Some homes are decorated. This one was collected: piece by piece, trip by trip, year by year.

At the front door, a carved oak hall tree straight out of old Europe welcomes you, flanked by blue-and-white vases. Throughout the house, the world comes home: a woven tapestry of Brussels' Grand Place, a portrait of a young woman in traditional dress, a watercolor of a wise elder, silk pillows embroidered with birds in bloom, a hand-painted fish platter full of Mediterranean...