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The Dallas Morning News DallasNews.com | FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2006

REMODELRELATIONSHIP The ultimate

marriage test: a live-in renovation 8

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GARDENING: FAUX FUNGI The Mushroom Man’s artistic imitations 4

DECORATING: THE NEW CANDLE Use artisan soaps for a quick pick-me-up 5

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NEED TO KNOW

Out of the rattan rutPier 1 breaks out Loft 21, an

edgier new homefurnishings and accessories

line. 3

GARDENING

Talented and quirkyIf you want the look, but not

the mess, of mushrooms,toadstools and other naturalobjects, then Richard Taylorcan help you. But you’ve got

to find him first. 4

DECORATING

It makes scentsFor an affordable luxury in

the bathroom, usedecorative soaps as accents.

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COVER STORY

They said ‘I redo’How an East Dallas couplespent their newlywed yearsmarried to each other and a

remodeling project. 8

DEPARTMENTS

Organic Answers 7

Comics 10-15

Horoscope 10

Puzzles 11-13, 15

Dear Abby 12

Bridge 14

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N E E D T O K N O W

In well-maintained Dallas,nearly nine out of 10 of us iron ourjeans. And nearly two out of threeiron our T-shirts.

These and other tidbits aboutour lives in the laundry room wererevealed by the Rowenta IroningPersonality Survey, conducted bytelephone to 3,000 people in 15cities across the nation. Dallashad the highest number of peoplewho ironed jeans, 85.9 percent,and T-shirts, 64.8 percent. A thirdof us, 33.7 percent, iron oursheets, and 37.7 percent ironpillowcases. These preferencesmake us an “ironing aficionado”city, and Rowenta, natch, has justthe iron for us, the RowentaProfessional Iron (ModelDX8800, pictured below), $125,available at major stores.

You couldn’t get through yourday without knowing, however,that Cleveland scored the highestin four categories of ironables:towels, gym clothes, boxer shortsand socks.

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Pressingneeds inDallas

A 15-city survey by iron makerRowenta finds that Dallas hasthe highest number of peoplewho iron their jeans.

We all know to hit Pier 1 for a rattanloveseat, wooden stool or Asian accents.But mod chairs and shag rugs?

Yes, the Fort Worth-based retailer’snew line, Loft 21, is a home furnishingsand accessories collection that gives thechain’s signature global style acontemporary spin.

Many of the pieces channel classicssuch as a new black rattan Orbit chairthat was inspired by a 1950s “Swan” style.Other newcomers include low-slungsofas, modular shelves, graphic cutoutwood screens and pillows, all at thestore’s affordable prices.

According to company officials, themotivation behind the ethnic-to-edgyaesthetic shift is to cater to urbansophisticates searching for simpler looks.

A team of nearly 20 designers devotedmore than a year to creating the look ofthis cohesive collection. Prices start at$60 for accessories and range in the$300-$500 range for furniture.

“It’s definitely more design-orientedthan anything we’ve ever done before,”says Daryle Gibbs, Pier 1’s director oftrend and product development. “Wetook a lot of our inspiration from hotellobbies and lounges; we wanted toconvey a youthful, urban vibe.”

Influences include midcenturymodern furniture and graphic wallpaperfrom the 1930s. The 90-item groupingwas conceived with “a harmony to it,”says Mr. Gibbs. “Everything workstogether, or you can invest in a fewstatement pieces.”

Brittany Edwards and Lisa Martin

At Pier 1, the tide is turning

Pier 1

Pier 1 gives a retro redo to some of its signature global styles.

It’s a marriage of Old-Worldmaterials and modern-day technology.A year ago, Eric Williams, a NorthernCalifornia entrepreneur, perfected away to put images onto leather. SoonLeatherPillowFactory.com was born;the company has grown into asignificant Internet resource forleather pillows.

Customers longing for a completelycustom creation can simply sendimages via e-mail or snail mail. Mr.Williams and his crew then run theimages through their computers andapply them to the leather. The resultsare surprisingly effective. And quick.

Currently, the turnaround time isabout seven days for a custom pillow.Prices start at $60, depending on thesize.

For those less interested in creatingtheir own masterpiece, LeatherPillowFactory.com offers standardchoices. You can choose plain leatherpillows or choose from an array ofdesigns including vintage birdillustrations and old book covers.Prices range from $50 to $400.

