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 By Roberta Messner
"Mrs. Fox, your whole house is a theme!”
It wasn’t until one of her children’s friends noticed the butterflies in her living room, the foxes in her family room and the mirrors in her hall that Dot Fox realized she’d been doing quite a lot of theme decorating—and doing a remarkable job of it, too. “It’s called ‘decorating by obsession,’” her husband and biggest fan, Geoff, explains with a chuckle. “You start out with one thing and then you build on it. And then it sort of takes over.” |
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 • (top:) A rustic cherries sign, a gift from a friend, helps establish the fruit-flavored theme in this Winnetka, Illinois, kitchen. It was purchased—of course—at a cherries festival held each year in Traverse City, Michigan.
• (above:) Dot and Geoff Fox designed this striking backsplash using hand-painted tiles. “We have a great little tile store the next town over,” says Dot.
• (left) Cubbies from space claimed between the studs organize canned goods, defined by Victorian bull’s-eye molding. Dot recovered the kitchen stool seat with a plastic tablecloth in a cherries motif.
Photos: Jessie Walker
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