Interior Designer Nancy Taylor's Home

<div class="fb_title">Today we'll visit Nancy Taylor's 18th-century Rhode Island farmhouse. Warm and welcoming rooms filled with antiques and reclaimed wood. And to top it off a magnificent garden.<br /></div> <div class="fb_subtitle"><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/patterned-chaise-de-5616922.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 500px; height: 639px;" /><br /><span style="display: inline;" id="fb_captionbox">The dressing room includes a vintage chaise as well as a 19th-century English vanity and pieces from Nancy's collection of pokerware. These boxes are decorated with an Arts and Crafts-era technique in which designs were burned into wood, as if with the tip of a red-hot fireplace poker. Pink lusterware brightens the green-vined wallpaper.</span><br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/framed-print-de-71065136.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 500px; height: 638px;" /><br /><span style="display: inline;" id="fb_captionbox">The furnishings and accents include '40s French leather armchairs, a framed batik print from Bali, and a flat-weave Peruvian rug. I hesitated before including this photograph because I don't like animals' heads on the walls (nor anywhere else!) but well, other people do. Do you?<br /><br /></span><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/blue-dining-kitchen-de-82846667.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 500px; height: 638px;" /><br /><span style="display: inline;" id="fb_captionbox">The dining area in the kitchen, includes toile-covered banquettes, Indonesian chairs, and a custom English cherrywood table.<br /><br /></span><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/potting-sink-de-17611759.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 500px; height: 638px;" /><br />Potting area. <span style="display: inline;" id="fb_captionbox">Enameled-tin graniteware outfits the potting area, which centers around a salvaged soapstone sink.<br /></span><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/bathroom-tub-de.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 503px; height: 642px;" /><br /><span style="display: inline;" id="fb_captionbox">The master bath features a claw-foot tub that came with the house and a white-painted 19th-century English spool chair with an upholstered seat and arms.<br /><br /></span><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/wood-hallway-frames-de-90302643.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 500px; height: 638px;" /><br /><span style="display: inline;" id="fb_captionbox">The stairwell was lined with hand-hewn planks from the oldest part of the house. "These are the boards that were carved from the oak trees on the land in 1776," she says. "I left them unpainted, so when I touch the boards I am touching the same wood those colonial farmers touched." She uses the stairwell, which is surrounded by the house's original banister, as an area to display her family photos<br /><br /></span><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/bedroom-wood-ceiling-de-11162685.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 500px; height: 638px;" /><br /><span style="display: inline;" id="fb_captionbox">In the master bedroom a c. 1840 mahogany Empire-style bed, a late-19th-century mirrored oak chest. A hand-crocheted bedspread, rag rug, and beadboard walls offset the dark wood furniture and ceiling.<br /><br /></span><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/porch-seating-de-3527710.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 500px; height: 638px;" /><br />Front porch opens to a gorgeous garden.<br /><span style="display: inline;" id="fb_captionbox"><br /></span>Images and information from <a href="http://www.countryliving.com/">Country Living</a><br /><br /></div>

Interior Designer Nancy Taylor's Home

Today we'll visit Nancy Taylor's 18th-century Rhode Island farmhouse. Warm and welcoming rooms filled with antiques and reclaimed w...

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Interior Designer Helen Green

