US Vogue February 15, 1957
Fashions In Living | Cover for "Fashions in Living" : White Bedroom Decorated with a View
Photo Fred Lyon
Subjects Mr. & Mrs. Albert E. Schlesinger
Fashions In Living | Xanadu—on Another Shore
Photo Ezra Stoller
Subjects Mr. & Mrs. John F. C. Bryce
Architectural Digest June 1995
Sally Quinn and Ben Bradlee in Maryland | A Historic Property Is Reborn
Photo Steven Brooke, Bill Snead
Text Sally Quinn
Just overwhelmingly gorgeous: The no-nonsense, graphic utilitarian Eames lines of the furnishings; the strict and clean skeleton of the architecture; the naturally graphic design of those giant cactus and aloe vera plants framing all those clean industrial lines… Just eternally modern.
I once accompanied an interior designer friend to a client’s house that the clients' were renovating from the skeleton down. It was a gorgeous mid-century colossal building with this kind of architectural skeleton that had been left untouched until the client purchased the estate— even the sheer curtains. wood paneling, and green wall-to-wall carpets were still there. And they were going to gut the entire structure and modernize it to curret trends: These people didn’t even care what painting were going on the wall and left that privilege to an interior designer. All the money in the world and nt a whiff of personal refinement. ..:weeps:..
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