Loving a Bit of Old and New

When I was younger and just starting to develop my decorating style, I wanted everything in my apartments and homes to be new. I wanted to be the first to touch it, use it and make a design statement with it.

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve really come to love pieces that have a history to them. Pieces that have “experience” and show a bit of character and age.

While I will never describe my personal design style as totally vintage or rustic, I am adding those words in the mix when I describe my style as eclectic chic. I love a room that is mixed with a little of this and a little of that, old with new, shiny with rustic, global with modern.

Here are a few rooms that speak to my eclectic chic style, (with a touch of rustic charm)…