"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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