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Text by Kim Ratcliff •
Produced by Linda McFalone and Laura Ziffer
Well-traveled and impeccably accessorized, Pamela Blackwell is the go-to girl
friends approach before they hit metropolitan hot spots around the
globe—especially her favorite locale, Paris. Although she visits frequently, she
wanted to bring a touch of the city she adores into her own home. So Pamela had
a tête-à-tête with designers Linda McFalone and Laura Ziffer of lulu Pom in Los
Gatos. Together, the three women turned a blah extra room into a posh hideaway.
“Our mission was to take a space with no closets and zero storage,
camouflage the decidedly un-French look of new built-in cabinets, and devise
creative opportunities for Pamela to stash her supplies,” Laura says. “It’s
about displaying the pretties and hiding the nuts and bolts.”
(a) A wooden drafting table, stained a rich espresso hue, offers ample work space.
Collected over time, silver trophy cups are perfect containers for trims,
buttons, tassels, and other French passementerie. A signature lulu Pom window,
rough burlap panels edged in luscious black velvet ball fringe, gives the room
its casual elegance.
(b) Pamela’s husband, Chris, a custom homebuilder, revamped a closet into a
swank sewing nook. A beveled mirror desktop adds smoky intrigue and showcases
Pamela’s mother’s old Singer. (c)Vintage tiebacks
swoop up a burlap panel hung from black glass drawer knobs. (d) Silk ribbons
casually looped around a bottle drying rack await the perfect gift. (e) Gathered
linen skirting hides stacking containers. (f) Pamela snapped up this sunny yellow ribbon box at a French flea market.
Reproduction brass scissors come in handy for sewing projects. A vintage polka
dot hatbox from Chelsea Hats shares a name with her daughter, Chelsea, 15.
(g) “The best way to make a space shine is to fill it with your favorite
things.”
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