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House• May 7, 2021

Sheila Bridges

We revisit a 2007 interview with interior designer Sheila Bridges in her spacious, airy and elegant apartment in Harlem...

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Big Old Houses: A Voyage to Staten Island

House• April 28, 2021.
John Foreman takes us on one of his encyclopedic and aesthetic visits to a beautiful old house on Staten Island, first built in the late 18th century, a treasure acquired and created by a devoted owner... READ MORE
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Carol Prisant

House• April 16, 2021.
Revisiting our 2010 interview with the New York editor of The World of Interiors, Carol Prisant, who passed away last week at the age of 82... READ MORE
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Niall Smith

House• April 9, 2021.
Sian, Lesley and Jeff re-visit their interview with Niall Smith, a New York antiques dealer (of Irish upbringing) whose interest for his clientele is only buying what he likes for himself... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: Fugitive Chic

House• March 30, 2021.
We revisit John Foreman's examination of 12th Street and Fifth Avenue to a block mainly unchanged in a century... READ MORE
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John Robshaw

House• March 26, 2021.
Re-visiting Sian, Lesley and JH's interview with textile designer and man about India, John Robshaw. A fascinating interview... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: In a Very Different World

House• March 2, 2021.
In a Very Different World, John Foreman visits the palatial estate of George Jay Gould in Lakewood, New Jersey, built at the height of the Victorian age in the land of New York millionaire tycoons... READ MORE
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Adam Kushner

House• February 25, 2021.
Revisiting a 2007 interview with architect Adam Kushner. A fascinating home in the Village created by an impassioned man... READ MORE
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Jack Lenor Larsen

House• February 19, 2021.
Revisiting a 2008 House interview with internationally known textile designer Jack Lenor Larsen, who left us just a few months ago... READ MORE
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BIG OLD HOUSES: A Noble Antique in the Urban Sprawl

House• February 17, 2021.
We return to John Foreman’s history of “Liberty Hall,” an 18th century estate in New Jersey embraced by history of the American republic and now a museum of the family that occupied it for the following century... READ MORE
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Brooke Duchin

House• February 5, 2021.
A lookback on the life of Brooke Hayward along with a HOUSE interview in her home in New York... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: Lucky it was Over Here

House• January 22, 2021.
With John Foreman, we revisit a 19th century country estate in Waltham, Mass, and the changes that occurred over the next two centuries of family ownership. ... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: A Finale, of Sorts

House• January 15, 2021.
We revisit John Foreman’s history of Eagles’ Nest, the Long Island estate of Willie K. Vanderbilt Jr. Plus a 1932 travelogue, “Over the Seven Seas with Mr. & Mrs. Vanderbilt," documenting their 29,000 mile voyage around the world... READ MORE

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