A quotation written
in French across a hand-painted frieze borders the
ceiling in the breakfast room. Translated, it reads
“Enter as friends,
leave as family.” Fabric from Pierre Deux fashions
the lampshades
on the chandelier and the window shade.
ABOVE
AND FOLLOWING PAGES: The area rug in the master suite
is one of several that Smith and Earnest brought back
from Turkey to use in the home. Across from the bed,
an Austrian armoire, circa 1740, “had been used
as a prop in the recent film version of “The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” Smith says. Nearby,
the master bath is wrapped in a damask motif wall
covering from Fonthill.
