Catherine Olasky, half of the design duo Olasky & Sinsteden, brings a bit of jolly old England to her family's Texas home — and to their Southern holiday traditions. Interview by Kathleen Renda | Produced by Frances Bailey
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Exterior
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Magnolia wreaths from Weston Farms add holiday spirit to the front doors, which are painted in Benjamin Moore's Texas Leather.
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Entryway
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Oberto Gili's Mixed Flowers is teamed in the entry with a Bunny Williams Home console.
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Living Room
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Olasky bought the living room's Crate & Barrel sleeper sofa when she worked in Manhattan. After Christmas, ornaments are stored in the camphorwood chest.
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Christmas Tree
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Olasky's three-year-old daughter, Louisa, helps trim the Fraser fir.
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Sitting Area
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A vintage sofa in a stripe and pair of pillows in Wisteria, both by Chelsea Textiles, harmonize with pillows in a Schumacher floral. The salon-style grouping of antique and modern art includes a landscape purchased at the Round Top Antiques Fair in Texas. The walls are in Benjamin Moore's Antique White.
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Dining Room
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The dining room curtains are in Nympheus linen by Thomas O'Brien for Lee Jofa — "one of my all-time-favorite prints," Olasky says. South African Wonki Ware pottery is displayed in one of two hutches original to the home.
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Library
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Pillows in a lively Clarence House pattern and a Design Within Reach tabletop mobile lighten the library's mood.
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Master Bedroom
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At nine feet tall, a four-poster bed from Hollywood at Home anchors the master bedroom. The 1920s glider, covered in a Chelsea Textiles fabric, belonged to Olasky's grandmother.
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Girl's Bedroom
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Her daughter's bedroom walls are in a Waterhouse Wallhangings print; the doors and trim are painted in Benjamin Moore's Black Bean Soup and Caldwell Green.
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Toddler Bed
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An Oeuf toddler bed is topped with a comforter in a Schumacher fabric.
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Guest Bedroom
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Antique sleigh beds in the guest room are upholstered in a Colefax and Fowler fabric. The walls are painted Benjamin Moore's Antique Jade.