Home Ideas - Modern Home Design: garden party

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9KksEFNJPGYQEAROlRjujO0UkDvhTFRQRqKaNhQ9m0LNZ51mil_rT2KF7R1lIrh11bw2-UL0pgeyB0aGVM00dHbRoEj7hyx_gVwIa2pXvyJ2hb1xWE7SUe_9XgyWe2mYFssKOr1uxxg/s1600-h/gardenparty.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349035272832439298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9KksEFNJPGYQEAROlRjujO0UkDvhTFRQRqKaNhQ9m0LNZ51mil_rT2KF7R1lIrh11bw2-UL0pgeyB0aGVM00dHbRoEj7hyx_gVwIa2pXvyJ2hb1xWE7SUe_9XgyWe2mYFssKOr1uxxg/s400/gardenparty.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a>Garden Party at the Stevens Estate in North Andover <div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">I was just visiting one of my favorite design blogs, <a href="http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/" style="font-style: italic;">Elements of Style</a> which is written by the talented (and humorous) Boston-based designer Erin Gates. For today’s <a href="http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/2009/06/fashion-friday-hot-pink.html">“Fashion Friday</a><a href="http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/2009/06/fashion-friday-hot-pink.html">”</a><a href="http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/2009/06/fashion-friday-hot-pink.html"> </a>entry, she notes that hot pink is one of the “hottest new trends” and posts some gorgeous pics to illustrate and inspire. Well I am glad to know that when I pulled out my peony-pink skirt last week (I bought it 5 years ago, but have always loved the designer-detail of its construction) that I was on the cutting edge of fashion as I attended an old-fashioned garden party ... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_5VPq_Cmb6cKw02xICMJ4VmigYvYL3BSq9RgK4nWJh0TW2wvUitKl8JcrV4l_E8moNGRUHj5rRBJHCYPPpJztzp2dTBODq9SdUX78TN_CWF6hZGcMjDlVhPpR-87wiAG98jiaOi8Fw4/s1600-h/SEarch.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349035402029434562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_5VPq_Cmb6cKw02xICMJ4VmigYvYL3BSq9RgK4nWJh0TW2wvUitKl8JcrV4l_E8moNGRUHj5rRBJHCYPPpJztzp2dTBODq9SdUX78TN_CWF6hZGcMjDlVhPpR-87wiAG98jiaOi8Fw4/s400/SEarch.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a> </div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzLPQK3QHhxen2dUvx4akQKRlgWN5ts2J_L3XhnvZeKITjmSrUHaVEbw6h2aUJ6OsqadtVgIZImhjzGkSA5xhjZ106eIQlnE_vxXeYGA5NbW7W-hTjlSyT7YRog5O-3EBhisuk7QN1xCY/s1600-h/peonies.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349035799620190962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzLPQK3QHhxen2dUvx4akQKRlgWN5ts2J_L3XhnvZeKITjmSrUHaVEbw6h2aUJ6OsqadtVgIZImhjzGkSA5xhjZ106eIQlnE_vxXeYGA5NbW7W-hTjlSyT7YRog5O-3EBhisuk7QN1xCY/s400/peonies.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 163px;" /></a> As this year’s program director for the Village Garden Club of Lynnfield, I booked the <a href="http://www.stevensestate.com/index.html">Stevens Estate Special Events & Conference Center</a> in North Andover for our year-end event – a light and delicious catered meal set up outside this historical mansion (I am on the team of designers who are “adding sparkle” to this beautiful event property.) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_g8xxwsRwYKIy5DKNdWlyItScOdL4ydDCmTbqNJ8C2Jp_RMQnbug7IQkwA5Q1KMIIqAfPmOXSZet4VSo_KCdATbYz0oj6zeBdx30MI5lgUdr42Q7NeLB0Imp5m3oqRD8VEaGhTSzm3k/s1600-h/StevensEstateart.