Today’s post comes from Deirdre Zahl, designer and owner of Candy Shop Vintage. Deirdre shares with us her thoughtful tips for personalizing your nest. Whether you’re decorating a bedroom, dorm room or country estate you can easily implement her suggestions. Enjoy!
One of my favorite aspects of interior design is creating little moments
of artistry and surprise within a space. It is easy to fill up a space
with furniture, the difficulty comes with personalizing it – selecting
the perfect accessories to bring out the overall design aesthetic and
insure you create a look like no one else’s. Renowned designer Kelly
Wearstler is a master at this. I often recognize the furniture and
fabrics she uses, many of which are used by other designers, but it is
her assembly of objects, texture and colors in her residential and
commercial projects that create moments of drama and makes her work
unmistakably a Kelly Wearstler Interior.
of artistry and surprise within a space. It is easy to fill up a space
with furniture, the difficulty comes with personalizing it – selecting
the perfect accessories to bring out the overall design aesthetic and
insure you create a look like no one else’s. Renowned designer Kelly
Wearstler is a master at this. I often recognize the furniture and
fabrics she uses, many of which are used by other designers, but it is
her assembly of objects, texture and colors in her residential and
commercial projects that create moments of drama and makes her work
unmistakably a Kelly Wearstler Interior.
I live in Charleston, SC and just walking around the city affords you
plenty of moments of requisite surprise with all of its hidden gardens
and historic alleys peeking out from behind wrought iron fences. I try
to replicate this experience of surprise as much as possible in my own
house and interior design projects, from creating a “Southern Bar” (no
Charleston house is complete without one!) to scavenging antiques malls
and estate sales for various statues, prints, and antique frames.
plenty of moments of requisite surprise with all of its hidden gardens
and historic alleys peeking out from behind wrought iron fences. I try
to replicate this experience of surprise as much as possible in my own
house and interior design projects, from creating a “Southern Bar” (no
Charleston house is complete without one!) to scavenging antiques malls
and estate sales for various statues, prints, and antique frames.
Things I recommend that add wit and whimsy to a space: animal statues, an
assortment of picture frames, stacks of books (on subjects that
actually interest you!), decorative boxes, found objects, vintage ash
trays, back issues of your favorite or out of print magazine, antique
silver and vintage dishes, different sized pillows, and framed and
unframed photos.
assortment of picture frames, stacks of books (on subjects that
actually interest you!), decorative boxes, found objects, vintage ash
trays, back issues of your favorite or out of print magazine, antique
silver and vintage dishes, different sized pillows, and framed and
unframed photos.
Like the perfect outfit, your nest is incomplete without accessories!
