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March 2013 - Dallas

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place.��� For instance, their original dining table was split to create twin consoles ��� one in the upstairs hall, the other creating a DJ station with dual turntables in the music room. The music room is a microcosm of their style mash-up: grand piano with a tufted velvet bench, a sinuously modern sofa that curves over a retrochic purple shag rug and shelves filled with an LP collection (think Wilco meets Puccini, The Flaming Lips vs. Captain and Tennille, Merle Haggard sidling up to Stereolab). This is a favorite spot for entertaining, with friends taking turns DJing. ���We don���t really entertain formally,��� Jenny says. That explains the jigsaw puzzle in the dining room, which is typically used for games and homework rather than formal gatherings. The family congregates primarily in the open kitchen/ living area, dominated by a brass-seamed wood table ��� crafted of a single tree trunk, its organic shape almost sculptural. ���Our friends Lisa and John Runyon (of Runyon Fine Arts) helped us with the art collection,��� which includes album cover art by Christian Marclay and a Will Cotton drawing that served as the concept art for a Katy Perry album. Their music-industry ties are evident throughout the house, especially in the upstairs recording studio, tucked into a tall gabled space and crowded with microphones and instruments. Right in the center is Jenny���s aerial silk rigging, a sluice of bright blue that she uses for workouts �� la Cirque du Soleil ���although when they do it, they look so calm and graceful.��� Working at a relaxed pace, Jenny spent a lot of time sourcing the striking wallpapers that give each room its character. ���I scoured European design magazines and books, and I went down a lot of online rabbit trails,��� she says. Her favorite finds: designs by the Swedish one-named wonder Hanna and papers by New York artist Shanan Campanaro, who transforms individual art prints into dazzling wallpapers such as the Rorschachian pattern in the dining room and the magical Lamb���s Ear in a rear hallway. The no-pressure progression of the house shows in the natural, unforced style of the finished project. ���The real pressure was off when we moved in,��� Jenny says, ���so I could finish each room on my own time, with no deadlines.��� CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Brant McFarlain designed the live-edge walnut table, crafted from a split trunk with a center seam of solid bronze. Chairs are mid-century vintage with new leather upholstery. Turntables in the music room. Saarinen���s iconic womb chair snuggles into a corner of the bedroom. Drapery fabric is Osborne & Little. A cross between tie-dye and inkblot, the dining room wallpaper was Jenny���s online find from the Eskayel collection by Shanan Campanaro. The sculpture spells out LOVE in sign language. The music room is a microcosm of their style mash-up: grand piano with a tufted velvet bench, a sinuously modern sofa that curves over a retro-chic purple shag rug and shelves filled with an LP collection (think Wilco meets Puccini, The Flaming Lips vs. Captain and Tennille, Merle Haggard sidling up to Stereolab). This is a favorite spot for entertaining, with friends taking turns DJing. MARCH | PAGE 42 | 2013

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