In the “Hanshu,” or “Book of Han,” Dong and Ai’s relationship is referred to as “the passion of the cut sleeve.” As the story went, the pair had fallen asleep together on a mat and, upon waking, the emperor cut the sleeve off his robe rather than disturb his lover. He was also widely known to have been romantically involved with one of his ministers, Dong Xian, though both men were married to women. Made emperor of the Han Dynasty at age 20, Ai was initially well received by his subjects but eventually became associated with corruption and incompetence. “All the things that were listed as problems ended up being things that had a solution.”įor weekly email updates on residential real estate news, sign up here.In light of the Dutch monarchy’s recent announcement and in honor of LGBTQ History Month, which is celebrated in October, here are 13 queer royals you didn’t learn about in school. “I feel like we just won the lottery,” Mr. In all, they spent roughly $300,000 on the overhaul.Įven after the expense and inconvenience of two renovations, the Ainslies consider themselves lucky to have found this particular house. But the couple continued to tinker with the interiors for another year. Ainslie salvaged from the original location of Antone’s, a storied Austin music club.Ĭonstruction began in early 2018, and the renovation and addition were mostly complete in about nine months. And on the wall of a new music room, they added a neon sign that Mr. Ainslie, who was born and raised in Mexico City and frequently travels there for work, to buy a few more so she could create a striking installation in the entrance hall.
In one, she found a small collection of Mexican masks. MacPhail also dug through the couple’s storage boxes in search of decorative treasure. And they expanded the kitchen by pushing into a space that was previously a screened porch. When they decided, for example, to cut a new doorway from the living room to a hallway and to cover up one of two doorways that led directly into the children’s bedroom, they disguised the changes by retaining and reusing the home’s shiplap paneling, which already had a cobbled-together look. It’s finding that balance between change and preservation.” “We think about how we can get these homes to support the ways we live now, while touching them minimally. “My passion is really old homes and saving them so that they can work really hard for the next hundred years,” Ms.
MacPhail had devised a plan to keep as many original details as possible, while moving a few walls and doorways to make the ground floor feel less awkward. I thought, wow, she’s got such a great aesthetic and great eye.”īefore long, Ms. “But the minute she came in and started showing us her ideas, she won me over. Ainslie, who wondered if they really needed a designer’s help. “I have to say, I was a little skeptical,” said Mr. MacPhail at a school fund-raiser auction, and continued when that initial meeting evolved into a yearslong relationship. The project began when the Ainslies won a design consultation with Ms. For help, they began talking with Liz MacPhail, an interior designer whom they had met at their sons’ preschool, which Ms.
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