links for 2008-08-21

• Abbey Goes Design Scouting » » Hello, Gallery Walls
  A roundup of interiors that feature artwork hung salon style. (via Cup of Jo.)
  (tags: art interiors decor 20×200 photography home gallery design)
• Billionaire's Farmhouse
  It’s starting to feel formulaic, like one big variation on a theme(park). Each place has a similar aesthetic: stripped-down elements set against a backdrop of exposed beams and knotty woods; chandeliers of denuded lightbulbs exposing their spindly innards; the long community table, often accompanied by the story of how it was fashioned from the sustainably reclaimed floorboards of an actual farmhouse.
  (tags: design food trends restaurants)