For more information, visitleatherpillowfactory.com or calltoll-free 1-877-723-7253.

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Picture-perfect leather pillows

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G A R D E N I N G

O n a vacation in north-ern New Mexico onesummer, while walk-ing through a cool,

damp forest, I came upon bril-liantly colored mushrooms —pink, coral, orange and the size ofa saucer. Captivated, I wanted totake one home as a souvenir of thepine-washed air, the crystallinestreams and the chilly tempera-ture.

I uprooted a couple from thetender leaf mold and placed themon paper towels back in our room,wondering if, like flowers andleaves, the mushrooms could bedried or preserved in some way tokeep the memory alive. The nextmorning, the paper towels werecrawling with maggots. My scalpitches at the recollection.

Richard Taylor has a betteridea. He casts molds of mush-rooms, toadstools, tree fungi, seacreatures and other natural ob-jects to create permanent decora-tive accessories from a plasterlikeconcoction. Although they do notsport the living colors, the repro-ductions bear all the other super-ficial physical characteristics.

Mr. Taylor, a Scotsman livingin Georgia, casts these objects bythe dozens to keep pace with de-mand. Celebrities including Mar-tha Stewart and the actress MarySteenburgen, who owns the SantaMonica shop Porch, are custom-ers.

Even regular people happenupon his tent at perennial an-tiques events at Warrenton, Texas(part of the Round Top shows),and Brimfield, Mass. A formermember of the Royal Air Force,Mr. Taylor is crotchety and abrupt— unless and until a customer ishyperventilating with desire forhis merchandise. Then he’s talk-ative and friendly. Sweet, even.

“I always wanted to be an art-ist,” says Mr. Taylor, who willshare neither his “fast-setting”formula nor his Web site (and he’smade sure you can’t Google him,he says). “I’ve never been drivenfor any amount of money. MarthaStewart’s people had the Bern-hardt people talk about doing thisbench. I’m not interested. I stayPhotos by NATALIE CAUDILL/Staff Photographer

sane and happy. I want business,but I want it on my terms.”

During Round Top AntiquesWeek in spring and fall (Sept. 30-Oct. 7), he sets up headquarters ina tent along State Highway 237near Warrenton. He sleeps on acot, cranks up his cappuccino ma-chine, chills his beer and keeps hisgrocery list updated on a black-board: Beer, Beer, Beer, Beer,Food.

With the trend for natural his-tory as decorative object remain-ing strong, customers of theMushroom Man (as he is knownamong fellow vendors) use his in-ventory to accent floral designs,garden containers and flowerbeds and for tabletop accents andcenterpieces. The most imagina-tive incorporate them into stilllifes that follow through on thewoodland theme and includemosses, seedpods, lichens, tinyferns, feathers, eggshells oracorns.

Although Martha Stewart isknown to shudder at anythingnew, the Mushroom Man’s fungilook realistic enough to suit hertender sensibilities. He castsmolds from shelflike tree fungushe rips off trunks, but he alsoshops gourmet grocers for blue-foot, morel, shiitake and porto-bello species. He has yet to masterreproductions, he says, of Frenchhorn and oyster mushrooms.

“I just want people to go,‘That’s concrete?!’ ”

Although he was in negotia-tions with the national chainAnthropologie last April, the onlylocal store I know of that has hismushrooms and faux bois plant-ers in stock is North Star An-tiques, 1500 Market Center Blvd.,214-749-7003.

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This story has a long-lasting morel G A R D E N I N G F O O L

MARIANA GREENE

The artist shopsgourmet grocers

for bluefoot,morel, shiitake andportobello species(right); prices per

stem are $6 to $45at North Star

Antiques in theindustrial district.Planters (above)

cast from vintagefaux bois are ideal

for succulents.

Richard Taylor casts mushrooms and othernatural objects as permanent decorativeaccessories for the garden or indoortablescapes.


D E C O R A T I N G

Do you want a spiritual aura in yourbath? Invoke bathroom blessings withsoap icons.

Are you a serious lover of animals?Let guests lather up with everythingfrom Scotties to hens to the black and

white sheep that allude to familysecrets.

