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"Plaid Rooms\nThere's nothing quite as cozy or welcoming as a touch of plaid, particularly around the holidays. The season's favorite pattern reigns supreme in our roundup of tartan spaces\nPlaid fabrics have been a staple in Ralph Lauren's world for as long as we can remember, so it's no surprise that tartan pillows, throws, and runners are used with abandon in his Bedford, New York, residence, which he describes as \"a combination hunting lodge and stately home.\" In the master sitting room, the walls are lined with a fabric from the designer's home collection, and even the desk accessories are decked out in plaid. (November 2004)\nKenneth Battelle, the famed hairdresser of Jacqueline Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe (whom he prepared for her \"Happy Birthday, Mr. President\" moment at Madison Square Garden), wanted \"comfort, comfort, comfort\" at his country house on the Hudson River. \"I've always had a red library,\" he says, so he decided to carry on the tradition here\u2014the vibrant color enlivens just about every surface in the room. (April 2004)\n\"I think of my home as my showplace,\" says Glasgow art dealer Anthony Ferrie, but, he adds, \"comfort can never be secondary.\" He outfitted his bedroom in a blue-and-white palette (he finds the two colors very restful); the plaid curtains and regal framed prints lend the space a cosseted atmosphere. (September 2006)\nFor a home she designed in Palm Beach, Florida (a place where pastels predominate), Marjorie Shushan used a neutral palette to introduce \"peace, quiet, and some luxury.\" The most intriguing demonstration of her soothing colors is found in the library, which is anchored by a plaid cotton rug. (March 2005)\n\"Nouveau Federal\" is how designer Francine Coffey describes the interiors of her apartment in a Manhattan townhouse by Carr\u00E8re &amp;amp; Hastings. Putting a splashy spin on 18th-century American decor, she covered the walls of the bedroom and adjacent dressing area (shown here) in a wool Campbell tartan. (September 2008)\nThe lush interiors John Stefanidis created for a neoclassical-style guesthouse pavilion located in the Midwest are reminiscent of an English country estate. The tartan carpet and peacock-color furnishings add a theatrical glamour to the mahogany-paneled library, which also features a Regency gilt-bronze chandelier, a Venetian mirror, and an inlaid low table by the designer. (July 2004)\nInterior designer Roger Thomas collaborated with Steve Wynn on the hotelier's own residence, a duplex villa on the grounds of the Wynn Las Vegas. In the master bedroom, Thomas installed an inviting chaise sectional whose graphic pattern contrasts with the pale wool carpet and the sapphire silk-upholstered walls. (November 2010)\nGoing against the traditional styles typically found in Palm Beach, Florida, Peter Marino paired Asian influences with classic modern pieces from the early 20th century at an oceanfront house he designed and decorated. In the living room, a set of Claude Lalanne low tables join a Jean-Michel Frank settee and armchairs; the striped rug balances the plaid window treatments. (July 2004)\nA couple with three teenage sons looked to Elissa Cullman to make their new house in Colorado ski country cozy but not clich\u00E9d. The \"mountainy theme-park look, with antlers everywhere,\" as the homeowner puts it, was not going to work. For the main living area of the attached barn, Cullman devised a fresh Western look with a jolt of color provided by red tartan sofas. (June 2010)\nInterior designer Victoria Hagan decorated an 8,000-square-foot Shingle Style summer house on Nantucket for a couple and their three children. The living room features striped pillows on white-duck-covered furniture, blue cashmere throws, and a custom-made blue-and-white-plaid rug (\"I adjusted its scale and pattern to the room,\" she says); breezy white draperies frame the French doors, which open to views of the harbor. (October 2005)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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