506315428532553492010-03-23T11:38:00.002-05:002010-03-23T12:09:52.802-05:00Modern Twist on Classical Designs -- Part III<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A talent I've recently found that is taking modern twists on classical designs to a new level is Ken Pursley out of Charlotte, North Carolina. His work is outstanding. Doing both renovations and new construction, his take on design is fresh and current while maintaining a classical approach to architecture.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One of my favorite things about his work is the mixture of classical exteriors with extremely crisp interiors. Few have the ability to mix the two. Ken has done an excellent job of it. I will be following his work for a long time. What is so great about this approach is that any of these homes will fit in with the old neighborhoods across the country.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here is his take on a Scottish Revival:</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Look at the detail on the french doors below.<br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are a few images of a Colonial Revival he did. All fresh, clean and beautiful.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBo-bw5EBIX7WrDJR3UZJumuLRk_Nqmpz1gDvR4xaSxJSYGQnNJxH8r6CyoR-XiuEm7Jy-Vuo4YqZk6fk_ELG8CdBUG2Wl3vlpdgTm6A98E1CEzqV5NLWN7NOCHTIhQQJuZd0H06GAodx/s1600-h/Pursley+Colonial+Revival+kitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBo-bw5EBIX7WrDJR3UZJumuLRk_Nqmpz1gDvR4xaSxJSYGQnNJxH8r6CyoR-XiuEm7Jy-Vuo4YqZk6fk_ELG8CdBUG2Wl3vlpdgTm6A98E1CEzqV5NLWN7NOCHTIhQQJuZd0H06GAodx/s640/Pursley+Colonial+Revival+kitchen.jpg" width="502" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MHc6Wb2LNzaqFbvGgZx-lZNjE9iJbPJyYlK_L9YZeMpfWgbTdqjPC378jVQ_Wh3At2TYXBAoohPn3FQawX0jgIbOanZbx3EwUx6tVHV__MuzDzl-pd1I9mz0QW63HeX1bqO-gKNNBSvP/s1600-h/Pursley+Colonial+Revival+Dining.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MHc6Wb2LNzaqFbvGgZx-lZNjE9iJbPJyYlK_L9YZeMpfWgbTdqjPC378jVQ_Wh3At2TYXBAoohPn3FQawX0jgIbOanZbx3EwUx6tVHV__MuzDzl-pd1I9mz0QW63HeX1bqO-gKNNBSvP/s640/Pursley+Colonial+Revival+Dining.jpg" width="508" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here is an English Kitchen and Garden Folly (as he calls it). I love this kitchen.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9wdvoAzh73FXFDXDU84YMf9dDYmq39scudDxWCNFYX-lBMlKPiA6Sy0ht1xawR9lYZSRpi2Yb3yWDIRUAx7RLhcTLC7Q5NE0NUAZvMaoQmIv_jEOTS6KspqV4UkUc51lYT33vZlyZ26x/s1600-h/Pursley+English+Kitchen+main.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9wdvoAzh73FXFDXDU84YMf9dDYmq39scudDxWCNFYX-lBMlKPiA6Sy0ht1xawR9lYZSRpi2Yb3yWDIRUAx7RLhcTLC7Q5NE0NUAZvMaoQmIv_jEOTS6KspqV4UkUc51lYT33vZlyZ26x/s640/Pursley+English+Kitchen+main.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Notice the ceiling below and the view of the "Garden Folly"<br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And another renovation he did:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-qJiIiaunONKtbV8hGEq1fffUEo461UhvantA6HFwWGtn9gAPnVutI7aWbL2uNPuEQl8dK1YZE1GJd09Vn71GxPTmaZILadBGhK_l_bRvp1OZ2j1vxUjZV6lu9dfeFKeiOV2aKBI8JfB/s1600-h/Pursley+Renovation+Bath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-qJiIiaunONKtbV8hGEq1fffUEo461UhvantA6HFwWGtn9gAPnVutI7aWbL2uNPuEQl8dK1YZE1GJd09Vn71GxPTmaZILadBGhK_l_bRvp1OZ2j1vxUjZV6lu9dfeFKeiOV2aKBI8JfB/s640/Pursley+Renovation+Bath.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love the way he designed this alcove for the master bed.<br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ken, like others I've covered, used to work for Bobby McAlpine. Another great example of beautiful architecture in the south mixing classical designs with modern interiors. Hope you enjoyed. You can find more of his work at www.pursleyarchitecture.com. Don't miss the images of his studio.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-52198527783303827362010-03-19T09:52:00.000-05:002010-03-19T09:52:53.731-05:00A Big Thank You!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://southernhospitalityblog.com/wp-includes/images/LogoSouthern%20Hospitality.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://southernhospitalityblog.com/wp-includes/images/LogoSouthern%20Hospitality.jpg " width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you Rhoda at Southern Hospitality blog for the nice feature today on her blog. She featured the Southern Accents showhouse and had many nice things to say.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you'd like to see it, go to www.southernhospitalityblog.com</span></div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-12597521505668577442010-03-12T07:48:00.003-06:002010-03-12T12:25:36.300-06:00Crazy About Montecito<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Of all the places I've traveled to in the United States, Santa Barbara is probably my favorite. To be more exact, Montecito. If you can say a city or town has "it", this place definitely does. With the beach, the mountains, the climate, the architecture, the food. I just don't think it can get much better.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The times I've been there, I love to drive around to see all the incredible homes and gardens. Many are very difficult to see from the road because of the enormous walls and most of the homes are set so far from the street. Last time we were there we dragged the kids to an estate sale just so we could see the property -- the last thing kids want to do on a Spring Break.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well known interior designer John Saladino's estate is one of these. Fortunately, <i>C</i> Magazine, did a story on his incredible home (you can also see it in his book).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9F5PyRBFCEM_xoJKFGDxUyJYAE694bQJQiZZJHgQ8HoI-1Og7-rH9lciFWLgB_Dbl97vigc3Dw8TIxGmSDDYvhoGWQ4-vd6gJ0NxrIkk0_XGrfqZTay-uGknxVtIzM6lKUhdol6QfGqxY/s1600-h/Blog+Saladino+Entry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9F5PyRBFCEM_xoJKFGDxUyJYAE694bQJQiZZJHgQ8HoI-1Og7-rH9lciFWLgB_Dbl97vigc3Dw8TIxGmSDDYvhoGWQ4-vd6gJ0NxrIkk0_XGrfqZTay-uGknxVtIzM6lKUhdol6QfGqxY/s400/Blog+Saladino+Entry.jpg" width="347" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">His Italianate villa was built in 1929 by architect and builder Wallace Frost. Saladino did an incredible job of remodeling the house that is quintessential Monticeto.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYY0yfXOImtMvsol1hhOjitXNI636gvCjUrbz-xvWzBM7OKpBurg1Rp4oy2P3EqbMSCDaIeQBW_fvmRs55pZxnydgMMVDkEj1E_bn7l10V3ZdZSe4nKbx7YQERptbxzcZRjn3McQuvl-o/s1600-h/Blog+Saladino+Exterior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYY0yfXOImtMvsol1hhOjitXNI636gvCjUrbz-xvWzBM7OKpBurg1Rp4oy2P3EqbMSCDaIeQBW_fvmRs55pZxnydgMMVDkEj1E_bn7l10V3ZdZSe4nKbx7YQERptbxzcZRjn3McQuvl-o/s400/Blog+Saladino+Exterior.jpg" width="341" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The roof is 18th century Italian handmade terra-cotta tile. He brought in more than 4,000 trees and shrubs including these incredible 50 year old Italian cypress trees.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4jx72nJgYUuC1adWIJuTAeQ2jQbLYyN9IlBm9mn6eSMZYbC4PLjAMnaNUPXmd6pjPE9utQ_ukb6c2Kvii8_MxyTPfd_REM866hZuQMLYOghgjd4VVdoa-kbpOf6exfL5zBa5ayQbDttY/s1600-h/Blog+Saladino+interior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4jx72nJgYUuC1adWIJuTAeQ2jQbLYyN9IlBm9mn6eSMZYbC4PLjAMnaNUPXmd6pjPE9utQ_ukb6c2Kvii8_MxyTPfd_REM866hZuQMLYOghgjd4VVdoa-kbpOf6exfL5zBa5ayQbDttY/s400/Blog+Saladino+interior.jpg" width="307" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The interior is just as amazing as the exterior. Many of the interior walls are the same stone as the exterior. The steel windows and doors are incredible. We are currently building a Mediterranean house in Fort Worth with windows and doors very similar.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqW80-I0LQ3npBBaJ3Pf7CW_Eiytv_sQGH3xhLff1an9Qj53w3nZSb9fAuVXyhac2d9aREQitRWK9tYM2dbe1gzyHt96zhgTOtdkYPydlIiNCzPgzeyXBloEK6M9fmdMgZS2CLzKL0-40/s1600-h/Blog+Saladino+exterior+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqW80-I0LQ3npBBaJ3Pf7CW_Eiytv_sQGH3xhLff1an9Qj53w3nZSb9fAuVXyhac2d9aREQitRWK9tYM2dbe1gzyHt96zhgTOtdkYPydlIiNCzPgzeyXBloEK6M9fmdMgZS2CLzKL0-40/s400/Blog+Saladino+exterior+2.jpg" width="308" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love the urn set into the stone window surround. The ivy covered wall in perfect.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFZACm31byzzo1IroVILQQGPLiDjpKtNbEdJ08zEtWS5G9MkEloY0mGWhqwin6DZwmpvU6E-h1SB4NEIyp0y5TeE9xjRt-tHhnaarGodFLc8Gry01JFeZS8IKJZRNlV-65J2bI80o2z61/s1600-h/Blog+Saladino+Dining.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFZACm31byzzo1IroVILQQGPLiDjpKtNbEdJ08zEtWS5G9MkEloY0mGWhqwin6DZwmpvU6E-h1SB4NEIyp0y5TeE9xjRt-tHhnaarGodFLc8Gry01JFeZS8IKJZRNlV-65J2bI80o2z61/s400/Blog+Saladino+Dining.jpg" width="350" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The dining room, with the (what I believe to be) cypress paneling and ceiling and Italian chandelier is beautiful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">All of the above pictures from </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">C</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Magazine.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Another well published interior designer, Michael Smith, did an incredible job at the former Pillsbury estate in Montecito -- Las Encintas. This Portuguese-style house was originally a California Mission Revival house built in the 1890s and is set into the hillside. It is much different from Saladino's but typical old Montecito. More formal and crisp.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The tile in the living room and powder bath typical Portuguese and are handmade in Los Angeles. We are using a very similar tile from the same tile company for a current job.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsaBhZdybwdGcL0qh9NSMhAeRoOPNNa09MabJJFbRhhyphenhyphenW3Adkoz5_4yeWAH0rsek6yoWni1SqH9hVEaHY8tOzDkHgKEwCGzUkdAvVHyymAULayaJf54fGR6hk8ncYLF4YbuEc0b-AOTYf/s1600-h/Blog+Las+Encinitas+Living+Tile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsaBhZdybwdGcL0qh9NSMhAeRoOPNNa09MabJJFbRhhyphenhyphenW3Adkoz5_4yeWAH0rsek6yoWni1SqH9hVEaHY8tOzDkHgKEwCGzUkdAvVHyymAULayaJf54fGR6hk8ncYLF4YbuEc0b-AOTYf/s400/Blog+Las+Encinitas+Living+Tile.jpg" width="312" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGozVWRfeiX1CJCo8B2zSTiT7sEHjEYpcpItgGEgIyiYqSguscEgLs3dGwOTZyhuD3roHrIxa6-eKssdFaoK6mU-yK75ecNN3Vrek2RAHzAF2q436xSmd4YPuIJFcjcEezNaI_Q4M655o/s1600-h/Blog+Las+Encinitas+Powder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGozVWRfeiX1CJCo8B2zSTiT7sEHjEYpcpItgGEgIyiYqSguscEgLs3dGwOTZyhuD3roHrIxa6-eKssdFaoK6mU-yK75ecNN3Vrek2RAHzAF2q436xSmd4YPuIJFcjcEezNaI_Q4M655o/s400/Blog+Las+Encinitas+Powder.jpg" width="325" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love how Smith gave the powder bath a true Period Revival feel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxQAb6pKGoLh2SPdzlz47TkZknDUWSc77SulFcWLeQUcxo4kw4ZOwA0MC4N79zfQSFTsRLHR9SkrHujXRnJjbmjRj_DEfGtAxyWfqYtnxQiu_QcvaTXUDK9rj-CRllRfpVEAh9EONvFng/s1600-h/Blog+Las+Encintas+Living.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxQAb6pKGoLh2SPdzlz47TkZknDUWSc77SulFcWLeQUcxo4kw4ZOwA0MC4N79zfQSFTsRLHR9SkrHujXRnJjbmjRj_DEfGtAxyWfqYtnxQiu_QcvaTXUDK9rj-CRllRfpVEAh9EONvFng/s400/Blog+Las+Encintas+Living.jpg" width="312" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">While I love my city, Montecito is one of those places that is just very difficult to beat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">All of the pictures of Las Encinitas come from </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Santa Barbara</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> magazine.</span></span></div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-40482918822993071642010-03-11T08:05:00.004-06:002010-03-12T07:53:57.367-06:00Period Revivals in Cowtown<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fort Worth is known as cowtown -- where the west began. While that puts images into people's minds of horses, cattle, ranches and cowboys (and we do have that) many do not realize the incredible amount of great Period Revival houses in our city.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Throughout Westover Hills, Rivercrest, Park Hill, Colonial Country Club and Mistletoe (along with others) there is some of the finest examples of period revival architecture in the country. Here are just a few of my favorites:</span><br />
