For the furnishings, he called on dealer friends in New York and L.A., including William Emmerson of Emmerson Troop. Museum-quality treasures are artfully combined with finds from Louisville venues such as Crazy Daisy and Te Deal. Gilbert picked up the living room's 1928 grand piano at a local estate sale and the high-end wool basket-weave carpet in the bedroom from Carpet Remnant Outlet in Jeffersonville. "My jaded friends from L.A. come to visit and they can't wait to come
back to Louisville," he says. "We have so much here. Great restaurants. Te parks. And you don't have to leave an hour ahead of time to drive to dinner!"
A restored O'Keefe and Merritt 1953 robin's-egg-blue built-in oven in the kitchen and knockoff Ann Sacks mosaic tile in the full bath.
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