The furnishings, though, looked much the same the modern taste of twenty years ago, boxy and stuffed, bare wood and monochrome wool, coffee tables of thick glass on cruciform legs of stainless steel, all mixed with Orientals and family antiques.

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She ditched the ceiling fans, covered yellow walls with sage-colored wallpaper, darkened the blond wood floor and installed wool carpets.

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This six bedroom farmhouse dating from 1736 exudes high level but rustic , relaxed mountain style handcrafted golden wood pieces, sharply designed wool fabrics as accents, local antiques such as 19thcentury iron stoves, bed and bath linens from Linvosges and Yves Delormes.

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Local raw materials--say, olive wood from the West Bank for a Nativity scene or wool from alpacas raised in the Andes foothills for a knit hat--are favored.

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