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</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14_l0TARua_dIgrZBBRNxsEiyESR3c2xCUYcj-4CMiXVR_xcqDmqjsLqvPOIENro_CI8gHDbxMANLjIt2zSt3COvAiLB7zzTZ2EGeuKHO75CtxRrS6xkKvIT4s9HC2-AOsaN4K6hizm_E/s1600-h/Blog+Westover+Spanish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14_l0TARua_dIgrZBBRNxsEiyESR3c2xCUYcj-4CMiXVR_xcqDmqjsLqvPOIENro_CI8gHDbxMANLjIt2zSt3COvAiLB7zzTZ2EGeuKHO75CtxRrS6xkKvIT4s9HC2-AOsaN4K6hizm_E/s640/Blog+Westover+Spanish.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This Spanish Colonial, also in Westover Hills, is a great example of a Period Revival and part of what makes Westover Hills a beautiful example of a mix of architectural designs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-17539920085414059502010-03-09T07:47:00.000-06:002010-03-09T07:47:22.002-06:00What I Should Have Posted Last Year<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was recently going through my IPhone pictures and came across some that I never posted of the <i>Southern Accents</i> showhouse during construction that I wanted to share with you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3nKCcLq8xxeOmn3kP0G9-H1SBAcKYfr-YsACqK9LQUXbYM83SQPTCZZKz99j6-CZiqWQZNpv3YJk-hjqB9CyyoGw98gcASNfWdzxnx_vQVkgL7GMdYshyphenhyphenYOYv3qB6-Zoc0WG3QSbCLR8/s1600-h/IMG_0230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3nKCcLq8xxeOmn3kP0G9-H1SBAcKYfr-YsACqK9LQUXbYM83SQPTCZZKz99j6-CZiqWQZNpv3YJk-hjqB9CyyoGw98gcASNfWdzxnx_vQVkgL7GMdYshyphenhyphenYOYv3qB6-Zoc0WG3QSbCLR8/s400/IMG_0230.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oak post and brackets on loggia</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-34827463272530451142010-03-09T07:24:00.000-06:002010-03-09T07:24:55.904-06:00What A Difference A Year Can Make<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've never posted pictures of my kids, but felt like this was a good time for a couple of reasons. First, I'm extremely proud of all three of them. Second, the black and white below was taken by my younger sister, Meggan Duncan, that has started her own photography business. She is focusing mainly on children and families now. You can see her work at </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1268080716_1"><a href="http://mldphotography.smugmug.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">http://mldphotography.smugmug.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Who knows, you may want to hire her.</span></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Amazing what one year, braces and haircuts do. It appears personalities don't change much.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My 10 year old is into everything sports: football, baseball, basketball, golf and hunting. He's a little mischevious, but our helper around the house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-16761588573986365612010-03-08T14:12:00.002-06:002010-03-09T07:48:50.379-06:00Where It All Began For Me<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My first memories of loving houses began as a child. I cannot remember exactly at what age. But I do recall my mother dragging me through house after house though. She loves houses as well. Her parents lived in this house below in St. Francisville, Louisiana. I recall swinging on the swing on the front porch, searching the hills behind their house looking for Civil War memorabilia and visiting the plantations throughout that area. In the summer we would swim in the river. At the time, I felt like the windows on the front porch were 12' tall. Every year, St. Francisville holds the Audubon Pilgrimage tour of plantations and homes. I recall my sisters dressing up in what I thought at the time were ridiculous outfits (and laughing at them) to work at the house during the tour. </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just down the street from their house is Grace Episcopal Church. It is a beautiful church with a cemetery. Both of my grandparents were buried here. The cemetery was always intriguing to me with all the tombstones and the ages of many who died during the Civil War -- many who were my age at the time of their death.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was my parents who introduced me to the architecture of A. Hays Town in Baton Rouge. His work has been a major influence on my career. Andres Duany probably said it best: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“Without Hays Town, the architecture of Louisiana might well have dissipated into the mainstream. Instead, we have a wonderful thing, a fine tradition alive and well in America.”</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 10px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-74840042017271793012010-03-05T08:44:00.001-06:002010-03-05T09:15:39.838-06:00A French Eclectic<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Several years ago, we were hired to design and remodel a 1940s clapboard, New England style house. The house sits on the corner of a street in Fort Worth that has many period revival homes that face the oldest country club in town. The front of the house faced the other street. My original design was to basically keep the style, but completely gut, remodel and do a small addition. But I knew that our client loved French styled houses. In the middle of the night one night before we began work, I came up with the idea to forget the original design, face the front of the house on the more prominent street and build a large new addition that would become the formal part of the house and entry. Unfortunately I don't have any before pictures. But this is what the new house looks like.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All of the new addition is brick and we left some of the original redwood siding in the back. The portico is salvaged from an estate in River Oaks in Houston. The iron gates, iron front door and lanterns are antiques as well. The limestone balustrade and columns are new but we ordered very early in the project and left them in the dirt, sprayed buttermilk on them and threw dirt on them on a weekly basis to give it an automatic aged look to match the antique portico. The roof is also a reclaimed clay tile that is a mixture of Ludowici and Mineral Wells.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The above pictures are from DHome magazine when they did their cover story on the house. The dining room is spectacular with bordeaux pattern parquet floors, a antique limestone french mantel, Gracie handpainted wallpaper and beautiful crystal sconces and chandelier.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is the formal living room that faces the front yard. I apologize for the quality of the picture (I took it with my IPhone). I wish I had more images to share with you. Our clients have sold the house so I am sure it doesn't look anything like it did with their beautiful furnishings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">However, the design of the house is perfect for it's location and setting. Most people today think that the house is one of the street's original period revival houses from the 1920s.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-67163119052313256732010-03-03T09:10:00.004-06:002010-03-04T20:56:57.174-06:00The Interior of the Southern Accents Showhouse -- Part II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzh-Ftlq_mrRDoD1tGuY0Yx9sdp6si2vgeWgb_rq1Kv-xPRoTc0Xy0W2I0AJ1VX6RtlnxqbOM9E2eCwVV0c-AiNPnLpQmygPdwJJriwcFBdv8NByf54U05bGk0uzyADp7fI-YXiRIYd9nz/s1600-h/SA+stairhall+color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzh-Ftlq_mrRDoD1tGuY0Yx9sdp6si2vgeWgb_rq1Kv-xPRoTc0Xy0W2I0AJ1VX6RtlnxqbOM9E2eCwVV0c-AiNPnLpQmygPdwJJriwcFBdv8NByf54U05bGk0uzyADp7fI-YXiRIYd9nz/s640/SA+stairhall+color.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Before taking you upstairs, it's hard to not show you the stair hall. Just off the entry and before the library, the stairhall is probably my favorite room in the house. I never thought a stairhall could be a favorite room but it is mine. Maybe it has to do with all the time and money we spent creating it, but it's one more element of the house that makes it a true Cotswold style house. The paneling, tudor style baluster and hand painted burlap wall covering (from Rusty Arena) are beautiful and very fitting for the house. The oak trusses in the ceiling complete the room. Our carpenters did all of this work on site and in place including the hand turned finials on the newel posts.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At the top of the stairs you come to the first bedroom, the boy's room. Joe designed this room, well, for a boy. With all fabric walls and ceiling, this room is probably the quietest in the house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdeGkBwAgLTIZMuw9TEyQqvyh-HsiAKvdTauGxaoRLe0U0rTQn7UgOp-S18SpqvUsPanO87qBiInCJtDmpECGFojrfp92cFAVy2JC_45hgO1ScCZkQ35BHJJnfk0aAx3enVwvd5dPDrymf/s1600-h/SA+boy%27s+room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdeGkBwAgLTIZMuw9TEyQqvyh-HsiAKvdTauGxaoRLe0U0rTQn7UgOp-S18SpqvUsPanO87qBiInCJtDmpECGFojrfp92cFAVy2JC_45hgO1ScCZkQ35BHJJnfk0aAx3enVwvd5dPDrymf/s400/SA+boy%27s+room.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The girl's bathroom completes the girl's retreat. With all white Ann Sacks tile surrounding the tub and a unique limestone floor (also from Ann Sacks) this bathroom is perfect for a little (or any age for that matter) girl. The photograph next to the vanity is my little girl when she was 5 years old.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well, to say that things went well is an enormous understatement. Joe and his staff were not only incredible to work with professionally, I feel that we have all become great friends. They took on the project like they were being paid by their highest-paying clients. And the outcome speaks volumes for the hard work and dedication they put into the project.</span><br />
