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"Mary Matalin James Carville\nOpposing Views Unite in a Bold Design Vision Near the Capital\nMary Matalin and James Carville \"were not looking for us to be subtle or to hold back,\" interior designer Marion E. Yeck says of the house in Alexandria, Virginia, he and R. Edward Bouchard put together for the prominent Washington, D.C., couple and their two daughters.\nThe town house\u2014a modern interpretation of Federal style\u2014sits on the Potomac.\n\"She's fearless,\" Bouchard says of Matalin. \"She doesn't want what other people in this staid, conservative area want.\"\n\nIn the entrance hall is a monkey sculpture. \"Mary loves monkeys,\" says Bouchard. \"They're clever and smart.\"\nThe exuberant living room was designed with the couple's frequent entertaining in mind. \"By turning a chair, anyone can join another conversation,\" says Yeck. A work by Chagall, bottom center, is beneath one of two Jamali lithographs. A Schumacher paper is on the ceiling.\n\"I told Bud and Ed, \u2018Orange is the new black,' \" Matalin says.\n\nIn the dining room, the designers added their own twist: \"Since the backs of the chairs are the first things you see, we alternated the colors\u2014red and saffron,\" Yeck says. Sahco polka-dot chair fabric.\n\nSee more Dining Rooms \u00BB\nOne of the family's two dachshunds, Cherry, lies on the terrace, where they watch the wildlife on the river. \"We see the ospreys grow up,\" Matalin notes. Chairs and table from Brown Jordan; cushion fabric from Schumacher.\nThe couple and their daughters, Emma, left, and Matty, gather in front of a family portrait by Victor Razgulin. Stark ottoman fabric.\nSubscribe to Architectural Digest"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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