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Article: Keeping it simple: bare floors, unlined curtains: get real bungalow style.(Lighten Up!)(Chad Eisner)(Interview)
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- House Beautiful
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- June 1, 2007
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CAROL PRISANT: Except for all that fabulous light, it's hard to believe that this is a California beach house.
CHAD EISNER: My client and I wanted something different from the usual beige Orange County decor. But you don't have to paint things lemon just to be different. You don't want to make it look like Tanzania or France, either. I wanted more of an old beach bungalow feeling, kind of "salon at the beach." That's why it's got heavier fabrics, which are unusual for a beach house--leather, corduroy, and silk velvet.
This is a row house, though. Tell me how you kept it from feeling claustrophobic.
First of all, the curtains. There are ...
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