Keeping up with trends can be expensive and exhausting and truthfully not as fun. Our home has definitely evolved over the years. I have moved to a more casual and relaxed style that expresses my love of old, collected pieces. My style is driven by comfort but it also tells a story.
Often when customers show me their space they are struggling with, I notice right away that everything is new. Sometimes that falls flat. Adding in an older piece can add texture, warmth and dimension and sometimes a focal point.
One of my favorite pieces is a hall tree that my son Xander made me out of my Grandmother's front door from her farmhouse that I grew up down the street from. I walked through that door a 1000 times, usually to have a meal with my extended family. My grandmother cooked every Sunday until she was in her 80's for about 30 people. Those memories around her table are priceless. When my husband, Jonathan and I started Chic Artique in 2014, one of our main goals was to teach Xander, who was 15 at the time, building and business skills. The fact that he built the hall tree brought together my family memories from the past with my current family. Old meets new. It has a place in my home that something brand new just can not beat.
Maybe you want to use an older piece that you do not have the history behind but you just love it. The patina fits your space. These pieces can represent what we value... a simpler time, life before cell phones and internet, furniture that was made form real wood. Its timeless. I have plenty of these pieces in my home as well.