For
The Devoted Classicist, the perfect finishing touch to a room is a dog or two, plus maybe a cat. This is not to say that one needs to have a pet as an decorative accessory, of course, but nothing adds more to a room than one's most devoted family member. The image above is the Family Room of clients in Highland Park, Dallas, a delightful couple for which I have had the enviable position of working with several times previous to this renovation. The project was a collaboration with the highly regarded Dallas firm,
Josie McCarthy Associates.
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Bunny and John's dogs in the Kitchen of their Connecticut home.
Photo from AN AFFAIR WITH A HOUSE. |
Of course, it is hard to talk about dogs, decoration, and delightful couples without mentioning
Bunny Williams and
John Rosselli. Bunny's wonderful book,
AN AFFAIR WITH A HOUSE, surely the best book of its type, includes a chapter on dogs and interior design.
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Bunny and John's dog on a sofa in the Barn guesthouse.
Photo from AN AFFAIR WITH A HOUSE. |
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