I usually find rooms with a lot of paneling oppressive. But these ceilings, walls and floors are exquisite. Not having any dust helps. But truly beautiful carving. I did not read the article. Is it actually all new ?
I loved the furniture. And the textiles. And to the person who hated the chairs with horns. There is an entire museum full of them in Texas and I have seen them in Oklahoma as well. They're sort of a thing. I don't want any but children love them.
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We do this all the time in film. We refer to it as "aging and distressing", but I am going to start using the word PATINATE !
I am excited to impress my co-workers!
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A laudable counterpoint to the sterility of most modern homes. A hundred years from now will anyone bother to imitate a modern (or postmodern,) interior? This interior is timeless, inviting and comfortable.
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Modernism is 100 years old, and yes - it is still imitated every day.
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“The deep armchairs and down-filled sofas, worn rugs and large fireplaces make the home an inviting place to return after a day on the slopes.”
These sound indeed cozy and comfortable but none of them are shown in the pictures.
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@MRosebush - No kitchen or bathroom, either.
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Simply amazing! I'm sure the cost of the whole project was too.
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Although homes like this one are out of reach for most people, it is an absolute pleasure to view these photos. As Keats said, a thing of beauty is a joy forever..... I love the opportunity to see such wonderful things. I can enjoy it without the responsibility of owning it. It is a welcome antidote to all of the negativity out there in the world today.
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The house is so perfectly beautiful it seems only human to photograph it without people inside. It’s a retro dream come true, meant for a complimentary article, but not space to live in. I’d feel obliged to walk on tip toes and would wish the floors squeaked.
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“Idealized version of its former glory”. In what reality? A 19th century bank then a late 20th century residence as some mostly Italian and entirely earlier collection of display rooms? Could have been a tin warehouse or a downtown penthouse condo for all that; or more succinctly, an idealized imagining by Disney’s talented patinators. Not that it isn’t appealing and clearly costly, but I’d just call it a construct, an imagining, not a restoration.
Some suddenly stock-market wealthy character in my town had a large new ‘Norman’ chateau dropped here, complete with replica bullet holes from WWII. I never saw the inside, and that’s probably a good thing.
Me, I’ll just paste up some ancestor photos I found at a flea market. Could have been.
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Artifice has a long, long history. It’s just another thing. It’s neither inferior or superior.
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I love how the photographer used natural light in this slideshow. I think a set of dark(er) rooms like this will take on a bright colorful appearance when the lights are on. I wish some of these pictures would also show how the architects used the lighting scheme as an element of design. Or did they?
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Spectacular. But it looks so uncomfortable.
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Each photographed room became more amazing and spectacular throughout the slide show.
Stunning and breathtaking don't begin to describe the artistic beauty captured in the painstakingly renovations made. I thought the quote, “A house should re-create the signs of a world that is sometimes lost but which might return,” truly says it all.
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This is absolutely stunning. It’s a great antidote to the minimalist look of today’s all white and grey interiors that show no personality. This is a wonderful return to human inhabitable interiors.
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Beautifully done throughout , except for the “horn furniture “ on the porch .
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It seems that everything in this house was bought at considerable expense to fit a designer's image, rather than acquired through the process of living. A "collection" of books, perhaps bought at auction, but chosen by the designers and presumably unread by the house's owners (do the owners read books from the 17th-19th century? somehow I doubt it).
Another example of wealth extravagantly spent--and for what? Image? "Design" creds? The chance to have an article appear in the NYT? Is this really good taste?
There is not a single thing in this description that would lead me to call this a "home".
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The buying of books as decoration has a long history. Whole libraries were brought in to impress going well back over centuries. No one imagines J. P. Morgan actually read the books in his library. No need to worry about it.
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I believe the author Anthony Powell once said, “Books do furnish a room.”
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Wow, wow, and just WOW!! "Honey, would you do this to our place?"
That in amazing craftsmanship!!
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