Today let us enjoy the work of UK based interior designer Helen Green. A look that is lean, clean and classic yet seductive and inviting. The palette is subdued, with rich, understated fabrics reflecting in polished surfaces, recalling the sleek glamour of the thirties; hushed, pristine and relaxed.<br /><br />Hope you like my selection of rooms.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_18_143.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 601px;" title="" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_18_144.jpg" style="width: 606px; height: 606px;" title="" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_18_145.jpg" style="width: 607px; height: 607px;" title="" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_18_147.jpg" style="width: 605px; height: 605px;" title="" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_18_148.jpg" style="width: 605px; height: 605px;" title="" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Drawing Room" src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_2_27.jpg" style="width: 603px; height: 603px;" title="Drawing Room" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Living Room" src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_2_22.jpg" style="width: 602px; height: 602px;" title="Living Room" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Dining Room" src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_2_23.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 601px;" title="Dining Room" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Bedroom" src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_2_25.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 600px;" title="Bedroom" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Bedroom" src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_3_37.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 599px;" title="Bedroom" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Garden" src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_3_38.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 601px;" title="Garden" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Drawing Room" src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_6_44.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 600px;" title="Drawing Room" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Hall" src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_5_43.jpg" style="width: 602px; height: 602px;" title="Hall" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Drawing Room" src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_5_41.jpg" style="width: 601px; height: 601px;" title="Drawing Room" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Dining Room" src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_5_40.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 600px;" title="Dining Room" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Sitting Room" src="http://www.helengreendesign.com/images/project_4_29.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 600px;" title="Sitting Room" /><br /><br />For more photographs visit her website right <a href="http://www.helengreendesign.com/">here</a>.

Interior Designer Helen Green

Today let us enjoy the work of UK based interior designer Helen Green. A look that is lean, clean and classic yet seductive and inviting. Th...

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Photographer Mark Darley.

