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Review of the Interior Decorating in the Kitchen and Sunroom

In the kitchen, a neutral paint palette allows for striking contrasts. Bob looks at the mix of stainless steel and black Kenmore Elite Energy Star appliances, the Wellborn cabinets, and Curtis' choice of decorative antiques. In the informal dining area, Vila and Curtis focus on a reproduction wicker table set based on a Haywood-Wakefield design. In the sunroom, the furniture is a Bar Harbor-style wicker, which was introduced in the early twentieth century in Bar Harbor, Maine. These pieces were custom made by Curtis Designs of Los Angeles and feature a French fabric design from the SPNEA collection.

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Review of the Interior Decorating in the Kitchen and Sunroom

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" We chose to continue the color Battenberg lace from our formal dining room into our kitchen. Okay it's a wide open space seemed to -- and it's got no door separating it from the kitchen area no it doesn't and this is a collar that allows you to bring in any accent color. Battenberg lace compliments a huge array of colors that's important."

" In the kitchen which is right next to it we've got the colors of the granite we've got black I got stainless steel that they kenmore appliances incidentally are. Really high tech the the triple oven. Array that we've put in here is something spectacular misses this top of in the middle is a convection oven. Which really allows you to speed up the cooking process and seal in the juices they say this oven also has domestic -- feature you can drive for an. -- yes it's all sorts of things and then the side by side. Kenmore elite which has tons of refrigerator storage space because of the interior design but is also a super energy efficient appliance very very economical to run now what have you done in here to soften up the line."

" We've just brought a few antique -- pieces in which are painted -- we brought in some greenery and I think that if you look over here you'll see that we have introduced. Wicker. Which was used in the nineteenth century well into the twentieth century in most homes. And we have is this an antique reproduction this is a reproduction of the Haywood Wakefield design."

" isn't what you really specializing in social ladder company specializes in what do you call this this this is Angela design and the top we thought complimented the colors of our floors yes our Carlisle restoration lumber from heirloom oak. Very very beautiful combination very beautiful and what it's nice as the color of the top also blends in with this mural that I foresee hurricane force about a month ago."

" Again continuing the open plan of the contemporary design of the house where into the sunroom -- and the sunroom where we chose sage garden sage garden is -- color on the walls but then. Any time of year and you know we're looking a little bit of snow on the ground and bare trees you've got. Views of the woods surrounding well our planter too draws our our interest outdoors which as you said is a beautiful beautiful scene of the woods -- these are from areas which are available any time of the year. So tell us about the wicker that you chose in here."

" This wicker is bar harbor style that was introduced at the beginning of the twentieth century by Haywood Wakefield up in bar harbor Maine. A resort yet which is a resort and still says -- but these are made for you may -- Curtis designs in Los Angeles, California -- we have put two end tables here that are of French design from the early twentieth century it's a French leave they call it. And tell the fabric we put on here which goes with our. Beautiful sage garden is -- Vermont which was a French design in the early nineteenth century French -- and -- puts it out today for the SP NEA we can use the blue here because the color we put on the walls. Is not too yellow which allows us to introduce an array of colors."

" the sage garden doesn't have much yellow and announce that you can use all these colors. Beautiful."

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