Remodeled House in Alabama

Good Monday morning to you, dear readers! Sorry about not posting on Saturday and Sunday. We're about to move to Peru and I've been busy packing and weighing the things we are going to take, and selling the ones we can't. I'm glad and sorry to say I've sold every single piece of my lovely furniture. A pity I can't take everything with me.<br /><br />Anyway, back to blogland now.<br /><br />This 1915 Federal-style house in the historic Garden District of Montgomery, Alabama was bought and remodeled by Richard Norris and Mark Leslie. They transformed it from formal and rather stuffy into warm and inviting, with an overall masculine style and full of whimsical details.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/6w/norris-0210-11-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 500px; height: 638px;" /><br />The Federal-style facade, high on three-quarters of an acre in Montgomery's historic Garden District.<br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/cC/norris-0210-12-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 501px; height: 640px;" /><br />To one side of the foyer, a section of 19th-century Gothic wall paneling and a headless statue of St. Denis.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/k6/norris-0210-1-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 500px; height: 638px;" /><br />On the other side of the foyer, moose antlers, a Gothic crystal chandelier, and a rustic 19th-century French grandfather clock.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/JM/norris-0210-10-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 501px; height: 640px;" /><br />A chocolate velvet curtain adds drama to the stairs. The wrought-iron jardiniere is from the south of France. "It's such a strange, dark piece," Norris says. "We call it Rosemary's Baby's crib."<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/8f/norris-0210-9-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 502px; height: 641px;" /><br />In the lounge, a small library with a Landau Devan Sofa and an antique ottoman. Like the foyer, walls and woodwork are painted Martin-Senour's Sealskin.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/wz/norris-0210-13-de.jpg" style="top: -5px; left: -6px; width: 601px; height: 470px;" /><br />Upholstered pieces with high, dramatic backs were designed by Bobby McAlpine. Painted screens by artist David Braly have a kind of Gothic-Midwestern motif, including arches and acanthus leaves in a field of abstract cornstalks. Across the bottom the screens read: 'The corn is as high as an elephant's eye and it looks like it's climbing clear up to the sky' — lyrics from the musical <i>Oklahoma! </i>but in Latin. The mirror hanging on the screen is 18th-century French.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/Qq/norris-0210-15-de.jpg" style="top: -5px; left: -6px; width: 600px; height: 469px;" /><br />The dining area is in the same huge room as the living area.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/yy/norris-0210-16-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 501px; height: 640px;" /><br />Over the FiveStar stove is a silver-leaf Napoleon III mirror. The chandelier was fashioned from a pair of antique bronze sconces.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/ef/norris-0210-14-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 500px; height: 638px;" /><br />The sink resembling a buffet, has a marble backsplash and bat prints around it. The oval island is a nine-foot-long sheet of marble.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/tt/norris-0210-5-de.jpg" style="top: -5px; left: -6px; width: 502px; height: 392px;" /><br />The kitchen's light-filled bay window opens onto a patio and garden.<br /><br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/mR/norris-0210-7-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 501px; height: 640px;" /><br />Richard Norris designed the cottage-size parterre, reminiscent of gardens he had visited in Europe.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/Gf/norris-0210-2-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 501px; height: 640px;" /><br />Behind the piano is an old sounding board which was originally behind the pulpit in an Episcopal church — it was the baffle that helped bounce the minister's voice toward the congregation<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/IK/norris-0210-8-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 502px; height: 641px;" /><br />The 1850s Italian marble mantelpiece in the living room came from a Montgomery house torn down in the 1970s to make way for an interstate. Above it is a 20th-century interpretation of Leonardo's St. John the Baptist, in watercolor and pencil on butcher-block paper.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/56/norris-0210-6-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 502px; height: 641px;" /><br />A small bedroom was converted into a dressing room. Two rustic armoires make up for the lack of closet space.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/hn/norris-0210-4-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 504px; height: 644px;" /><br />In the bedroom's sitting area, an Eames table and vintage butterfly chairs mix with a rattan sofa, a Pottery Barn rug, and a demilune console designed by Norris.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/tQ/norris-0210-3-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 503px; height: 642px;" /><br />The walls in the master bedroom are Martin-Senour's Silver Green. The six feet tall headboard is an 18th-century stall divider from a horse barn.<br /><br />All images and information from <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">here</a>.

