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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzF2otEAXjX3l6EnBUlSd2kY80f7EmFwpl5qcSufFE63dPR-24C5nRYU4bD2pgqFxBGVs6sPZfe0LOOk0fmF0gi3HrkVTioEdZM7cVhiZfAqqfm9z3V0SGdH9XLEOy6j5kuxJTqA3UoQH/s400/toc01_0611.jpg" t8="true" width="310" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Did anyone else think that this was going to be just another celebrity issue?  Not that I didn't appreciate the beautiful Elizabeth Taylor, but if you're going to claim to be the "International Design Authority" shouldn't we have some design on the cover?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I actually left it in it's plastic wrap on the breakfast room table for a week before I touched it.  That's not normal for me!  I usually delve into my mags and study and examine them until the next one comes out. When I finally opened it up, I was really blown away!  Such a wonderful combination of projects with one common theme....GOOD DESIGN!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmtYAVfmhyBjKV9Khpz4UFxAjhyphenhyphenKYpBb7sqW_bz4gN1dMFAf1z_ZxuzmjBFsvs7tzx9WtjYn5BZGHiEZSb8WVCtpHuGxlEg5LH0W12FzSOmXC7A8V6n96p0i0i1bmOOHCOrPNEKzbhxmU/s1600/05_thomas-jayne-philadelphia-townhouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmtYAVfmhyBjKV9Khpz4UFxAjhyphenhyphenKYpBb7sqW_bz4gN1dMFAf1z_ZxuzmjBFsvs7tzx9WtjYn5BZGHiEZSb8WVCtpHuGxlEg5LH0W12FzSOmXC7A8V6n96p0i0i1bmOOHCOrPNEKzbhxmU/s640/05_thomas-jayne-philadelphia-townhouse.jpg" t8="true" width="590" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This project by <a href="http://www.thomasjaynestudio.com/index.html">Thomas Jayne</a> was simply stunning.  I love that blue parsons table with the antique, carved chairs and the crisp, white walls.  So unexpected for a home of this nature and yet, doesn't the combination just sing?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sIhkPFiXVrZa3L6DRTUX6eSR0vtUn68E2_fgj_i5w1SRCMAcCa0JswL6TprbI411sixbg7B__o2Jr8vj8gLNq65R2AxejF5k_qFy6xnFNa6s0Zgr3WSrco2FAXnhgzQTcjzcAnpYBRQc/s1600/06_thomas-jayne-philadelphia-townhouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sIhkPFiXVrZa3L6DRTUX6eSR0vtUn68E2_fgj_i5w1SRCMAcCa0JswL6TprbI411sixbg7B__o2Jr8vj8gLNq65R2AxejF5k_qFy6xnFNa6s0Zgr3WSrco2FAXnhgzQTcjzcAnpYBRQc/s640/06_thomas-jayne-philadelphia-townhouse.jpg" t8="true" width="590" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That table had belonged to the homeowner in mauve, Jayne had it lacquered blue.  </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGLZzffPb5zVABXcbiDJEH0WiGV9wsZcHeA2mlAXUn_aoDGb5KxAs1Fkm_-Ikk1AhtJ-uC3c1_OPiDMmYxgtFPs_jaLarLnohFVCvRmilyYbWJJ2Dow5EB2EkktrPeGHbKOKlXe78izNp/s1600/08_thomas-jayne-philadelphia-townhouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGLZzffPb5zVABXcbiDJEH0WiGV9wsZcHeA2mlAXUn_aoDGb5KxAs1Fkm_-Ikk1AhtJ-uC3c1_OPiDMmYxgtFPs_jaLarLnohFVCvRmilyYbWJJ2Dow5EB2EkktrPeGHbKOKlXe78izNp/s640/08_thomas-jayne-philadelphia-townhouse.jpg" t8="true" width="590" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Look at that striped runner in this neoclassical envelope with those chairs dipped in a hot red.  Such an interesting combination and so graphically artistic.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-lVsq2axUurRp3TqLjlRvuBSJGxUZWpU8TmXjBqopQ5TUuzggsi0hjSBSA4XReV3hFfGeFI7ZH0XC_sLyX2cc4OloWSTqVZgck6r2mN25Q_WGoWUwPG7aBwQ-PKv4TY_Y5m_DAwKfnCv/s1600/08_amelia-handegan-south-carolina-beach-bungalow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-lVsq2axUurRp3TqLjlRvuBSJGxUZWpU8TmXjBqopQ5TUuzggsi0hjSBSA4XReV3hFfGeFI7ZH0XC_sLyX2cc4OloWSTqVZgck6r2mN25Q_WGoWUwPG7aBwQ-PKv4TY_Y5m_DAwKfnCv/s640/08_amelia-handegan-south-carolina-beach-bungalow.jpg" t8="true" width="590" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then there's <a href="http://www.athid.com/">Amelia Handegan </a>at the beach. Casual, graphic, comfortable, clean.  