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How To Achieve A Venetian Plaster Finish

Empire Furniture Classical Interiors – Venetian Plaster Designer Brian McCarthy

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A detail of the Dining Room of Brian J. McCarthy showing a Georges Jacob chair against a Venetian plaster wall- Picture Featured on The Devoted Classicist Blog Originally Seen in the January-February, 2012 issue of VERANDA magazine.

Venetian plaster is a plastering technique which [...]

Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti's Empire Decorated Home

Eva Jeanbart Lorenzotti founder of Vivre.com travels the world in search of artists that create beautiful home furnishings, clothing, jewelry, and gift items. Native of Switzerland, Lorenzotti set out 17 years ago for America, and since she has built a mini-empire, generating about $50 million a year by retailing luxury [...]

Polished Macassar Ebony Wood

Empire Furniture Ideas- Demilune Console Table with Macassar Ebony and Ivory Banding

Art Deco Demilune Console Table From Antiqueria Tribeca

Macassar Ebony Wood

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Empire Furniture & Decorating Ideas Black Marble Floors Polished Wood

Black Ebony is an exotic species probably best known in [...]

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Astor Courts, a 15,000 square foot estate in Rhinebeck, NY

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Astor Courts, a 15,000 square foot estate in Rhinebeck, NY

Astor Courts, a 15,000 square foot estate in Rhinebeck, NY with very classical architectural lines. Some of the pictures remind me of Robert [...]

Directoire Style Furniture

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Stunning Directoire Style Furniture

The Directoire Style took place during 1789-1804. The simplification of furniture begun under Louis XVI along with a taste for more streamlined pieces that had less ornamentation became more prevalent. Most of the furniture through this time was inspired by the Greek and Pompeian models. Lines are [...]

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Period Empire Decorating – Picture Credit Charles Spada

This lovely picture by Charles Spada shows the beauty of laying with white. Here you see pecan stained hardwood floors, which coordinate perfectly with the ornate gilt picture frames with white mountings. You see a simple bench with animal print upholstery fabric which nicely brings in an [...]

Empire and Classical Decorating Architectural Model Sculptures

A stunning picture was posted on Greet’s Belgain Pearl Blog of an empire desk with coordinating empire chairs. Below in the picture you can see how lovely empire desks are. This particular desk was accented with gilt laurel ormolu like most empire desks are. Both the desk and the coordinating chairs [...]

Faux Finishes

Most people love to see “before” and “after” pictures, but what about “in-between” photos? Everyone loves great make-over pictures of a remodel, but rarely do we ever see pictures half way through a job which could give a reader a visual “how-to” guide. I stumbled upon Danielle Blue’s Flicker Photostream, which included some wonderful pictures of remodels featuring faux [...]

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