Texas Two-Step
I always wanted a library–slash–dining room,” says Jill Brown, who owns a housewaresshop in Houston. “I always wanted to eat and entertain among books.”
Perched at her ebonized mahogany Napoleon III table in a corner lined with shelves of art tomes, an Hermès scarf casually tossed around her neck and a spread of cheeses and crusty breads laid before her, Brown exudes the unmistakable air of someone who has spent a fair share of time in Europe. This three-bedroom country home northwest of the city, near the town of
