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A sturdy car chugs slowly along a country road in the Belgian countryside,
its interior bulging with sundry cabinet parts, mirrors, light fixtures, and
compotes. It’s a typical Euro Trash buying trip, with Annie or her longtime
Dutch buddy Wendy Weper at the wheel, scouting out such unlikely locations as
chicken coops and construction sites across France, Belgium, and Holland. In
turn, Wendy often visits stateside, especially for the holidays. On one
memorable Christmas Eve, blizzard raging outside, she entertained the Brahler
kids with stories of the Dutch Santa, Sinterklaas, and his sidekick, Zwarte
Piet, who carries off bad children to work in a toy factory in Spain for a year.
“You should have seen their expressions!” says Annie, herself of Dutch descent.
“Especially when Wendy admitted that she’d once spent time at the toy factory
herself.”
(h) Button-back silk chairs in the dining room. The
carved-armoire-turned-china closet was pieced together from parts by Euro Trash
custom furniture designer Phil Black. (i) Fresh paperwhites mark each place
setting.
Throughout the house and grounds, a pale palette prevails. (j) Compotes full of white chocolate initials and gingerbread-like
pepernoten cookies, which are thrown during Dutch holiday parades. (k) Jingle
bell wreath by artist Cody Foster. (l) Vintage French tapestry purse. (m) The porch is decorated for the season with candles, which Annie lights
nightly.
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