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Try a Color Scheme as American as Red, White and Blue
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Try a Color Scheme as American as Red, White and Blue

By Carleton Varney

Saturday is the Fourth of July, when we’ll celebrate the red, white and blue, even if this year we’re doing it a little differently because of the continuing health crisis. So it is with much...
Add Well-Chosen Jolts of Color to Avoid the ‘Empty-Fridge Look’
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Add Well-Chosen Jolts of Color to Avoid the ‘Empty-Fridge Look’

By Carleton Varney

I may be exaggerating a bit, but the model apartments I’ve seen lately definitely say the empty-fridge look is well entrenched, especially in South Florida. White rooms, of course, have been around for years, of...
Toys of Olde Bring Fond Memories
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Toys of Olde Bring Fond Memories

By Carleton Varney

Whatever happened to Raggedy Ann and, of course, her brother, Raggedy Andy? When I was a little boy in the 1940s — back in a world without credit cards, cell phones and drones — Raggedy...
Ah, The Wonder of White in the Summer
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Ah, The Wonder of White in the Summer

By Carleton Varney

Well, we’ve nearly made it through what would have been the merry month of May (in non-pandemic years) — and June is just round the corner. There will be better summers to come, and with...
Key Lime Perfect on a Plate and as a Happy Room Color
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Key Lime Perfect on a Plate and as a Happy Room Color

By Carleton Varney

As I’ve written before, Key lime — that creamy soft yellow tinged with green — is for sure a Palm Beach color. Many is the house on the Florida coastline painted Key-lime green with white...
Hollywood Recalls Island's 1920's Architecture
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Hollywood Recalls Island's 1920's Architecture

By Carleton Varney

Before the coronavirus pandemic grounded us, the year had started with lots of travel for my associate, Brinsley Matthews, and I. Among our destinations, we found ourselves working on a project in Beverly Hills. The...
Gallery Exhibits the Sporting Life
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Gallery Exhibits the Sporting Life

By Carleton Varney

Palm Beach means polo — even if the current worldwide health crisis put a stop to the sport of princes this season in Wellington. When I heard the news, I thought about how polo is...
Collaborating With Like Minds is Always a Pleasure
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Collaborating With Like Minds is Always a Pleasure

By Carleton Varney

I love decorating projects that involve a true collaboration between the decorator and the clients, and I’m lucky to be involved right now in such an endeavor. It’s a fun project, and filled with decorating...
Time At Home Can Be Well Spent
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Time At Home Can Be Well Spent

By Carleton Varney

Home alone or with others in your household?: Such is life in these troubled days. And even the most ardent game-board enthusiasts among us have likely realized we’ll go stir crazy playing Monopoly every day....