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"Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan\nThe Actors' Country Retreat in the Rolling Hills of New England\n\"They're hearth-and-home types,\" designer Marc Charbonnet says of Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan, who built a house in New England on land adjacent to Pollan's parents' farm. Landscape designer Jean Brooks planted a perennial garden outside the kitchen.\nArchitect Charles Myer, who designed the house, defined the living area at the end of the great room with a fieldstone fireplace. Osborne &amp;amp; Little red sofa fabric; Stroheim &amp;amp; Romann yellow sofa and ottoman fabrics; Decorators Walk cord on chairs.\n\"The great room was Michael's earliest request,\" notes Myer, who built a gallery on three sides to provide circulation for the upper levels. A 37-by-15-foot needlepoint carpet designed by Charbonnet covers the entire floor \"and unifies the space,\" the designer says. Osborne &amp;amp; Little daybed fabric.\n\"A lot of living is done in the kitchen,\" says Charbonnet, who worked closely with his colleague Ewa Olsen on the interiors. Rafael Pimentel, formerly with Peter Marino, designed and painted the stenciled frieze. The drapery fabric is from Osborne &amp;amp; Little.See more Country Homes \u00BB\nIn the master bedroom, a Charbonnet-designed copy of an American blanket chest hides a television. \"The room is very cozy; a television would have interrupted that.\" Chelsea Editions embroidered floral stripe; Clarence House red-and-pink plaid; Frette bedding.\nPedestal sinks retain the country feeling in the master bath. Decorators Walk drapery fabric.\nThe pond house\u2014\"one of Michael's favorite places to hang out,\" says Myer\u2014is an old shed that was relocated to the property. Scalamandr\u00E9 cushion fabric.\nThe 80-acre parcel of land, surrounded by dairy and horse farms, \"begins on the valley floor and stretches up to the top of a small mountain,\" says Myer, who built a terrace along the west fa\u00E7ade to take in the views. Apple trees Brooks planted line a path to the pond."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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