I don't think I would have ever admitted to loving French country style back then but since I began my interior design journey, my style has changed in ways I would have never imagined. Seven years ago, when I began my first year at Chelsea College of Art in London, my aunt gave me a French country decoration book that had been sitting in storage for years. I quietly accepted it, but had never really read through it. After all, being trained by architects to think like architects, this was merely a book of decoration and was nothing of use to me then. My books consisted of building methods, spatial theories, architectural history and books of current architectural wonders. In fact, I wouldn't have ever thought of bringing decor books like this into university or let alone have my tutor catch me reading it alongside Elle Decor. Who knew that a book like this it would be something that I would love years after?
Now, seven years on, and I am constantly falling for Louis XV Chairs, shabby chic distressed finishes, and the neutral simplicities that the French have mastered. I'd like to believe that my design strategies become an eclectic mix of contemporary and vintage French only using elements of their design language to compliment the lineal factors of the avant-garde style of todays architectural details.
Romance and elegance. A timelessness that I would definitely never tire of.
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