Working as a Interior Designer, clients inevitably ask "Well,  what do
you think.?" or "What if it was your house?"
That question is always needs to be answered, by looking at their
lifestyle, their environment.  But just
recently I was asked what were my  5 favorite pieces within Historic
Lighting.  The answer didn't come
easily.  I love the stores and  I really had to mentally go through the
inventory, room by room.  I finally found the answers
by going into my space... into my home.

I live in Norco, California with my 4 horses, 3 dogs, 1 crow and my
father.  My sister and her
family live within a mile and I have gotten quite involved in the
community.  Although somewhat
a hermit when I come home I do occasionally love to entertain.  The
gatherings can be from 4 to 60 and I love
to have everything look wonderful.  The plates, the linens, the food and
definitely the wine must
all work together.  Hence my first selection, the Prohibition Bar, a
Monterey reproduction by Hile Studios.
It looks like a dresser, that when not under disguise, opens up to a
wonderful bar and serving piece.  With
the hand painted bronc and the colorful tile inlay, let the party begin.

We then move onto dinner.  Sitting around my Monterey Dining Table and
chairs, also by Hile.
Surprising enough the chairs are comfortable and comfortable friends are
happy and talkative friends.
The evening continues as we adjure to the living room where this
beautiful hutch, by Antigua, is opened up and
the port is served.  The hutch, a beautiful example of Spanish Revival,
is filled with bottles, glasses and I would
never forget the chocolates.

I love my dream living room.  It is cozy and welcoming and when I do
entertain, the evening usually
goes late.  My last two favorite pieces, I envision also in this room
They are the Monterey version of the Zen glass table
and the Monterey rug by Persian Carpet.  Years ago, Mike Devlin and I
designed, first, the glass Zen Table.
The inspiration behind our table was really quite simple.  I was
designing all of these wonderful living and family
rooms for clients but when it came to finding a coffee table, their only
choices were all big pieces of wood, covering
up their beautiful new rugs.  So, we came up with the glass Zen tables.
There have been 4 versions created
and I love them all.  My table sits on my Persian Monterey carpet which
compliments all the colors,
textures, furnishing and accessories in this delightful dream living room.

Well, these are my favorites.  I look forward to hearing about yours.