Red and White Stripes

In each stocking there was a pair of bright red mittens, and there was a long, flat stick of red-and-white-striped peppermint candy, all beautifully notched along each side.

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1932)

"Designed by Myra Hoefer Design, this dining room features side chairs by Oly slipcovered in Grey Watkins Indian cotton strip and a table by Astier de Villatte."
Photography by Ray Kachatorian.
House Beautiful.

"Striped bedding and a striped rug echo the lines of wooden French blinds in the bedroom of one of [Carolyn] Espley-Miller's two sons."
Beach house of Carolyn Espley-Miller and family in Carpinteria, California.
Interior design by Carolyn Espley-Miller.
Photography by David Tsay.
Interview by Lisa Cregan.
"White Wash" produced by Robert Rufino.
House Beautiful (September 2010).

"In the living room, an 18th-century mirror, a Louis XVI-style gilt armchair, English Regency-inspired pilasters painted to resemble Macassar ebony, and a Beauvais cowhide rug."
Apartment in 1928 building on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Interior design by Brian McCarthy.
Photography by William Waldron.
Written by Mitchell Owens.
"The Transformers" produced by Anita Sarsidi.
Elle Decor (December 2007).

"The breakfast room's banquette is upholstered in Lulu DK's Fruit Punch, the 1940s American side chairs are from Gerald Bland, and the coral chandelier is from Mecox Gardens."
Apartment in 1928 building on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Interior design by Brian McCarthy.
Photography by William Waldron.
Written by Mitchell Owens.
"The Transformers" produced by Anita Sarsidi.
Elle Decor (December 2007).

"The bedroom features curtains and a canopy of Irish linen, custom-made bedding, and a taboret and daybed from [Alessandra] Branca."
Interior design by Alessandra Branca.
Photography by Joshua McHugh.
Elle Decor.

Says Ines de la Fressange of her country house in Provence, "This is where we get our bearings. It's our little corner, where we read, sleep, dream."
Ines de la Fressange's home in Tarascon, France.
Photography by Marie-Pierre Morel.
Produced by Barbara Bourgois.
"Taking it Easy" produced by Philippe Tretiack.
Elle Decor (January - February 2012).
Originally published in Elle Decoration France.

"Modeled after the work of Alexander Calder, a guest room's maguey-fiber wall hanging was hand-woven in Central America in the '70s; the [Alberto] Pinto-designed bed is upholstered in a mix of leather and fabric."
Rio de Janeiro apartment of the late interior decorator Alberto Pinto.
Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.
Text by Mitchell Owens.
"Creative License" produced by Carlos Mota.
Architectural Digest (September 2011).

"The chair, sconces, and poster in the second-floor hallway are flea-market finds, and the rugs are by Woodard and Greenstein."
Windy Gates, the Martha's Vineyard farmhouse of restaurateur Keith McNally and his family.
Photography by Simon Upton.
Text by Kate Betts.
"Farm Fresh" produced by Anita Sarsidi.
Elle Decor (July - August 2011).

 

"The living room makes you think of pink in a whole new way. Here, it's faded red, and no two shades - from the urn to the rug to the kilim pillows - are alike. An old cabana stripe was made into slipcovers for two George Sherlock sofas from Ruby Beets Old and New."

Bridgehampton, New York house of design consultant Ellen O'Neill.

Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.

Photography by John Kernick.

"Worn, Weathered, Wonderful" interview by Christine Pittel.

House Beautiful (March 2011).

Ellen O'Neill "found the wing chair already in that toile at Laurin Copen Antiques. The rug, from Ann-Morris Antiques, is vintage Persian, 'but beyond that, it's anyone's guess. I'm never one for provenance, believe me.' "
Bridgehampton, New York house of design consultant, Ellen O'Neill.
Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.
Photography by John Kernick.
"Worn, Weathered, Wonderful" interview by Christine Pittel.
House Beautiful (March 2011).

"A stack of Madeline Weinrib cushions from ABC Carpet and Home 'is for friends to pull out so we can sit around the coffee table and eat in front of the fire.' "

Bridgehampton, New York home of design consultant Ellen O'Neill.

Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.

Photography by John Kernick.

"Worn, Weathered, Wonderful" interview by Christine Pittel.

House Beautiful (March 2011).

"A striped rug from IKEA brightens the bath. 'There's a discipline to stripes,' [Ellen] O'Neill says. 'When I worked at Ralph Lauren, we attended stripe class - awning stripes, regimental stripes, ticking stripes. I love them all.' Canvas sling chair from Bloom. Striped towels by Ralph Lauren. Good Morning towel from Pearl River."

Bridgehampton, New York home of design consultant Ellen O'Neill.

Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.

Photography by John Kernick.

"Worn, Weathered, Wonderful" interview by Christine Pittel.

House Beautiful (March 2011).

" 'I felt like I had run into an old friend when I saw this hammock at IKEA,' " says Ellen O'Neill. 
Bridgehampton, New York home of design consultant Ellen O'Neill.
Interior design by Ellen O'Neill.
Photography by John Kernick.
"Worn, Weathered, Wonderful" interview by Christine Pittel.
House Beautiful (March 2011).

"A quick change for dining room chairs: slipcover them in vintage grain sacks. 'These all come from John Derian,' [Jesse] Carrier says. 'He has a roomful and you just pick through, or you can find them at flea markets. They're not fragile. Just throw them in the wash.' Brocante silverware chandelier from Interieurs."
Country house in upstate New York.
Interior design by Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller.
Photography by Francesco Lagnese.
"Simplify It" interview by Christine Pittel.
House Beautiful (June 2011).

Side chairs in red-and-white stripe serve "as the perfect foil" to the chintz that covers the walls and furniture in the sun room.
Historic Neo-Georgian home in Morris County, New Jersey belonging to decorator 
Janet Simon and her family
Interior design by Janet Simon, Janet Simon Inc.
Photography by John Bessler.
Text by Sabine Rothman.
"Garden State Grandeur"
Traditional Home.

"Antique spool-turned beds and a new red-checked rug make for a cozy loft bedroom. [Carole] Weaks chose graphic patterns that could stand up to the log walls, such as a bold red-and-white leaf pattern on bed pillows and draperies and a stripe on upholstered valances."
Interior design by Carole Weaks, C. Weaks Interiors, Inc.
Photography by Emily Followill.
Text by Amy Elbert.
"Storybook Log Cabin" produced by Lisa Mowry.
Traditional Home.

" 'Overscale furniture kind of fools you into thinking the tented cabin is bigger than it is,' says [Ken] Fulk. Salvaged columns turn the Ralph Lauren bed into a virtual four-poster. 'I want people to feel pampered, which is why there are lots of pillows.' " 
Bedding by Pottery Barn.
Tented cabin owned and designed by Ken Fulk.
Photography by Victoria Pearson.
"A Classic Cottage in Napa Valley" by Christine Pittel.
House Beautiful (July 2008).

Malibu beachside apartment of Eric Hughes and Nathan Turner.
Photography by William Abranowicz.
Styled by Martin Bourne.
"Catching a Wave" by David A. Keeps.
Elle Decor.

"London designer Nicholas Haslam and his colleague Colette van den Thillart looked to vintage issues of French Vogue and the work of Elsie de Wolfe for inspiration when they decorated Villa Corinne, a guesthouse in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France. To add punch to this hall that leads to a monochromatic bedroom, they covered it in a hand-blocked red-and-white awning stripe wallpaper. 'The bedroom is white on white, so we wanted to make a statement of color and pattern at the entrance,' Haslam explained."
Interior design by NH Design.
Photography by Derry Moore.
Text by Michael Peppiatt.
"Dreaming on the Cote d'Azur"
 Architectural Digest (March 2008).

"The small roll-top desk was purchased in Charleston and displays pairs of coin silver mugs and bowls and leather books."
Charleston, South Carolina pied-a-terre of Atlanta decorator Jackye Lanham and her husband Bill.
Interior design by Jackye Lanham.
Photography by Tria Giovan.
"Charleston Gem" by Jill Kirchner Simpson.
Southern Accents.