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Elle and Kentucky

Two Kentucky connections in Elle and Elle Decor:
■ Famous fashion designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka will have their Kentucky horse farm featured in the September issue of Elle Decor. The stone house sits on 15 acres in Lexington, according to the magazine.
■ Lexington’s Seasons Salon and Spa (seasonssalonandspa.com), was the sole Kentucky business to make it into Elle magazine’s third annual list of the top 100 salons in the United States. Look for the list in the August issue of Elle featuring cover girl Miley Cyrus.

Add comment July 29th, 2009

Tobacoo leaves as wall decor

For anyone used to seeing fields of tobacco growing in Central Kentucky fields or hanging in a barn, here’s a new way to incorporate the state’s disappearing crop.

In June’s Elle Decor a Southampton homeowner used browned tobacco leaves as a wall covering . Miami-based designer, Hernan Arriaga, came up with the idea to give the room a Cuban feel.

How did he do it? Elle Decor explains: “As any cigar aficionado can attest, tobacco is known for its tendency to absorb humidity — which is good in a cigar and bad in a wall covering. But months of perseverance by a craftsman who experimented with various shellacs and finishes ultimately proved successful.”

Here’s a photo (above from Elle Decor) of the tobacco-covered study.

4 comments June 8th, 2009