Cottage as her canvas: the home of Venice artist Lynn Hanson
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For Venice artist Lynn Hanson, modern cottage living is a mélange of traditional floral flourishes and other feminine touches along with flea-market, garage-sale and alley finds. Think bright and breezy, but with beautiful hints of melancholy. Hanson bought her 762-square-foot house in the early 1980s with her former husband Oak O'Connor. She recalls her first impression: "a dumpy cottage with a bullet hole through the front window" and a motorcycle parked on the lawn. They began by painting the exterior a chalky hue, then added a proverbial white picket fence. Now pots of pink petunias and climbing wisteria brighten the entrance. For a peek at the surprises inside, keep clicking ...](http://www.trbimg.com/img/turbine/la-hm-1113-lynn-hanson-photos-001/620 "By Barbara Thornburg<br>
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For Venice artist Lynn Hanson, modern cottage living is a mélange of traditional floral flourishes and other feminine touches along with flea-market, garage-sale and alley finds. Think bright and breezy, but with beautiful hints of melancholy. Hanson bought her 762-square-foot house in the early 1980s with her former husband Oak O'Connor. She recalls her first impression: "a dumpy cottage with a bullet hole through the front window" and a motorcycle parked on the lawn. They began by painting the exterior a chalky hue, then added a proverbial white picket fence. Now pots of pink petunias and climbing wisteria brighten the entrance. For a peek at the surprises inside, keep clicking ...")
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Venice artist Lynn Hanson's Cottage( Jeremy Samuelson )
By Barbara Thornburg
For Venice artist Lynn Hanson, modern cottage living is a mélange of traditional floral flourishes and other feminine touches along with flea-market, garage-sale and alley finds. Think bright and breezy, but with beautiful hints of melancholy. Hanson bought her 762-square-foot house in the early 1980s with her former husband Oak O'Connor. She recalls her first impression: "a dumpy cottage with a bullet hole through the front window" and a motorcycle parked on the lawn. They began by painting the exterior a chalky hue, then added a proverbial white picket fence. Now pots of pink petunias and climbing wisteria brighten the entrance. For a peek at the surprises inside, keep clicking ... |
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