COUNTRYLIVING.COM / NOVEMBER 2019 ƃž
Bedroom
YESTERDAY: “Mr. Palmer knew
how to live!” says Tony of
the larger-than-life bedroom.
“These big, big rooms
were not typical at the time.
It’s as comfortable as any
18 th-century house could be.”
TODAY: Tony commissioned
a hand-painted, diamond-
patterned wall treatment
beneath the chair rail—one
inspired by a similar design
he’d seen and filed away years
before. “I did some research and
found enough to re-create it,”
he says. Because the room is so
large, he piled in signage and
artwork, including a collection
of four prints by English painter
and satirist William Hogarth
and a large piece above the
bed made from antique hinges.
(Incidentally, the bed once
belonged to writer Gore Vidal.)