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"Bruce Shostak's Traditional New York Country House\nThe spirit of the Founding Fathers suffuses an impeccably restored circa-1817 home in upstate New York\nDecorator Bruce Shostak stands at the front door of Hillstead, the Federal-era house in Claverack, New York, he shares with Craig Fitt. The home was renovated with consultant Jeremiah Rusconi. For more details see Sources.\nStriped runners by Woodard &amp;amp; Greenstein animate the entrance hall, which is lit with an antique lantern; the early-19th-century tiger-maple demilune table and chairs were chosen because they match the banister, and the gilt-wood mirror is antique American.\nA bust of Thomas Jefferson by Sculpture House Casting surveys the living room. The 19th-century chandelier was found in Denmark, and the Louis XVI fauteuils in the center are upholstered in a brown velvet by Old World Weavers from Stark. Between the windows, a 19th-century bas-relief of George Washington hangs above a circa-1805 New York Pembroke table.\nThe living room's Massachusetts Federal sofa sits beneath a late-19th-century wallpaper panel from Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz Vintage Wallpapers; the sisal is by Beauvais Carpets.\nDeVenco Products wood blinds shade the dining room, which is centered on an antique double-pedestal table from Thomas Schwenke; the Regency chairs from Doyle Antiques are cushioned with a woven horsehair from Scalamandr\u00E9.\nThe lounge is furnished with an 1820s Philadelphia bookcase from Charles and Rebekah Clark, a Regency library stand from Sutter Antiques, and an antique gilt-wood overmantel mirror from Stair Galleries.\nVintage Windsor chairs surround a reproduction tavern-style table in the kitchen; the chandelier is by Period Lighting Fixtures, and a Beauvais sisal covers the painted original floorboards.\nArgand-style sconces by JP-Tinsmith share the upstairs hall with an early-19th-century Danish portrait; the tiger-maple side chairs date from around 1820.\nA circa-1810 four-poster stands in the master bedroom; the toile de Jouy canopy is lined in a Jasper fabric. The bobbin-turned English chair, circa 1850, is from Susan Silver Antiques, and the striped armchair is William IV; the bed linens are by Restoration Hardware, and the carpet is by Beauvais.\nThe brick Federal Style house is painted in a Benjamin Moore white."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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