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"Designer May Daouk's Beirut Villa\nWith a lively overscale room at its heart, Beirut-based designer May Daouk's home has traditional charm and worldliness to spare.\nInterior designer May Daouk at her late-19th-century villa in Beirut. She moved with her three sons back to the city of her birth after a decade spent in New York working for designer Bunny Williams.\nThe home is oriented around an expansive antiques-filled living room painted a striking lilac. The table at left displays ceramics found at John Rosselli Antiques. The purple armchairs are from Ann-Morris Antiques, and the large Oushak carpet is 19th century.\nA trio of stone arches creates an enclave at one end of the living room; the antique chimneypiece is Italian.\nArrayed in the living room are an antique toile peinte, custom-made lacquer bookcases, and a pair of vintage chairs.\nThe dining room features an English Arts and Crafts table and chairs from Ann-Morris Antiques; the calligraphic panel above the door is Syrian, and the carpet is 19th-century Persian.\nDisplayed on the far side of the room is a set of architectural prints of the ancient city of Baalbek. The sideboard, table, and chairs are all from Ann-Morris Antiques.\nDaouk's kitchen is the most contemporary room in the house, with stainless-steel shelving and cabinetry and a Miele dishwasher.\nLuna the English bulldog in a passageway connecting the living room, kitchen, and bedrooms. The lanterns are from Damascus.\nThe antique lantern and the brass stool in the master bedroom are Lebanese. The ebonized slipper chairs are Italian, and the club chair, by O. Henry House, is clad in a Robert Kime ticking stripe; the bedside tables are from John Rosselli Antiques.\nThe master bath includes inlaid-wood pelmets and embroidered-lace curtains custom made by local artisans. The mirror is a Flemish antique, and the '50s Nagasaki chairs are by Mathieu Mat\u00E9got.\nTwo of Daouk's sons share a bedroom with a 1940s French desk, a chair from Design Within Reach, bedcovers by Chelsea Textiles, and a striped kilim."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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