With the blessing of her landlord, interior designer Laura Collins jazzed up a 1950s rental home with bold paint colours and antiques.
and finished with custom cuts in the dentals for depth. Collins then filled out the space with items from her personal inventory of furniture, art and decorative objects, many of which are heirlooms or hidden gems found at estate sales.
Re-purposing furniture when looking for a change is a cheaper and more environmentally friendly way to upgrade your space, Collins adds. “There’s a lot of repurposing in British interiors. They take the pieces that they have and re-upholster them to give them new life.” Behind the fluted glass built-in divider in the entryway, Collins looks into her newly completed living room and wonders what Audrey would think. “She had a lot of opinions,” she muses. “She might have questions, but she’d like that these pieces have a new home.
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