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The Bachelor's Den at Elm Court

Bob Vila visits one of the recently refinished rooms at the Elm Court shingle-style mansion. A custom Walnut coffered ceiling from Owens Corning�s QuietZone noise reduction line of products enhances this suite. The sound attenuating grid-ceiling system can be fit to any room and comes ready to install. Kara Roberts from Smith + Noble is on site at Elm Court to show off window treatments and d�cor options. Smith + Noble�s catalog features collections of matching window treatments rugs, picture frames, lampshades and furniture.

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The Bachelor's Den at Elm Court

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" We've tried to put a media room. In many this week's Bob and this one features. TV cabinet that our carpenters made on site Chris Palmer -- the woodwork from other places in the house are trying not to introduce new details looks -- immigrants. -- this is really of a lovely touch the the ceiling from OC which is a walnut coffered ceiling. And I was amazed when we install -- last week is you don't need a saw at all. This custom made -- comes precut and even a mitered corner like this one. Comes already formed so that you don't really have to join anything you just clip them all in place. And Preston you've got a really I think it's a very good look for your house I think it looks great as you know it's got that feeling of the 1880s easy to put them. Well let's say hi to Kara Roberts is over here from Smith and noble and Kerry you've got. Welcome you're -- your catalog makes it possible to put together a decorator look in a room like this from you know just ordering right."

" Yes we deal we carry all the fabrics and furniture window treatments and accessories that all coordinate to tie it all together actually give you can't you just in time I was just gonna. Lift up and out daughter old fashioned Venetian blinds right. Yes this is a traditional -- feelings wooden blinds. And what's nice about this wood blind could actually coordinates well with the feeling. It really does yeah and a wood blinds. Provides great light control and insulation the most -- Light control's really important for a media room obviously because if you've got. -- TV on want to cut declared. The sun is I'm always. Fiddling around with me if you can well these are the ones that break away right actually yes -- products do have the breakaway tackles -- I think deep. We also have put on -- two inch decorative tapes. In a regular wood blind you can see what the little might come noise you -- to great lengths to add a decorative tape it. What's the fabric for actually this we're gonna add a little top treatment to here to kind of -- in the -- well this'll be a balance we've got a -- that's hot. And of course is the fabric that you've used in various places around here exactly we tied it is low food -- chair we have sitting here in the corner you. We also have a fabric inserted -- very nice set us back it's not you can order a mirror that has the same fabric in the frame. Exactly and a lamp shade this got the same fabric -- that's our simple barrel shade you can use it with your existing lamps are we do provide we sell lamps in the catalog as well and -- things like the via the armchair here and then aren't we do you now have custom furniture line that we've really worked back with the rest of our products. This one here is our Oxford club chair that's really nice is it. It's in need weathered leather finish in handling put in the down fill in the cushions and but I really comfortable prayer watching."

" Gee Bob I don't know if oh it's very nice deck very good has that real kind of club chair if he actually -- and what about though is it wall to wall carpet or is it Iraq."

" This is an area Iraqi it's what empire and we call this the super shag line -- it's kind of percent nylon. It's really fun shag rugs are really coming back we have to condi runs in -- weren't. What's nice about this brad is as you can T have a contrast border yeah. You can combine different colors to tie it back to the other items in the room you can do a single border and double border."

" So Sonya picked this up -- that border which of course coordinates with the fabric as well as with the color she chose for the wall exactly paint on the -- La La --"

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