As any great illusionist knows, magic is often smoke and mirrors. In that vein, the lulus nixed cabinet doors in favor of soft French linen skirting, gathered on a tension rod, to cloak the room’s primary storage area. They stole the idea from Pamela’s favorite Parisian shoe boutique, where surplus inventory is similarly stacked and stashed. “Fabric softens the hard edges and cleverly hides stor-ables,” Linda says. 

Ascrumptious scrap of pink wallpaper adorned with a fancy French coquette, (h), establishes a theme for the room. “When I spied it artfully unrolled in a tiny antique shop during one of my trips, I had to have it,” Pam says. She was equally smitten with a French oil painting (on easel) during a trip to Vanves flea market with her mom and sister. Caught in a downpour, she snapped up the soggy score for $25, tossed the “hideous” frame, and jet-setted back home with the canvas.
Pamela’s posh parlor is also a great spot to display her ribbon collection, whether it’s a burnt orange curl from a Hermes box purchased on her honeymoon in New York or a candy-striped grosgrain flea-market find. She’s drawn to fanciful trims like a tourist to the Eiffel Tower. “They’re a beautiful remembrance of my travels.”