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</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is difficult to pick where to start with the pictures of the interior because every room is not only beautiful, but very fitting. When asked what was his favorite room in the house, Joe said, "Whichever one I'm standing in." Above is the formal living room which is sits directly in the middle of the house. Even though this room is quite large, Joe's take on this room was to create a comfortable feeling of an estate in the English countryside. His mixture of furnishings and antiques are perfect for this room. The floors in the living room (and throughout most of the house) are wide-plank, hand beveled oak. The ceiling has enormous oak trusses.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I designed the paneling for the library in a Jacobean style. Joe's selections for the room are classic English and the room is set up for work, reading or to simply watch television. Everyone raves about this room and it was difficult to get visitors of the showhouse to move on from this room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeN6xtctudJwIQkepqGupEAEw4ibBAKdQwX9hPUvPCF1ldVohNelIPdcPiiLmxmb7GdVt9IX6AR09kUDlDDL-E_xYutAL-6ONDo3zVpn6Wp8ZH3I5sWjx_xoZprPz9UzOvwfWZoQbwflD/s1600-h/EMR_9209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeN6xtctudJwIQkepqGupEAEw4ibBAKdQwX9hPUvPCF1ldVohNelIPdcPiiLmxmb7GdVt9IX6AR09kUDlDDL-E_xYutAL-6ONDo3zVpn6Wp8ZH3I5sWjx_xoZprPz9UzOvwfWZoQbwflD/s320/EMR_9209.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The master bedroom and bath are my favorite we have ever done. The room is large enough to have two sitting areas. Joe designed this with a nod to old Hollywood. The walls are painted in a pearl color and the ceiling is in a very pale blue. The windows overlook the pool and backyard. There are two entries into the master bathroom -- her side and his. On her side, you entire into an octagonal dressing area and on through two closets. One closet is set up for handbags, shoes and out-of-season clothes and the other is a mirrored room with hidden closets.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENJkU6DaSAw31p-NP8fFq64vvPp6n2bLxZjbiutvnrhi2i95ENVfmhEYG9s52IJgp9hlRB97bcxLJhprKhBq_XlFnHRlKJrJ_8juRFmTrhOoPCCsDSBhxy3K727VXWeWSrqUiFwkYkB6Q/s1600-h/EMR_8908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENJkU6DaSAw31p-NP8fFq64vvPp6n2bLxZjbiutvnrhi2i95ENVfmhEYG9s52IJgp9hlRB97bcxLJhprKhBq_XlFnHRlKJrJ_8juRFmTrhOoPCCsDSBhxy3K727VXWeWSrqUiFwkYkB6Q/s320/EMR_8908.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When Joe first showed me the sample of the de Gournay hand-painted wallpaper for the dining room I was a bit scared. The background color was ORANGE. I think my first comment was, "Wow!". After more thought, Joe had de Gournay change the colors of the paper and the room is about as much of a statement as a room can make. The peonies in the paper are about 12"-14" in diameter. The room is square and perfectly set up for a round dining table which I love. There is a black tiled fireplace (we put tile in all the fireplaces) with a mantel from England. The ceiling is silver leafed with a glaze on it.</span><br />
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</span></div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-31144966372817386722010-02-26T15:11:00.006-06:002010-03-02T08:12:31.683-06:00The Exterior of The 2009 Southern Accents Showhouse<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Although you may have seen the pictures on-line, I wanted to write a post about the 2009 </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Southern Accents</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Showhouse we finished in August of last year. I have to say that I cannot be more proud of it. From the exterior to every single detail, this house is a true showhouse. However, in today's market of over the top showhouses, our's quite different. You will not find a multi-tiered theatre room or a pool with waterfalls. This house is a statement of how to design and build a new old house.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div>Here are some pictures of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Ruard</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Veltman</span> Architecture's work. The first home is what he calls Jacobean Tudor:</div><div><br />
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</div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297078074359570050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6FpyCsiOuyPA4T75A6kiFwJyjHKfrN2EkRbxQ1S95EXdoPe41Hwpe8TP5tS44Lb3_dE-2zzF3avihXsNX0uylLEuRz7sb2y3mGxh7iYTUfC5Q_de6YZx9Jx2V7EMcx5m2wmrKe2n3yAw/s320/Veltman+English+Cottage.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 176px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Ruard</span> is a very talented architect and I'm looking forward to seeing more of his work. If you know of any architects doing similar work, please forward their information to me.</div><div><br />
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</div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-20968575142413041292009-01-29T07:46:00.009-06:002010-03-02T08:14:33.653-06:00Modern Twist on Classical DesignsModern adaptations of classical architecture have their place. It is very easy to completely destroy what started out as a great design. I see it all the time on additions to old houses.<br />
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</div><div>However, when done right and an architect puts his spin on period revival architecture the outcome can be outstanding. One of the best I know of for doing this is Bobby McAlpine and his partner Greg Tankersley of McAlpine Tankersley. They describe their work as "nurturing, compassionate, soulful," the firm's architecture, wedding historical precedence with graceful modern living, is a timeless and romantic pursuit of "The Inheritable House".</div><div><br />
</div><div>And do they ever. What is even more amazing is that their firm is headquartered in little Montgomery, Alabama. You know how us Southerners (I'm from Baton Rouge) love great architecture. Below are some pictures of their work. These pictures came from both <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Southern Accents</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Veranda.</span></div><div><br />
</div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296716333403825586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpaZ08IAkpiS340f173L5O09uMqjn_hks4B8pBJ6HIueMMLdnaHKpMpPNQntyfbWMXcpTu4yczmZbiwabl4LG9NCZ7JyF_cpRjLfIuMCksyM2Y7HOPTP-QIaMHOWa1CplAS99NXJDpl-AT/s320/Veranda+McAlpine8.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 235px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296716346644928866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqKGkNFp6RWCJQ6jb7yCQhzDKn6QZJ8dclJwIWyEtG1C3VDJoUsaKU-6RTpPhiIg9dvRXYv9WyejDXb3SUJJpwaKIh0PQFR95KeWwulsd3h-snRkSvC-eS6Etvt3qmLIrXYwL3t2IxcPV/s320/Southern+Accents+McAlpine6.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The picture above and directly below are of Bobby McAlpine's house he built in Montgomery quite a few years ago. He has since sold it and restored another house.</div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296715067403366418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMT2pym0ZzfCJtQivK-JGOOGFIQDwyKHXKHO05PJBcCJmwGO2u8HnLSF6MaICzZ1o-HbCy6V3rUCh_jJ-NX0XQSaAPMZriNywXn9wR_5aDAno5EXMbghYyxJtIwfUjcvH-XR1zFbbOq7V/s320/Southern+Accents+McAlpine4.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 295px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296715064754242482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7KgVdt1CPsS0eE_3SvY9DOFDva6cofEUGiiNEWYRch_Rd0O_87BzE9MkANbu-4z8QBcquKPOIT7gbD_LBcZ-jPwBZPWvBUWkz4HGax4tq4QufZ_0P-_sMPFqPnbnOkCjN4-dV_PE2WeY/s320/Southern+Accents+McAlpine3.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 283px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296715053851601010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYAkMze_XqpeeOrHee1_Jh2BolC7o_M5A0UJKB8KYW_t2h4HiBtQ8Tg6-xyNJZ3FU_HQMfNTk4tFYJoIZnygFWVYLA9kkVIdI_CO9bUuuKOHYxM7vsV3e1GTeD7OOkeBTyrak30M-7MZb/s320/Southern+Accents+McAlpine2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 244px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /><br />
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296714646047921954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_RMg8Zdv0Dq2WpoH5zPzA9WlM6Wd8KDc5Qi_jsZ51JeP0xvwKWXzyvAUazX9CLYPC_5NjcvrU8FwSzNEyMcVKtiSdTZDTkDiyvhwND3tMNIVrtwltwPp7L5UP1lDxekedtcbPiRBjybOM/s320/Southern+Accents+McAlpine.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 277px;" /><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The three pictures above are of a house I saw when I was visiting family in Memphis and taking my early morning architecture drive (I do this in every city I visit). At the time, I didn't know it was a McAlpine-Tankersley house but it caught my eye from 500' away.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The next two pictures are of Greg Tankersley's personal house.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296714648324776562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXhD2_G8dfogJSTTpw7x9ZcwGwLqf0HhiU8kI6aLQlZ4lStnWVvWsM8d9zv0eIUzyVrTbT8-5v3pvooGN0ad-g6EGXZtrSDTMR5K4r4nFbvRe5ECt-qyaapQvB6Q3llidxu3ny7A1uYpx/s320/Veranda+McAlpine+Tankersley+House2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 218px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296714645436181026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DV5oD4IP9CacPahb3HXkix86Wxg2cmE4p8fDzwCfLp0VdXLVLkhsJRXkhTx4DpvTi9Ag8JIgyBuR6V3unlon6pRAr154LPsT9UKly71GYmb8iccVNTasAfclm-a6mRAMwKd4TUPtZJCY/s320/Veranda+McAlpine+Tankersley+Home.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 222px;" /><br />
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296714641002887298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieV6V4X-2hCB6Y8HHAEbBkmNi8bgBvHFeBAtw1c931QOWWTmY14gd5AwKXj-DR_6FNaSNekyqxQpXhtSv32OJJd9nbOs1iPPQrmAtjpWnXSzkhAvM10G2e4fec0EGL7qebr1BtiiyJrcLk/s320/Veranda+McAlpine7.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 294px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296714642730228610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMTAh_z0dk88vrxJdjdePx54vU-y4_GWDElRgneeL_EKmg_EFVrrAPYuDCU4gO6G3RaLj2ds7yMEULGDjeiKGeE5cWDkl1VZz2Co1u46i40UM11aKyv6HoH3MnwZ2nZwrOFhG2bYMQ3tJ/s320/Veranda+McAlpine6.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 289px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296713867652608610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiTG5_me6axkk51THHOcPoC4uBGD-g54ft_J4Y7MAjaXPub23QG7A0dd5Tpbu-pcqEUBKbLSit1tS0FkAeOSHfmQ-mIJPGgrVrHp2JuenxdxUAV7MAX2CpjyCE7J5e8S8mdElk_kM_wu6/s320/Veranda+McAlpine5.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 299px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296713867759486770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_h8AtcQRJUZtdQxA3P0trTYOJxQMxI0qnn9Vg4OC-EspXxbqFKW105xSL1b-w3hwsp0RHQ74U0VmFvB810cKRiYt-qsW5j2NCMyg-YLdodf_HecdtNMOKIT2IEUoNxbQnj2dwTCLDX0rb/s320/Veranda+McAlpine4.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 238px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296713855575823138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6QLnjAX6MTc1dnyLuFZw6HTmEa4KwsbPCaIfnP9saUZmQ8I2n1rXv2iKXBMaRgjEvjPxiV9WGZFNK3pE4BV624yClyaKFg2Rd1HwTanVvXEV-Z3yC6GlOdqWEP_W6j0l_v3GwFetiUyO/s320/Veranda+McAlpine3.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 235px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296713855511070850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAY2mTaz2D2dU-e5Ftq6_RsY_I80aKqM3Joj5od0KXEysb6nwzADW-mFP6k0fcGvJlG8u4AWHriNDhvxyw7m7i_3Fkb518p_MPil6S2fKTvdRyZAO2pnl8KoO7ODU1dV76xiZALPMzell/s320/Veranda+McAlpine2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 249px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296713851091746146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-h1L0gP3TPxwxZNLFWn6GUHhkLfX3ZElvazwruVUeGyWSbPJfB7TD_n4jsn8E7-vR5vwDeZ4VVTCndqq2ZI0yjIV2bECnJ-2BUGAtrOSyNgargEfN5vEMGsxkNaMchYjBAKGbrmUcaVeP/s320/Veranda+McAlpine.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 252px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll do more posts on modern adaptations of period revival homes and the architects who are doing great work.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-69313088269451527192009-01-28T11:36:00.011-06:002010-03-02T08:19:24.650-06:00Homes We've Built in Fort Worth -- Part II The Interiors<div>As promised in my previous post, below are a few pictures of the interiors of some of our work over the past few years. I hope you enjoy.</div><div><br />
