The impetus for tonight’s post came about because I’ve been in the process of taking some new photos for my portfolio, and what better place to practice my photography skills than in my own home? Our home is the first and only home my husband and I bought 21 years ago, when we first moved out of Manhattan with our first baby to the “suburbs,” just north of New York City. Also, feel free to use any of these pictures as inspiration for some of your home staging projects.
It’s a townhouse that is spacious, bright, and inherently pretty. However, despite my profession, I don’t consider my home to be anything like what I wish it could be. It’s a long story… But, suffice it to say, we don’t have the means to make the changes I’d like to, at this point in time.
However, I have some nice pieces purchased during our fatter years, which I’m planning on featuring in some vignettes. I have noticed that a lot of designers are photographing more and more of these types of more intimate groupings, instead of trying to get in as much of the room as possible. Depending on the space, sometimes, it’s impossible to get that vantage point, anyway. And I love the way it allows the viewer to really take in the subtle details.
Now, it just so happens that my lovely and immensely talented interior design blog friend Christina Fluegge of the beautiful Greige blog had a wonderful idea: She wanted her readers to send in photos of their own homes.
So, I used that as the motivation to get off my butt and take some new pics. I’ve been meaning to do it anyway. Some of the shots are already on my current website, Laurel Bern Interiors. However, they were taken years ago on a low-resolution digital camera. The new digital cameras are really amazing! I took these with a very small Nikon. It took me hours to style them. And folks, let me tell you that its not as easy as it looks! But I’m pretty pleased with the first two so far. I hope that you like them too!
The vintage settee came from a store in Greenwich, CT. Sadly, it doesn’t exist anymore. Everything they sold was some shade of green, and I loved it! The garden stool is new (but glazed to look old) from Emissary, and the lamp is from Jamie Young. Sadly, if you’re not part of the design trade, these two companies won’t give you full access to their websites without an account.
I found the vintage prints at a charming antique shop in Newport, Rhode Island, and the iron cachepot at a charming antique shop in Tiverton, Rhode Island. That incredible patina is real!
I’m hoping to have more to show you very soon!
Best Wishes,
