"You've got to mix high end and
run-of-the-mill — that's what
makes it human and personal,"
says Amy Weinstein.
Visit Janet and Dr, Milton
Mutchnick's home during
the 15th annual Temple
Israel House Tour, which
Above: Sisters Janet Mutchnick (left) and Amy
will feature six local
Weinstein bartered a deal: In exchange for
homes 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Weinstein's interior-design services, Janet,
who works part time at couture stationer
Lee's Specialty in Bloomfield Hills, planned
Wednesday, May 28.
For tickets ($25 in
Weinstein's son's bar mitzvah. Above, right:
advance; $30 tour day),
Weinstein surrounded Milton's antique dining-
call Karen Gilbert at
room table, a family heirloom, with chairs
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upholstered in easy-to-clean microfiber from
Designmaster. The fixture overhead was
another collaboration between Weinstein
and Rick Gage. The mid-century Dunbar end
table in the adjoining living room belonged
to Janet's grandmother. Right: In the master
bedroom, one of a pair of chairs by 1950s
furniture and interior designer Paul McCobb
was part of the first furniture Janet's parents
purchased, while the lighting fixture above
the bed is from Pottery Barn. "If you have a
few really cool pieces that cost more money
and mix them with the run-of-the-mill, you
can get away with it," explains Weinstein.
"If you do all run-of-the-mill, it looks run-of-
the-mill. If you do all high-end, it looks like
you can't touch it. You've got to mix — that's
what makes it human and personal." Far
right: Built of rift-cut oak and topped with
concrete counters, the Mission-style cabine-
try, built by John Morgan, has interior lights
and mirrored backs to call out Milton's collec-
tion of Winston Churchill memorabilia.
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