Displaying posts labeled "Vintage"

This 1886 farmhouse is so full of charm and such pretty colours. Embracing its history and giving it all the vintage vibes. By Studio Day Design.

Here, a historic house was intact but sleepy. It had been cared for but also complacent in it historicity. A new owner was excited by the potential of a spikey juxtaposition between old and new. Small changes in layout to a warren of rooms yielded a large open space the entire width of the house. Within this new space and throughout the house a radical decision was made to create glowing monochromatic surfaces in the palest pink. To this was added furniture and art that spanned history. From early American, to Provençal, to Scandinavian, to mid century, to 70s futurist, from auction houses, to fancy antique stores, to junk shops. The style is worldly but with an overarching coziness and sense of humor. Serenity and joy are interwoven. Outside, the brook rushes, the snow falls, the leaves open and the bears roam. Inside, the pink palace embraces all.
I dream about having several houses. And something just like this is one of them, filled with all things vintage and a wildly eclectic blend. And now I’m thinking it would need pale pink walls. Pink Palace in Norfolk, CT designed by Berman Horn Studio. Photos: Greta Rybus.

Ken Fulk‘s summer residence, “Baxter’s Landing” is a shingled house built around 1880, overlooking the Provincetown harbor. It is a treasure trove of vintage and antique finds, is about as casual and worn as one can crave, and makes me want to find a painted dog portrait to hang at the end of my hallway.

Designer Leanne Ford and her designer friend Grace Mitchell bought a home in Round Top, Texas. It is rustic and filled with vintage goodness (love that Aga stove!) …and the same vintage wall light used about 18 times, which as it turns out is one of my pet peeves of Leanne’s projects. It seems repetition in excess drives me batty. Anyhoo it’s a really pretty home, and I do love that light fixture (x18). You can book a stay here. Photos: Sarah Barlow.

When Kirsten Dunst’s ranch home in San Fernando Valley designed by Hallworth first made the rounds on the internet I was totally smitten but didn’t bother posting it here but I revisited Hallworth’s portfolio and came across it again and I love it so much I need to post it now. It is just so full of character and whimsy and statement items that make it so special (like that kitchen as a whole but particularly the 19th-century terra-cotta floor tiles by Chateau Domingue). I love that every piece of furniture looks so cozy that I would desperately want to give each one a go. Also love how much texture and worn-ness almost every piece has. Photos: Laure Joliet.