Thursday, July 5, 2012

No Antiques? You're Missing Out



Visiting a museum can be fun but living in one is isn't so much fun. 

However adding a family heirloom or flea market find to the mix in your home is great. If everything is too slick and matchy it can look like you got snagged by a good furniture salesman. 

Adding something with some history makes a statement that you have lived an interesting life and accumulated things over time. Place an old trunk in front of a clean lined sofa or try a slightly worn and dinged up side table that can play nicely off a comfy recliner. 

Clutter is out but collections can always be featured in groupings perhaps by color to settle them into your environment. Restraint may be the key. Have fun with it!  A touch of the unexpected makes life sweeter.

~Peg

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