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A funny thing happened the other day when I read Linda Merrill's blog Surroundings and the post she did here on the Nantucket Home of interior designers Lee Bierly and Christopher Drake featured in New England Home Magazine. I  bought the issue for a closer look at their beautiful home and while thumbing through it, discovered a Connecticut home that Charles Spada had designed twenty years ago, but that he'd recently "refreshed" for the clients. My Charles Spada folder is well stocked with photos of his work and I immediately recognized this bedroom from several years ago...


And here it is in an earlier photo from hgtv's website. The quality of the New England Home photo is much better than hgtv's and the room looks warmer now with a new rug and bed linens including a taupe coverlet. My bedroom needs some sprucing up and the refreshed bedroom has a look I'd like to match--classic style with French flair that will never go out of style.
Top Photo: "New England Home Magazine", July/August 2010 issue. Title of article "Refresher Course". Photo by Bruce Buck. Interior Design & Architecture by Charles Spada. Article text by Stacy Kunstel. Visit the New England Home website for more photos of this home and the article here.

Bottom Photo: hgtv.com. Interior Design & Architecture by Charles Spada. Photographer and writer unknown.
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9 comments:

  1. Linda MerrillJuly 20, 2010 at 10:52 PM

    Hi Deborah - thanks for the shoutout - this edition of New England Home was pretty fabulous wasn't it?? Just chock full 'o pretty!

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  2. the gardener's cottageJuly 22, 2010 at 3:18 PM

    hi deborah,

    you are right. this is timeless. sometimes i wonder about all the domino type rooms that everyone is in love with these days. i'm not sure they will stand the test of time. in fact i'm pretty sure they won't. thanks for sharing.

    ~janet

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  3. Boxwood TerraceJuly 22, 2010 at 8:01 PM

    Linda - this issue of the magazine was a treat. Plenty there to admire. I'm already looking forward to the September issue.

    Janet - thanks for the comment. I had forgotten about Domino. That was never one of my favorite magazines, though it is too bad it's not around any more.

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  4. for the love of a houseJuly 23, 2010 at 10:35 PM

    Hi Deborah!
    I have been a huge Charles Spada fan for many years now too. And that bedroom, with the windows open... dreamy!

    joan

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  5. AnonymousJuly 28, 2010 at 12:05 AM

    Very classic and elegant bedroom. Love it!
    Thank you for sharing

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  6. TessaJuly 28, 2010 at 9:28 PM

    Hi! Just visiting your blog for the 1st time...you have lovely taste...beautiful pictures..I had fun looking through old posts...the one of the small French kitchen redo that you would have done on the MLS listing - perfect! how fun...will be adding you to my list of daily reads...what fun! :) Tessa

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  7. jana@opalnevershoutsJuly 30, 2010 at 4:40 PM

    The update does look great! Love your blog.

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  8. Room SeventeenAugust 1, 2010 at 2:45 PM

    Beautiful bedroom!

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  9. Red Door HomeAugust 2, 2010 at 2:32 PM

    I am always amazed by the difference a photo can make. Both pictures are wonderful but there definitely is a difference. What a lovely bedroom.

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