Hot Pic: An Inspired Sitting Room

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/36/f9/2a/36f92a371586ca43f62765a7b38b5b93.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/36/f9/2a/36f92a371586ca43f62765a7b38b5b93.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This week's Hot Pic on Pinterest comes from Hutton Wilkinson's home in Beverly Hills. Killer. Makes me reconsider my ode to <a href="http://chameleon-interiors.blogspot.com/2013/10/white-space.html" target="_blank">white spaces</a> from last week! Are any of you schizophrenic when it comes to color and decor? Some days all I want is simple and New England stark and then I see a space like Mr. Wilkinson's above and it just ticks all my boxes. Love the color palette first off. Love the two colors and various shades of each. Love the antiques with the amazing pow of the wall treatment. Love, love love the tiny bergere. Marie Antoinette meets the follies bergere! The wallcovering is based on a painting by Tony Duquette's wife Elizabeth.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This house is situated next to Dawnridge, the late decorator Tony Duquette's amazing house. Hutton Wilkinson worked for Mr. Duquette and continues to nurture his brand and style. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/xG/hbz-march-hutton-wilkinson-6-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/xG/hbz-march-hutton-wilkinson-6-lgn.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's the living room Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson. Rowrrr! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/8F/hbz-march-hutton-wilkinson-11-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/8F/hbz-march-hutton-wilkinson-11-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/Jp/hbz-march-hutton-wilkinson-2-Zdye8o-xln-de-sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/Jp/hbz-march-hutton-wilkinson-2-Zdye8o-xln-de-sm.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>The view through the master bedroom.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/Vd/hbz-march-hutton-wilkinson-1-q8tD8P-xln.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/Vd/hbz-march-hutton-wilkinson-1-q8tD8P-xln.jpg" /></a></div><br />Another view of our Hot Pic room which is Ruth Wilkinson's room and below a final look at the first image.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/36/f9/2a/36f92a371586ca43f62765a7b38b5b93.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/36/f9/2a/36f92a371586ca43f62765a7b38b5b93.jpg" /></a></div>At first glance, the living room may seem completely at odds with this exuberant but more muted sitting room, but when all the photos are viewed together, the color story becomes more clear. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.askart.com/AskART/photos/BON20090929_39200/1289.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.askart.com/AskART/photos/BON20090929_39200/1289.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The inspiration painting: Elizabeth Duquette (American, 1917-1995) Classical figures in an interior; Classical figures with attendants, mid 20th Century (2) gouache on masonite, each signed Elizabeth Duquette lower right and further signed on the reverse. dimensions 14 x 16in (35.5cm x 40.5cm) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://p2.la-img.com/306/25361/9315228_1_l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://p2.la-img.com/306/25361/9315228_1_l.jpg" /></a>Another Elizabeth Duquette: Pair of gouaches on masonite, Monumental Decorative Panels, circa 1950, by Elizabeth Duquette (American, 1917-1994), 10'h x 4'w. Provenance: Estate of Leona Helmsley </div><br />Photos by Christopher Sturman for Harper's Bizarre. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcAOvFGJoDtfJw5pRy-nz9RF4P-Hde1bylU7CrLPTqHOPsAXMiVDsQUgiAcO2tGE19cCLocsS17wmrqdvjplXO-SyOvWm3x-PDX8LUlyIJ4sIROYMc09O1OX8jX6oMacItDvNnNOeA5s/s1600/Linda+sig2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcAOvFGJoDtfJw5pRy-nz9RF4P-Hde1bylU7CrLPTqHOPsAXMiVDsQUgiAcO2tGE19cCLocsS17wmrqdvjplXO-SyOvWm3x-PDX8LUlyIJ4sIROYMc09O1OX8jX6oMacItDvNnNOeA5s/s1600/Linda+sig2.jpg" /></a></div><br />

Hot Pic: An Inspired Sitting Room

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Hot Pic: Italianate Surprise in New Orleans

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b8/c7/d0/b8c7d01180f2e2beb9c97ee16adc75f7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b8/c7/d0/b8c7d01180f2e2beb9c97ee16adc75f7.jpg" /></a></div><br />This week's Hot on Pinterest image is a beautiful dining area surrounded by steel framed windows. So romantic looking!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/gM/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-ST-CHARLES-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/gM/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-ST-CHARLES-01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This beautiful room is part of a spread in this month's Veranda of a New Orleans Italianate mansion, circa 1884. Similar to the <a href="http://chameleon-interiors.blogspot.com/2013/09/real-estate-colonial-surprise.html" target="_blank">19th century house near me</a> that I featured here a couple of weeks ago, this house exterior belies what's going on inside.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/gu/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-r0YQwM-06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/gu/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-r0YQwM-06.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/xD/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-C38h4s-07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/xD/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-C38h4s-07.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/jf/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-CJY38V-08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/jf/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-CJY38V-08.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/P3/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-10-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/P3/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-10-xl.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/7e/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HISTORIC-HOME.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/7e/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HISTORIC-HOME.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/H5/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-lqeGyr-04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/H5/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-lqeGyr-04.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/kc/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-GxDaA1-05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/kc/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-GxDaA1-05.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/Wl/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-02-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/Wl/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-02-xl.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/PD/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-11-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.veranda.com/cm/veranda/images/PD/VER-NEW-ORLEANS-HOME-ANN-HOLDEN-11-xl.jpg" /></a></div><br />Designer Ann Holden and architect William Sonner. Photos by Paul Costello for <a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/historic-new-orleans-house#slide-1" target="_blank">Veranda</a>. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmugTVQUftrILILe1aBPgUjywhcItxXrTfsaL9t3hm2J7c7QOsg-atRrkfUYq-9XL2fWGmgDz0P9XVxvgu9q06bm53maOekoLnkRS_Rt8_wouG96usRSvNUNlMLCK_x7rRwubogOGFhUI/s1600/Linda+sig2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmugTVQUftrILILe1aBPgUjywhcItxXrTfsaL9t3hm2J7c7QOsg-atRrkfUYq-9XL2fWGmgDz0P9XVxvgu9q06bm53maOekoLnkRS_Rt8_wouG96usRSvNUNlMLCK_x7rRwubogOGFhUI/s1600/Linda+sig2.jpg" /></a></div>If you'd like help with your dream house - <a href="mailto:linda.m.merrill@gmail.com" target="_blank">contact me</a>!<br /><br /><br />

Hot Pic: Italianate Surprise in New Orleans

This week's Hot on Pinterest image is a beautiful dining area surrounded by steel framed windows. So romantic looking! This beautiful ro...

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