</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsX6Ms3CPQ2IbVl-tYtSfq1aihieCCWLmeGIAnIkr2BfMDl1kcyqYEi-aFIR_9001UwU22yZwEiIAMEEGEpHau6RVFtYhG3djaFT3y6t137G0SYPrXP240kuOC9iOjvyjIFqXyz5C1ASG0/s1600-h/Nolan+Entry.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296495704713138306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsX6Ms3CPQ2IbVl-tYtSfq1aihieCCWLmeGIAnIkr2BfMDl1kcyqYEi-aFIR_9001UwU22yZwEiIAMEEGEpHau6RVFtYhG3djaFT3y6t137G0SYPrXP240kuOC9iOjvyjIFqXyz5C1ASG0/s320/Nolan+Entry.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 272px;" /></a>The above picture is the entry hall of an Italian Renaissance house. We built the custom made doors that lead to the powder bath and coat closet to fit the antique Verre eglomise which, according to Betty Lou Phillips, is a reverse painting on glass. The limestone slab floor is from Ann Sacks. A local artisan hand painted the metallic gold banding and then glazed over the gold bands and silver walls.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp47G0aTh0N-_6Vqa4D_J-CnBCP5pk8Xo3WuISLE8v3DxI9iR8tBPVZUGiB-RAhe2dcZ4ZcDK6w2ZXaGTZ7MvTRfkNoGW7R8y5hemyaXu7ppSs2jzgVUGd2gpeZbYO5CiS7jXPOFcHkCa_/s1600-h/Nolan+Bath+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296495703591027442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp47G0aTh0N-_6Vqa4D_J-CnBCP5pk8Xo3WuISLE8v3DxI9iR8tBPVZUGiB-RAhe2dcZ4ZcDK6w2ZXaGTZ7MvTRfkNoGW7R8y5hemyaXu7ppSs2jzgVUGd2gpeZbYO5CiS7jXPOFcHkCa_/s320/Nolan+Bath+2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 216px;" /></a><br />
<div>This bathroom for our client's daughter consists of 1920's era tile floor and a reproduction vanity that is based on an antique commode our clients had found.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNbiwFUBhXl19q42fb34G0Oks5rmE0pNgusmLQ8eSWSw9nx-CsI7vXCW6CG6rH_w4mDpik5wqCZbB6mWpEFWuM_dbwueJNtJGIc7JooVzWeZzhVb-ccnPBpiuXj57ZhaG3mNnJjCxl3MI/s1600-h/Nolan+Loggia.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296492126201193218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNbiwFUBhXl19q42fb34G0Oks5rmE0pNgusmLQ8eSWSw9nx-CsI7vXCW6CG6rH_w4mDpik5wqCZbB6mWpEFWuM_dbwueJNtJGIc7JooVzWeZzhVb-ccnPBpiuXj57ZhaG3mNnJjCxl3MI/s320/Nolan+Loggia.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 275px;" /></a>This loggia is my favorite we have done. The brick flooring was salvaged from one of Fort Worth's oldest streets and encompasses the entire front porch and side loggia.</div><div><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-ybBFT2t9uvPfsebyK9W0fLsjnBvgO57WM9uMA8vAH_RFmv6Ky0-RZU0JQCx5CrKes1WjwOYnmfyVQu1iwXnWNtE_lJmzwT3gIOJ3IFGr6gyz5fbmo6fYIE_ECl5qqfJT9BEUo0JnmWB/s1600-h/Nolan+Powder.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296409027556176674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-ybBFT2t9uvPfsebyK9W0fLsjnBvgO57WM9uMA8vAH_RFmv6Ky0-RZU0JQCx5CrKes1WjwOYnmfyVQu1iwXnWNtE_lJmzwT3gIOJ3IFGr6gyz5fbmo6fYIE_ECl5qqfJT9BEUo0JnmWB/s320/Nolan+Powder.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 133px;" /></a>This powder bath is much more than just a powder bath. The antique fountain, turned into a pedestal sink, was a chore to make work with the water flowing out of the mouth of the sun face, but the outcome is spectacular. The venetian walls were done by the same local artisan mentioned above (as were many rooms in the house) and the window surround is limestone.</div><div><br />
</div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296400971100733490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_RUN7pw11BN3rLDLXDIqnj9DsCANFAnwMBqXiINpOzab2WPwUI9G-lU58x2RmcWZMjPfnHzIWsniqlm4QjSs10xwL4QjKZ8AJPMOxDH2P7c6oBfXIfXWRuPn16mmGjWtpqGJiLJgGwv1/s320/Nolan+Bath.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 214px;" /></div><div>The other daughter's bathroom is my favorite. With white Thassos tile, a 1920's era pedestal sink (although it is new) and soft green walls make it a true 1920's style bathroom.</div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333399;">All of the above pictures are from an Italian Renaissance style house in Fort Worth we built and the pictures are out of Betty Lou Phillips beautiful book, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333399;">Inspirations from France & Italy</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333399;">. If you don't have a copy of this book you need to add it to your library. Betty Lou has an incredible eye for beautiful homes.<br />
</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd07Zbhsk4wKeo76Wf5ksMoQDjs-SwPkv4YcrGJJVb4WGXgOlF39wqgu4uXUkH7wjg4Ow749l0r9uZsmCKWJlhXioh6pL67Kwv4XHnXycL3lp23QSrxpZsFt1PKaC0KvxcDr6GtJn0Lmbi/s1600-h/Lydick+living.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296400936618684130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd07Zbhsk4wKeo76Wf5ksMoQDjs-SwPkv4YcrGJJVb4WGXgOlF39wqgu4uXUkH7wjg4Ow749l0r9uZsmCKWJlhXioh6pL67Kwv4XHnXycL3lp23QSrxpZsFt1PKaC0KvxcDr6GtJn0Lmbi/s320/Lydick+living.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; width: 240px;" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Kyq9Vz7t2rKLe5arCFcRLGkMpMCOgXBQBpa7bpBO_z5UF9klPcDAaBrfXvD29_7QvVEHA68jJKupzITF1g8G7geHLFzFqNaPkyEAsDHfjrnKsiQLlwy_wL_QqBqgHU_u_xbaJSfQaoj-/s1600-h/Lydick+dining.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296400934942281314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Kyq9Vz7t2rKLe5arCFcRLGkMpMCOgXBQBpa7bpBO_z5UF9klPcDAaBrfXvD29_7QvVEHA68jJKupzITF1g8G7geHLFzFqNaPkyEAsDHfjrnKsiQLlwy_wL_QqBqgHU_u_xbaJSfQaoj-/s320/Lydick+dining.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></a>These two pictures come out of a French eclectic house we did last year. The client, who is a very talented interior designer, was very specific in her selections and searched long and hard for the furnishings and pieces to be built in. From the 3" limestone floors filling much of the downstairs, the antique columns, the antique mantels, the antique chandeliers and sconces, the antique iron entry doors and the Gracie wallpaper in the dining room, this house is a true showplace.</div></div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-14426954397064665992009-01-26T13:56:00.008-06:002010-03-02T08:20:30.432-06:00Homes We've Built In Fort Worth<div style="text-align: left;">Since starting my blog last month, I have had several emails asking for pictures of some of the houses we've built in Fort Worth. My company does both remodeling of Period Revival style homes and we build new homes based on historical designs. Here are some pictures of a few of the projects we've done over the years. I apologize that some of these photos were taken recently so the landscape isn't as pretty as it will be in a few months. Once the good weather returns and everything is more colorful I'll replace the pictures with the new ones. Hope you enjoy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295697032994839714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKe7UT5fRd-1QrNtL63bPCN6UJBTZtsYSCDcEhWYwhpG4XcCdwg_I0pEEvQc-AFgG0-qpo3vc33FJT7zcKiibwIgt19I2KXWG4TGXcF2NsClqPyVLfBxBAaLTp-hGJHUWQcjntcHCql9c/s320/Nolan+Blog+Color+Picture.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 212px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" />This house you've probably already seen in earlier posts. This house was originally built as a one story and previous owners found plans hidden in the walls dated 1929 before the stock market crash. Today's owners hired us to carry out the plans very similar to what was to be done 75 years earlier.<br />
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295697667940288546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxLi7Be1CNN-6nr802KM2ZoMNotPMGXWnTNRET7uFJmzdCAWwgeED6dRZq0gIPop-aje81Wbj3N2Gw2OZ6qhA7HN_Ltf2nUnNlV7F3Hi13C0uLg-Iql4pjVIBy6RFgN1ueIR_E1U0jB1dx/s320/Lydick.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 213px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295697678912748402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3py8cRBA-vUelcnIa5PKOduNAx9eQpbXwwPywMQFea0orYFo4RxjXbxE0xXc81hITYMln5o_1Yw6KzouihIXa2ajGuvALNXWl5nmDIXze3UBOx2JhRtQ_0ZZF8EGSgNHFbjrPHC6dQgNS/s320/Lydick+2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 213px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" />The above French eclectic house started out as a 1940s vernacular. My client desired a French style home, so I designed it to face what was previously the side street but one of Fort Worth's most prominent streets. We added the entire front side and almost doubled the size of the original house. Using many antique building products like the clay tile roof, the front door surround and the antique french iron doors that the owner found, the house now fits in with the rest of the neighborhood of homes built in the 1920's and 30's. Most people think that this is one of the street's original houses.<br />
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<div>This limestone-clad French style house is in a small new development tucked in the middle of old Fort Worth.<br />
