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Text by Mary Forsell •
Produced by Kathy Curotto
The pros can turn a room’s challenges into
assets, making problems disappear, quite literally, into the woodwork. Here, we
borrow stylists’ secrets for solving common decorating
dilemmas
The old rulebook said
everything had to match. “But rooms today are more personality-driven than they
were ten years ago,” says Leslie Harrington, founder of LH Color, a design
research and consulting firm in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. “People are not so
concerned with coordinating everything.”
So feel free to mix it up and
pull from different eras. Pair that antique settee with a modern table.
Juxtapose heirloom crystal vases with flea market tins. Decorate a wall with
salvaged screens instead of paintings.
“It’s hard to go wrong if you fill
your home with the things that are most beautiful to you— vintage and new
combined,” Leslie says.
(a) Update a vintage
wicker chair by tucking in a new throw. Throw, quilted cushion, Pine Cone Hill.
Chaise, Lee Industries. Wall paint, Benjamin Moore. Rug, Home Decorators.
Basket, HomeGoods. Screens, Rothschild’s Antiques and Home
Furnishings.
(b) For a quick change of scene, accessorize with a zingy
palette, such as blue and green. (c) Teacups, saucers,
Rosanna Inc. (d) Neutral flowers in clear glass tie the look together.
(e) Asian-inspired stool, (f) and coffee table, from House Eclectic are clean lined yet classic. Sofa,
armchair, Lee Industries. Cabinet, Rothschild’s Antiques and Home
Furnishings.
(g) Contemporary teardrop pottery by The Phillips Collection,
(h) harmonizes with crystal candlesticks and decanters from Rothschild's Antiques and Home Furnishings. (i) Eyelit daisy pillowcase has a retro appeal.
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