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5 Secrets to a Fabulous Family Room
Fine-tune your furniture arrangement, pick a fresh fabric, and get a whole new look. These expert tips make it easy.
By Robert Martin / Photography Van Chaplin / Flash design by Heather Adams

Company season is here, so it’s important that family and friends feel at home in your home. To share a few of her tricks, St. Louis interior designer Corinne Jones walks us through her own family room, which she magically transformed from a former horse stable to a plush living space. Take stock of your belongings, and set your decorating dreams on the right course with these style secrets.


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Five Secrets To a Fabulous Family Room
Pages 108-110: Interiors by Corinne Jones, Jacqueline Maritz Interiors, St. Louis, (314) 993-5877; love seat from O. Henry House; club chairs by Lewis Mittman, fabric is Rogers and Goffigon (92401-15); reproduction side chair at writing desk is French Henri II style by Gregorius/Pineo, fabric is Edelman suede with nail heads; coffee table is East/West table by Harrison van Horn, raffia brown finish; drapery and valance fabric is Bailey and Griffen linen print (09580) with M&J Décor trim (983-26812); entertainment armoire and mantel from The Farmhouse Collection, Twin Falls, Idaho, (208) 736-8700.


"5 Secrets to a Fabulous Family Room" is from the November 2005 issue of Southern Living.

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