{warm and woodsy}

{photography by claire richardson}

Painted the sitting room an elegant gray in early summer, and almost immediately missed the pretty and chalky buttercream walls before the new paint had time to dry . . .

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Of course, am now adoring the new, sophisticated and saturated gray, but every once in a while think about the warm and woodsy tones . . .

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{first published in ideal home july 2008; via house to home}

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{photography by james merrell}

{maison-rêve}

{photography by james merrell}

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{photography by polly wreford}

{Fall 2008 Couture - Anne Valérie Hash - Runway; Irina Lazareanu; Photography by Marcio Madeira; via style.com}

{photography by james merrell}

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