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Mansion in May - Images

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Photo 1: Before: southern wall showing an imposing dormer

Photo 2: After : view of same window wall

Photo 3: Closer view of same wall showing antique birdcage housing two hand painted exotic birds

Photo 4: Antique kimono wall hanging beside oriental floor screen decorated with handmade paper and natural artifacts

Photo 5: Original wood closet door on north wall and one of the room's original sconces on the east wall


Photo 6: Long east wall showing from left to right: framed, colorful microscopic images, butterfly specimens, handmade paper sconces designed by the Artful Eye, hand made solid cherry Shaker style armchair, geode bookends, mineral and shell specimens, various dried flowers, with many of the above arranged on floating shelves

Photo 7: Corner of east and north walls, showing Trompe L'oeil depicting a river valley in a Western desert beyond a screen door.

Photo 8: Entry doorway on west wall, part of a newer wall separating and dividing this room from its sister room in an adjacent space.

Photo 9: Trompe L'oeil fan window painted on a panel and placed over entryway to mask and beautify various wall and door construction mishaps, some of which may be visible in previous photo (above).

Credits

Credits: Contemporary handmade Shaker style side chair in solid cherry, Frederick Duckloe & Bros., Portland, PA; fabric for chair cushions & covers, compliments of Marimekko, DelGreco & Co., NYC; Trompe l'oeil door panel, faux painted walls and stationery boxes by decorative artist Pat McWhorter, Madison, NJ; carpet, J&S Designer Flooring, Morristown, NJ. Sources: fabric for window treatments (British import) from S. Harris, NYC and Marimekko, Jos. DelGreco Textiles, NYC; floating shelves by IKEA; table cover by Schumacher; table topper by Westgate/Payne, NYC; all other furnishings, antiques, accessories, framed prints, minerals, bug, butterfly, moth specimens and sconces provided by The Artful Eye.

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