And if you want your guests tounderstand how passionate a Texas

Bars of gold

Make stylish soaps yourbath’s not-so-hidden asset

By HANNE K. KLEINSpecial Contributor

You want to add some oomph to a guest bathroom. You’re

used to being practical, but tempted to indulge this time.

The solution? Think soap.

A number of Dallas area boutiques, along with some

Web sites, feature handmade soaps that add as much to the look of

your bathroom as they do to the feel of your skin. And if you be-

lieve that decor should reflect your interests or personality, a piece

(forget bar) of soap can do that, too.

Photos by NATALIE CAUDILL/Staff Photographer

SLICE OF TEXAS HEAVEN: Botanicals from the Lone Star State star in these soapsfrom A Wild Soap Bar, available at Alchemy Salon in Dallas. $6.95 each. Shown:prickly pear, wildflower, bluebonnet and sunflower.

BIRDS OF A LATHER: One of the doves in “A Perched Pair” by GiannaRose is displayed in a decorative nest. $22 for pair, Stanley Korshak.

WATCHING OVERUS: “ButterflyFaerie Soap” fromQueenz ofCalifornia,attractivelypackaged andearnestlydescribed in the“holy bath” line bythe company, isavailable atTiecoon in Dallas,along with OurLady of Guadalupeand Buddha in theBathroom, $25each.

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booster you are, you have choicesthere, too. Be blatant with a barthat flaunts the Texas flag. Or besubtle with soaps that show offTexas botanicals.

You also might choose justsimple elegance. Try a bowl ofsoap-covered silk petals. Or markan occasion with a visual cakefeast too gorgeous for merewashing — in fact, you may wantto make it part of a centerpiece(with a cautionary “do not eat”sign attached).

A number of these artisanswork right here in Texas. TheTexas Soapmakers Associationlists more than 100 membersranging from hobbyists tofull-time professionals.

Whichever way you go, findyour (soap) muse, and plan onsurprising those who use yourguest bath with some good, cleanfun.

Hanne K. Klein is a Dallasfreelance writer.

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A TEXAS SALUTE:Flag-shaped soap, $4 each,from sweetergifts.comhitches up with Gianna Rosehorseshoe, $11, Peacock Alley.


LOCAL INFLUENCE: Handmade soapsfrom Canyon Creek Soapmaker inCanyon, Texas, use natural oils andfragrances. In foreground, mica glistensin vetiver soap. $6 each,www.canyoncreeksoapcompany.com.

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silk petals come packaged in a glassbowl, $10, or bag, $5, at Barbara Fowlerof Irving’s Sweeter Gifts Web site,www.sweetergifts.com.

THEY TAKE THE CAKE: Yes, these aresoaps. The Bundt-shaped megabars lookgood enough to eat, but only sniffingand touching are allowed. Paula Pearson,owner of Canyon Creek Soap Co.,suggests putting them in the bathroomwith a slicer. “As guests come to stay forthe weekend, they can slice off a hunk ofcake and use it as their soap to shower.”$40 to $45, ellacrissoaps.com.


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And if you improve the soilwith organic amendments, earth-worms eventually will come.

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As luck would have it, the couple was alsowaiting on a glass partition for the loft-styleroom’s balcony to arrive. The space juts out 9feet above the living room below.

“You could literally walk right off the edge,”says Karen.

The Jameses, however, are the first to ad-mit: Great reward requires great risk, especial-ly when renovating a home while living in it.The couple purchased their then-dreary 1970scontemporary home near White Rock Lake sixyears ago amid protests from friends and fami-ly.

“It was pretty much a tear-down, and every-one thought we were crazy,” says Kelly, a Dallaslandscape architect. “The bones were good,though, and we liked the size and openness ofthe rooms. So we pushed up our sleeves and

went to work.”Sitting in the home today with the couple,

it’s hard to envision its time-warped BradyBunch design beginnings. Glass and light nowabound in this thoroughly modern space. Inthe living room, limestone floors (solid, not ve-neers) have replaced dated shag carpeting. Acustom-designed metal staircase with maplehardwood steps leads up to the master bed-room loft, which also doubles as a painting stu-dio for Karen, a PR exec and emerging artist.Her paintings adorn many of the walls here,giving the home a gallerylike feel.

