Hot Summer, Cool Gray

Atlantic Ocean from the shore in Wells, Maine

Annabelle Selldorf's compound on Long Island via Remodelista

Georgian Armchairs covered in 19th century Mennonite petticoats by Clarke & Reilly via Remodelista

Mid-century granite sculpture from Leighton Galleries

Deborah Berke designed artist's studio in the Bershires via Remodelista

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Julianne Moore's West Village apartment renovated by MADE via Remodelista

Jean Dupas, The History of Navigation, mural for the SS Normandie at The Met

Peter Pennoyer Architects & Eve Robinson Associates via Bunny Cakes

Apollo Lunar globe, circa 1968

The Olde Bell Inn by Ilse Crawford via Remodelista

Monique Lhuillier's Bel Air Home, styled by Mota via Harmony and Home

Like Father, Like Son...Like Grandson

This weekend had us thinking about the legacy of a father--values, ideals, skills and talents that are passed on to children and help shape who each of us become. Whether it's an inner strength, a physical manifestation of a talent, or some combination in between--today we thank dad. And what better legacy of dads than the Wyeth's...a family of artisits that have helped to shape American culture and art since the beginning of the 20th century.

Old Kris, N.C. Wyeth, 1925

Stone Wall Jackson, N.C. Wyeth, 1911

The North Country, N.C. Wyeth, 1913

Christina's World, Andrew Wyeth, 1948

Window From the Sea, Andrew Wyeth, 1948

Tenant Farmer, Andrew Wyeth, 1961

Andy Warhol With Archie, Jamie Wyeth, 1976

Pumpkinhead - Self Portrait, Jamie Wyeth, 1972

Kleberg Study, Jamie Wyeth, 1984

Charles Sheeler and the Modern Primitive

We forgot how much we love Precisionist Charles Sheeler's work until last week. From a stone home in Bucks County, PA, Sheeler collected early american furniture and objects, and painted them. Understanding how modern his antique pieces looked is what we respond to most in his modernist work. Though he, O'Keefe and Demuth interpreted the object as pure form, we believe he felt the resonence of history in the place he lived and the objects he collected.

Bedroom of Edwin Arlington Robinson House, Maine

Doylestown House, The Stove, 1933

Still Life and Shadows, 1924

Staircase, Doylestown ,1925

Staircase of a Chesterfield, NH colonial

Doylestown House, Stairway, Open Door, 1933 at MOMA

The Upstairs, 1932

Leverett, MA colonial staircase

Winter Window

Magnificent original paint on door inside a home in Connecticut

An Alna, ME barn window

Side of White Barn, 1917

Rafters of a barn with crates, Alna, ME

Connecticut Barn in Landscape, 1934

Stonewall on a New Hampshire farm

Massachusetts Green

We explored Massachusetts for the first time this weekend and am sorry that we passed it over during our New England trips. We found the land to be lush, the water to be soothing and the countryside as picture perfect as can be. Here are a few of our moments on the hunt...

The perfect backyard in Leverett

Right outside Amherst

Waterfall in Georgetown

Stream along Leverett Pond

Behind the Scenes

Part of our love for antique homes is the silent history each of them contain about those who lived there in the past. And while a house can't actually speak, the layers of paint and plaster and wallpaper and stencils tell a thousand words...

Original wood laths from a Leverett, MA Center Hall Colonial, installed as art on top of vintage wallpaper

Layers of '30's wallpaper over plaster in a Riverton, CT brick Federal

Center chimney in the stairwell of a Southbury, CT Saltbox built in 1700

Original stenciling in the same Southbury, CT Saltbox

Layers of wallpaper from the '30's to the '70's in a New Milford, CT Colonial

Vintage wallpaper in the attic of a Hampton, CT colonial

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More vintage wallpaper from the Riverton, CT brick Federal

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'40's wallpaper in the dining room of the New Milford, CT Colonial