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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A refurbished vintage dresser flanked by simple offthe- rack bookcases provides a home for the television. The large piece of art layered behind it balances the tall bookcases and appears as an extension of the TV. "It makes the television look like an accessory rather than a focal point," explains Samantha. The pretty blue floral wallpaper lining the back of the bookcases tricks the eye, making them look full and robust.

Billy bookcases, IKEA, ikea.ca; The Lotus Papers wallpaper, Farrow & Ball, farrow-ball.com; accessories (in bookcases), Teatro Verde, teatroverde.com; Insignia television, Future Shop, futureshop.ca; floral artwork by Madeleine Lamont, Art Interiors, artinteriors.ca; cobalt spire jar (on dresser), inVU Drapery Co., invudraperyco.com.

 

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