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349062601873752002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_g8xxwsRwYKIy5DKNdWlyItScOdL4ydDCmTbqNJ8C2Jp_RMQnbug7IQkwA5Q1KMIIqAfPmOXSZet4VSo_KCdATbYz0oj6zeBdx30MI5lgUdr42Q7NeLB0Imp5m3oqRD8VEaGhTSzm3k/s400/StevensEstateart.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 226px;" /></a>Original rendering of the Stevens Estate by Boston architects Hartwell & Richardson Most of us wore hats (not quite Kentucky Derby, more garden inspired) ... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1YtjUZvWE8sA6cmAZsBlXyZCsWXurBN2rf3_u6U3BbU_Tn3ACPDdiFb4F5w7t1FjV-jl4Sa68mh8D0O0Bui5iJfiUYt_Pdd65QBXLXEZpkQ-Vq0M01Mx6UTjSUXRzzNCNIu7tSRrxyqY/s1600-h/hat.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349044998997164626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1YtjUZvWE8sA6cmAZsBlXyZCsWXurBN2rf3_u6U3BbU_Tn3ACPDdiFb4F5w7t1FjV-jl4Sa68mh8D0O0Bui5iJfiUYt_Pdd65QBXLXEZpkQ-Vq0M01Mx6UTjSUXRzzNCNIu7tSRrxyqY/s200/hat.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 200px;" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEN4gFrYMQ-kZmRYgdk3C3DsJ15OW9NmOzwx9ybrtmo4RLW_6DH8JVJGRh_lgmF7UCGCqugZeuu4FSvhKyoeJKDo9VChChrJzhaxVqT97RoYGh-OV4RVUKxxk8bgwn3hkCn6rAN9Dk2bw/s1600-h/pinkrose.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349044646892414690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEN4gFrYMQ-kZmRYgdk3C3DsJ15OW9NmOzwx9ybrtmo4RLW_6DH8JVJGRh_lgmF7UCGCqugZeuu4FSvhKyoeJKDo9VChChrJzhaxVqT97RoYGh-OV4RVUKxxk8bgwn3hkCn6rAN9Dk2bw/s200/pinkrose.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 178px;" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKgZybGScPV4c1Q6ws0_SlWB-fdp7Gs5asfaoe_J3vo3m6eqP23sADeyBYTyQJMi6EU4ed5LZFnayXl8vczQT8RKoSyruYNt_DeYfaXXiWWT5LWvBtOCopja-n_9SeeGBTqvjBGG0p0U/s1600-h/greenonblackhat.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349044641905525858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKgZybGScPV4c1Q6ws0_SlWB-fdp7Gs5asfaoe_J3vo3m6eqP23sADeyBYTyQJMi6EU4ed5LZFnayXl8vczQT8RKoSyruYNt_DeYfaXXiWWT5LWvBtOCopja-n_9SeeGBTqvjBGG0p0U/s200/greenonblackhat.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" /></a> and the 20-or-so members from the club were able to enjoy each other’s company while sitting outside the veranda, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HA5G4NwVx8NfdCuiGeAt08LYSPHn2RPZ7mseFX0JB_PckXorUpyhhs5aEWwNI7DDOPrwMwtzCuEnzB1pj5ULS-CF-iRInNTDwtvkoExNPEJMEMlAKVBPTS5Kcl7ntNHXzhdeiWV54oY/s1600-h/SEwalkway.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349035397824586674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HA5G4NwVx8NfdCuiGeAt08LYSPHn2RPZ7mseFX0JB_PckXorUpyhhs5aEWwNI7DDOPrwMwtzCuEnzB1pj5ULS-CF-iRInNTDwtvkoExNPEJMEMlAKVBPTS5Kcl7ntNHXzhdeiWV54oY/s400/SEwalkway.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a> later touring the amazing architecture inside, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9RooxMphhw4h8acwmzz21I8If8odP1Wu8uqpIvj1KG3thjdkChlK-pnTHElklzEBAaKRHLXY2ZA73BrlPa6jdiMKjxvJgDVhXMe0BTrFO5IRXUu3RA7Wf61nq3gRjBcaUIJGEgsiURY/s1600-h/SEstainedglass.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349047982093237058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9RooxMphhw4h8acwmzz21I8If8odP1Wu8uqpIvj1KG3thjdkChlK-pnTHElklzEBAaKRHLXY2ZA73BrlPa6jdiMKjxvJgDVhXMe0BTrFO5IRXUu3RA7Wf61nq3gRjBcaUIJGEgsiURY/s400/SEstainedglass.