Interior Decorating, Home Design, Room Ideas

When this Spanish couple decided to live together, each brought their own furniture. His pieces were mostly made of wood and classic while she loved lots of colour and a more contemporary style. They seemed to have compromised and left nothing out in their urban home.


A sunburst mirror hangs above the small fireplace which is used to store books.

The potted plants in the covered porches give these rooms an outdoorsy feel.


An Indian carved coffee table sits on a Union Jack rug. How about decorating your coffee table with a stiletto shoe?


Theatre inspired vignette on the chest in the foyer.


Venetian masks, a stiletto shoe displayed in a box, and a red kettle add interest to this bookcase.


This halls leads to the kitchen and bedroom.


Lots of colourful items in the industrial style kitchen.


Glass top table surrounded by mismatched vintage chairs in the dining area.


The bathroom is quite classic and femenine with soft colours.


Mixture of textures and fabrics in the master bedroom. The shoe found its way to the bedroom.


Whimsy vignette on the chest of drawers.


Mismatched night tables flank their son's bed. Quixote safeguards his dreams.

If you'd like to see another eclectic home I posted some time ago just go here.
All images from here.

Holly Park is owned by sisters Catherine Sack and Annie Jackson. A shop brimming with lovely vintage items which change with the seasons. During winter there will be gifts and Christmas decorations. In spring you'll find fresh potted daffodils, a selection of quilts, cushions and accessories. Summer is Provence with lavender filled enamel jugs, old painted baskets filled with meadow flowers and sachets with scented rose buds. Their products are sourced from all over Europe.
The first and last four pictures are of their shop. The ones in between are shabby chick style interiors furnished with their items.



























All images from here.
Photography by Brent Darby

Hello dear readers, thanks for your well wishes for my holidays. I'm having a wonderful time! As promised, here I am and I hope to be posting every other day.

The owner of this house was set to make the most of her garage sale and flea market finds. In every room, refashioned and repurposed items create this shabby vintage look. You might find some interesting ideas here. Come and see.


The brocade sofa in the living room was a $30 garage sale find (why can't I ever find these deals?) To dial back its formal look, the homeowner added a new ticking-covered cushion. For the coffee table, she topped an industrial trolley with a tray.


Close-up of vintage tray on the coffee table.


Hanging the draperies high above the window moldings makes the room appear taller. A knotted ribbon was used to hang the small portrait.


The blue paint of this old hutch stands out against the white walls and furnishings.


In the dining room, a balloon valance tops the door. The room's other entrance is draped with lace-trimmed curtains, and scraps of silk wrap around the chandelier's chain.


My crafty friends might like the idea of this ceiling medallion which was created by painting an old frame white with pages of sheet music glued to the frame back. A hole in the middle of the frame back allows the chandelier chain and wires to pass through. Finally, scraps of silk were wrapped around the chain.


A new table employed as a kitchen island solved a countertop space crunch. Staining the base moss green and painting the top to look like an old marble slab added the patina of age.


A scrap of paneling and chalkboard paint were all it took to make an artsy menu board for the kitchen. A concrete garden urn and flea market glass apothecary jars and bottles were arranged in front.


In the bathroom the homeowners transformed multiple items to create one vintage chic look. An old gun rack, sans hooks, makes a great above-sink bathroom shelf. The broken base of a birdbath, brought inside and upended, becomes a drop-off spot for jewelry in the bath.

All images and iformation from Better Homes & Gardens.

Lisa Luby Ryan is a talented interior designer and owner of Vintage Living, a trend-setting European antiques and home furnishings boutique in Snider Plaza near Southern Methodist University, Lisa ensures customers find an array of monochromatic sophisticated selections with a touch of chic.
Her home was featured on the covers of Veranda (November/December 2008) and British Country Homes & Interiors magazines.

The following photographs were taken in her shop. I wouldn’t know what to choose. Can I just take everything?

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You can find her website right here.

Hope your weekend is sunny and bright!