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"YANKEE HIP " (Elle Decor, September 2001)

That old cliché about not judging a book by its cover just got a refreshing corollary: Don't judge interior designer Steven Gambrel's house by its shingles.

Behind the stern Federal façade of the eastern Long Island house that Gambrel shares with bank exec Chris Connor, sleek chic rules. Against walls painted the tart-but-tender colors of beach glass (not to mention the insides of a few closets), Euro-chic treasures cozy up to funky objects culled from flea markets and secondhand shops in Chelsea and on the Lower East Side. Tattered 1920s Chinese panels loom behind lime-green yard-sale dining chairs, the eau de cologne in the guest bathroom is made in Madrid, and on a recent morning, Bose speakers pumped out Turkish techno-groove.

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