Vintage Trunk Decor

Hi Everyone,

How is everyone today?  I had a very busy and unexpected weekend with a family medical emergency, so I had to rush out of town on Saturday morning and arrived home last night.

Things have settled down for now, but our family dynamics are changing rapidly with aging siblings.  Life can change in a minute so we must appreciate the good times and enjoy every minute.

I saw this Louis Vuitton suitcase with flowers on Instagram this morning and it set me off searching for trunk decor.

Last Monday's moodboard didn't appear to be too popular (according to my stats), so I'll change Mondays to other ideas (for now at least)!

Have a fab day!!

Louis Vuitton gift to it's best customers during the early 1900s

Town & Country

Louis Vuitton Bar

Steamer Trunk Bar

Steamer Trunk Bar

A Chivas and Trunk Bar

A Waterford Crystal Bar

Restoration Hardware

Restoration Hardware

Restoration Hardware

Pinterest

Vintage trunk bookcase

Vintage trunk chest

A Room of Her Own

Love this small space office with her books, flowers, pastel colors and comfortable chair........

Have a great weekend!

Throwback Thursday - The Former Home of Annie Selke - Part 1

Good morning, Everyone!

Hope you are all having a great week!  

I'm running a little late with my post this morning, but I love this house and have had some of the images tucked away since I found them in Country Living magazine in 2004!  A lot has changed since then and Annie Selke no longer lives here, but her story continues.

First of all, I'll give you a bit of Annie's backstory.  If you are familiar with the retail shops Pine Cone Hill, Dash and Albert, Annie Selke Luxe and Fresh American, you already know that Annie Selke is the founder of all of these companies.

Back in 1992, Annie (who happens to be a graduate of Miss Porter's school in Connecticut) began designing textiles at her dining room table.   While a student at Miss Porter's, where all the bedrooms were decorated with Colefax & Fowler wallpaper, she became entranced with the floral designs.....and still loves them to this day.

In 1994, she founded the company Pine Cone Hill which, at that time, sold very traditional bedding designs - gingham sheets, traditional quilts and that sort of thing.  Loved the look and when you see her house below, you'll see how classic the look was and would still look beautiful today.

She eventually established Dash and Albert (rugs), Potluck Studios (pottery), Luxe (linens) and Fresh American and parlayed the businesses into a $50,000,000 annual business (and this info is from an article in 2010).  Sometime during this period, she and her husband were out driving one day when they came upon this 9 bedroom, shingle style Victorian home for sale.  And it was love at first sight for Annie.  She couldn't wait to get her hands on it and turn it into the home she had always dreamed of.

So, she went to work decorating her new home with a beautiful mix of old and new, her own linen designs and antiques from her favorite Brimfield Antiques.

Next Thursday, I will continue the story of Annie Selke.

In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this beautiful home and the updates she made over the years until she sold it after her divorce.

$25.00 side table from Brimfield Antiques

Country Living 2004

Kitchen dining

Master bedroom with Pine Cone Hill's 

Annette Quilt and striped linens

Colefax & Fowler  Fuschia wallpaper

Master bedroom sitting nook

Master bedroom updated with new furniture and linens 2008

Annie Selke bed, carpet and linens

Colefax & Fowler Fuschia wallpaper

Sweet Pea Colefax & Fowler wallpaper

Guest Room

Third floor guest room (formerly maid's quarters)

Pine Cone Hill quilt and linens

Polar Bear lamp Brimfield Antiques

Painted furniture

Living room 2004

Farrow & Ball stripe wallpaper

Same living room 2008

Farrow & Ball stripe wallpaper in a green colorway

Other end of living room 2008

Dining room 2004

Dining room 2004

Dining room 2008

Rectangular table with a demilune added to each end

Annie's collection of pink dishes 

Bath 2008

Library Dining

"A house without books is like a room without windows."

                                                                - Horace Mann

I love home libraries and really couldn't imagine our home without our books.  They're a constant source of entertainment and inspiration to me.

How about you?  

Stocker Hoesterey Montenegro

Christopher Burns Interiors

Architectural Digest

Belclaire House

 The Pursuit of Style

Veranda

Traditional Home

Instagram

Loving this Swedish Home by Marshall Watson

How would you like to have a summer home like this to go to for six weeks each year?

The clients (he's American, she's Swedish) sought the help of New York designer, Marshall Watson, to re-decorate their summer home and guest house for their family and guests.  Living in the United States, they summer in Sweden.

The main house is painted Falun red - a popular Swedish color often seen in local folk art.

Notice the high gloss ceiling and the antique foyer table that was scraped to allow the many coats of colors to show through.

The greens and creams in the living room work beautifully with the Swedish light.  The red trim on the drapery accentuates the library walls.

 

The bookcases at one end of the living room are also painted Falun red.  

What a lovely, sunny dining room!  Love the colors and the farmhouse table mixed with the antiques around the room.

The papered panels certainly accentuate the angled walls.

A delightful nook for a desk with shades of blue accenting the green walls.

And the guest house below in shades of grays and blues is as inviting and cozy as a guest house could possibly be.

The bottom of this sofa pulls out as an extra bed.

Absolutely charming!