Just came across these pictures of this house in Monroe, LA (altho I know you posted them ages ago) and BOY am I glad. These particular rooms teach so much about the value of ELEGANT RESTRAINT and just well done beauty and comfort. I study images of interiors all day every day passionately and never have I found that almost EVERYTHING about a certain house speaks to me immensely. (Okay – one exception – the brown abstract painting in the brown room). But not until I went back and found the pictures of the Mark Hampton interpretation could I see how much a dark, overdone, heavy style of decorating could be lightened up SO elegantly and could feel so airy yet elegant. I know Mark Hampton was a legend but I have trouble even breathing when I see this former rendition. I know the times had a lot to do with it – in those years I guess elegant meant HEAVY. The new version is nothing short of a breath of fresh elegant air.
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Just came across these pictures of this house in Monroe, LA (altho I know you posted them ages ago) and BOY am I glad. These particular rooms teach so much about the value of ELEGANT RESTRAINT and just well done beauty and comfort. I study images of interiors all day every day passionately and never have I found that almost EVERYTHING about a certain house speaks to me immensely. (Okay – one exception – the brown abstract painting in the brown room). But not until I went back and found the pictures of the Mark Hampton interpretation could I see how much a dark, overdone, heavy style of decorating could be lightened up SO elegantly and could feel so airy yet elegant. I know Mark Hampton was a legend but I have trouble even breathing when I see this former rendition. I know the times had a lot to do with it – in those years I guess elegant meant HEAVY. The new version is nothing short of a breath of fresh elegant air.