Each window-filled room in the house is ori-ented around a central courtyard, which Kellyhas groomed to serve as its own form of art.Mature trees shade an inviting deck that seemsto float amid lush plantings. An outdoor spa

and cascading wall of water designed by Kelly isa cooling family retreat on a hot day.

The transformation here is impressive, evenmore so when you consider that the Jamesesdid nearly all the work themselves, with helpfrom their family of four children (mostlygrown). “It’s taken a long time, but whatever wedo, we try and do well,” says Kelly.

Lifelong learning curveThat same philosophy has served both Kelly

and Karen their entire lives. Karen, a British native who grew up in Dal-

las, is a former television news crime reporter.“I hung out with FBI agents and detectives alot,” she says. After a while, though, coveringcrime and the unforgiving hours took their toll.“I felt like I just needed to see a better side of

life,” says Karen, who eventually movedcommunications and public relations.

Once she got back on the social circufriend set her up with Kelly in 1997.

Kelly had grown up in Lake Highlands put himself through school at Texas Tech.started out studying agronomy — or “dirt” alikes to say — before shifting to landscapechitecture.

“I just fell in love with it,” says Kelly. “It wcombination of art, architecture and the odoors all sort of wrapped up in one.”

Forbetter, worse,

orremodeling

Kelly and Karen James took on the ultimate marital challenge:

a live-in whole-house renovation

By CHRISTOPHER WYNNStaff Writer

There are defining moments in any home renovation when you ques-

tion your decision to remodel.

For East Dallas homeowners Kelly and Karen James, it was when

the window contractor went missing and left them with a floor-to-

ceiling hole in their upstairs bedroom. In the middle of December.

“We piled on the blankets, but in the mornings, you didn’t even want to stick

a toe out from underneath the covers,” says Kelly.Light and glass abound in Kelly and Karen James’ remodeled ’70s contemporartist Mark Saxe. To the left in the main entryway, a dated-looking built-in gla

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The home’s central courtyard wdesigned around two existing mat

trees and is a serene, inviting spfor outdoor entertain


ZITS By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

LUANN By Greg Evans

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE By Lynn Johnston

PEANUTS By Charles M. Schulz

ONE BIG HAPPY By Rick Detorie

FAMILY CIRCUS By Bil Keane

CRANKSHAFT By Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers

BIZARRO By Dan Piraro

DENNIS THE MENACE By Hank Ketcham

IN THE BLEACHERS By Steve Moore

HOROSCOPEBy LINDA C. BLACKTribune Media Services

Your day … on a scale of 1 to 10.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating:10 is the easiest day.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY: Save up as much as you canthis year and pay off all your bills. If it’sfreedom you’re after, this is a very powerfulplan of attack.

7 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Count your changejust to make sure there haven’t been

miscalculations. This goes for anything elseyou’re doing now that concerns your finances.

7 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s going to beharder than usual to restrain your natural

impulses. Put in the effort and do it, though.Otherwise, you might break something.

6 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Give yourselfextra time to finish the task you’ve been

assigned. The odds are very good thatanything that can go wrong will. Takenecessary precautions and be patient.

7 SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t discussfinancial matters with your team, yet.

There’s not enough to go around. Do moreplanning, so you’ll have a few ideas tosuggest.

6 SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Authorityfigures want to know just what you’ve

been doing. This is not a good time to comeup with a witty response. Be respectful andaccurate.

7 CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Travel is stillnot well favored. Don’t even go if you can

put it off. Home with family is the bestlocation for you now.

7 AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’d love togo along with friends on an expensive

proposition. If you do, the odds are goodyou’ll hate yourself in the morning.

7 PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): All of a suddenyou realize you can’t get there from here.

You’ll have to view the situation from anotherperspective.

7 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your assignmentis to be as accurate as possible. Accuracy is

a function of intention as well as of practice.You should have already practiced.

7 TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s not a goodtime to gamble. There are too many

variables. The most important thing toremember is not to bust your budget.

7 GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Pay attention tothe little stuff, especially sharp objects.

The “caution” flag should be up, becauseodds of breakage are high. Take care.

7 CANCER (June 22-July 22): Take deepbreaths. Don’t let anybody hurry you.

Follow the directions, but don’t get stuck inthem. And be forewarned — everything youtry doesn’t work.


