you know it, sister
while i'm on this 'preppy' riff, as one reader pointed out, i need to include the legendary designer and foxcroft girl, sister parish.
super digging that black lacquered wall. talk about swish. that was a total 'trust me' move.
Culled from and inspired by scraps of materials Sister stored in her house in Maine or used in the rooms there, they are true to her love of color and pattern.
parish always contended that she had no 'look'-which i rather like. never pigeon hole yourself sister.
"Oftentimes Mrs. Parish had to compensate for the client's furniture by using a lot of pattern and color, because I think that was what carried her rooms off sometimes -- for people who didn't have big collections." Libby Cameron
and on a non-sequitor note:
how about the names in this family? 'sister', 'bayard, 'apple', 'ibbie', 'tizzie'. love them~! living in l.a. there's such an importance placed around interesting names for children. but these people were just passing down the family lineage.
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Love it. LOVE IT. Now I just have to figure out which room in my house I can do that to.
A must read: "Sister: The Life Of Legendary American Interior Decorator Mrs. Henry Parish II".
Regals family and tradition as truly being the heart of life. Impeccable book.
Toted this as a vacation read about 7 years ago and purposely read slowly as I did not want the story to end....A lovely and beautifully written tome by Parish's daughter and granddaughter, Apple Parish Barlett and Susan Bartlett Crater.
Have since re-read it.....Cheers Alison