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a>(Can't you just picture a bride – or the lady of the mansion – floating down these stairs to greet her awaiting guests?) then chatting over dessert and coffee while sitting beside original marble fireplaces in the intimate setting of the oak double parlors. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7Kyzd-jDqcEbcPvhVM6KEryp4VYlmJlkPds-PFiqZnNhIJOLHr7NNK2M12XHYA2cX3EEL35HwzcFVrkItAx2DQkF32GdT_I42AJStYJ0CvpbI5vUj1scxKsw_Ch-gQz7hKw0XYarbW8/s1600-h/dessert.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349046045984102754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7Kyzd-jDqcEbcPvhVM6KEryp4VYlmJlkPds-PFiqZnNhIJOLHr7NNK2M12XHYA2cX3EEL35HwzcFVrkItAx2DQkF32GdT_I42AJStYJ0CvpbI5vUj1scxKsw_Ch-gQz7hKw0XYarbW8/s320/dessert.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdN5DShBNXLxkLniR7Qf342hUlo5bbrqhW8GdkDR_seKTeUst7eStHNajVDtsqKimZBN7Qc_Ppx4RXFLWWVEVFZCJEITcEBH07eHiWkfxyfAhKDggbFir5wE_GpOqgvVUVguGOvgVuYws/s1600-h/SEfireplace.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349063937047213554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdN5DShBNXLxkLniR7Qf342hUlo5bbrqhW8GdkDR_seKTeUst7eStHNajVDtsqKimZBN7Qc_Ppx4RXFLWWVEVFZCJEITcEBH07eHiWkfxyfAhKDggbFir5wE_GpOqgvVUVguGOvgVuYws/s320/SEfireplace.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" /></a> We had the entire estate to ourselves, and even though it can accommodate much larger parties, it felt cozy in an awe-inspiring way. Whenever I travel up the long, curvy drive that leads to the estate, I feel like I have “arrived” ... almost as if I had lived back in the day (the mansion was built in 1886 for Charlotte and Moses Stevens, one of the founding families of North Andover and owners of a prosperous textile mill). Check back for more posts that highlight the design updates we will be making to the estate. To book a tour or to inquire about scheduling your next event, contact the <a href="http://www.stevensestate.com/contact.html">estate manager</a>, Laura Gifford. The Stevens Estate is a hidden historical treasure that brings one back to the times when entertaining at home was grand-scale, dressed-up and high-style. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGs5Oh4cAqKZmagvfRshBNDdcS8ZHWrzbGq7iS2bhoeClIfZcFcIb37-NPUnxDf1xaHNauUr1z8QXQKLQH2_m7g71um48YYvAW6noVtqca6BdfKOX_-MmgZTn-yB1UT2Ae8HF5Lc8sQaM/s1600-h/SElight.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349068238543945970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGs5Oh4cAqKZmagvfRshBNDdcS8ZHWrzbGq7iS2bhoeClIfZcFcIb37-NPUnxDf1xaHNauUr1z8QXQKLQH2_m7g71um48YYvAW6noVtqca6BdfKOX_-MmgZTn-yB1UT2Ae8HF5Lc8sQaM/s400/SElight.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a> <a href="http://www.stevensestate.com/about.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349067638160468882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEAM6X__RX1Go-xBEke2cZp9DW_NJCigekJ2UAw-c1YkKR1OEZbVbGCPtZPdPh9WDwrv_GkvFk3H7dKJR2b1Wr0PDAqSrlu4ADzOXi9Qnch_WGLcf6LJeKhyxRgCNF2oeo0KwduZCvy0/s200/StevensEstate.logo.F.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 131px;" /></a> Email: <a href="mailto:thestevensestate@verizon.net">thestevensestate@verizon.net</a> 723 Osgood Street North Andover, MA 01845 Phone: 978-682-7072 </div>

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