B.C. By Johnny Hart

PICKLES By Brian Crane

DILBERT By Scott Adams

GET FUZZY By Darby Conley

FUNKY WINKERBEAN By Tom Batiuk

MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM By Mike Peters

YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE SOLUTION


BALDO By Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos

BLONDIE By Dean Young

LIO By Mark Tatulli

CATHY The artist is on vacation. This week’s strips are reprints. By Cathy Guisewite

BABY BLUES By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

SUDOKU PUZZLEUniversal Press

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

Complete the grid sothat every row,column and 3x3 boxcontains every digitfrom 1 to 9 inclusively

Dear Abby: I am a 26-year-oldsingle mom with a 5-year-old daugh-ter. I have been seeing “Rhett,” a won-derful, sweet man, for more than ayear. I have fallen very much in lovewith him and he with me — I think.

Ever since Rhett met my daughter,all the fun, romantic, serious stuff weused to talk about has flown out thewindow. Anytime I try to talk sexy orserious about our relationship, he actsuncomfortable and changes the sub-ject to my daughter and how she’s do-ing in school, what her interests are,how she’s feeling, etc.

I am thrilled that Rhett loves mydaughter. But it’s like the romancehas turned into a relationship that’scentered exclusively on my daughter.Help!

Not Selfish in GeorgiaDear Not Selfish: As it stands,

your romance is dead in the water. Hemay have hang-ups about being ro-mantically involved with a womanwho has given birth — or his preoccu-pation with your daughter could besexual.

P.S. If your daughter has not al-ready been made aware of the differ-ence between appropriate and inap-propriate touching, she is old enoughnow.

Dear Abby: I am 86 years old. Myhusband died six months ago, after 60wonderful years of marriage.

As I have been mourning and re-living our life together, my 50-year-old daughter — my only child — has

informed me that when she was ateenager her father molested her of-ten and raped her one week before hermarriage.

Why did she have to tell me now?She says it is because she could no lon-ger stand me talking about how “won-derful” he was. Now my heart is bro-ken, and all I want to do is die.

Wouldn’t it have been better tohave left me with my illusion than ru-in what life I have left?

Heartbroken in DenverDear Heartbroken: Better for

whom? Your daughter has alreadytried to answer your question. Afterall those years of keeping quiet, whatbroke the camel’s back was listeningto you idealize your husband. What Idon’t understand is why your daugh-ter kept silent so long.

Please don’t think I’m heartless,but you and your daughter will bothbe better off if you try to see your hus-band as less of a saint and more of afallible human being, and forgive eachother.

Write to Dear Abby at P.O. Box69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

E-mail via DearAbby.com

Focus on daughteris unsuitorable

Universal Press Syndicate D E A R A B B Y

JEANNE PHILLIPS

NEW IN THE FUNNIESLio (above) is one of four new strips replacingThe Boondocks during artist AaronMcGruder’s six-month sabbatical. We’ll askreaders to choose a favorite in latesummer.

See more Lio, Over The Hedge, Brevity and TheBoondocks, plus an interview with the creatorof Lio, at DallasNews.com/comics.


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Against three hearts, Weststarted passively by leading king,ace, and another spade. Declarerwon and cashed the top clubs,played a trump to the dummy, andruffed a club. He then took theheart ace, led a heart to dummy’squeen, and played a low diamond.When East soporifically followedlow, South inserted the eight. Westcould win the trick, but now wasendplayed. He had either to lose adiamond trick, or else give a ruffand discard.

Well played by South, but thiswas an uninspired defense by East,who should have foreseen the pos-sibility that his partner would beendplayed. When declarer led alow diamond from the dummy,East should have flouted the rulethat second hand plays low by fly-ing up with his queen. This maylook impossible to find at the table,but East knows for sure thatdeclarer has two clubs, threespades, five hearts, and thereforethree diamonds. Thus he can besure that his side needs three dia-mond tricks to set the hand, andhis only realistic chance to do so isto find this precise lie of the suit.When East puts up the diamondqueen, declarer is sunk, whateverhe does.

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C O V E R S T O R Y

Back in Dallas, Kelly becamea principal at Tary Aterburn andin 1989 launched his own firmspecializing primarily in high-end modernist design.