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</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_Q_wwJgfJb11X-idlB6OWNfWOaziPRtzspCiFEXLtFtIYXPWt0f0j13UF-8uvN38kbO93jVz5DL_4C75_vGlAmhTNuZoZxFP7Y9cE1YFcY2lWjmNZRTfD8xnHBzdHEa6whYVKO-V9AKw/s1600-h/Eastwood.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295697038079150642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_Q_wwJgfJb11X-idlB6OWNfWOaziPRtzspCiFEXLtFtIYXPWt0f0j13UF-8uvN38kbO93jVz5DL_4C75_vGlAmhTNuZoZxFP7Y9cE1YFcY2lWjmNZRTfD8xnHBzdHEa6whYVKO-V9AKw/s320/Eastwood.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 213px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a>Another complete remodel and facade alteration, this home was originally a 1940's ranch style home that we doubled in size and turned into a Spanish Colonial hacienda style.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikF2LQetZ0kXu5a7jstKaoLVfQA7Fx_ZRJY-gd7Xwgpfq_Za0qXJVt7Pbthyphenhyphentt3uek_QeBU4FbJX6REwI5DJVmuci_k6LI3NNRXQQay_5BsUwm9Dsj_siSogWVWeYAu2pawdpEFBeB7qf7/s1600-h/Crestwood.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295697033252109874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikF2LQetZ0kXu5a7jstKaoLVfQA7Fx_ZRJY-gd7Xwgpfq_Za0qXJVt7Pbthyphenhyphentt3uek_QeBU4FbJX6REwI5DJVmuci_k6LI3NNRXQQay_5BsUwm9Dsj_siSogWVWeYAu2pawdpEFBeB7qf7/s320/Crestwood.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 213px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a>This historic eclectic English <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">tudor</span> is set in a beautiful setting in one of Fort Worth's oldest neighborhoods. The entire left side of the house is an addition that we did several years ago. At the time, the city would not allow additions on the front of any of the "Historically Significant Homes" of Fort Worth, but after working with the city and showing them the quality of the addition and attention to details they allowed it.</div><div><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunb8GBeFa5iYOx70eGJ333OstR9n6eHYrvqwkw5ZrHDuGB9um_zBPolIJK3GOu7z4dTWw4-uE07TG0Gh0qHLxVPfyb2btO1P970U_K3pIBtAVeanYOtk8-xnXja4HcsZvt49J6mh8qiHH/s1600-h/Hawkins.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295697025122699730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunb8GBeFa5iYOx70eGJ333OstR9n6eHYrvqwkw5ZrHDuGB9um_zBPolIJK3GOu7z4dTWw4-uE07TG0Gh0qHLxVPfyb2btO1P970U_K3pIBtAVeanYOtk8-xnXja4HcsZvt49J6mh8qiHH/s320/Hawkins.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 213px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a>Another complete remodel and addition to match the original 1920's design, this home sits prominently looking over <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Rivercrest</span> Country Club golf course.<br />
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</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0O6o8rfqNUeIOIVOQaTipr28BllUQaaAzQlv-whYJTIJU5Y6dwD7_ODb1qNqXHJohac3TgSF7kWLf-7Angsv7F2NH2FyFr30ha9buv5isM4VkffJ_zy1TjrLHxkl-oqXzTyxtY_lmVmn/s1600-h/Crestline.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295695268650632866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0O6o8rfqNUeIOIVOQaTipr28BllUQaaAzQlv-whYJTIJU5Y6dwD7_ODb1qNqXHJohac3TgSF7kWLf-7Angsv7F2NH2FyFr30ha9buv5isM4VkffJ_zy1TjrLHxkl-oqXzTyxtY_lmVmn/s320/Crestline.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 213px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a>This English Cotswold designed house also sits right across from the country club. Clad in a stone to mimic the Cotswold stone and a door surround taken from the great English designs of the Philadelphia area, this home is admired by many for the close attention to English details.</div><div><br />
</div><div>I'll continue to add more pictures of homes we've done and their interiors as well in future posts.</div></div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-38084217825053820732009-01-21T06:53:00.002-06:002009-01-21T06:56:32.056-06:00Trumeaus--Reproduction or Antique?Mirrors are a great statement throughout a house and often overlooked in decorating. It is usually in the finest homes you find outstanding French and Italian mirrors. The French <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">trumeau</span> became popular in the 18<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> century and were found in homes in France up until the mid-1800's. Some of these mirrors were built into paneling in walls in these homes. This type of mirror is called a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">boiserie</span>--it is often difficult to tell the difference unless it is obvious that the sides of the mirror have been removed from a wall. <div><br /></div><div>Today, I love a large <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">trumeau</span> leaning against a wall, a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">gilded</span> mirror in a powder bath, an Italian mirror above a console or bureau. That is one of the reasons I am starting to make authentic reproduction mirrors based on actual antiques. Well, to be honest, most of these outstanding mirrors command a hefty price that doesn't fit in our household budget (which is probably the same with many people). In addition, most every reproduction I have seen is simply not done correctly. The mirrors I am designing now are as close to the originals as I have found, with relief carvings that were originally designed over 100 years ago in the U.S. by European carvers. My goal is to eventually have a selection of French <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">trumeaus</span> and some Italian mirrors to offer for sale. All of the details of these mirrors will be exact or close to it with the carvings that originated in Europe. Below are some examples of the designs I am working on. The first one is one of my favorites and is my first project:<div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGbVhx-5dGlRQGCtE9ZUoC1CbIR673wqHxHK68m9idEUa0UnVNgPxzS6TZVxsVdMNKtF4IdA1ZOvALmjIP6u5aaEYCgg7Loaz-4nM_Wyjm_t5IXr5v91HNSH1i7h7JY-V81aZrW7fZ7kC/s320/Blog+Furniture+French+Trumeau.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293496666629015682" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEireF6FO1ctiOZiLonTa2B9SWEBLMBRi__rYrfS68k5oAwv3iz0qrGdmYh_g_p0sfipifQqVlIM2XodplsJhEtjk4pdsGER5wz5xkxGoDGYVc002NJ4J_XZGfMrE-UF_OrcgqZ-oD73vnB_/s320/Trumeau400.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293496674737313826" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLT3ugOLDcvXVS_E26CKa99fgIbrrphp7vLrEuxqDTbdCCZNBTeuLuG6KPEUI_O9isNBj-xqrqFUkRkqKumylBlU7mg1cd-4abb-OZyoqPEaV0bzerEB0Ph3fp_bNuRhxz2mTWNxkKHp9U/s320/Trumeaugreen.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293496666869428546" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtpYjibBbExKjyWOWRFoqYl0XCL0HMTQtovD1VmtP7TI69nX_gh5WHbAQrDglvX3YiObdOGdqXRKwN_0dWWMEHzsDcOOQToHfGyAp_XbDs9ZU3sZ3rw-3upfRTMieUy_VNErILdnJoOh1/s320/Blog+French+trumeau.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293496160096194930" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9b9Flo7YqJ14adeBkhD5OcEyxvcAyT1F1y5oCQm_VfIK2HwZ0kw84m_T74791xlgS0n1qnjG3wUpuCwK-NJbioOZfCVMm1kaQJxsfUOb-G6WoI9spyXPsneNyZVMwmMIiV-_U8L177t-r/s320/Italian+mirror.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293496158672368690" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJU8js75r96ClYUObxrZQYGrTUrhPXHzXiZmQRrBpqVVvWckHUCG5TKk2MZxcSfRdLl0kNqOLcTv4eiPLSDXkk65VN9wWC1SkYvCZ4o9SP9F4yMAaY1jep0KzmzIB21QxYsn2YG049oGbN/s320/French+trumeau+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293496158593722706" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IMyOecTFbbY0USld0pZl5z-b9NTEW_1hD74cE7AtZJdD5uFjCp6JbmX6tpI24OGgsm8cbx7TPoIc-kNDysqqxRFfDjivsVQxAKcmFQxVRTmICg64PAWnDzxxM5toEGlfOYv8HOgxyDqw/s320/French+trumeau+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293496152575512626" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPQBthi7P-hPOYtqK7ogmWAQT_2ZsKISH0k5WTpoCopmH54KbuCM5Np_BmuOB2Yq2dL_jkyZ45V6C0mPIV-yAFTFyQ2s-f6MBTFhWi72z3YdTrnjh-65kL0mC0gUpF7TqQLygYatgNqu0/s320/French+trumeau.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293496152292719634" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-67419495729841474812009-01-20T14:35:00.000-06:002009-01-20T09:11:11.507-06:00Reader Poll: Your Favorite Italian ConsoleWhat is it about French and Italian houses that gets everyone so excited? Although I've only written a handful of posts, the ones on French and Italian designs get, by far, the most response. Of course I've had a lot of response to the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Southern Accents</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Showhouse</span> post as well. I guess it's more great design than anything that piques people's interest.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>When it comes to furnishing a period revival house, as I've written before, I do not mind mixing styles. If you have a English style house I love a mixture of French antiques. If you prefer a French styled house, Italian furnishings work great as well.</div><div><br /></div><div>As for me, we have always lived in a period revival style house. A couple of years ago, someone called and asked if they could buy our Tudor style house. Within 16 hours we had a contract signed and we moved in 3 weeks. It was a whirlwind. We couldn't find a house to buy and were searching quite furiously. My friend and realtor called and wanted me to look at a house in an area I didn't particularly want to live in--made up of mostly all ranch style houses from the 1960's. I didn't even want to look at it. She talked me in to looking at it--a typical American vernacular that ended up having some curb appeal with six beautiful live oaks in the front yard. My first thought was, "I can do something with this". I called my wife, asked her to look at it and her response was the same--"I don't want to live there". I encouraged her to look at it and once she did, she said, "You better put a contract on this". </div><div><br /></div><div>All of this to say, we now live in a 1961 typical vernacular house (almost completely remodeled) that we are filling with furnishings mixed in French and Italian styles that have nothing to do with the exterior. But we love it.</div><div><br /></div><div>My newest projects for the house are a new dining room table, an enormous French <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">trumeau</span> and an Italian console for the powder bath sink. All of these I am building, finishing and some will have gold leafing and glazing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Right now, I am torn on exactly what I want the Italian style console to look like. This is where I'd love your help. Which do you prefer? Please send me a email or leave a post to which of the consoles below you like best. I'll let you know which gets the most votes. The easy thing for me to do would be to just purchase one of these, but with prices ranging from $9,000-$45,000, I think the prudent thing to do would be to make a reproduction. I love all of these, just trying to narrow down which one I want to make first. My plan is to eventually start production on several of these to offer for sale (as well as the mirror). I look forward to hearing from you.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8tEm6hBe-063uwY3NEggZ65xk5G2tM2eZJWNO0_I26HIh11UgcfdLVu8xfCKSzWiss9gh2f5gCr0AMX4MLtJnWNn38GHlu7ufbN2pFA4pohyRYKEV0m16i6gOSED_wtX5ec11mwzsqwd4/s320/Italian+console+8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293388044838253762" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHmpLZ9sJ-ciuL670KgkmHOceOTZiHTgMRoPiSVuntupNY8GQp8MPbZCNBMme2lCmMRTRginHRDLmN7HhAZRUweNafP2nQqxzBYM1LqH2q1M6O0mA-3ZrJiv7h71PhVN-up7zUGMKohGl/s320/Italian+console+7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293388038400096226" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoahIII3cFoPJ7MOOC2XbIyxrO86MJFdGGLMdoxxovYC81Oc18LgJrzeP-Ww72GOssZHOOmWJnNOrG-ccVeds-Zn-ymDAtReO85G8LiYgXMe-PiT-OBL5R5zSB2GozFEqTRnBod5Nuzpr/s320/Italian+console+6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293388040420647202" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgva0-J6U0fPgC6d8vq0fZJhfjs9CGrzs3iblSeyQKd2m2RLHEHBh3f_UA_fityuZRXVnck9dfK1G_gaUVtM8b762ZvWUf0fSa3g02HSZcpc32OEgc-AtKxlohG2Q1fcpFoCm3l4RGtIhtW/s320/Italian+console+5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293387403014240914" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7sXjsPGOnAqCYvPqt4ujS_xUqQz-D8wu6SoCPE8k25ct6trWQ5lR0UZvD2LijmseaBMU-eKYsX7CAw3YJ_RWoba4v4G1CFmYGenVL7-hW430ghlEPriWWMsxo-J1Csk9EmntJTnBgSl6/s320/Italian+console+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293387398372517986" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpQTBi9Z9wNCUG142jjcLoWIuuxs0qjg8o-I7dSHtbRvIfa3RN4Z5qJMKD6cEAN8ko882pKlMhMpl2FSlX5Eof96w5L7tU-2Ok3x-h5Qkna11e2VwshPdBp6x-fvGxQEHiw7sFri3k_Mf/s320/Italian+console+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293387400271522626" /><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBx782poIfyLvb93iV9xuFhfYh8XHkFn7r4Iurb-r8n9_Sn-WRpL5tg1SFRHaGIiArXIUSGse0p4aYTjy7FxI5ykzIwdm8ebH-RkNvc4h4wxSjz21x7jovSKuwIW8E9yZ5T7BbiYTgVWX/s320/Italian+console+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293387396759232498" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0whmXIxWfNrfjCLJvft395tmFD_SSbWo6i81WMD9Vwpp_QGYgHOd08AL2ptJ4HaAa_F5lDgIWeveCADs7YBdiVON4f51SnrNX1L5AqjbHt5ECMNc7nJ_691ebNNcoZTFXh6Gm2TbYKy0h/s320/Italian+console.