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The Crown Molding of This Historic San Francisco Home Is the Literal Icing on the Cake

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When Lauren Smiley and Harshal Ingol bought their historic penthouse in San Francisco’s Mission District in 2022, the former owners passed on the keys and a bit of lore. According to them—and to a nearly 100-year-old game of telephone—construction in the Bay Area hit such a fever pitch when the condo was built in 1929 that finding a crown molder proved impossible.
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The Art of Using Two Wallpapers in One Room

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By Allison Duncan Verified
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Say what you will about the Victorian era, but no one can deny they mastered the art of pattern play. For the elite, “it wasn’t enough to use a single wallpaper in a room,” says Washington, D.C.-based interior designer and author Annie Elliott. Instead, Victorians “routinely installed one paper on the lower portion of a wall, or the dado; another above it; and a wallpaper border just under the crown molding.” Bonus points were earned for wallpapering the ceiling, too.
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Designer Heidi Caillier Embraces Heart-Shaped Cutouts, Prints, and Patterns to Create a Charming Seaside Cottage

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When famed Carmel-by-the-Sea architect Hugh Comstock first visited the idyllic coastal California town in 1924, he fell for Otsy-Totsy doll maker Mayotta Browne. Not long after, Comstock built a fairytale-inspired cottage ‘Hansel’ for Browne to house her growing collection of handmade felt rag dolls. This labor of love–a 240-square-foot Tudor-style home with flared eaves, hand-hewn trim, a pitched roofline, and an irregular stone chimney–had the Carmel community with hearts in their eyes.
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