“I’ve learned a lot along theway through osmosis by workingwith great architects,” says Kelly.“My modern design aesthetic isalso the result of my rebellion af-ter having grown up with lots ofantiques and lots of clutter.

“People understand modernwhen they see it, but don’t alwaysknow how to create it. What I’vecome to realize is that I under-stand restraint, and once youmaster restraint in anything,whether it’s art, architecture orinterior design, then you sort ofarrive. You get it.”

Kelly also felt he had arrivedafter hitting it off with Karen. An

avid mountaineer and rockclimber, Kelly had been luringKaren on his rugged expeditionsafter the couple first met.

On one trip to the snowy sum-mit of Mount Rainier in 1999,Kelly surprised her with a pro-posal.

“I sat her on this boulder andasked her what she was doing forthe rest of her life,” says Kelly.Karen was stunned at first andthen started crying.

“I was completely surprised,”she says. “You’re at 10,000 feet ina parka with no makeup. You’renot thinking proposal. I was sohappy, though.”

Back to earthBack on lower ground, the

couple married in 2000 andwent about the task of combin-ing two households (and designsensibilities) into their newly

purchased ’70s contemporary.“Merging personal styles was

a challenge,” says Karen, “be-cause I wasn’t really a modernist.I was minimal at the time, but itwas a different kind of minimal.”

“You went to her house and itwas very clean and perfect, and itwasn’t cluttered up, but it was,well, gold frames and stuff — lotsof gold — which drove me crazy,”says Kelly.

“I would describe it as morePottery Barn-ish,” says Karen.

“We both have strong person-alities, and I think we were origi-nally trying to hold our grounds,stylewise.”

Time to call in an expert. Thecouple’s friend architect CliffWelch recommended they con-sult an interior decorator. Kellyand Karen took his advice andmet with a designer, but thenended up not caring for any ofthe designer’s ideas.

“We decided we could do thisbetter ourselves,” says Karen.

“It was at that moment thatwe began working together andreally coming up with our ownvision as a couple for the house,”Kelly adds. Both soon focused ona soft modern scheme.

Sure, there were a few snags.Kelly originally wanted all white,but Karen persuaded him to try alittle color, such as the pale greenin the breakfast room. “I remem-

ber Kelly called me, worried thatit was too dark, and when I gothome and saw this very pale col-or of green on the walls, I justsaid, ‘Ho-neey …’ ”

Another space that got asplash of color was the powderroom. The walls are painted richchartreuse, an exact computercolor-match of Karen’s favoritefuzzy green bathrobe.

When the couple were readyto dress up their bare walls, thebudget had hardly any moneyleft for art. So Karen beganpainting.

She started by copying mas-terworks and playfully signingthese pieces “Francesca,” hermiddle name. She then begancreating her own works on can-vas.

Friends soon commissionedher work, word spread, and to-day Karen has pieces exhibited inSanta Fe and also has a display ofpaintings through Aug. 8 in theCerulean Gallery at Snider Plaza.

“If we had had a lot of money,I would never have learned howto paint, because we just wouldhave gone out and bought art,”says Karen. “It turned out to bethe biggest blessing.”

Is this couple’s six-year reno-vation finally over?

“Hardly,” says Karen.

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The master bedroom loft also doubles as Karen James’painting studio. Her original works adorn the walls.


In the home’s rear courtyard, a custom limestone spa and fountain provide a soothing retreatwhere the family can relax on warm summer evenings.

RENOVATION ANDRELATIONSHIPSKelly and Karen James sharetips from their experience onremodeling the house whilekeeping harmony at home.

1. Be willing to let go of yourold ways and embrace newthings. (“I was unsure aboutgoing with a completelymodernist style in thebeginning,” says Karen. “NowI love it.”)

2. Trust each other, andrespect each other’s taste.

3. Listen to your mate, discussyour ideas, then findsomething you both canagree on.

4. Live in a space first, and tryout your ideas. (“As wefunctioned as a family here,we realized that some of ourinitial ideas were not verypractical for daily life,” saysKelly.)

5. Don’t forget to dreamtogether.

Karen and Kelly James’snowy betrothal atopMount Rainier in 1999

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