Love the artwork and the natural light.

Since their proudest DIY was the landscaping, images of the yard would have been nice to see. Did I miss them?

Wow that light in the Breakfast room is the same light that I had in my first house. I remember installing it and how much a pain in the but it was to get it level with the wires. Oh the memories. Great space!

I envy and adore the fact that pretty much every corner is an art piece! :]

There is so much that I really like about this home, but for me the paint color detracts rather than adds.

That is a lot of beige and a lot of expensive things.

Love everything but the beige.

personally i would've gone all white with the walls. i can understand what you were trying to achieve with the tonality and natural look of your color choice though.
love the Francis Picabia pillowcases...where did you get them?

erm, beige house is beige!

LOVE all the artwork! I would have gone with different shades of gray for the walls though

Beige house is beige. I would appreciate this more if I liked the art, I guess, but that's really personal. I do like the cockroaches, but would probably scream and throw something at the wall every time I see them. orz

All, thanks for the comments. I love feedback and dialogue.

About the "beige," we bought the house turn key, we did not paint, the paint was applied by professionals and would have to be seen to be appreciated in terms of application. The house faces west and the morning and evening light is amazing, in part due to the color.

With the sale of our previous house we invested in furniture we have coveted over the years. Prior, our "buys" consisted of lots of shopping and hunting for bargains wherever we went. Also, trading art for. . . You wouldn't believe the low prices for some of the items we own. The hunt and score is part of the satisfaction.

The "landscaping" is taking a muddy, grassless yard to a dense planting of trees, grasses, perennials (sic), and a few large rocks. These things take time.

The pillow cases are from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris.

Interestingly, no one who has used our bathroom, has ever commented on the roach stencils done by one of my favorite students.

This is not decorating but an assemblage of items we love made by people we love and/or know and love. Each piece has a story and history. Our space evolves, the dynamics and the conversations held within these walls are priceless. You're invited.

Thanks again. Don Lee

The Tulip table looks too high for the chairs. Is this true of all tulip tables?

@Klaus, I couldn't agree more. The colour is neutral, but warm. It is a perfect backdrop for the art. I could definitely live in this space~I can imagine waking up and sitting at the table with my morning coffee, just as easily as entertaining my friends for a dinner or cocktail party. Perfection.

It's not the color I would have chosen, but the owner's didn't choose it, and beige is so much better than many of the god awful bright "fun" colors I see homes painted on here that hurt my eyes. At least beige is neutral! I like the airy feel of the home, and there are lots of beautiful pieces here. :)

I also did not like the wall color. I can see how it adds a warm glow in the sunlight; but this is a very traditional color in an otherwise very modern home. The white trims in the windows emphasize the more traditional aesthetic, which clashes with the style of the furniture. White or grey might be an option, or even light blue.

Beautiful house, paintings, drawings, furniture...

love it. color and all.

You can't go wrong, decor-wise, with classic furnture and lots of good art.

I like the "beige" (although it looks more a cream to me) in the kitchen, but I agree that a white would be better in the rest of the house. It'll be interesting to see what Don and Jean choose when the time comes to repaint.

Favourite items include the letter pillow and the picture I call "Squatting Eminem".

Kris0218, ditto. Your stuff Is begging to get out of those beige rooms.

If painting isn't an option, I think adding some color with window treatments and rugs would really help.

Don must not have gotten the message that beige is out out out and grey is the only neutral allowed for cool people (rolls eyes).

I like art floating on white, but some houses don't do well with white, depending on the light. The beige here reads cream/apricot to me. It's warm and pretty and provides just enough contrast with the white furniture. Grey will be out in a year or two anyway. It's so every where now that it will have to be.

kelleyk, you're so right. I look forward to reading all the negative comments about cold gray walls 3 years from now.

Really nice art collection!

Perfect home...glorious....regards from germany

Love the house including the colour.

Found a source for the soap:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_p_4_14?me=A14R7PKN1EGKMZ&rh=p_4%3AProvendi&ie=UTF8&qid=1302014002

I hate that beige color on every wall, they should change it to white or an allmost grey...

I thought I wasn't going to like this. But I do.
I think the midcentury is waaay overdone; a few other styles mixed in would have helped with that.
That said, the art work is the STAR. Lovely.

Good Lord this is a beautiful space! I didn't think I would ever like beige until I saw it here. It's what really makes it for me. A lovely backdrop for your exquisite art collection. When can I come to visit? :)

I love the fact that it is in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Lest I be criticized for that comment, I was born in Arkansas and live in Oklahoma.

I absolutely love the paint color- It's so warm and subtle. I think it's more of a peach/apricot cream, and I love how it changes in each room with the light!

Seriously? What is all the fuss about the paint color? It is perfect in this house and with the furnishings and artwork. Beautiful home--thanks for sharing!

Nice and airy! I lived in Barcelona and know it's almost impossible to find something that doesn't look like the cellar from Hostel.

Love the roaches, where can I find a template?

Maybe my monitor is off,but I'm with kellyb, it reads peachy to me,and it's beautiful. I like the same color throughout the whole space, it makes it feel (look) like a cocoon to me. Which is what the home should feel like.

