Good Old 1033

By now you've guessed that I like classical decoration, albeit with a twist. I'm also not afraid of dark colors, especially in dark interiors. When we came down to Philadelphia we found ourselves in the E.L. of F. [ the Eternal Land of Farie ] as Ric likes to call it, beacuse of the great twilight. Our apartment, once part of a very large and grand townhouse is comprised of the old Breakfast Room, a few interstitial spaces, the old Dining Room and downstairs where we sleep, the old Kitchens....the saving grace downstairs is a small potted garden and the full windows.....as it's really an English basement.

A view into our Front Room. This used to be the Breakfast Room. 

We use it as a small library/dining room/entrance hall.

The Hall between Front room and Living Room was faux painted by my friend Beth Tafel.

I've started a collection of 19c grand tour bronzes two are by Barbidienne, the Dancing faun which is 18c Italian and the one on the far left which is modern.

Our main Living Room was once the dining room. It retains, as does the rest of the apartment, all of the original details which were restored by Javier Teran and painted a chalky white. You can see a sconce on the rear wall, one of a pair, by 'Luminary' Warren Muller. The Centennial chairs, you see one of eight, were given to me by Merle Hubbard when I was very young.....because one day I might want to have people over......and the Queen Anne chairs with 19c upholstery were from pickers.

A 19c desk in our bedroom with a great Deco Herakles from Leo Mavrovitis

We've kept the colors very somber as there's a lot of architecture and modern art by Ric and friends [ will do a story at a later date] so it's not for everyone, what with all the Centennial Revival moldings and the lack of light but, it has tons of character and at night it glistens.