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Design New England May/June 2010

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Mally in the Entrance Hall which she designed

Mally with Norm Abrams, Master Carpenter, and Kevin O'Connor, Host of This Old House television program.

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To create the 21st Century home while keeping with New England traditions, This Old House got help from several area designers.

Those coming in the new entrance, where a one car garage once stood, are welcomed by bright red walls and exposed beams, complemented by curtains made from fabrics by the esteemed designer to the Eng­lish upper class, David Hicks. The room was designed by Lincoln resident Mally Skok, a South African native who said she admired the fab­rics of Hicks as a child in Johan­nesburg, South Africa

“I have always loved and respected the way that David Hicks managed to bridge the gap between classic and contempo­rary interiors,” said Skok.

The Hicks fabrics used in the Carlisle home’s entryway have a light background, with bright colored flowers that look as though they were taken from a child’s drawing. The red of the walls are captured almost perfectly in the colors of the petals. Antique William and Mary chairs are upholstered with another Hicks fabric, and on the wall hangs a picture of a barn, to connect the entryway to the home’s roots.

“I love to combine the old and traditional with new and exciting products,” said Skok. ‘Adding an amusing, final layer of seemingly unrelated new and antique objects is my favorite part of the project.”