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293387396795741698" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-50799687021382346742009-01-12T15:18:00.010-06:002009-01-24T18:19:46.536-06:00Details of the Spanish Colonial HouseWith all of the feedback I've gotten from readers about the homes of Hollywood stars, I thought I'd give some insight into the architectural details that these homes from the 1920's an 30's would most likely have had built in to them. <div><br /></div><div>Of course, since I started with Spanish-style homes of stars, I thought I'd show you what would be appropriate for this type of architecture.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /></div><div>Spanish-style homes have always had an abundance of iron details. This included (and should in today's homes as well) iron window grilles, iron stair railings, iron work on doors, you could even have a steel pennant flying above your entry as Rudolph Valentino did.</div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291132418095562706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 216px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkfSZaYT6jAI_Lvb97v_SpJWvWOpsWfYI8wlytGtK_K8nUDYZdPlpZ91b-bCjoh7zEq-Y4fO2RJBSuOja-lhOvQUpUzq2UVqtyYbUYii8BiOT0ubafgb8fg6pyTAabjj7vzEJ-3qGcJJyY/s320/Blog+Spanish+colonial+window+grille.jpg" border="0" /> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290521111786237634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrJB2SmAklsaQA42fyOy0AhBgLCAVUEbYCUZy1CoyXXmzZNkV6GhxMAqftaxxGr62r7M5rvGcyne1ZAugYTVNAWCUcJSHPGqjONXFHTKfmCL0XLXXeawhZIbvvB-lqbiJ8QOMEnvfeh7k/s320/Blog+Spanish+colonial+window+grille+2.gif" border="0" /></div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290521108966025298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffTIcrg-CYHD0C7ib8L5xGB7AeDjPO5barbx4DFyS8doBSMF0EhaGBUVlLfiLfxYcyiYzH-6A1OuQvHzHYsa1fnPtUR8ap1S-nrNMCe1C3ifeysXdY8yujYCXTQAqxmCtzlFHvBO-_eJY/s320/Blog+Spanish+colonial+window+grille+3.gif" border="0" /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290521102593868354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 216px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2jIXZ7BKe2hqfbt7AiiaE4rfcN1mWJSLe1xT8fDEVBpmxhCWdYSyhQH2Fqem-diDyboSaLc33Jje31QMy3exZEUb35m51xgdugDMb6ei1IT2iEm1f3H5f1ar0Q2wjWpS2e3fVsa7toxz/s320/Blog+Spanish+colonial+ironwork.jpg" border="0" /> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Some of these pictures came from Steve Giannetti's great website at www.giannettiarchitects.com<br /></span></span></div></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">The above pictures are great examples of window grilles that can easily be duplicated today. If you need help in getting the correct scale, materials, etc., send me an email and I can help. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">While most Spanish-style houses are clad in stucco, painted brick is another option although I prefer stucco. However, go to www.monarchestates.com and look at The Ranch House at Shady Canyon that David Ko of Robert Hidey Associates designed--a great example of painted brick. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">So many new home builders today apply stucco in a synthetic finish that just does not do justice to traditional stucco. Hand troweled, smooth stucco (and sometimes lumpy) gives a finish that is hard to beat. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291130596279414114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 256px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHrapaBV-DlgHHsTWfYhdYn83kV1w8fpD3_Pg5U3ODzGTbGe61I99uKEUfcwqYVm10LmDDP6d-55aSWm1LtzBwTJkhJAihltyXXR9StwEdBXoU2ourBdbip51tKAsBQW_HEnrrJctNT3T/s320/Blog+Four+Season+santa+barbara.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">The above picture is from the Four Seasons Biltmore in Santa Barbara. My wife and I have been here a few times (and taken our family) and absolutely fell in love with the place and the town. What a beautiful example of Spanish Colonial architecture the Four Seasons is. With the hand-troweled stucco, the simple iron railing details, the simple iron sconce, the tile stair treads, the deep-set window. This is how it should be done.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Doors are another important architectural detail that, when done correctly, can make a Spanish-style entry stand out. Period style hardware (as shown in my hardware post), iron details, and a speak-easy are a few details that will show that you know what you are doing when it comes to appropriate style.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291140892358897410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqPICfYMdSAiVrWcpOlSuzmt3v9IRwkpYxZHadeIxMujuSDOUhpYF08t1MzUmfUuqTxqWnb6tOzw6XeTLQitZ06BcNwClQaSrIq_LWQF_rGC9yZJ9CKqEOsfo8fvaCtDhy7aAhskpo4YC/s320/Blog+Spanish+Colonial+Door+2.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291139330822514946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNi0w8BNeKyXWRsz3Gvh4X7M1JLPJqx2mMvhWhCqxhX-fSI1ogNSBJBYcp5i_ak36N3-mbXpyFQJ7vT7vyNF_DCFfL1e0DxIPPpwvJm_1l_1tWuZFbeNXxUOKoQHTz6zEHKMqW9GqY6NHb/s320/Blog+Spanish+Colonial+Door.jpg" border="0" /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">I hope these examples have given you a small glimpse of some of the exterior features that should be used in a Spanish Colonial house and ones that were most likely very common in the houses that some Hollywood stars lived in in the 1920's and 30's. Once again, attention to details is key in designing a beautiful home.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"></div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-38080046046893717252009-01-08T13:44:00.010-06:002009-01-09T11:39:45.694-06:00The Hollywood House<div style="text-align: left;">Since the 1920's, Hollywood stars have been known as the style setters for society. This was (and is) true when it comes to their homes as well. Wallace <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Neff</span>, the well known architect to the stars in the 20's and 30's, was the architect that many stars hired to design their homes.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>Throughout Beverly Hills and the surrounding area, homes were designed in many different styles that the silver screen set desired with Spanish Colonial and Italian Renaissance being the dominant ones (although there were many built in both English and French styles). Some were quite opulent while others were very simple--I guess depending on the actors lifestyle.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Even in the 1950's, movie stars bought up the houses that were built 20-30 years earlier for former stars. Most all of these homes are great examples of Period Revival architecture. Some of today's stars are following suit like Diane Keaton and Reese <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Witherspoon</span>.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>The photographs here are Spanish-style homes that were built in the 20's in Beverly Hills and the surrounding area except for Reese <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Witherspoon's</span> which is in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Ojai</span> outside Santa Barbara.</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPOEarA-I6AwKgH2RR5RTfar_NKLJhFOadwAmaWoAl-uW-RtZxI2PRKDvrq_7-0FpB45EuihnoXjUVdvRtMyTEMaKOfVdRw17JT8udFBmOxARPiYYP3goyU3vwI5mAEB2Uc7peIu0KEfN/s320/Blog+Hollywood+Valentino+house.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289345721703286946" /><div style="text-align: center;">Rudolph Valentino's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Falcon Lair</span>, with a steel pennant with a "V" above the entrance</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBMrx34jVtmnsow8AyOnFiIlLOqwi06gAvasAfM0lT5KmyBwGo9Aj4wPcSVdXOfXZjgvt3EjWF06NM39pC9IiwkALhzl7qy27g90I45sP9a9zbx_mw3ER1sJ9iJfBTcsxGi_otZ7j4liCR/s320/Blog+Hollywood+WC+Fields+house.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289345034645453410" /><div style="text-align: center;">W.C. Field's house in Encino</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHtxu2YSCQU32rhhyphenhyphenRizeRpZDXyzloFHeN12zcVPUNlv1QiG7AzevgZixml7CprMuZ8ZHjBQmB6_f4Up5IdDs74GFcZ27YHyKzLin_Ukli3pHIyXrYGu867egITWTzJtRm2KwpJO5pmdj/s320/Blog+Hollywood+Wallace+Berry+house.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289342106804912834" /><div style="text-align: center;">Wallace Berry's Spanish Baroque style house</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pww-QX3JyqhL9k55IY3J7QbQmqGgWFW7zSBoy3XMb8Ei3i1wnuR1Bgph38q7fa_84gjJEI3rGGP1ISltn3tydoOfV1CTIdRLYS9qP6NCgqDhaAQqw4H2Vcn5rOZBUiTgDG5JBnlKooVH/s320/Blog+Hollywood+Neff+Reese+Witherspoon+house.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289342106193271826" /><div style="text-align: center;">Reese Witherspoon's recent purchase in Ojai</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmaJ_P81TW55vx0TaQyzFrPrSD4BnTQ0VjdWhIP1Sna9G_ox49ob1-M-EP6GSTsiKY_y62_PSmrlCjSeVxmnUrnxw9QRfo0HsW-uK4Vv6UmucSe8V6kvsAk9caIBTk2Zbl0Z4JFsFBJYo/s320/Blog+Hollywood+Joe+Pasternak+house.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289342102234728402" /><div style="text-align: center;">Producer Joe Pasternak's Spanish-style on Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGCcM5IY1iSwZ4Rfy819mS_dylP_orPja6MRUb3Guoz71HoMko_Kr5KwguFK6wamomQPQ5_6HjxESleR9thrRnXjgLvSLhA_tp721xVLjIYmw-I_A3tJTLqkhnW1Ai5To9AONPZ-JCJQR/s320/Blog+Hollywood+Diane+Keaton+house.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289342101351401810" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Diane Keaton's new remodel</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Many of these photographs come from Mark Wanamaker's collection, the Mark Wanamaker/Bison Archives. He can be contacted at bisonarchives@yahoo.com.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">While there are obviously many more, these are some of my favorites in the Spanish style. In future posts I'll cover the interior and exterior products that are appropriate for these type of homes, although if you look at my post on lighting for Spanish Colonial houses any of those would be perfect for these houses. I'll cover appropriate roofs, stucco finishes, tile, furniture, mantels. Be sure to check back.