Today I’m sharing the beautiful home of my friend Kelly from @Southern_Charm_Cottage. I was lucky enough to interview her for an issue of Reclaim magazine many years ago and we’ve stayed in touch ever since.
I love her classic style – it’s classy and clean; simple yet layered. The combination of antique furniture, beautiful artworks and inherited items on display tells the story of her family and her home, which is something I’d love to recreate myself.
So I thought I would put together a few suggestions of ways to steal the style of this gorgeous interior so that you can achieve a similar North Carolina-style period look in your own home, even if you’re on a budget. Here’s how:
Impressive artwork
All around the house, the crisp white walls are decorated with stunning works of art. The plain backdrop allows the pieces to shine, whether it’s an ornately framed oil painting, a poster print, an unframed canvas or a decorative wall panel.
You can find classic and trendy canvas art from Desenio, like this Monet landscape above.
If you want to get the look on a budget, try large-scale canvas prints of your favourite artworks – it could be a Klimt or Monet landscape like the one above or you could choose something more abstract in colours that suit your interior.
The key here is to choose the right scale to suit the space you have on the wall – measure the space and try to fill a good proportion of it. A too-small artwork will become lost on a large blank wall, but it could look lovely when grouped with other pieces such as plates or photographs to create a gallery effect.
Antique furniture
A fast way to create a heritage interior is with antique furniture. However, not everyone can afford to invest in pieces that are centuries old. But don’t let that stop you from creating the authentic period interior of your dreams.
You can either choose modern reproductions of classic designs, which will be considerably more affordable than the real thing. Or you can shop for originals at bargain prices at car boot fairs, charity shops or online at places like Scaramanga – somewhere I’ve personally found lots of beautiful pieces with patina.
It’s easy to clean up old pieces that you find – in fact, I’ve previously shared my hacks for removing water rings from wooden furniture, with some surprising results! Plus, you can paint furniture with chalk paint and rub back the edges once it’s dry to create a chipped, vintage look.
Chinoiserie china
A collection of blue and white china always adds a vintage vibe to any interior. Kelly displays her decorative plates all around the kitchen and dining room, which delivers a charming country-kitchen vibe. Additionally, dotted around each room are chinoiserie touches, including ceramics and wall hangings. This brings a worldly feel to the space and definitely provides talking points.
You can easily pick up small patterned ceramics from secondhand shops or charity stores for low prices to add this kind of character to your own home. And the good thing about sticking to one colour is that it ties together any design or pattern, so you can mix and match them to form a collection.
Plus, the splashes of blue and white around Kelly’s home help to tie the rooms together, creating a cohesive interior that flows from room to room, which is essential in an open-plan ground floor like this.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this tour around Kelly’s USA home – please check out her Instagram page for more interior inspiration and updates @southern_charm_cottage. If you want to read more about the history of the house and Kelly’s renovation project, you can download a back copy of Issue 73 of Reclaim magazine online.
Let me know your favourite part of this beautiful house in the comments below and I’d love to hear what decor ideas you’ll be stealing for yourself. Feel free to check out my other Home Tours for even more interior inspiration. 🙂
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