Chaise
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Edna O'Brien on Love, Work and Country Girl , Her Extraordinary New Memoir
… provocatively smoking a cigarette. Is it intended to raise eyebrows? Edna O'Brien: I didn't want a moping woman by a window on a chaise lounge. I wanted something with a bit of fire, and some guts. It gives the right image of somebody who is not going to burst …
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The 5 Biggest Decorating Mistakes People Make
… back in time—or worse, into a furniture showroom."—Phoebe Howard Left: This entrance hall incorporates an Italian daybed , a Dutch mirror, a Persian rug and a Venetian chandelier, all from different time periods. Next: 5 small ways to give your …
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The Vacation That Will Kick-Start a Healthier, Happier You
… attitude may build muscle and get me promoted, but it is not wellness. I skip the ride and lie facedown on my terrace's daybed . Later, I click past American Beauty to a soothingly idiotic Amanda Bynes movie. I eat a few cashews—just a few. When …
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Excerpt from Parrot and Olivier in America
… shoot a bird and carry the celerifere to the second floor where I will present to you the cloaked blindfolded figure on the chaise , my mother, the Comtesse de Garmont. Poor Maman. See how she suffers, her face gaunt, glowing in the gloom. In her youth …
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Happy as Clams: A Recipe for Security
… crying after a dream about Nana, Grandpa would set up a makeshift bed for me in his room. He'd park his command-post lawn chaise next to his bed and fix it up with my pillow and blankets. "Okay, kid, all set. And I'm right here. Did you say your …
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Patioscaping: Create Your Backyard Retreat
… in counter to serve as a buffet or serving space. If you want to lounge and read in blissful silence, include a hammock, chaise lounges or wooden benches with pillows covered in durable outdoor fabrics. Make a sketch using scale-model drawings of furniture …
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Nate Berkus: Why You Should Break the Rules When Decorating Your Home
… it around the neck of a lamp? Lisa Kogan: Your place is full of wild cards. This chunky pine table next to a sleek modern chaise is a surprise. Nate Berkus: That table wasn't drawn into any floor plan. I fell for it the first time I went to Mexico …
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Art House: Supporting Talented Young Artists of Color
… the furnishings beyond quirky: There is a hanging bubble chair, a rug that looks as if there might be a goat beneath it, a chaise bought from an antiques dealer. While the downstairs has a dignified aspect, up here the mood is playful—as is Cafritz …
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O 's Summer Reading List
… the living is...a little bit easier. We all look forward to the warm, lazy afternoons, the lure of the beach towel, or chaise longue, or even the airplane seat. (Who doesn't want to lose herself in a good book then?) Those are precisely the moments …
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies : Chapter One
… Why, my dear, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune; that he escaped London in a chaise and four just as the strange plague broke through the Manchester line." "What is his name?" "Bingley. A single man of …
