Mary Engelbreit Home Companion
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Text by Mary Forsell • Produced by Kathy Curotto and Trenna Travis Lange


(a) A modern country look has a tailored softness. Touches of black and silver temper the sweetness of peony pink. Curtain hardware, Kirsch. Chair fabric, Waverly. (b) Treat the girls from your t’ai chi class to a dreamy dinner. Chairs, Philippe Stark/Kartell. Rug, Pottery Barn Teen. Table, prisms, Ikea. Pillow, Thomas Paul.


Centerpieces don’t have to be restricted to tabletops. Add interest from above as well. (c) This basket “chandelier” is nothing more than a metal container hung from the ceiling with chains and lined with linen. Line basket by making a shell from the fabric and slip-stitching it in place. With this finishing fabric detail, the metal cage takes on the look of an old-fashioned ladies’ purse. (d) Set flowers free from their vases. Stenciled peonies (print template) meander from a decorative fabric panel screen directly to the walls themselves.

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