Remodeled House in Alabama

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Country House in Spain

What a lovely Friday, isn't it? Get ready to enjoy a dreamy house with stunning views in Spain. I love everything about it, the mix of French and English furniture, the rustic outside, the sturdy beams and solid front door, and of course the soft palette in every room.<br />Come enjoy with me!<br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-calma-mediterranea/sobrio-rustico-y-amplio/porche/porche/803406-1-esl-ES/Porche_large.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-calma-mediterranea/un-ambiente-provenzal-bajo-un-porche-de-forja/recibidor/recibidor/803394-1-esl-ES/Recibidor_large.jpg" style="width: 424px; height: 499px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-calma-mediterranea/tonos-neutros-y-muebles-ligeros-para-un-salon-rustico/salon/salon-hacia-exterior/803447-1-esl-ES/Salon-hacia-exterior_large.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-calma-mediterranea/tonos-neutros-y-muebles-ligeros-para-un-salon-rustico/salon/salon-hacia-chimenea2/803451-1-esl-ES/Salon-hacia-chimenea_large.jpg" style="width: 425px; height: 500px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-calma-mediterranea/tonos-neutros-y-muebles-ligeros-para-un-salon-rustico/salon/estar/803455-1-esl-ES/Estar_large.jpg" style="width: 425px; height: 500px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-calma-mediterranea/comedor-y-cocina-de-estilo-ingles-comparten-ambiente/comedor/comedor-hacia-chimenea/803471-1-esl-ES/Comedor-hacia-chimenea_large.jpg" style="width: 425px; height: 500px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-calma-mediterranea/comedor-y-cocina-de-estilo-ingles-comparten-ambiente/comedor/comedor/803475-1-esl-ES/Comedor_large.jpg" style="width: 425px; height: 500px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-calma-mediterranea/comedor-y-cocina-de-estilo-ingles-comparten-ambiente/comedor/cocina-con-isla/803486-1-esl-ES/Cocina-con-isla_large.jpg" style="width: 425px; height: 500px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-calma-mediterranea/un-cuarto-rustico-con-sabor-frances/dormitorio-invitados/dormitorio-invitados-1/803502-1-esl-ES/Dormitorio-invitados-1_large.jpg" style="width: 424px; height: 499px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-calma-mediterranea/un-cuarto-rustico-con-sabor-frances/dormitorio-invitados/dormitorio-invitados-2/803506-1-esl-ES/Dormitorio-invitados-2_large.jpg" style="width: 423px; height: 498px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-calma-mediterranea/color-turquesa-blanco-y-verde-para-el-dormitorio-principal/dormitorio-principal/dormitorio-principal/dormitorio-hacia-balcon/803523-1-esl-ES/Dormitorio-hacia-balcon_large.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-calma-mediterranea/color-turquesa-blanco-y-verde-para-el-dormitorio-principal/dormitorio-principal/dormitorio-principal/rincon-dormitorio/803527-1-esl-ES/Rincon-dormitorio_large.jpg" style="width: 425px; height: 500px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-calma-mediterranea/color-turquesa-blanco-y-verde-para-el-dormitorio-principal/dormitorio-principal/dormitorio-principal/zona-de-armario/803560-1-esl-ES/Zona-de-armario_large.jpg" style="width: 425px; height: 500px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-calma-mediterranea/color-turquesa-blanco-y-verde-para-el-dormitorio-principal/dormitorio-principal/dormitorio-principal/zona-de-cama/803564-1-esl-ES/Zona-de-cama_large.jpg" style="width: 425px; height: 500px;" /><br /><br />A very happy weekend to all of you, my dears! Hope to see you here tomorrow!<br /><br />All images from <a href="http://www.elmueble.com/">here</a>.

Country House in Spain

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Gingerbread House in Sweden

This summer house located on the outskirts of Stockholm is called the "gingerbread house" and was built in 1887. The owners live in London but come here every summer. It also had a fleeting celebrity moment when Brigitte Bardot rented it in 1967 when she starred in a movie nearby.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/dks9ah8mm4rnqqk6mc9ls2ub5biev5r/Vid%20Bardots%20svenska%20badh%c3%a4llar" style="width: 699px; height: 470px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/7ydzxv3bi7lya108slncagog401igml/Vid%20Bardots%20svenska%20badh%c3%a4llar" style="width: 501px; height: 750px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/9b9b6coihzskfbaszscnlnff8pf7rss/Vid%20Bardots%20svenska%20badh%c3%a4llar" style="width: 699px; height: 468px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/dp9p3a78r095drtiqxrtwalv14cabgl/Vid%20Bardots%20svenska%20badh%c3%a4llar" style="width: 501px; height: 750px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/ou0ulp32sbkafsdukldufceadat1xvz/Vid%20Bardots%20svenska%20badh%c3%a4llar" style="width: 500px; height: 751px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/eg3wlambg7jzgmsamf99vnp2dqbeixy/Vid%20Bardots%20svenska%20badh%c3%a4llar" style="width: 499px; height: 748px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/rn9fhkxd8a2lxuwmygqw8kpeot8f9xe/Vid%20Bardots%20svenska%20badh%c3%a4llar" style="width: 498px; height: 746px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/efmy8mknpefx8jjofkxv4t5ec7wearq/Vid%20Bardots%20svenska%20badh%c3%a4llar" style="width: 499px; height: 695px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/pc2d2a5b3jmknkzzq1gjx00guctpmj1/Vid%20Bardots%20svenska%20badh%c3%a4llar" style="width: 498px; height: 760px;" /><br /><br />All images from <a href="http://www.skonahem.com/">here</a>.