</div><div><br /></div></div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-35039095616627485112009-01-03T09:06:00.027-06:002009-01-08T08:07:04.673-06:00The Interior of an Italian Renaissance HouseWhile designing a house in the Italian Renaissance style is not an easy task, with all of the proper details and scale, furnishing one can be difficult as well. With a little research, hard work and attention to appropriate styles of mantels, lighting and architectural details you can accomplish the look. In addition, finding the appropriate furniture is important as well. Today I am focusing on the mantels and some mirrors/artwork that are appropriate (along with a couple of chandeliers) to help you.<br /><br />With the arrangement of rooms for today's living, I like to classify certain architectural details (like mantels) for certain areas of the house. In original Italian houses, most every room used by the owners were formal. Today’s home is much different, as we all use every room in the house. Today, formal areas should have more formal mantels, etc. For a living room, dining room or any formal area here are some styles that are great depending on the formality of your house.<br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8in6YSyVDeyCSicGcc7svblO4A_LsxO-UwU0a_XasmDXOtJt2qo6dmmKROgJiGjFKtbnplbM3r3NCmZS-w1yIsLBf3OmuAkzDNlVM52HMZzox4YrreZgv2MbfyOov7EHmzcn49RS43-B/s320/Blog+Italian+Renaissance+Mantel+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287084610737599826" /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-MNQzjJ0quCQUc0W9qh1e7ZW2slr4QgDc_RsyLQ9CsAQ0lYVItZjtm7nTGTbi0pGNx104F6VPMoSMYiUYS8UDzGG2kCyZXzIgewMvmrigWBXp70M8cMZImM9dpSzCknDzpfck4GWEqKih/s320/Blog+Italian+Renaissance+Mantel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287084610290207618" /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>These are two reproduction mantels that, with their heavy carving, would be appropriate for your formal areas.<br /></div><div><br />The two below are antique mantels that would be appropriate for either formal or informal (say a family room). However, I would use both of them in either place.<br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SCBUCnWwKfQ0rCT01u7dLhryyoy8ti4r5tzbLp5FTFhWEuoN3rJh3vkhzNttEWdtYAnoGxTUTuezEm_s3diWVDfO5ExOLV8Z5xVDhTlHDFE8pTMPOh9n3JWnXIToBf8ofbCxNrz7YGtM/s320/Blog+Italian+mantel+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287084997029313522" /><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOgw9-Vgpuco85iif0VsAFPBaovQdxJEwmRinM6wrI9xnOYQYUNHRWcBXZ0m-oaNe1P42XxrnZFwdrnmtOBkmAXfRvMiOIko7LOnDuMtvEwsqJ-RtgrUxD2k5HS6DqM1gOfnGq54lWQ3G/s320/Blog+Italian+Renaissance+mantel+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287092413337789442" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The mirrors below, and the portrait, are perfect examples of pieces that would be great for an Italian Renaissance house. Of course, I am not opposed to using French <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Trumeau</span>’s such as the one mentioned in my French Interiors post to go above the mantels shown above as well.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_XZzki_JJCpdDSShp35jEglONqU98B3rUh8QmGV0rs0rFRYA24lwwgPZ0RYrk6b1S6wmIR_SkTJmCJgXFwDRi0mAl-ewUFw2ZZMWm_38lCAWEX2WUdsKX58NnC_v2cIy6SuvgUeD3_pZ/s320/Blog+Italian+Renaissance+mirror+5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287085825299736738" /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGWX13TAu05WgfcDJ-2GyNFcdXFNdnsi5uJQOX1GaR54cIrQzTI7zoc-anunStwn5qOgEaIBWOLK9FxQxtHolhmAAslzAstBFjOB1F4rYAlNsQxq3k6Dl-Ok_bk2o8URdU-9iyuOMn919/s320/Blog+Italian+Renaissance+Mirror.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287085821091585970" /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-N7Vwh_9Lfo48BWhnPyDH7pq7E3xJk28lf-ZCmnl81LQGbJddGsonaLxwKb1YOFaeuVxtjLRY9FQ3HFFi0yLupVrg751opnC4yOKIuoY8uZeauESJER-8d4rMQM8fNE-wWBg8xM49BgU5/s320/Blog+Italian+Renaissance+mirror+frame+reproduction.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287089562585048466" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKs97o4WzUaYSUmEirjFd1RExrTERnw2bDSo7UgxWAnLJPDT-petW8wwfFRmIvu_jj99cyvN00vWhNrzcLf5UmZE8-BhSgMmmawBYZk_px4pinvf-wx7_8cgCjJF6CCGgo4a4KboPXYVsp/s320/Blog+Italian+Renaissance+portrait.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287093925617835762" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Here are two more pieces that are great to incorporate. The commode can be used in many places. In my previous post on Italian Renaissance houses I showed a picture of a house we built/remodeled in Fort Worth. My clients found a piece similar to this commode that I had built and an artist finished the work for their daughter's bathroom vanity. They also found a fountain similar to the one below that we converted into a pedestal sink for their powder bathroom by carefully drilling holes in the back and mounting a wall mount faucet. More pictures of both the commode and the fountain pedestal can be found in Betty Lou Phillips book, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Inspirations from France & Italy</span>.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXh5RGV2xXXBO_ckgHU1QNV9QBuqNSKi_5MoReUZokqkv6udHVZL9rJV8MdJ26BSDmjuksblkph6CzHafqY21Sg2rwQ5_FFA21cEI6OnsMjgLx_S8swTWmB0iUgzEc2UxbWgnBIQlkS_YQ/s320/Blog+Italian+commode.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287088457598043874" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ez24WhVK4p5ijALh_fbJcKOmPu-tDV5BH4HZjJnZVYyuHaALSLD5vUBOvlEOjruicFjX-JoQvA63bNFq4RtY189wITI5L8tBbbo-S262dNBo4piurE3V-npyEN2E1KvuXkVZ1rwR3s9b/s320/Blog+Italian+fountain.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287088456820343602" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>These chandeliers are great examples of what would be appropriate for an Italian Renaissance house. While I love all of them, I particularly love the last one which is a 17<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> Century reproduction that I can get for you for about $1,700. I have actually ordered one for my own house.</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFcUHwK-DmB5PZQh63o8crOSKGjjOc5uBW7J3JMnoJecD2GCRqZy6vGka6v7C974qmdVpoy-Rij6_qLQMui6bBighoN0AgtyqqIsaabhCwljqnGp1eo9updiPQiqwIBaFAXi5lwAElDWu/s320/Blog+Italian+Chandelier+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287091382321710306" /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLbxGe28rgmaSszGKvStwhsdaSYQXr81PxY0LIXZrDw0wd_8IL7PaYmHSag6ePGbEZbsutuXcWORkS8-SOZLEqSfzvzaG7rbIXYIFBLscWwIKLN_3bs0-gCPpKpfOTpBUXKbWdYC-fcxO/s320/Blog+Italian+chandelier+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287091385540204946" /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnhH7NmyytW_R_F1HU31H5rzE26KFVtDPzzvQVUNXWdtL0mZ5jQ6sPxASsy1Isl6quHKM9uOdgoIGeES-BrRxsbsw1nromZsAhdtQ1Wxeb6iJ3SjwivrBN4AqaAW0nlHTvbw2FZ4P1pC3/s320/Blog+Italian+chandelier+5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287091387696614738" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBxWCbfAc8946RVzW6nEGZdaFs7zqweOSkt-cSOvv5zuIrFYcbysAxS9GcNJy5bs5dtzRXJ6HMTmm_ZTPFzJVq1tsPbpAGxHLDx6tPdL41TkZj6sXJcn2GCOQvi2STwEXLvFHgUeHIFdR/s320/Blog+Italian+Chandelier.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287091381225513186" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-57504325478989462682009-01-02T09:25:00.013-06:002009-01-02T11:28:40.983-06:00The Italian Renaissance HouseItalian Renaissance style architecture is found throughout the United States in early 20th century houses. To me, the Italian Renaissance house, with it's low-pitched roof (usually covered in ceramic tile), arched windows and doorways, porches and intricate details like cut stone, decorative brackets and broad eaves is one of the most beautiful. Most of these houses were architect-designed landmarks in major metropolitan areas.<div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTL-w14KGyG-vW32rKZGZpry8xTIdW_XRS9d_yY603hQcMVpC6iMJ5i1C3-kbk4n1o6GXVPxW_drZ6StMJ57xkj4j-91WDLIm9GhMQz2X2224LjCHeGSRMAUjKZqmHTWUA77O1fsMQ4B7/s320/Blog+Italian+house+Detroit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286719552765270002" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The house above was built in the Indian Village area of Detroit, probably for a prominent auto-industry executive. Notice the symmetry, the large eave, the limestone door surround. This is a beautiful example.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1O1RYUGiXGqw1rmhheuMcAdQxn8jseCjcYHLq1cdqgvSWqE4hFOhsRcy4-uaSuOhTaBCvsJ8e3ROCaGSa5nCxYSRlOTsEuSHdOXGMg37HXHAQbFDr6mwI6GEvEK7TLqaDdwFOxGn-pby/s320/Nolan+Blog+Color+Picture.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286720408692649154" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This house is one of my favorites. Not only because my company built it, but also because every aspect of this house was built and designed to match how it would have been done in the 1920s or 30s. The original house was a simple one story house built in 1915. Prior owners had found plans dated 1929 inside the walls of the house by local architect Joseph Pelich. The story goes that the owners had plans to do the work in 1930, but two months later the stock market crashed followed by the Depression put the plans on hold and they never did the work. The current owners hired us to do carry out the plans (the new plans incorporated most of the details of the 1929 plans, but updated for today's living).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The entire second story was added, most of the first level was completely gutted and the location of the front door was altered to face the street. This was one of the most challenging jobs we have faced and the outcome is beautiful. It was a fun job, as the architectural plans were very precise, the details immaculate and we had great clients to work with. It is now a landmark house in a beautiful area of Fort Worth. You can find more examples in Betty Lou Phillps book, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Inspirations from France & Italy</span>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKnoOew2l8xULBk8SSfFmkPkU1zGKYbUlOEWS0HpSg5e7EQrhuIQecMQwXGd6IVt3wbptyhNK3twJtmw4sNPrx99uUvRjRdsmMn1hLwB9HzYY9RABomnj7q6qOGzb620tUARmvkLOlyST/s320/Blog+Italian+house+Detroit+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286723255744039682" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Here's another perfect example in Indian Village, Detroit.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYGNjmCHfj5am68cBU79r9ZwAXxnvl66rn4kfmOTNWHnY-s43mZMB8XZz1c8dPF7ijFnAc6R5cMMWU2Y6RFY8_z1KWhesC5DbCoGD0hVYH9dAp17pHxPVMKAxfJzWjLulK7hViJnCpyai/s320/Blog+Italian+Renaissance+Vizcaya.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286746864000562370" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoR-S9fbxV_XobyktgG06uUeejYJIs0bEWKzVW3dMtE8FNj8WSkSGiSV8j6byIZVVDZOrSPdU2d3bK2kaPSn1v8vAXYKlHPZCwloqX1obcLdhX4xXrXU8l6szKl-zNrqckZzC-yqtiJwz1/s320/Blog+Italian+Renaissance+Adler.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286746860258831858" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnp8vRpZ7fKN6i4eraIUO-4qiZbpR4JZwWy-5ScLwDqBwhSeGj4a7otjB9JZ7mriuGkdrnebioR4m5UHdkSy0fRRFmAOI2EljqkDNlNw5MACiw7qUUpUaTJMyxQBN_HJmqmmmcu9I8ZLX/s320/Blog+Italian+house+Shutze+closeup.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286746118298554530" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoNcrWAGvmAA-20uyuWEDS4hm4kPVbwQ9aFrBff0UWLhzhfDgsnGccdDNV_WAT1bYjeK0tjmcCRxiiSmvgqYZFFY2kaI3cPc-a_t7Bl0zON7vGJI1T5jyhzeT5JDRRAKeJBhsGDI7FwEz/s320/Blog+Italian+house+Shutze.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286746107963903730" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The above pictures are other great examples of Italian Renaissance style. The top picture is the famous Vizcaya in Palm Beach. The next is a David Adler designed house in Chicago. The bottom two are of a house in Atlanta designed by Philip Shutze.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-26623919794169646772008-12-29T17:16:00.006-06:002008-12-29T17:50:32.007-06:00Design Influence for the 2009 Southern Accents Showhouse<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSfMDH0DbAMurNobv8voja1MvgGOG-cvieQB6VwjYrGM_8xXjX6Zew7-nA_uDzAA4kaM9_8LB4XUD-kabsz4tCH2Ay7VkqUQ-zuXPDwoKBgVaeayDJfi_sNAjB5rW8SbtWh3cwOFhjpjlB/s1600-h/Blog+England+Lords+of+the+Manor.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSfMDH0DbAMurNobv8voja1MvgGOG-cvieQB6VwjYrGM_8xXjX6Zew7-nA_uDzAA4kaM9_8LB4XUD-kabsz4tCH2Ay7VkqUQ-zuXPDwoKBgVaeayDJfi_sNAjB5rW8SbtWh3cwOFhjpjlB/s320/Blog+England+Lords+of+the+Manor.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285362754332593042" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuTiMatsFhEOtmJNsJKkc52MHRB8tsiHeGEkOCUpAz1lKxGdpLg1T5Kh_-rYv8MHyNpv8vOuVAahDgKnaJQ27pPzQiz6I7WCxTb8faKtmQLacIqmd6WJ5yxtlat1SAEv1hXbJkkGuaQqX/s1600-h/Blog+England+Cotswold+House+3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuTiMatsFhEOtmJNsJKkc52MHRB8tsiHeGEkOCUpAz1lKxGdpLg1T5Kh_-rYv8MHyNpv8vOuVAahDgKnaJQ27pPzQiz6I7WCxTb8faKtmQLacIqmd6WJ5yxtlat1SAEv1hXbJkkGuaQqX/s320/Blog+England+Cotswold+House+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285362755646658418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZa0NpQTPwpdhI3-hpNbnpjylBlNP9oTGl6TRZhySLF1SFqkeWWkiTlRfq21Gq2qac6eQINMOsb4UeCeaHGpEl3k7hxe4nic2ela-Rb1O7ohgcwL5J1V-tAjLYKZ1UPEH8NMclCWjuPnW/s1600-h/Blog+England+Cotswold+House+2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZa0NpQTPwpdhI3-hpNbnpjylBlNP9oTGl6TRZhySLF1SFqkeWWkiTlRfq21Gq2qac6eQINMOsb4UeCeaHGpEl3k7hxe4nic2ela-Rb1O7ohgcwL5J1V-tAjLYKZ1UPEH8NMclCWjuPnW/s320/Blog+England+Cotswold+House+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285362751450510994" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0D3tEtOgaTzo5MuG3K-ZsU1a1kh-r_69I7D01eNkXbzfWbH8pxbAvRtL9r2-ubh7F0hlePyA_6a0U4CMbahgj9mRNscOQSQ4hzg6dk03ERwSLQ8u7eiqhUGBb1yGNd2MCUDTk7DsK2kqz/s1600-h/Blog+England+Upper+Slaughter.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0D3tEtOgaTzo5MuG3K-ZsU1a1kh-r_69I7D01eNkXbzfWbH8pxbAvRtL9r2-ubh7F0hlePyA_6a0U4CMbahgj9mRNscOQSQ4hzg6dk03ERwSLQ8u7eiqhUGBb1yGNd2MCUDTk7DsK2kqz/s320/Blog+England+Upper+Slaughter.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285361416189077810" /></a>When I first met with Larry Boerder to discuss the design of the 2009 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Southern Accents</span> Showhouse, I explained my love of Cotswold architecture and how I would like to incorporate it into the Showhouse. <div><br /></div><div>After traveling to England years ago and spending time in the countryside of the Cotswolds region I was hooked on the design. One of my favorite buildings of all was The Lords of the Manor inn in Upper Slaughter (the picture with the car in the motor court) which was originally a manor house. Village after village was full of the architecture that has stood the test of time. Buildings and homes are mostly all built of Cotswold stone which is a yellow oolitic limestone and the roofs are made of a slate stone.</div><div><br /></div><div>For the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Southern Accents</span> Showhouse, Larry did an outstanding job of designing the house to appear as if it had been added on to over the years (see the rendering in my original post). The stone we are using, while not yellow, is a close resemblance to a weathered stone and the closest I have found in the U.S. for the proper look. Ours will be more of a cream and gray color and will have a gray slate roof similar to some of the pictures.</div><div><br /></div><div>The pictures here are from the Cotswold area. I hope you enjoy.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKKD4UdEk4BPRyHTqWOPO2-gbZ2GvITzmO7KFQFAduzhTEwu51vgEaglpAB5SFIMm6i85g_oGZ5NSUmEJH7BfI5M4l8yC7s72KV5V-DqXbUaO2mIwRcO-bVkRyd7dsW-bVZaiDzc6Xw6b/s320/Blog+England+Cotswold+House.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285361384677643266" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-16801815381104980852008-12-24T07:54:00.006-06:002009-01-13T10:27:28.709-06:00Furniture for the French HouseWhile the main focus of my blog is the design of period revival houses, from time to time I'll offer insight into what would be appropriate for the interior of these houses as well. When I come across "finds" for a house I'll make you aware of them.<div><br /></div><div>Here I am giving some pictures of reproduction French furniture that would look great in any French styled house. While the settee is a Swedish design, I love it for a French look as well. All of these pieces can be finished in at least two colors. I have also included a picture of a antique French <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Trumeau</span> mirror that my wife fell in love with. The problem is that it is $12,500. So, I am working on reproducing one that is similar that is about 4' wide by 8' tall. Once I have built, painted, gold leafed and glazed the reproduction mirror I am going to decide if I want to make more to sell. I'll let you know. For now, if you would like to buy any of the pieces above please email me for more information. Merry Christmas.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjuzMpzlW1KmxsgAnFCzMLHVOmFq5sLgP2lb3a8RZ9Bf-u2AIjrKpRWbGghLlJnPmASRk6VgAv8naVlJxW4MK458DvqnMgZ2gycMmR-Lf2My5uCYQeVFT1jHCJSNhAOa3WyFEkP1aacJ8/s320/Blog+Furniture+Louis+XVI+mirror+top+coffee+table.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283359269601184322" /><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ry1bMHsYEqlJZADVkG1UhF2J4ZKrcMw_yiSEgt4r3dgsXfAxLnxWI77rQEMgiMD2IizuT23DTixbH69S9SfReA4LUEcLjZcWhEq3WRe_3sQd5rRywZwAKfhrccG94zsIkHqIgFGBFb7c/s320/Blog+Furniture+Louis+XVI+occasional+table.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283359276517308306" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9R-C7gP3i1fDYHbuepe5_jua4MRoNp5B04ewPPVHDKRx4kDuyZFQYfKdhHgPNnEtfWueN0mx2W0LXVDDZ0zJauQsVxv5NkxSZhY-sWb0ZYSybzFzBzaQtDtFOGKuZ6dfiDQnZvEIOMzlw/s320/Blog+Furniture+Swedish+settee.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283359456871848162" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFf6FvyDMAlZs534GKx7I85GOEuzuk8VwcQ0X1GGRUusJlu4gHjJUwrXu_IjZeD7VNVnEZH5cmFEWkwHNaKCz266EThr4dEbf_8TDOrXj8ekHATKRRxOPm_Rjrchmm3iGyOuUWGkG7viX/s320/Blog+Furniture+Louis+XVI+ottoman.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283359453707718546" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAp2U2O0LJUwteRkGwxD3mbxhtGhFfmarG0nkh-OIPS7XW0AG-nDRkeXx9GrPSIB74YTwQ7ubGNcjebWR-bw6-kBmN-7Op29V9r94sS5V3u6XxpAun23BC-dqKZUWYJnO2tLwaX83xaE3/s320/Blog+Furniture+French+Trumeau.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283359250886122770" /><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AAZ0SYtLrqO8cDpnXnGrK2uE5gAd9k0rhji9sLPBtEoz1EZE6DwIu0JlEUGkn0LbYWeKwtQvsQTWpXxBS2tzCfg0bBcMGTMs0YKfem9EWRIUZW33zWJoOj3MMPsOQQQBesB32Zbt7wyG/s320/Blog+Furniture+Louis+XVI+chair.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283359256839626210" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUruaRiXQEQKHW6zpB7slOz75DOVx0F-tVfLcYBas8rkdTfJJmOurTxLd8Qg2j55pG6sRCmD7vYx5nJ7He9oRmNXS8ttXs5NerN1a1VkvRrO3vTkOk-7yRwnGIuGvvwrrWwZsWtA-WM1VT/s320/Blog+Furniture+Louis+XVI+dining+table.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283359262090867394" /><br /></div><div><br /></div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798466071995016997.post-54466334445018562512008-12-24T06:28:00.008-06:002008-12-24T07:30:15.573-06:00French Village: An Inspiration for DevelopmentIn the 1920's a developer by the name George Woodward was a busy man building and developing in the area of Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia. Woodward began developing very modest homes years earlier, but after travels to England and France (and working with the famed architect Wilson Eyre) he developed Cotswold Village. The houses were created from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Woodward's</span> love of the Cotswold country side. They were all built around 1915-18 and were built with chiseled local cut stone and steep roofs. <div><br /></div><div>In the 1920's, Woodward decided to create a development that mimicked his love of the old stone farmhouses he had seen while traveling in the Normandy region of France. These houses are beautiful examples of French Normandy architecture in the United States. It is examples like this that inspired me to do what I do. If it could have been built in the 1920's, it can certainly be done today in my city of Fort Worth or anywhere. Woodward obviously had a very keen eye for details and a true understanding of scale. The houses posted here are located on Gate Lane and the pictures come from the George Woodward Co. which is still in existence today as a real estate company in Philadelphia. I will cover more of the Philadelphia area in other posts as there are great examples of period revival architecture from architects like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Mellor</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Meigs</span> and Howe. I hope you enjoy these photographs.<div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 101px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj3Nc3DQAtVYa8JDqZ-C1BXDcMRog24ZtwOuSADSdiRCN6fWBVjj-0Yt7IEhWGaFHQBuFNBx1ph_-htQHAuwSpDfIcooCtkfHJMtlB9VMQ7EuRvUg3BFyPcby25dv1IjtFwlqZ2qgnmSQt/s320/Blog+Gate+Lane+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283338217012976130" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 116px; height: 101px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-HdggQBd0Rb-TYyVsGD_kBi96m-g3U90Ao6bwKr2iDHs43pVsuptgxUOEr1dncAV0Ru5WVneC4ZY5g5GXZT5u_ayN18LDl7b7HQhfWo42jF7uuDd63mn2y40QcynwTYDvVhrumsRukvg/s320/Blog+Gate+Lane+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283338202311498866" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 101px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56DRxxvHrXRxoun6IJQPPIP8A02qwbV14S0kjQLyDCwxeMh1WmNWXfMj7RH0N4-ccA4HB1gQc4MUCGVbzYgPPLP_GCyU17EJlGW3X1c2MBwndNdddyppDxLxGA3aYICpeEPW5zjnvNIG5/s320/Blog+Gate+Lane+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283338210278119106" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 116px; height: 101px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkHjrqqDYiyxqU64xPb8aMSy_g3jDn_F2eEHzf9CmyUpeqRHFx4tm-T1N6A4jzvBSL8FNzFp9u96I1JbEndk_92nojUaHDA4WVdK_810jkNUupLZEP5c5LdO2uAmbmin3Y4jCKZ3QUTGV/s320/Blog+Gate+Lane+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283338195325751330" /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Trey Lairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056554918181798031noreply@blogger.com2