Ok guys here's a fun fact about me: I grew up as a diplobrat. Meaning my State Department family would up and haul our homebase to a new country in a constant three-to-four-year rotation. We moved all over the world and I have had the pleasure NAY the honor of meeting so many wonderful internationals - many of whom, like me, had been uprooted and replanted in a foreign country as well. It was often difficult for our grents and aunties and uncles and cousins, etc... to trek all the way across the globe to visit so our local friends became our surrogate extended family by distance default. I spent many a Christmas celebrating with blood brothers instead of blood relatives :)
So it has been especially tickling to have StyleMutt Spaces submissions coming in from all over the globe! You all are such a sweet reminder of my childhood and the amazing people I now count as family. And whether you know it or not, you are such a vibrant and important installation to StyleMutt Home. Thank you for sharing your slice of globe with us and we are so honored to all of you (natives and internationals alike) who have found our site.
Today's reader designer is a Chilean who has filled her living room with vintage European touches. Karen's home is full of chippy charm and re-found, re-purposed, and re-loved pieces.
From Karen:
I've always loved when a space has pieces that nobody else has that makes it unique. I know it can be difficult, but you can accomplish this by giving a new life to maybe an old piece of furniture, like I did here: the bookshelf it was made by my father twenty years ago... I took off the back side and the two glass doors from the front. Then I sanded, painted, and distressed it. Later I did the same with the chair.
The brown side table is a second hand piece that I got to restore... for the moment, I love how it looks with the white details.
And finally, my gallery wall which I am absolutely in love with!! It took me some time to gather all the right pieces, but I am so so happy with the result.
That accent wall is my favorite! The french-inspired graphics, the black and white, and don't get me started on those gold and mirrored frames!!!
Karen, this is exactly what we want to hear from our readers: that you love and are proud of your space! You were one of the first readers to tag your #stylemuttspaces and we are so delighted that you did!
Don't forget that StyleMutt Home is open to all you fellow mutts out there. You don't have to be an international, a local, a professional decorator, or even a fellow blogger to share your favorite room with us! The purpose of Reader Designs is simply to share beautiful rooms with fresh ideas and document these features in our SPACES page as a source of inspiration. So tag #stylemuttspaces on your IG or FB pics people - we wanna see what your rooms have to say for themselves!