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FALL, TRANSITIONING TO WINTER

Oznell — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 01:49:13 GMT

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

This time of year, it's fun to see what Carolyne Roehm has done, decorating her New York apartment and her stately Connecticut house. She was once an assistant to designer Oscar de la Renta, who mentored her. Later, she launched a design career of her own. Fashion designer Bill Blass called her "the ultimate tastemaker".

Have shown bits of her Connecticut house here before, "Weatherstone". Love the symmetry, love the mellow stone!

A few of her autumn-colored vignettes--

Love this image below, so rich and deep! This is so evocative of late November, with the rusty candle, burnt orange roses, and that incredible china with a sort of "Etruscan style" pattern...

Her Christmases have varied from year to year, and she sometimes does a white and ethereal look, and sometimes a traditional, red and green.

Some chalky white samples--

What interesting sculptures of musical instruments, and lions...

The crisp woodland tables, with chalky deer, are among my favorites--

Here below the deer are sparkly ones, not chalky...

Cozy fireside table--

The paperwhites in urns, and pale blue glassware, stunning.

Some of her traditional Christmas color samples:

What a neat room, with chocolatey brown walls. Believe it or not, I think this double height room is in her New York apartment, not in Weatherstone! The chocolate velveteen walls go a long way toward warming it up...

These adorable doggies go well with Christmas colors....

The huge tub of red apples, and the red books, have a dramatic simplicity--

Don't we all have oversize antique globes, flanking a set of pillar-fronted French doors and room-sized silver candelabra?

She won't need to add much Christmas decor to her library, it already has a holiday air, with those colors!

Carolyne Roehm sure has a lot to work with, what with that incredible Weatherstone, and her New York digs. She has exquisite taste, in my opinion, no matter what direction her decorating instincts take her.

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spiderw — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 02:26:58 GMT

Much of her decor is beautiful and very appealing. The table settings are exquisite. The library is my favorite, stunning furnishings and that wood is eye catching. I also admire the room with the French doors, those lovely globes, columns. I find all the floral decor so lovely and adds color to the rooms. All in all I find the design and decor of the room just so impressive!!!!

Have a very happy enjoyable Thanksgiving!!!!

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1Snickers — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 02:57:07 GMT

@Oznell  I love the deer! The fruit arrangements are similar to those in Colonial Williamsburg (where I live).
  A neighbor used to design and decorate for the houses. She does beautiful ones outside on a table. But real deer are outside.
   🍎 🦌🦌🦌🦌

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FancyPhillyshopper — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 03:03:20 GMT

Quite lovely!

I would imagine, though, that she has some professional assistance for both design and decorating.

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on the bay — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 03:13:42 GMT

So many beautiful vibrant colors. Love the red tablecloth and flowers.

That white table with blue glasses? is very etherial looking.

Anything with deer, I love.

This one

reminds me of that very funny scene in The Birdcage where the parents are looking at the Greek bowls trying to figure out what they are seeing while Robin Williams and Nathan Lane look on horrified and slop the soup into the bowls lol!!

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Kachina624 — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 03:24:28 GMT

@Oznell. I wonder if the equestrian painting is an A.J. Munnings?

She has beautiful taste and her arrangements are exquisite, without a single ginger jar being used. I love the deer and the yellow flowers in t h e pewter bowl.

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Iwantcoffee — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 03:33:20 GMT

Wow! A feast for the eyes.

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Spacrazy — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 03:43:47 GMT

You've outdone yourself this time with these amazing designs ~ love them all !

Happy Thanksgiving @Oznell .

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QVCisFun — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 10:33:46 GMT

WOW! Carolyne Roehm does beautiful work. @Oznell , I think her talent is in the same stratosphere as two other people you have highlighted in the forums in the past 12+ months: Ann Getty (THE-ANN-AND-GORDON-GETTY-AUCTION) and Joe Minton (90-YEAR-OLD-INTERIOR-DESIGNER-AT-HOME). In their own styles all three of them have produced very beautiful, tasteful, rich, luxurious, comfortable, museum-like, magnificent surroundings.

Thank you for all your forum posts @Oznell . Happy Thanksgiving everybody.

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Oznell — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 23:49:22 GMT

@1Snickers , I didn't know that you lived there! That is one of our favorite areas ever-- the history, the extraordinary architecture, plus I love the tranquil, woodsy surrounds. How do you like living there? Do you find yourself taking advantage of all the various attractions? I suppose like anywhere, it's easy to almost take for granted where you live, but that part of Virginia is so very special! Would love to hear you expound on it...

@QVCisFun , you never fail to amaze me with your visual memory, wow. Hadn't really thought about it but couldn't agree with you more, that Carolyne Roehm, Ann Getty and Joe Minton have (had) that one-of-a-kind aesthetic sense, and the means and ability to translate it into classic, but liveable rooms. Another one like that was Furlow Gatewood, and to some extent, Julia Reed, who wasn't a designer per se, but had that fresh, unerring taste guiding her in her rooms....

