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• Color Inspiration: Lilac
  on May 14, 2013
   Carolyne Roehm Nature is my color inspiration.  Today in Connecticut the Lilacs are in full bloom.  I cut loads of blossoms from my bushes this morning to brighten up my office and my home.  In past years the deer have feast...
• Color inspiration: blue and tan
  on May 7, 2013
  I'm in the process of helping a client choose a color palette for their renovation project. It's a fairly small home with just two major rooms. I have decided on using a combination of pale blue and tan for the color scheme. All of the trim has be...
• Better than Downton Abbey? Parade's End
  on Apr 30, 2013
  More period drama eye candy!  In February HBO aired Parade's End the new BBC period drama based on a fictional work of the same name by Ford Maddox Ford. Parade's End has gotten great critical reviews. The miniseries of 5 episodes was directed...
• Top 5 elements that will transform your home.
  on Apr 24, 2013
  Huestis Tucker architects One of the most satisfying aspects of our work is to take a homely house and make it beautiful.  We have done many transformative renovation projects over the years.  There are a couple of tricks which we use ov...
• Urning Dividends
  on Apr 19, 2013
  Every garden needs an urn, or better yet a pair of urns.  Gardens always look better with a little architectural detail; an urn provides a wonderful focal point and a pair of urns can mark a path, stair or entry way.  They look great with a...
• Urning Dividends: Beautifying Gardens with Urns
  on Apr 19, 2013
  Every garden needs an urn, or better yet a pair of urns.  Gardens always look better with a little architectural detail; an urn provides a wonderful focal point and a pair of urns can mark a path, stair or entry way.  They look great with a...
• Early Spring Decorating Inspiration:Yellow
  on Apr 16, 2013
   Yellow is decidedly the color of early spring in New England.  At the end of a long winter I'm desperate to see some color.  The daffodils and forsythia are among the first things to start blooming, so their bright yellow is such a we...
• Spring Color Inspiration:Yellow
  on Apr 16, 2013
   Yellow is decidedly the color of early spring in New England.  At the end of a long winter I'm desperate to see some color.  The daffodils and forsythia are among the first things to start blooming, so their bright yellow is such a we...
• Carriage Houses aren't just for carriages any more
  on Apr 8, 2013
  I was looking for the perfect carriage house today, for inspiration and design ideas for a garage I'm designing. I was really looking for images of simplified farmhouse Victorian carriage houses. I didn't find exactly what I was looking for, but I...
• Visit to a Local Landmark: Lockwood Mathews Mansion
  on Apr 6, 2013
  I attended the Traditional Building Conference this week at the Lockwood Mathews Mansion in Norwalk, Ct.  I have lived in this area nearly my entire life, have driven by the Mansion hundreds of times, and somehow have managed never to tour the m...
• Draping your outdoor rooms
  on Mar 24, 2013
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• It's a Spring Thing
  on Mar 20, 2013
  It doesn't seem possible but today is the first day of spring.  The temperatures are cold and there is snow on the ground, so it certainly doesn't feel like spring.  It's been a long winter and I'm looking forward to a little color and for...
• Artful Blend of Old and New
  on Mar 18, 2013
    This renovated Italian farmhouse was recently featured in Architectural Digest  I admire the artfully designed combination of old and new.  The renovation was designed by the Owner/Architect Benedikt Bolza for his rather large famil...
• Available: Hawaiian Polo Estate
  on Mar 10, 2013
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• Paradise for Sale
  on Mar 10, 2013
  This must be Paradise!  The Dillingham Ranch on the north shore of Oahu is on the market, currently listed by Christie's Real Estate.  This luxury equestrian property of 2700 acres spans from the ocean to the mountain ridge, where it border...
• Architecture in the Snow
  on Mar 6, 2013
  We in the northeast are bracing for yet another snowstorm. While I am very much looking forward to spring, I appreciate the ephemeral beauty of freshly fallen snow...enhancing and giving extra dimension to a garden, manor house, or a birdbath.
• It's good to be...Nina Garcia
  on Feb 22, 2013
  Nina Garcia, the editor of Marie Claire magazine and formidable judge from Project Runway, recently had her beautiful New York apartment published in Architectural Digest. I love the soft subtle color palette, the clean lines, and elegant furnishing...
• To Beam or not to Beam
  on Feb 20, 2013
   Huestis Tucker Architects Several years ago when we designed the Family Room above, knowing that we wanted a high cathedral ceiling, we looked at lots of images of rooms with and without beams.  In the end we decided on attached beams.&...
• Edinburgh Entries: Doorways of Georgian New Town
  on Feb 18, 2013
   While I was in Scotland last year I spent an afternoon in the Georgian section of Edinburgh.  While I appreciate the Medieval "old town" section of Edinburgh, I particularly love the Georgian architecture of New Town.  There blocks of...
• DIY: 5 Great "do-it-yourself" decorating projects
  on Feb 13, 2013
  5 Great Home Decoration Tutorials The trouble with looking for ideas for home decoration is, once you start browsing through blogs, or leafing through home décor magazines, you can’t stop. People are amazingly creative and there are just so many...

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