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8 Ways to Make a Modern Vignette
January 2, 2014
You may have heard the maxim "God is in the details"—and it's especially true when it comes to arranging your stuff. (Remember: There's a difference between an artful display and a hoarder-style collection!) Here are eight rooms that do justice to the modern vignette.
In the California Eichler house of two mid-century modern collectors, tasteful vignettes reign supreme. In the dining room, a vintage chest of drawers supports the playful forms of a Nesso lamp, designed by Giancarlo Mattioli for Artemide, and a collection of Holmegaard ceramics. Photo by Drew Kelly.
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Originally appeared in Modern Furniture Fit for a Classic Eichler
This English designer's live/work home is a great example of how to harmonize many pieces into a cohesive whole. Woodworker David Restorick built a staircase that doubles as display space for resident Kathryn Tyler’s vast collection of colorful cookware by the likes of Finel, Copco, Cathrineholm, Jens Quistgaard, and Stig Lindberg. Photo by Andrew Meredith.
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Originally appeared in An Obsessed Designer Fills Her Home with Vintage Finds
A Parisian stylist skilled at creating and reassembling furniture vignettes treats his apartment as a design laboratory. A vintage 1950s credenza discovered in Paris supports three original works and two Sol LeWitt–inspired cubes. The daybed is an eBay purchase reupholstered in fabric from Kvadrat and the dark paint is from Dulux Valentine. Aumas found the photographer’s lamp at a Brussels flea market. Photo by Christian Schaulin.
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Originally appeared in A Furniture Collector's Renovated Flat in Paris
Even a functional kitchen should have room for display. In this art-filled Toronto home, Shopping Mall Fruit Basket, a painting by Peter B. Hastings, shares space with a special-edition Royal Copenhagen tea set and a photograph by Tokyo-based artist Keith Ng. Photo by Naomi Finlay.
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Originally appeared in Party-Friendly Apartment in Toronto
Pro tip: Don't buy art to match your couch. Instead, choose both based on what you like, and even where you live. Case in point is this residence in Detroit's Lafayette Park, where colorful posters from the traveling exhibition "Shrinking Cities" channel possible mantras for a 21st-century Detroit. Photo by Raimund Koch.
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Extreme minimalism makes an impact when it comes to showing your stuff. A custom sunken bed in this midcentury modern desert home displays actual sculpture and a sculptural lamp, and interacts with a retro wall-hanging above. Photo by JUCO.
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Originally appeared in 12 Beautiful Bedrooms
Look to designers at home for further inspiration, like Serafini and Palomba’s vacation home in Salento, Italy. In the living room, they created a one-off version of their Lama chaise longue, originally designed for Zanotta. The Zen Apple side table, also theirs, is from the Sen Line Collection by Exteta. The vases are by Guaxs. Photo by Francesco Bolis.
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Originally appeared in Modern Meets Ancient in a Renovated Italian Vacation Home
Don't forget the kids' room, a common repository for junk. A pair of crafty Finnish designers on a budget tackled creative D.I.Y. projects to decorate their daughter's room, including stitching these festive cotton flag banners and hanging a careful selection of art on the walls. Photo by Petra Bindel.
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Originally appeared in Fine Finnish
In the California Eichler house of two mid-century modern collectors, tasteful vignettes reign supreme. In the dining room, a vintage chest of drawers supports the playful forms of a Nesso lamp, designed by Giancarlo Mattioli for Artemide, and a collection of Holmegaard ceramics. Photo by Drew Kelly.
Photo by Drew Kelly.
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