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Vermont-Style Interior Decorating

Bob tours the first floor of the farmhouse with interior designer Regina Lawrence who points out many of the "Vermont" touches that have been included in the home. The front hall floor is Vermont slate. There is a maple staircase and maple floors throughout the rest of the first floor. The living room palette is a blend of beige, green and persimmon. The wrought-iron lamp is from Hubbarton Forge in Castleton, Vermont. All of the furniture in the living and dining rooms are from Clearlake Furniture featuring a exquisite marquetry alternately insetting maple in cherry and vice versa. Decorative glassware is from Simon Pearce, headquartered right in Quechee.

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Vermont-Style Interior Decorating

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" You have gotten the assignment of really using a lot of Vermont craftsmanship in doing the interiors to this house right?"

" Exactly. We were trying to coordinate a lot of Vermont furniture manufacturers."

" Uhm! Now, the architect specified Vermont slate for the floors here in the front hall----"

" Yes, he did."

" and a maple staircase so that just Vermont all over again right?"

" And maple floors throughout the other areas will be [unk]."

" Uhm! Let's talk about some of the detailing here in the front hall."

" Fine. This happens to be a piece by a Vermont, actually at Quechee manufacturers, Sandra Pearl. I think you have seen her showroom?"

" Yes, then it actually makes all her dovetails by hand. Let's go in the living room and take a close look in here."

" Very good."

" Well, this is subtle. I like the choice of colors it's a, I guess a pomegranate or no, what do you calls persimmon."

" Persimmon."

" Yeah. And then the greens in the base and, I like touches like this though. This is a beautiful standing wrought iron lamp. Now what about your choices of furniture in here? This is, again, cherry wood I guess on the coffee table right?"

" It is. All the furniture in the living room and the dining area are from ClearLake Furniture."

" Uhm!"

" And they've done a lovely job on the marquetry. What they chose to do is mixed the main wood, in this case, cherry with a maple inset to go with our maple floors."

" And is the glass from the famous Simon Pearce?"

" Simon Pearce right in Quechee."

" Beautiful stuff. Let's take a look in the dining area. Now, the kitchen and dining room are open onto the living room but up 2 steps which is a nice transition."

" Yes. And you can see they have done the same type of furniture inlay here. Again, we have the cherry with maple on this piece."

" So this is a maple insert and it reflects what you're looking at down on the floor."

" Right."

" Nice."

" And beautiful construction by ClearLake. They do a lot of handcrafting. And on the table, they've done the reverse. We have a maple table with a cherry insert."

" This is a nice palette in here basically, a kind of a blandwood with a sea-green."

" Yes. [unk] who did all the furniture in this room decided to use the nice light maple."

" Uhm!"

" And we carried the soft green in to echo the slate color in the entryway."

" So, the Shaw carpet does that very, very nicely."

" Right. We have a very subtle transition from----"

" Yes."

" the hall."

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