<span class="text"><span class="text" style="color:#000000;">Photographer Mark Darley was born in Hampshire, Great Britain. He graduated from Radley College, Oxfordshire, and later studied law at Reading University in the UK. This was followed by a life-changing two and a half year voyage, circumnavigating the globe under sail.<br /><br />He then moved to New York City and studied photography and design at the Parsons School of Design. Within three years of arriving in America he had launched his career, specializing in interior and architectural photography. Mark moved to the San Francisco area from New York in 1989 and has continued to work on assignment from both East and West Coasts and internationally.</span></span><br /><br />Mark Darley's images have appeared in A+U, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Architektur & Wohnen, Art & Antiques, Ambiente, Australian Vogue, Casa Vogue, Dwell, Elle Decor, House and Garden, House Beautiful, Interiors, Interior Design, Maison et Jardin, Metropolitan Home, Smithsonian, Traveler, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Western Interiors and Design and many others.<br /><br /><a class="imagenav" href="http://www.markdarleyphoto.com/photos/Interiors/11/29/"> <img alt="Integrated Structures/Gary Black. : Interiors : Mark Darley Interior and Architectural Photography San Francisco California" border="0" class="displayphoto" id="photomarkDarley2534139960" src="http://slides.sitewelder.com/users/markDarley2534/images/markDarley2534139960.jpg" style="width: 553px; height: 727px;" vspace="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a class="imagenav" href="http://www.markdarleyphoto.com/photos/Interiors/12/29/"> <img alt="The Wiseman Group, Douglas Durkin Design Principal. : Interiors : Mark Darley Interior and Architectural Photography San Francisco California" border="0" class="displayphoto" height="550" id="photomarkDarley2534139922" src="http://slides.sitewelder.com/users/markDarley2534/images/markDarley2534139922.jpg" vspace="0" width="588" /></a><br />Was this done on purpose? Look closely and you will know what I mean!<br /><br /><a class="imagenav" href="http://www.markdarleyphoto.com/photos/Interiors/13/29/"> <img alt="The Wiseman Group, Douglas Durkin Design Principal. : Interiors : Mark Darley Interior and Architectural Photography San Francisco California" border="0" class="displayphoto" id="photomarkDarley2534139918" src="http://slides.sitewelder.com/users/markDarley2534/images/markDarley2534139918.jpg" style="width: 549px; height: 735px;" vspace="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a class="imagenav" href="http://www.markdarleyphoto.com/photos/Interiors/15/29/"><img alt="SF Showcase 2006 Douglas Durkin Design. : Interiors : Mark Darley Interior and Architectural Photography San Francisco California" border="0" class="displayphoto" id="photomarkDarley2534148054" src="http://slides.sitewelder.com/users/markDarley2534/images/markDarley2534148054.jpg" style="width: 551px; height: 688px;" vspace="0" /><br /></a><br /><br /><a class="imagenav" href="http://www.markdarleyphoto.com/photos/Interiors/16/29/"> <img alt="Architectural Digest. Casa Amesti. Frances Elkins. : Interiors : Mark Darley Interior and Architectural Photography San Francisco California" border="0" class="displayphoto" id="photomarkDarley2534189196" src="http://slides.sitewelder.com/users/markDarley2534/images/markDarley2534189196.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 687px;" vspace="0" /><br /></a><br /><a class="imagenav" href="http://www.markdarleyphoto.com/photos/Interiors/17/29/"> <img alt="California Home & Design. Ken Linstead Architect. : Interiors : Mark Darley Interior and Architectural Photography San Francisco California" border="0" class="displayphoto" id="photomarkDarley2534180214" src="http://slides.sitewelder.com/users/markDarley2534/images/markDarley2534180214.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 654px;" vspace="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a class="imagenav" href="http://www.markdarleyphoto.com/photos/Interiors/20/29/"> <img alt="Andrew Skurman Architects. : Interiors : Mark Darley Interior and Architectural Photography San Francisco California" border="0" class="displayphoto" id="photomarkDarley2534191318" src="http://slides.sitewelder.com/users/markDarley2534/images/markDarley2534191318.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 687px;" vspace="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a class="imagenav" href="http://www.markdarleyphoto.com/photos/Interiors/21/29/"> <img alt="Andrew Skurman Architects. : Interiors : Mark Darley Interior and Architectural Photography San Francisco California" border="0" class="displayphoto" id="photomarkDarley2534191316" src="http://slides.sitewelder.com/users/markDarley2534/images/markDarley2534191316.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 687px;" vspace="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a class="imagenav" href="http://www.markdarleyphoto.com/photos/Interiors/22/29/"> <img alt="Andrew Skurman Architects. : Interiors : Mark Darley Interior and Architectural Photography San Francisco California" border="0" class="displayphoto" id="photomarkDarley2534191315" src="http://slides.sitewelder.com/users/markDarley2534/images/markDarley2534191315.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 716px;" vspace="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a class="imagenav" href="http://www.markdarleyphoto.com/photos/Interiors/23/29/"> <img alt="Andrew Skurman Architects. Diane Chapman Interiors. : Interiors : Mark Darley Interior and Architectural Photography San Francisco California" border="0" class="displayphoto" id="photomarkDarley2534191321" src="http://slides.sitewelder.com/users/markDarley2534/images/markDarley2534191321.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 687px;" vspace="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a class="imagenav" href="http://www.markdarleyphoto.com/photos/Interiors/24/29/"> <img alt="Andrew Skurman Architects. Diane Chapman Interiors. : Interiors : Mark Darley Interior and Architectural Photography San Francisco California" border="0" class="displayphoto" id="photomarkDarley2534191320" src="http://slides.sitewelder.com/users/markDarley2534/images/markDarley2534191320.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 550px;" vspace="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a class="imagenav" href="http://www.markdarleyphoto.com/photos/Interiors/28/29/"> <img alt="Architectural Digest. Craig Wright kitchen. : Interiors : Mark Darley Interior and Architectural Photography San Francisco California" border="0" class="displayphoto" id="photomarkDarley2534273320" src="http://slides.sitewelder.com/users/markDarley2534/images/markDarley2534273320.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 685px;" vspace="0" /><br /></a><br />All images and information from his site right <a href="http://www.markdarleyphoto.com/index.html">here</a>.

Photographer Mark Darley.

Photographer Mark Darley was born in Hampshire, Great Britain. He graduated from Radley College, Oxfordshire, and later studied law at Readi...

