Great American Homes: Taste of Tuscany in Suburban Home |
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Taste of Tuscany
in Suburban Home |
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Bland ranch-house roots are disguised in the living room beneath mustard-colored walls and a shard-covered fireplace surround made by the owner.
Rather than using more expected tile or marble, Simpkins personalized the living room's original '50s fireplace by facing it with a colorful mosaic of shards — chips and pieces of broken china cups and ceramic pots that she spent a year collecting, as well as some of her grandmother's old costume jewelry — for a one-of-a-kind presence.
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