I love this project. What a contrast to Thomas Jayne's.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2a9myfF5UYP431lQ510rPkLNhjVpZbnrTX_x8Gbgi-AMXhX9FbRX6A7bwi5EY8xZYB3rtz-AK_Vtt-BJS1ifGnp7jQ56veq_SmiDpNuW3FBUETyRtRhz4IEkI7H9jpFaYeHEQ1-LCa-Bc/s1600/03_amelia-handegan-south-carolina-beach-bungalow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2a9myfF5UYP431lQ510rPkLNhjVpZbnrTX_x8Gbgi-AMXhX9FbRX6A7bwi5EY8xZYB3rtz-AK_Vtt-BJS1ifGnp7jQ56veq_SmiDpNuW3FBUETyRtRhz4IEkI7H9jpFaYeHEQ1-LCa-Bc/s640/03_amelia-handegan-south-carolina-beach-bungalow.jpg" t8="true" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-_oNIOxakeAHnLHwmcJuFzAZ5Un7eNrjBfk051GuTVHyxUgHNyFM8cOzIPFgWMHJyTSUhIH1UnTOrX1Diw2h3UsKCNJHXobaiPle0fAtKjF6TOs3RhMKExW44Z9DlYH_CT42bIGs6zt8/s1600/11_amelia-handegan-south-carolina-beach-bungalow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-_oNIOxakeAHnLHwmcJuFzAZ5Un7eNrjBfk051GuTVHyxUgHNyFM8cOzIPFgWMHJyTSUhIH1UnTOrX1Diw2h3UsKCNJHXobaiPle0fAtKjF6TOs3RhMKExW44Z9DlYH_CT42bIGs6zt8/s640/11_amelia-handegan-south-carolina-beach-bungalow.jpg" t8="true" width="590" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-mcpKz82nWR0OKx0q4JeK18KWTFmrUMJ6ZAgTad2ljTjPqAEglMnK0VD0SZSHufrMFiWfjUEaoWGnK4rbyGJnoBj52XGcWGUY1svZX9zVQJfGaipzV5f4UZ2L5bdh25rkDJa4H_T6YqU1/s1600/10_amelia-handegan-south-carolina-beach-bungalow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-mcpKz82nWR0OKx0q4JeK18KWTFmrUMJ6ZAgTad2ljTjPqAEglMnK0VD0SZSHufrMFiWfjUEaoWGnK4rbyGJnoBj52XGcWGUY1svZX9zVQJfGaipzV5f4UZ2L5bdh25rkDJa4H_T6YqU1/s640/10_amelia-handegan-south-carolina-beach-bungalow.jpg" t8="true" width="590" /></a></div><br /><div align="center">Great color and such a wonderful atmosphere.</div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UVpJys3Jd0dvo527WE6nQE4932VXYMpBEqxE-bAdltzmUB31VBWanOnjQU6r10beu8thpDOA8Wu4FMnZ4N0VZo2eHXBaoW-vzEg4gVcRK0i8ZWH30O3JykHp4sxhVURpyl8pDIavlJHk/s1600/mr-architecture-decor-manhattan-penthouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UVpJys3Jd0dvo527WE6nQE4932VXYMpBEqxE-bAdltzmUB31VBWanOnjQU6r10beu8thpDOA8Wu4FMnZ4N0VZo2eHXBaoW-vzEg4gVcRK0i8ZWH30O3JykHp4sxhVURpyl8pDIavlJHk/s640/mr-architecture-decor-manhattan-penthouse.jpg" t8="true" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The modern project - <a href="http://www.mrarch.com/">MR Architecture + Decor</a>. Bachelor pad in NYC that has just the right amount of artful statement mixed with simply detailed materials. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcgjkWq3I2kq0i5BAiOywwBQ6h1iZHWS3YdhWQxzsVDIPYBfEV-9T_x7EaNEr2zaTJzQypqPxYRrqNZveRwdHK3tn3TqTJ_1THgYxx4dZ1Maws6xvZhRXVfvZOg6yx03DMjuUKP30aPVf/s1600/10_mr-architecture-decor-manhattan-penthouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcgjkWq3I2kq0i5BAiOywwBQ6h1iZHWS3YdhWQxzsVDIPYBfEV-9T_x7EaNEr2zaTJzQypqPxYRrqNZveRwdHK3tn3TqTJ_1THgYxx4dZ1Maws6xvZhRXVfvZOg6yx03DMjuUKP30aPVf/s640/10_mr-architecture-decor-manhattan-penthouse.jpg" t8="true" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What a great modern kitchen injected with just the right amount of warmth in the table and floors.