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Article: Accessories are classic: start with a great rug, then build around it. Add pillows--never forget pillows!--that pick up the colors. It's all in the details, the little touches.(Cover story)
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- House Beautiful
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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The mood of this suburban New York living room is directly related to the Persian rug: "Once we found the rug, everything fell into place--the color palette, the mix of antiques and modern furniture," says Nancy Boszhardt. She designed the coffee table, inspired by the iron furniture of Gilbert Poillerat, "to inject a little French Art Deeo." Accessories like the midcentury Danish ceramics on the table "add punch," and the lacquered 1940s French Art Moderne screen "gives the room an edginess."
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Boszhardt designed the stair runner in the entry hall "to acknowledge the influence of Arts & Crafts--its ...