Gingerbread House in Sweden

This summer house located on the outskirts of Stockholm is called the "gingerbread house" and was built in 1887. The owners live i...

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White in San Francisco

This house went through a 10 year restoration. The owner, Rosy Strazzeri-Fridman's chose white and natural hues for all of her rooms. Come on in and let me know if you like it!<br /><br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/Hs/clx-Revealing-Nature-table-0211-xl.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 689px;" /><br />A glass top was added to the vintage Art Nouveau table base that stands in the turret.<br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/lM/clx-Revealing-Nature-dishes-0211-lgn.jpg" style="width: 572px; height: 657px;" /><br /><br />The Fridman family collected their china and enamelware during travels to Europe — as well as visits to a few all-American garage sales.<br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/Em/clx-Revealing-Nature-living-room-0211-lgn.jpg" style="width: 701px; height: 410px;" /><br /><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">A reupholstered French Provincial settee, a Lucite coffee table and a hand-loomed wool rug </span><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">in the living room</span><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">. The <strong></strong> unused fireplace was filled with a stack of oversize books.</span><br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/dO/clx-Revealing-Nature-hallway-0211-lgn.jpg" style="width: 602px; height: 692px;" /><br /><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span"> In the entrance, fir floors with a rich, custom stain. <strong></strong> A dress form displays a favourite coat. </span><br /><br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/9i/clx-Revealing-Nature-wall-0211-lgn.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 688px;" /><br /><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">Old mirrors, portraits, and photos line the front hallway walls.</span><br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/ob/clx-Revealing-Nature-dining-room-0211-lgn.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 690px;" /><br /><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">A variety of vintage chairs in neutral colours surround the dining table. They found the pendant lamp at a Paris street market, and the china cabinet at a California antiques store. </span><br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/Wc/clx-Revealing-Nature-display-0211-lgn.jpg" /><br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/Sr/clx-Revealing-Nature-Rosy-0211-lgn.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 690px;" /><br />Rosy in her kitchen. The menu is displayed on the mirror.<br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/po/clx-Revealing-Nature-bedroom-0211-lgn.jpg" style="width: 602px; height: 692px;" /><br />8 year old son Noah's room.<br /><br /><img class="content_sec_fb_large_img" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/ni/revealing-nature-master-bedroom-0211-lgn.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 690px;" /><br /><span class="fb_frame_side_right_span">Antique cast-iron bed with a cable-knit throw. A teacup lamp sits atop the turned-leg nightstand.</span><br /><br />All images and information from <a href="http://www.countryliving.com/">here</a>.

White in San Francisco

This house went through a 10 year restoration. The owner, Rosy Strazzeri-Fridman's chose white and natural hues for all of her rooms. Co...

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House in Torrelodones

Interior designer Natividad Martin was appointed to decorate this two story house located in Torrelodones, a short distance northwest from the city of Madrid, Spain. Classic and elegant but far from stuffy.<br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/distribuir_la_casa/distribuir_la_casa__1/casa_02/43155-1-esl-ES/casa_02_reference.jpg" style="" /><br /><br /><img alt="salon" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/distribuir_la_casa/distribuir_la_casa/43104-1-esl-ES/distribuir_la_casa_articulo_landscape.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 460px;" title="salon" /><br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/distribuir_la_casa/distribuir_la_casa__1/casa_03/43135-1-esl-ES/casa_03_reference.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 781px;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/distribuir_la_casa/distribuir_la_casa__1/casa_04/43151-1-esl-ES/casa_04_reference.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 783px;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/distribuir_la_casa/distribuir_la_casa__1/casa_05/43163-1-esl-ES/casa_05_reference.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 782px;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/distribuir_la_casa/distribuir_la_casa__1/casa_06/43139-1-esl-ES/casa_06_reference.jpg" style="width: 598px; height: 780px;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/distribuir_la_casa/distribuir_la_casa__1/casa_07/43159-1-esl-ES/casa_07_reference.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 781px;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/distribuir_la_casa/distribuir_la_casa__1/casa_08/43143-1-esl-ES/casa_08_reference.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 781px;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/distribuir_la_casa/distribuir_la_casa__1/casa_09/43147-1-esl-ES/casa_09_reference.jpg" style="width: 610px; height: 795px;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightboxImage" src="http://casadiez.elle.es/var/plain_site/storage/images/decoracion_casas/reformas/distribuir_la_casa/distribuir_la_casa__1/casa_10/43131-1-esl-ES/casa_10_reference.jpg" style="width: 608px; height: 793px;" /><br /><br />Photography by Cesar Alcazar.<br />All images from <a href="http://casadiez.elle.es/">here</a>.

House in Torrelodones

Interior designer Natividad Martin was appointed to decorate this two story house located in Torrelodones, a short distance northwest from t...

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