Room to grow
Garden designer Jon Carloftis saw the beauty in a run-down Pennsylvania property -- and took his sweet time turning it into a dreamy reality. photographs by LUCAS ALLEN | styling by NATASHA LOUISE KING WHEN JON CARLOFTIS bought his Bucks County, Pennsylvania, home in 1990, the garden designer's...
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| Published in: | Country living (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 33; no. 4; p. 94 |
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| Format: | Magazine Article |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Hearst Magazine Media, Inc
01-04-2010
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| Summary: | Garden designer Jon Carloftis saw the beauty in a run-down Pennsylvania property -- and took his sweet time turning it into a dreamy reality. photographs by LUCAS ALLEN | styling by NATASHA LOUISE KING WHEN JON CARLOFTIS bought his Bucks County, Pennsylvania, home in 1990, the garden designer's first act of ownership was to plant 10 Bradford pear saplings along the dirt path that connects the 1,000-square-foot cottage to its adjacent garage. The garden designer picked up the armoire, old toy box with matching stand, and distinctive oil portrait at flea markets.EMPTY [Photograph]: Carloftis added the kitchen's butcher-block counters but left the original hand-carved scrollwork surrounding the window untouched.EMPTY [Photograph]: Carloftis mixed rounded and sword-shaped foliage, adding interest to his front-yard border even when little is blooming. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-General Information-1 content type line 24 SourceType-Magazines-1 |
| ISSN: | 0732-2569 |