There is nothing like people coming to your home to make you get things in order! Lots of folks in this industry show these gorgeous pictures of their homes and I always wonder how you have time! My home usually comes last. Truth be told, it is very common for me to have furniture in the house with tags on it ready to be sold.
We bought our home 3 years ago and completely gutted it all the way down to the studs…when we found out we didn’t have any insulation or even drywall! This was my 2nd fixer-upper, and I was thinking, oh no biggie, some paint and we’ll be good….NOT! The home was in its original 1940s condition. Since then we have opened up some walls, combined rooms, installed hardwood floors, put in insulation, drywall, paint, doors, etc. We love our little 1200sq ft home with a monster backyard. Which, yes, we bought mainly for our 4 dogs :-)
Since I started Stylish Patina, my house gets less and less attention, and my husband complains that things are always coming and going…there is one sofa table that he put his foot down and said: “No, we are keeping this”. Needless to say, the last year has been a crazy fun ride, but finally I needed to pull it together. It was my husband's 40th birthday, and we were having a party for him PLUS it was Mother's Day and all the Mothers were going to be there... and it was parents' 40th anniversary! So I needed to get organized. As usual, everything came together in a matter of days.
My mom (aka COO for Stylish Patina) kept asking me questions like “what food are you going to have?” My answer to this and many questions was “I don’t know I haven’t gotten that far yet; it will come together”. And it did…an hour before people were supposed to arrive, I was digging in the garage and pulling out vintage crates to hold cups and napkins, vintage apothecary jars for flowers, a vintage desk to hold plates and napkins, etc. I have known a few interior designers in my time, and people who work in the trade, and they lay everything out to the last vintage book that will be placed… me, I collect all the things that I love and speak to me, and then blend them together until I’m happy with how it looks. We all have our different approaches to how we “style” a room, a house or a retail space. For me, the fun is in blending it all together.
So here are a few pictures of my home when it’s not being overrun by my business or our 4 dogs:-) The next time I get inspired (or forced) to pull it together, it will most likely look totally different, mainly b/c I will have sold half of the items out of my house (sorry hubby, but not the sofa table!).
Main living area
Hubby's sofa table
Vintage and new come together
Bedroom
Upstairs sitting area
