November 28, 2010

Jake’s Place

My real estate agent, Jake, is a man of many talents. We have known each other since high school, when all of the girls had crushes on him and he gave the most fun “field” parties. Fast forward a number of years, and Jake is still a master party planner, as well as a real estate agent and floral designer… oh, and a fabulous host of yard sales (see here and here).5-27 009

The local paper had a great feature about how Jake decorates for the holidays and I thought I’d share some of the images and copy from the article with you.

"More is more," says Boone, while strolling through his three-bedroom, three-bath house, filled with antiques and estate sale finds, traditional furnishings and global art.Sun1 For starters, a bronze French chandelier in the dining room is draped with some 350 shimmering ornaments in amethyst and chartreuse hues.SUn2Nearby, on a sideboard, twin brushed gold metal "ribbon" trees — each 6 feet tall — are accented with a thick cuff of hydrangea, artichoke and jewel-encrusted grapes.Sun3Silver champagne buckets are filled with roses in crimson and purple, while slender 32-inch tapers rest on the mantel of a marble fireplace.sun5 Over a period of weeks beginning around mid-November, he begins to execute his grand holiday vision.Sun4Unabashedly extravagant? Yes. "But always tasteful," Boone says.sun7

That’s Jake – always tasteful!

18 comments:

  1. Ooh, so pretty and inspiring. Hope you have a great week.

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  2. Wow and a double Wow!!! That is amazing what a site to behold, how fun to know someone with that much talent!! Kathysue

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  3. WOW!! Sorry, that's all I've got.

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  4. The chandelier and the ribbon trees are amazing. Everything else, is also--but my eyes got stuck on the chandelier and just wouldn't move. Thanks, Mary

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  5. Just gorgeous! I especially love the first photo.

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  6. Cowabunga!

    Now, if you'd just show us the color-coded storage system for his entire holiday decorations (I assume this is just the tip of the iceberg?) on the specially-designed easy-glide tracks that he had installed for ready access...

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  7. Oh my GAWD!!! Love it! (and I am right there with Reggie D!!). I think that chandelier decoration is GENIUS!!! Thanks for sharing!

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  8. I remember how many young ladies Mr. Boone left devastated when they found out he was one for the fellas. Seemed like all the cutest Loyola boys swung that way at the time...

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  9. Gorgeous Meg...Jake is one talented guy....xv

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  10. Swoon! his house is gorgeous! When is having another tag sale?

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  11. The nearly globular wine glasses have me panting.

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  12. Wow - I can't even imagine - where does he store everything??!! I love the the white and green table - the combination of the hydrangea and the granny smiths with all the silver and crystal is fabulous!

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  13. Spectacular. But this gentleman obviously doesn't have any kitties!

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  14. I'm from BH too...and Jake was the selling agent for my house 18+ years ago. he'll be glad to know that I subscribe to "More is More." This is a lovely article.

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