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FIELD GUIDE
NEST
Habitats
Black-and-White Bedroom
In an 1850s coastal farmhouse, designer Nannette Brown created a
serene vaulted retreat that lets a treasured collection shine.
BUY OR DIY COUNTRY CLASSIC
STRIPED CANNONBALL
FOOTSTOOL BED
Alongside a sea of solid After the Revolutionary
linens, “a stripe draws your War, colonists adopted the
eye and adds interest,” says cannonball as a patriotic
Nannette. Here, a petite symbol, thus incorporating
stool can fl oat as a stylish its shape into numerous
landing spot for books. designs of the time,
ART LESSON
including the “cannonball”
posts of this popular ENGRAVED
Federalist-era bed style. An The “Quincy” is a ROYAL
ebonized fi nish keeps this contemporary take
antique example (far right) on the 18th-century PORTRAITS
feeling modern. classic (from $1,936; Throughout the 17th through
ethanallen.com).
19th centuries, engravers—
the most well-known being
BUY George Vertue—produced
“Louis XVI” in printed portraits of European
SAVE VS. SPLURGE
“Vintage Ticking” $274; royals. Commonly reproduced
ballarddesigns.com SWING ARM WALL LAMPS from paintings, the portraits
Free up precious bedside table space with were often surrounded by
a pair of articulating wall sconces. drawn “frames” and inscriptions.
George Vertue print
from $46; art.com
BY THE NUMBERS
20
20
No electrician
needed! A cord Ideal number of inches
DIY cover allows for above the mattress
Re-cover a vintage stool with a plug-in option. the bottom of a bedside
lamp’s shade should hit
a high-contrast fabric.
(approximately chin height GEORGE I, HERITAGE IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES; DIAMOND AND SCROLL BEDDING, STEPHEN DEVRIES. MARKET WORK, CARMEN COLLINS.
(L to R) “Marlow” to the trade; SAVE SPLURGE
when sitting in bed).
kravet.com; “Ahulani” $40 “Jonesville” “Classic”
per yard; calicocorners.com $146; wayfair.com $335; circalighting.com
BED BASICS
MATELASSÉ ROMANTIC MODERN
Diamond from $230;
Fringed “Maya”
The secret to an inviting annieselke.com
from $198;
all-white bed is in the layering
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of subtle textures, starting with
a base matelassé coverlet. True
to the meaning of its French
name, a matelassé textile TRADITIONAL
appears quilted but is really a Scroll from $199;
thick, single-ply fabric woven frontgate.com
to create a raised pattern.
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