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Decorating the Home

Bob meets with Robyn Peterson, the decorator, to discuss the furnishings for the "little cabin in the woods." Bob oulines the plans to trim out the fireplace and Robyn explains her plans for the cabin's theme.
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Decorating the Home

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" It's beautiful brick but I -- school there's too much of it. And I think the idea that Ryley and we're talking about -- to trim -- out that really with a -- mantelpiece but. With a wide board bottom all the way up to here. -- in an otherwise board. Across the top to create effective way to get a shelf yet the -- we'll -- a shelf right here maybe eight inches it will put a crown molding under it to give it a lot of Bob have to get some body. So that looks like the whole thing is just as carp these woods right who gets it out where I think you'd like that I love that. But what you think of the whole you know the whole business of the cabin in the woods in the ring to finish in the exposed studs and all that how do you want to treat them."

" I think they should be accurate treatment you really come -- you relax and not like other country places that is tons of little trapped just everywhere and everything's peeling and falling apart. I think I want to do something. Almost like with the French feeling here lots of light colors and a lot of old pieces but not a lot of them going to go little stark and --"

" That's great and be comfortable that's a very nice approaches that you could you could have said well -- cabin we're going to make it rustic homes and over the."

" Are we had thought the love rejecting but I think we need something new today that -- like you're playing captain. And I thought they'd be right in here --"

" With a nice long down comfy so for the -- and and some beautiful leather armchairs and here in manly arm chairs and some small tables against the guards stood round the fireplace. You know have a little -- cabernet and here."

" And then this center of of the room really have to be."

" The dining yes so we have to do big round table and I'm thinking of the nice long table in here may -- about eight feet long. Put that right in the middle here potentially could push it back there we weren't using it in the middle here and use it is like a focal point here when you come in the front door exactly."

" Sixtieth and color swatches own caller I forgot to show you these look at this. Now I like this kind of beige and white while -- it's been done a lot of like the color works well against it does it's great and -- candidates here -- and look at this here. This nice nationwide. Then we have this -- I think it is gorgeous isn't that great and you know. I love these -- just think these kind of taking things -- really Angela what is -- everything you vote shows uses feels like cotton plot outline. -- it was yet take care here's some stuff for the kitchen just pop about the little bit. He's great napkins made out of old vintage copied. -- forty -- fifty. Yes everything here should be washable easily take care of it uplift we don't want to come into the house where this is one of my favorite part of the out of old front and loved -- The little sun room. And hey we've got some really marvelous windows here but how would you how to build -- space well again keeping in mind that the whole house tiny. I think we have to keep the furniture to a small scale although it needs to be comfortable -- you know full grown man has be able to lay down on the couch and read -- you have birthday action a couple of couches and come here. Two couches two chairs I'd like to for the big coffee table in here that you could eat yet. You know like English -- at kind of in between -- table let's let let got a long enough we'll exactly like that that that be nice and handling of new -- What would you put draperies -- room like this. What I think is that you should frame the view with drapes he -- in the windows. And I was thinking of using. Both layers on the top to keep it with my nautical science kind of game and just maybe drapes the Muslims -- very simply. Belong little puddle on the flip be conceived written and this summer you have that romantic dream."

" But the magnitude is gorgeous Linda -- I want to cover the window up."

" Oh accusing fingers crossed or personally wouldn't well maybe get bigger or reflect growing shelling and just approximate the top and -- stuff from the side. Also have ups and downs that go like that oh god that's very good idea now listen I want to go upstairs and other highly and you have. Cooked up an idea for an armoire from which line this bulletin."

" Up in this second -- you really only have one bedroom. But we've got this great little area in here like a lounging area they can do double duty is another bed Jim or even an office yes. -- thinking here -- putting in a nice built in bed. And then over here Gaskin."

" Well this is the problem I wrote it off. Iraq but -- I read that you're creating an armoire I we'll -- it works out good actually can this this is our he stuck. Coming up to feed the -- who he is exposed above and that it was -- yeah all right but this transition here is that it's that kind of messy again that's the perfect solution so are you building. Well in student thing that people -- pine it would still have planning on around here Ruth fine and it. Please. Some brews in this book he you know we just made -- when the door and it. Goes together. And that's what goes inside here there. Out. That is right several pipe. That's going to be nice that's going to be great."

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