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Really impressive. I'd be happy just pitching a tent and living in the driveway.

A lesson in picking your interior palette by looking out the window - an effect that truly blurrs the line between inside and out. Lovely deck as well.

I had to laugh at putting the dead trees in the living room.

have to agree with jimkk, the dead trees are a little "stage set" for me. seems like they have enough windows...why not just look at the living ones.

The irony of it all, "living" room, "dead" trees! Regarding that first picture. I am really not one for those glass chandeliers, especially when the rest of the room has a very solid, wood feel. BUt then again, my lack of refined taste shows through... I am a modern gal with modern taste and, quite frankly, no idea of vision. The thing is, I got my home done by a fab designer for a rocking price, she did everything, got me the furniture, everything and it looks amazing! I can't emphasize enough how convenient it was to get a decorator who made all arrangements and then had it all installed in one day so I didn't have a stressful, messy apartment in limbo. But now, since I have been on AT my taste is changing and broadening. Maybe I should add some dead trees to my decor...

Why does everyone have such a problem with dead trees. What do you think all of your homes and furniture are made of?

LOVE the trees! talk about living with nature. having them in the house is so intimate, so in-touch with our surroundings instead of striving to always keep it at arm's length. bravo.

Does the bark unravel, decompose and rot?

I'd prefer living trees, which are easy enough, depending on what you get, to care for, and would be nice and dramatic. Something of similar height, but with live leaves, you could also use bamboo or ornamental grass.

Furniture performs a function. The dead tree motif here is just a bunch more tchotchkes to dust. It's a very Berkshires look, though, and was probably inevitable.

Fascinating to see that style of house called a "ranch" -- is that what designers are calling anything 20th century these days, now that "bungalow" is over-used on HGTV?

breathtaking view! you have a beautiful home. it looks very cozy.