Monday, November 17, 2008

Dark Wood, Industrial Antiques, Science and Leather -- What more could you want?

Laurel sent me a link to this home tour at Country Living.

It's a wonderful collection of modern and new, industrial and science. Not distinctly steampunk, but with oh so many of the elements we like.


It's interesting how much grey they use through this house -- a very modern neutral, but the blue in the grey provides a lot of contrast for the yellows in the antique browns.

I love how she has succulents tucked in all over the place. (I'll get around to sharing my terrarium of succulents here soon...)

This is an old seed packet display -- but it's almost a wunderkabinet now!


The plants in the tall glass cloches add a lot of height to her table...

These are old French mail bins. (Also, I've seen a similar surveyor's lamp at Target recently...)

Industrial antique table and stool, leather chair, dark wood... sigh.

See the whole tour here. Photos by Don Freeman
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10 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 17, 2008 at 5:48 PM

    *drools* I badly want that cabinet...

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  2. HollyNovember 21, 2008 at 7:00 AM

    Man, this just makes me want to weep. My tastes are far too advanced for my income bracket.

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  3. Art DonovanNovember 22, 2008 at 9:20 AM

    As always, SH has the most exciting and inspirational Steampunk offerings. Great post. Thanks, Sara!

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  4. HaraldNovember 23, 2008 at 9:06 AM

    Yet again a brilliant entry. Thank you.

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  5. Sara Light-WallerNovember 25, 2008 at 1:45 PM

    Thanks for the article. I'm totally inspired. It really gives hope to those of us just wanting to be our own wacky selves in our home designs.

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  6. CadeNovember 26, 2008 at 3:08 AM

    Oh I love looking at other people's homes. As someone else said, it's very inspiring.. Some people are so creative. I'm envious of the flip chart in the first photo! And the "lab" stools in a couple of the photos (particularly the worn-in ones) look great!

    Great post as usual!

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  7. LynneDecember 1, 2008 at 2:25 PM

    Simply gorgeous decor. I can only imagine relaxing in this space with that vintage, scientific vibe...how inspiring! Lovely post.

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  8. UnknownDecember 13, 2009 at 12:33 PM

    If you like Monique's stuff (she's woman who designed and owns the house, check out her site or blog...
    http://www.enjoyco.net/

    or here

    http://enjoyco.blogspot.com/

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  9. BigPaulDecember 26, 2009 at 8:38 PM

    I am 53, I have never seen a life-style that appeals to me, now I have!

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  10. UnknownDecember 28, 2009 at 10:47 AM

    It just all so awesome! i agree with holly though my tastes exceed far beyond my income bracket.

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