AT used to sell both the soap hook and the refills. Here are current sources:

("new Style" doesn't bolt-in -- the picture is wrong)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000Y9OOZE/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&condition=all

http://www.torquato.net/provendi-lemon-soap--white.html?PAGEINDEX=0

The house, on my monitor at least, is not painted BEIGE. On my monitor, it is a buttery cream, which is totally different.

Have lots more to say, but am too sleepy to post; maybe tomorrow...

OMG! Don't know how I missed the giant cockroaches on the wall! Nightmare city! If you lived in NYC, you wouldn't need to imitate them, you'd have the real thing!! LOL!

I can't believe how everyone is so critical of this house, when other house everyone has been nicey nicey. Its someones personal style, and has many many great assets. If its not your style, dont worry you dont have to live there! Love the bugs, I have realistic bug stickers along the top of my fridge and going into the door. Humour in decor is fun, and can be changed when it gets old. Neat collection of stuff and thingies. Some things Id change but who cares?

Stunning art collection.

The very last thing you would notice if you had been lucky enough to have been in this exceptional home, as I have, would be the wall color. For some reason the photos do not accurately depict the color. But more importantly a sense of style and the intriguing juxtaposition of fine art and just plain interesting pieces make this a truly wonderful space.

Klaus,

You missed my sarcasm. I agree with you. I like this place, wall color included.

Whatever the wall colour is (buttery cream, pale apricot), it *does* seem lovely, and *does* glow beautifully in the light.

It seems most successful in the dining room and eating nook, when it is cut with a lot of white and ivory. Thus paired, it seems elegant and peaceful, and nicely showcases the artwork on the walls.

However, elsewhere the use of colour is much less successful. In the livingroom, there appears on the one hand to be too much tone-on-tone -- the walls, carpeting, fireplace, curtains -- and too little coordination of the other pieces (sofa, table, casegoods, chairs...). It makes the disparate pieces float purposelessly in the space, not relating to anything else -- the room, each other, the artwork. (the worst offenders are the blue and green Bertoia chairs) That is why so many posters criticize the space as a DWR catalog. The beautiful library table was pointed out to us in the intro to the tour -- it had to be, because it is butted up against the sofa, and being the same colour as the sofa, disappears into it.

Is it too late to exchange your trophy furniture? I think you should build upon what is so successful in the kitchen and dining room -- have all-white furniture. White leather Corbusier LC3, white Bertoia chairs (although you could also upholster them in Fortuny fabric...), white Eames recliner, white Barcelona chair... If they are all white, they will be "of a piece", and work together better in in your home.

I would also paint the fireplace mantle in the living room white or ivory, change out the curtains to either something white, or something that contains a mixture of tones in the same range -- rusts, browns, creams, ivories.

The other thing that doesn't work is the casework in the living room (or the bludot cabinet between the living and dining areas that looks to be the same colour as the wall). It is too disjointed for the room. Ideally, you should have something white running the full length of the wall; wall-hung would be the cleanest option.

Moletni's Pass in glossy white wall-hung along the full-length would be beautiful:

http://www.molteni.it/Resources/Home/DesignSolutions.pdf

The artwork is great, but it is not hung to best advantage, either with respect to the overly-disparate frames and framing styles, to the wall groupings.

The drawing of the hanging shirt and the bathroom wallpaper provide direction on what else would look great as a contrast with your walls: light to medium grey tones.

Your home has many beautiful things that work as individual elements; the challenge it to make them all work together as a whole.

(when you put up your work, you have to expect feedback; that is what critiques in studio courses are all about, right?)

I think the blonde paint color is very soothing and prefer the blondes, creams, grays rather than "in your face" color! Would kill for your art room. Was looking at your sources for bathroom with regards to the walls - stencil? Love the gray island against the white kitchen cabinets. Thanks for sharing!

HA! So funny to read all the beige-haters comments. What attracted me to this tour was the soft, sun washed haziness that the wall color creates. The color is called Blonde and reads more of a wheat color to me. It seems to work with the natural light that the home gets and complement it nicely. And this comes from someone with stark white walls in their home with fog-grey accent walls...all chosen not for their trendiness (or lack thereof) but rather to complement/enhance how the light hits the rooms.

Flabbergastingly fantastic in every detail!

Love the beige. I have Benjamin Moore's "Moccasin" - also beige and a fabulous backdrop.

Sherwin-Williams "Standard Beige" is also terrific despite its name.

Beige is boring! I can see maybe one room being painted a neutral color, but every room is just plain boring. And there are plenty of neutrals in the world. I don't understand why beige is the go to color.

Love the art though! That's fun!

I love that this house is in Fort Smith! (I live there.) I can see where the light on walls in the evening would be amazing.

My eternal gratitude to whomever can decipher the text of the poster in the kitchen. Comle-something a Salat! is all I can make out - I need it!

I absolutely LOVE your home! So inspirational!

Where, oh where did you get that wall-mounted magazine rack in your bathroom (slide 42 I believe)? I have looked far and wide to no avail. Help me find it please!