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxScGtNOFrNpHFl7yWNdkYnghymJNB-VwAiXi0Yl7x1gV-8ADqySy5AmZyuKc4NUcrAkvoqwNOeH78AGu4wXBp1c9Nsb69gi9qIS6RliAHkzy4um3Ykljk3imk18PiN7Hp1cudAvA0HrP/s1600/06_mr-architecture-decor-manhattan-penthouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxScGtNOFrNpHFl7yWNdkYnghymJNB-VwAiXi0Yl7x1gV-8ADqySy5AmZyuKc4NUcrAkvoqwNOeH78AGu4wXBp1c9Nsb69gi9qIS6RliAHkzy4um3Ykljk3imk18PiN7Hp1cudAvA0HrP/s640/06_mr-architecture-decor-manhattan-penthouse.jpg" t8="true" width="590" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I love this closet done in laminated plywood, simple materials shown off at their best in a natural state.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA64XC3e4afrIfaP6bTyuhZe229wCl_huYj1cajDvCIKW49sp5_iCjzm5Glaz5yd1wzzto_mnRR66bZgBHBoqnHUoDAhLVM9fMRbeQZU5TOTDYA7CbszJz2KCp3syCIWtpcp60Bvk6HAbL/s1600/03_positano-villa-tre-ville.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA64XC3e4afrIfaP6bTyuhZe229wCl_huYj1cajDvCIKW49sp5_iCjzm5Glaz5yd1wzzto_mnRR66bZgBHBoqnHUoDAhLVM9fMRbeQZU5TOTDYA7CbszJz2KCp3syCIWtpcp60Bvk6HAbL/s640/03_positano-villa-tre-ville.jpg" t8="true" width="590" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A fabulous hotel on the Amalfi coast,<a href="http://www.villatreville.it/?&lng=en"> Villa Tre Ville</a>, exquisitely designed.  AD is international, you know!</div><br /><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7GkeGVKk7sC_P1HvpcFIYzjknsj6qrChjYIkW2Muh3f1WiWtV8XBZ3FgWMpgZVxbomf7nOZGeBdAfebIe1MJ3v753a2xgiw6jDETOj_8r-POcnVvah7jZnIGo7zLxIkbC990lj-A5BO1/s1600/04_positano-villa-tre-ville.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7GkeGVKk7sC_P1HvpcFIYzjknsj6qrChjYIkW2Muh3f1WiWtV8XBZ3FgWMpgZVxbomf7nOZGeBdAfebIe1MJ3v753a2xgiw6jDETOj_8r-POcnVvah7jZnIGo7zLxIkbC990lj-A5BO1/s640/04_positano-villa-tre-ville.jpg" t8="true" width="590" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not sure I'd leave the room!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyO9lmc2p2vQpnwplXyv6L-eSTtfomS_ACQt_GGVom0bxTIj6GlpGWnhA3lZf-JJpp83YYN0hXipoTgH7GXud9RWrN6GNFIND-kqyMd1zvmwCjGTNHCyWgIivdGY_cIdZ3S_C14p1uB6F/s1600/03_architecture-survey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyO9lmc2p2vQpnwplXyv6L-eSTtfomS_ACQt_GGVom0bxTIj6GlpGWnhA3lZf-JJpp83YYN0hXipoTgH7GXud9RWrN6GNFIND-kqyMd1zvmwCjGTNHCyWgIivdGY_cIdZ3S_C14p1uB6F/s640/03_architecture-survey.jpg" t8="true" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then they top it off with a peek at some of the most unique architectural projects around the world.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWiXgCY924bVHzs963uaXyB5z9JXNrsfMXxk80OsFBe3yPEMxNrZ6UpnX6rfMtU4B0vQ_wpPhM7rjYdBQMMc3zonVGx1ypIjYiQ-Z9eSTPJu6KdkTR2qNyik4gdnPqYeZX2KB2Hf_qb9u/s1600/11_architecture-survey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWiXgCY924bVHzs963uaXyB5z9JXNrsfMXxk80OsFBe3yPEMxNrZ6UpnX6rfMtU4B0vQ_wpPhM7rjYdBQMMc3zonVGx1ypIjYiQ-Z9eSTPJu6KdkTR2qNyik4gdnPqYeZX2KB2Hf_qb9u/s640/11_architecture-survey.jpg" t8="true" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGa8eV824_uMJ4t2f_xAKuxp6dszqiO3VhD0bCo_XjGyNFeeE6cSso_LAu9OFJF7B8QACMpLnwJuB7kHPggwBLlf2tze9d3DP-2TFoSAlUujJUxATQmoHcjCPk2kxpQJ1uBkzT0m1aWv_/s1600/07_architecture-survey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGa8eV824_uMJ4t2f_xAKuxp6dszqiO3VhD0bCo_XjGyNFeeE6cSso_LAu9OFJF7B8QACMpLnwJuB7kHPggwBLlf2tze9d3DP-2TFoSAlUujJUxATQmoHcjCPk2kxpQJ1uBkzT0m1aWv_/s640/07_architecture-survey.jpg" t8="true" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div align="center">I'm so satisfied.  I'll be pouring over this one for a long time.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">All images from the July 2011 issue of Architectural Digest.</span></em></div>

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