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"No Place Like Home\nFanciful English country style in the midwest\nDesigner Mario Buatta and architect Oscar Shamamian, of Ferguson Shamamian, created a midwestern house with a lived-in feel. A Stark carpet anchors the living room. Leopard-print velvet, Colefax Fowler. Brunschwig Fils chintz, sofa damask and rose-colored velvet.\nBelgian stones pave the entrance courtyard to the house, whose design was heavily influenced by the early-20th-century architect Frank Joseph Forster.\nSix sets of French doors open to two terraces off the living room. Yellow silk and drapery fabric, Scalamandr\u00E9.\nA vaulted wine cellar doubles as an intimate dining room. The blue-and-white plates displayed on the doors were recovered from the treasure trove of a sunken ship. A French oak table and chairs, upholstered in Brunschwig Fils fabrics, rest on the limestone floor.\nFloral motifs accent the wife&amp;#39;s sitting room, which is adjacent to the conservatory. A trellis design, painted on the floor by Robert Jackson, complements the chintz. Cowtan Tout lampshade fabric. Drapery fabric, Christopher Norman. All other fabrics by Brunschwig Fils.\nBuatta, seated, landscape architect Peter Cummin, left, and Shamamian worked closely together, resulting in a cohesive sensibility.\n&amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s a fantasy room,&amp;quot; Buatta says of the lavishly appointed master bedroom. &amp;quot;It transports the residents someplace else.&amp;quot; A painted trellis highlights the space. Floral linen, canopy hangings and blue armchair fabric by Colefax Fowler. Pierre Frey check on settee.\nBuatta chose a blue-and-white print, from Manuel Canovas, for one of the two guest rooms and used it liberally, applying it to the walls, windows and furniture. The carpet, from Stark, continues the palette. A swing-arm lamp, from John Boone, provides reading light.\nCummin chose mature plantings for the terraced grounds to give the sense that the house had always been there.\nA fireplace keeps the outdoor room usable for most of the year. Sconces from H. M. Luther hang from the stone walls. Bielecky Brothers stick furniture."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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