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Patterned Apartment in Paris
The New York Times 12.2.08

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If you've ever wanted inspiration to fill your home with pattern, you must check out Lisa Fine's Parisian apartment in The New York Times. A former contributing editor of Elle Decor and House Beautiful, Fine has completely changed the interior of her home with printed fabrics...

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What a great bathroom!

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Inspired by a trip to a tented camp in India, Fine uses silk tent panels, block printed cotton and woven fabric for saris to great results as wall coverings. Are you inspired yet? Check out the full story, In Paris, an Apartment Inspired by India and Turkey and all the pictures in the slideshow.

Pics: Ambroise Tezenas

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real estate, inspiration, fabric & textiles, wallpaper & graphics, pink, pattern

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this was featured in a magazine recently. different angles of course. maybe elle decor? i love the arched curtains behind the master bed. wanted to do that in my place.

posted by Lady J on December 3rd 2008 at 2:07pm
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Yes, it was in Elle Decor.

posted by Lisa Hunter (Montreal) on December 3rd 2008 at 2:13pm
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Honestly? I don't like it at all. I don't think the decor suits the architecture or the light of Paris.

posted by Home Girl on December 3rd 2008 at 2:14pm
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I love it. Everything old is new again. This is classic tradtional.

posted by dandy on December 3rd 2008 at 2:21pm
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Beautiful pictures. I like all but the living room picture where there is fabric on ceiling....it's a bit overkill in that room....plus it looks dreary in that room, especially with that dark heavy chandelier hanging above. The other rooms are lovely though.

posted by suzy8track on December 3rd 2008 at 2:32pm
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want the bathtub.

posted by kiljoywashere on December 3rd 2008 at 3:49pm
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It's visually pretty but a bit too much pattern and fabric for me. I like the bedroom and bathroom the best. Everything else is just a lil too much.

posted by E.I.F. on December 3rd 2008 at 4:01pm
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Oh, and that would be the last bedroom on the bottom of the page.

posted by E.I.F. on December 3rd 2008 at 4:03pm
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Pattern overload. My eyes hurt.

posted by Melissa Lin on December 3rd 2008 at 4:27pm
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i don't know why, but it looks a bit cheesy to me. I'm a big fan of baroque and modern baroque, so I think she should have pushed it to the ends; what she did instead was try to match "rich" elements with more superficial "everyday" tones, and something just doesn't feel right...

posted by tulpoeid on December 3rd 2008 at 4:43pm
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Wow, I would hug each room if I could.

posted by chicity1126 on December 3rd 2008 at 6:23pm
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The bathroom and second bedroom are to die for.

posted by rosenatti on December 3rd 2008 at 7:10pm
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I like the idea of pattern on pattern and exoticism in Paris, but the execution appears a bit underplayed, IMO. Aside from the first pic, the colour palette throughout the rooms based on washy salmon pinks and oranges just doesn't feel 'rich' to me, despite the obviously lavish decor budget. Indian and Turkish colours should be saturated, deep, spicy, and vibrant -- maybe it's the photography making the colours chosen here look non-committal and compromise-y.

posted by amed studio on December 3rd 2008 at 10:51pm
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Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. I LOVE this style, so warm and welcoming, and looooooooove those bathroom mirrors. *squeals*

posted by missdk on December 5th 2008 at 1:35am
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What type screen is that behind the chocolate sofa?

posted by tlcuningkin331 on January 12th 2009 at 12:23am
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