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Luxury House in Greenvale

Georgian residence in Greenvale, Australia.<br /><br />Features include Sydney Blue Gum floors, zoned heating and refrigerated cooling, Jet Master fire, security system, coonara fan forced fire, granite bench tops to all wet areas, dishwasher, built in microwave, quality window furnishings, full auto sprinkler system, double glazed windows, four car remote garage and workshop/storeroom.<br /><br />If you have some money left over after Christmas shopping you could buy this house:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/1247/106011247ml1256794024.jpg" style="width: 660px; height: 495px;" /><br />Perfect symmetry of the facade.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects//props/1247/106011247al1256794023.jpg" style="width: 660px; height: 494px;" /><br />Sydney Blue Gum floors, sweeping staircase in a free-flowing layout.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects//props/1247/106011247bl1256794029.jpg" style="width: 660px; height: 494px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects//props/1247/106011247cl1256794027.jpg" style="width: 660px; height: 495px;" /><br />Chef's kitchen with granite bench tops, stainless steel appliances and butler's pantry.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects//props/1247/106011247dl1256794025.jpg" style="width: 660px; height: 495px;" /><br />Meals/family room and spacious playroom. Also on this level is a study, 3rd bathroom and family size laundry.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects//props/1247/106011247el1256794022.jpg" style="width: 660px; height: 495px;" /><br />The rooms have obviously been staged for sale, no warmth in them at all.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects//props/1247/106011247fl1256794031.jpg" style="width: 660px; height: 495px;" /><br />Unfortunately no pictures of the 4 bedrooms upstairs. This is one of the three bathrooms.<br />So... is this your cup of tea?<br />All images from <a href="http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=106011247&f=0&p=30&t=res&ty=&fmt=&header=&cc=&c=27654728&s=vic&snf=ras-mel&tm=1254770582">here</a>.

Luxury House in Greenvale

Georgian residence in Greenvale, Australia. Features include Sydney Blue Gum floors, zoned heating and refrigerated cooling, Jet Master fire...

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Delamere Luxury Farm in Australia

Feeling ritzy today? How about some photographs of a 1930's mansion in Mornington Pesninsula, Australia?<br /><br />It's a huge residence, I got lost half way counting the rooms. Let's see: formal lounge, separate dining room, kitchen, meals area, informal sitting room, 2 conservatories, study, billiard room and powder room. Upstairs: 6 bedrooms, walk-in robes, ensuite bathrooms. It also has central heating, air-conditioning and double lock-up garage, walk-in cool room, outside bar and professional recording studio. Anything else?<br />Not over yet, there's a pool, spa, tennis court and helicopter pad (helicopter pad??!) set in 8 acres of manicured gardens and full time care taker cottage.<br />And just a wee bit more: 12 fenced main paddocks, 2 separate stables complexes together with 25 separate day yards.<br />I guess the owner is a child at heart... notice the candy dispenser, riding horse machine and jukebox!<br /><br />Let's have a look...<br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/5428/105945428ml1252275774.jpg" style="width: 682px; height: 510px;" /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects//props/5428/105945428cl1252275774.jpg" style="width: 682px; height: 511px;" /><br />The grounds are really breathtaking.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects//props/5428/105945428el1252275774.jpg" style="width: 682px; height: 510px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects//props/5428/105945428dl1252275774.jpg" style="width: 683px; height: 511px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects//props/5428/105945428rl1252275774.jpg" style="width: 682px; height: 510px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects//props/5428/105945428zl1252275774.jpg" style="width: 700px; height: 525px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects//props/5428/105945428ul1252275774.jpg" style="width: 679px; height: 508px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects//props/5428/105945428vl1252275774.jpg" style="width: 678px; height: 507px;" /><br />Lie down on the couch and you can see your refection on the ceiling.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects//props/5428/105945428wl1252275774.jpg" style="width: 677px; height: 506px;" /><br />And again, lie on the billiard table and you'll see yourself reflected on the ceiling! Look down and there you are again on the floors!<br /><br /><img src="http://www.realestate.com.au/objects//props/5428/105945428xl1252275774.jpg" style="width: 681px; height: 509px;" /><br />I love these chairs!<br />So, would you like living in a place like this? I dunno... I like my cozy apartment.<br /><br />All images from <a href="http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=105945428&f=0&p=30&t=res&ty=&fmt=&header=&cc=&c=27654728&s=vic&snf=ras-mel&tm=1254770582">here</a>.

Delamere Luxury Farm in Australia

Feeling ritzy today? How about some photographs of a 1930's mansion in Mornington Pesninsula, Australia? It's a huge residence, I go...

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