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"Laura and George W. Bush's Serene Texas Retreat\nAt their magnificent 1,600-acre Crawford retreat, once known as the Western White House, Laura and George W. Bush live the green life in a house that is tailored for easygoing indoor-outdoor enjoyment\nLaura and George W. Bush at the ranch.\nBluebonnets and Indian paintbrush flowers brighten the grounds of Prairie Chapel Ranch, Laura and George W. Bush's residence in Crawford, Texas; architect David Heymann conceived the house, Kenneth Blasingame Design oversaw the interiors, and the landscaping was done with Michael Williams. For details see August Sources.\nThe red flowers bordering the lawn are standing cypress, a species native to Texas.\nMexican painted-wood plates known as bateas surround a 19th-century gilt mirror in the kitchen's breakfast area; the side board is a Philadelphia antique, and the table was a gift from Mr. Bush's grandmother Dorothy Bush.\nIn the study, pet portraits by Mr. Bush join a large work by John Clem Clarke; the Afghan carpet is by Arzu Studio Hope.\nMounted on the living area's limestone chimney breast is an Adrian Martinez painting, which over looks sofas clad in a Glant fabric, a club chair upholstered in a Groves Bros. print, and a cocktail table designed by Mrs. Bush; the windows are curtained in a Calvin Fabrics linen, and the ammonite fossils displayed atop the pedestal table were found on the property.\nIn the dining area, a French farmhouse table is flanked by Rose Tarlow Melrose House chairs cushioned in a custom-made Peter Fasano linen; the ladder is by the Putnam Rolling Ladder Co.\nThe kitchen is equipped with cabinetry by Homestead Heritage Furniture, a Thermador cooktop and warming drawer, a Sub-Zero refrigerator, and stainless-steel counters.\nMr. Bush on the W100K, an annual bike ride he hosts for wounded veterans at the ranch.\nThe former president's tree farm.\nOn another part of the 1,600-acre property, Heritage Restorations built additional guest quarters using the salvaged superstructure of an 18th-century English-frame barn from upstate New York.\nThe tree-shaded swimming pool.\nMr. Bush sometimes paints at an easel in the enclosed breezeway, where the windows are replaced with screens in warm weather; the ottoman and the cushions on the sea-grass chairs are covered in Sunbrella fabrics.\nDrawings of Texas birds by David Everett hang in the master bedroom; a Lee Jofa linen upholsters an armchair and ottoman by Kenneth Blasingame, the curtains are made of a velvet by the Silk Trading Co., and the carpet is by Stark.\nReproduction Audubon prints hang in a guest room; the banquette is clad in needlework.\nA prickly pear painting by Otis Dozier (top) hangs above an antique partners desk that once belonged to Senator Prescott Bush, one of George W. Bush's grandfathers; the antique chairs are French.\nThe breezeway windows are replaced with screens in warm weather; the ottoman and the cushions on the sea-grass chairs are covered in Sunbrella fabrics.\nCustom-made Adirondack chairs take in a view of the ten-acre lake, which is stocked with bass.\nTexas bluebonnets, the state flower, blanket a meadow.\nBeside the lake stands a stone cross that was built as part of the altar for daughter Jenna Bush's 2008 wedding to Henry Hager."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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