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AuntG — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 00:06:20 GMT

Makes me think of the White House at Christmas.

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gidgetgh — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 00:12:06 GMT

Once again.....all of it is way too much stuff and over the top for me. I just live like a regular person so I don't really do well going beyond that to be honest.

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Sooner — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 00:14:53 GMT

@on the bay Yep! Thought exactly the same thing about the soup bowls!

Great minds huh??????

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QVCisFun — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 11:09:57 GMT

@Oznell wrote:

@QVCisFun , you never fail to amaze me with your visual memory, wow. Hadn't really thought about it but couldn't agree with you more, that Carolyne Roehm, Ann Getty and Joe Minton have (had) that one-of-a-kind aesthetic sense, and the means and ability to translate it into classic, but liveable rooms. Another one like that was Furlow Gatewood, and to some extent, Julia Reed, who wasn't a designer per se, but had that fresh, unerring taste guiding her in her rooms....

@Oznell

I looked up some forum threads discussing Furlow Gatewood and Julia Reed. The thread titled SOUTHERN-DESIGN-LEGEND-RIP had photos showing, the other couple of threads no longer seem to have the photos showing (just shows an X where the photo was), but the text from everybody's posts are still there.

Furlow Gatewood did some beautiful work. This photo of a room he did is from your thread, and wow, great vignette, nicely balanced visual. The color combination is beautiful with the white (or off-white?) background, reds, greens, blues (especially the two pale blue and silver items on the fireplace mantel), and the soft yellow of the foreground chair, the yellow foliage outside, and the yellow in the quilt/coverlet.

In one of the other threads, you mentioned Albert Hadley, so I looked up a few images of his work and came across the following photo of a room that I think he did. Really like the colorful ceiling and wonder how he did that:

Getting back to Joe Minton: In his video that you referenced in your thread 90-YEAR-OLD-INTERIOR-DESIGNER-AT-HOME, I got a kick out of his attitude about his kitchen and laundry room. He said he didn't remodel his 1950s kitchen because he doesn't care much about the kitchen and doesn't like to cook, and I appreciated that he laughed about it and was unabashed. And he gave us a tour of the kitchen, and also praised his Nespresso coffee machine which he says makes wonderful coffee. And then he opens the door from the kitchen to his laundry room, gives us a brief glimpse of his laundry room and says "oh that's a mess let's not go there", closes the door and laughs. His laughter is contagious. (Kitchen segment starts around the 21:57 mark on his video).

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CJC — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:14:46 GMT

Wow. What great taste and tons of money can do!

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wilma — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 16:36:34 GMT

Very festive and opulent. Too many decorations in some instances for me, but I like the greenery and flowers.

My favorite space is the room with the real dog in the chair and the dog painting. I like the greenery with red accents.

I like animal themed items but the lion and deer pieces they chose don't appeal to me.

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RedTop — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 19:06:00 GMT

@gidgetgh

I am relieved to read you share the same thoughts about this level of home decor.

The pictures are extremely over the top for me and are a visual overload for my eyes to absorb. Walking into a home decorated like this would make me very uncomfortable; I like, and am far more comfortable with plain and simple. I can't handle being surrounded by a lot of stuff in my home.

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kindred cats — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 21:03:36 GMT

I love seeing how creative other people are with their decor and flower arrangements. I don't think of them in my own home, however, enjoy them as they are in situ. These are all just lovely.

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Oznell — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 23:06:49 GMT

@QVCisFun , that Furlow Gatewood room that you re-surfaced is a good example! It's lively, yet serene enough to retire to at the end of the day for a restful sleep...

I'd never seen that particular Hadley room-- hmmm, I'd say, while not my favorite of what he could do, it's interesting. Incidentally, he was adept at interesting finishes, including ceilings. One of my favorites of his was a magical room with an exotic silver tea paper ceiling, that just glowed...

You're right, that Joe Minton is a joy to watch-- now I'll have to go and re-watch that video!

@kindred cats , your expressed sentiments are indentical to mine-- I love to see what others can do in any variety of houses-- I love to look! Whether I'd do similarly, or not.

Interestingly, one of my most favorite things that Caroline Roehm did, was that huge pile of polished, crimson apples, surrounded by pine cones and greens, and punctuated by those oversized red books. Simple, a fresh take on Christmas, and festive! A genius touch.

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QVCisFun — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 09:42:35 GMT

@Oznell wrote:
@QVCisFun ,

I'd never seen that particular Hadley room-- hmmm, I'd say, while not my favorite of what he could do, it's interesting. Incidentally, he was adept at interesting finishes, including ceilings. One of my favorites of his was a magical room with an exotic silver tea paper ceiling, that just glowed...

@Oznell , Would love to see the Albert Hadley ceiling you described, I looked around but didn't see anything that might be that. I did find a quote of his "Ceilings must always be considered. They are the most neglected surface in a room."

I like this room below that he did. The chandelier with the clear and blue crystal is pretty, like the mirror with the blue framing, the multi-color drapes, the wallpaper, all the colors in the room work well with each other: