Decorating & Design - Styling Secrets

One room, two looks

By
Lauren Flanagan, produced by Samantha Pynn
Photography by
Virginia Macdonald

Contributing design editor Samantha Pynn takes four spaces and offers two decorating options for each.

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Worldly gent
Traditional masculine patterns and textures define this manly retreat. "I started with the black mirror, but I didn’t want too striking a contrast between it and the white chest, so I tempered it with black-and-white plaid accents," says Samantha. A leather briefcase holds everyday items, such as watches, cufflinks and cologne. To prevent the vignette from looking too boxy, a globe and shapely trophy lamp bookend the display, giving it balance and interest.

Black Hemnes mirror, IKEA, ikea.ca; vintage glass LAMP BASE, Elegant Garage Sale, elegantgaragesale.com; Trophy lamp, plaid tray & canister, toiletries, Teatro Verde, teatroverde.com; lampshade, Aristocrat Lamps and Lighting, aristocrat.ca; landscape artwork by David Lee, Art Interiors, artinteriors.ca; globe, Pottery Barn, potterybarn.ca.

 

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