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"Mary Matalin and James Carville\u2018s Federal Style Home in Virginia\nThe prominent Washington, D.C., couple and their two daughters find solace in their Alexandria, Virginia, townhouse that sits on the Potomac\nMary Matalin and James Carville \u201Cwere not looking for us to be subtle or to hold back,\u201D 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.\n\u201CShe\u2019s fearless,\u201D Bouchard says of Matalin. \u201CShe doesn\u2019t want what other people in this staid, conservative area want.\u201D In the entrance hall is a monkey sculpture. \u201CMary loves monkeys,\u201D says Bouchard. \u201CThey\u2019re clever and smart.\u201D\nThe exuberant living room was designed with the couple\u2019s frequent entertaining in mind. \u201CBy turning a chair, anyone can join another conversation,\u201D says Yeck. A work by Chagall, bottom center, is beneath one of two Jamali lithographs. A Schumacher paper is on the ceiling.\n\u201CI told Bud and Ed, \u2018Orange is the new black,\u2019 \u201D Matalin says. In the dining room, the designers added their own twist: \u201CSince the backs of the chairs are the first things you see, we alternated the colors\u2014red and saffron,\u201D Yeck says.\nOne of the family\u2019s two dachshunds, Cherry, lies on the terrace, where they watch the wildlife on the river. \u201CWe see the ospreys grow up,\u201D Matalin notes.\nThe couple and their daughters, Emma, left, and Matty, gather in front of a family portrait by Victor Razgulin."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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