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cabin
Cabin. A small, roughly built house
usually with a wood exterior and
typically found in rural areas
Chic meaning "stylish" or "smart",
is an element of fashion
48 Escarpment Magazine Winter 2013
While the termmay sound like an oxymoron
there are so many chic cabins - stylish, rural
homes (not so small) - in this area that it would be
hard to count them.
Let’s play a little word association - if asked to vi-
sualize curtains for a log cabin would you think
gingham or homey plaid? To add chic think of
Ralph Lauren’s Stratford Damask, a large scale,
tonal slubbed cotton fabric, which would bring a
certain elegance without formality.
With a timber framed wood ceiling that is 27 feet
to the peak would you install an antler horn light
fixture or chandelier? Sorry guys, chic would call
for a huge, over the top chandelier in a rustic or
oil rubbed finish with prisms and crystals the size
of your open hand. *
By SHARON ALLAN
DECOR TRENDS
escarpment
essentials
Chic