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via Tumblr Is your home a true reflection of YOU? This is a topic that comes up over and over when I help clients/friends decorate their homes, so I thought it might be a fun and possibly helpful post today. Through the years, clients will ask me to help them accessorize their home --- the best part of designing a space --- to me it's like adding the jewelry to your outfit! From Susan's lovely blog: Romancing the Home And probably the MOST important advice I can give them as we begin pulling together collections of items, is to OWN their look. via Tumblr By saying that I mean that when you walk into your finished room, you do not want to be able to identify the main source of your collection. You can have a few new things, tucked in here and there, but they should be in the minority. Bunny Williams While I LOVE to go into a Pottery Barn or Restoration Hardware store, for example --- where they employ some of THE most talented display professionals known to man --- you don't want to go in and buy the whole display. Don't do it! Don't do it! Don't do it! As tempting as it may be. PB's super clever stylists just make you want EVERYTHING! It's their job! Instead maybe pick one or two key pieces and take them home and mix them with old things you have, or new "old" found treasures from flea markets, thrift or antique shops, auctions, estate sales, your basement, etc. This will give you a much more interesting look, one that is not "recognizable" or too commercial looking. Avoid comments from friends like: "Hey, I saw all these items in (____fill in the blank any retail store name here __) last week, you've been doing a little 'shopping', haven't you?!!" via Tumblr Create your own look. Gorgeous image from bustleevents.blogspot.com One of my clients once told me she had asked an interior designer to come by and help her accessorize her lovely home. Well, apparently he walked in and told her she had way too many T.J. Maxx and Homegoods items in her home -- that it looked like one of their super stores. Y I K E S (Bold comment .... I would like to think I am a little more diplomatic than that!) But he was right. It did kind of look that way, unfortunately. The good news is that it doesn't anymore but this story has stuck in my head ever since I heard it. via Tumblr Are you guilty of this? If so, take that little scenario and keep it in the back of your mind when accessorizing. It may help you when customizing your interior spaces. Truth is... it takes a little longer to do accessorize this way, and you won't get the immediate gratification of coming home with heavy shopping bags full of an instant vignette, but in the end you will be much happier with the results. And even better, you will have some great stories attached to each piece --- priceless memories! That's what I mean when I say.... "OWN your look". So go dig into your storage spaces! Dust off old things you may have stowed away or forgotten. Think out of the box, literally. * Take Grammy's silver sugar bowl and use it to hold cotton balls on your vanity. * Take your father's spelling bee trophy and fill it with pencils at your desk. * Take Uncle Ed's tackle box and use it to organize your childrens craft supplies. Try to look at things you already have with "usefulness" in mind. It's a huge trend out there you know, repurposing. And you can train your eye to do it --- once you become consciously aware of it. And the more you do it the better you get! So go get into that attic/crawl space THIS WEEKEND and pull out some forgotten treasures. (Oh, I can just hear your poor husbands hauling things down from your storage areas this weekend, asking you to promise to never ever read that #$%@*# Polohouse blog again...!!!??!!) via Pinterest It's these kind of pieces that will make your home yours. It will give your surroundings a sense of history and will give guests a little insight into who YOU are. Think aged patinas, think weathered loved pieces. Think provenance! via Pinterest When traveling, instead of buying a t-shirt buy a small trinket from an antique or vintage shop. I guarantee that every time you see it displayed, you will attach a memory of your visit to that destination, as opposed to your visit to a ---- mall!?! Make sense? By George, I think we've got it! From Joan's lovely blog: For the Love of a House Own your look! Just to recap: New + new + new = BAD Vintage + antique + new + inherited = GOOD Mix it up! For what it's worth..... that's my story and I'm stickin' to it. Have a lovely weekend ~ Alison P.S. If you do end up going "treasure" hunting, please apologize in advance to your hubbies for me, won't you? :)
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Two photos illustrating how perfectly books fit into any antique setting. Bookcases and bookshelves aren't just for books either. Mix all of your beautiful things together for interest and color. Scanned from one of my favorite books, Decorating with Pictures by Stephanie Hoppen. Have a wonderful and relaxing Sunday. Rosemary Click orange square to subscribe via feed reader or email.
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Okay, I'll admit it...I have a love of bookcases! But the truth is, while I buy them for their function, it's the styling part that I most enjoy. I find that bo…
