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Philadelphia Home: New Traditions

The reign of the McMansion has ended. Enter the new traditional: How a sophisticated interior designer gave a seven-year-old house a sense of history and grandeur

By Lauren McCutcheon

Photography by Trevor Dixon

Eminent Center City interior designer Barbara Eberlein is best known for her restorations of grand old Main Line manses (see: Ardrossan). Her more secret talent: giving brand-new spaces the luster and luxury of residences many times their age. Here, the designer reveals how she made a young Villanova family’s house feel elegant yet comfortable, historically traditional — and absolutely timeless.

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Originally published in Philadelphia magazine, January 2009
 

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