Georgian Renewal
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Next to the stair, with its bronze-and-walnut rail and Art Déco-style balustrade, is a large oil by Bohemian artist Toyen. Velvet from Travers covers the banquette's frame; a Brunschwig Fils fabric covers the cushions.
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For the creation of their 6,500-square-foot, late-Georgian-style town house in Houston's River Oaks, Roy and Mary Cullen hired the architectural firm Ike Kligerman Barkley and designer Michael J. Siller.
The living room. Low table, Julia Gray. Drapery, sofa and chair fabrics, Scalamandré; underdrapery fabric, Clarence House.
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The front elevation.
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The stair's rise provides an intimate view of a Jacques Gruber stained glass window and a Georgian-style skylight.
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The dining room has 12-foot ceilings and uses elements salvaged from their old house, such as the corner cabinet—one of two that flank the bay window. Valance fabric, dining chair fabric and wallcovering, Scalamandré. Brunschwig Fils armchair fabric in bay.
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The bright kitchen has a Frigidaire range, a Waterworks faucet and a chair cushion fabric from Great Plains.
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Roy and Mary Cullen chose the town house as a way of downsizing.
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Siller painted the library bright yellow because, as he says, it "creates a perfect background for the Cullens' Latin American art, with its rich, dark colors." Chair stripe and sofa floral, Travers. Blue sofa pillow fabric, Clarence House.
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The master bedroom. Stroheim Romann drapery fabrics. Club chair and ottoman chenille, S. Harris.
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A guest room contains their Vietnamese art collection. Brunschwig Fils wallcovering.