#camelback sofa

In this informal living room one traditional stencil pattern is used across the floor and another forms a border, eliminating the need for rugs. A camelback sofa, a comb-backed Windsor, and Boston rocking chairs surround the simple table. Staffordshire figures and salt-glaze jugs decorate the mantel.

Decorative woodwork and aged brick give the ‘soul of an antique’ to the ornamented mantel in the parlor. Furnishings don’t necessarily match the period of the house. For example, the camelback sofa, bought secondhand, is vintage 1920s, and the Windsor chair happens to be a reproduction. However, the furnishings complement the ‘new-old’ home beautifully.

Small rooms needn’t be cramped or uninteresting. By aligning small-scale furniture along the walls, you can put every inch of space to use. What you lack in floor space, make up for on walls. Here, bright, contrasting colors and tasteful accessories informally arranged create a magnetic center of interest.

A period room setting needn’t have only authentic antiques. Here a combination of real classics and reproductions meld beautifully in a modern-day home. The major pieces in this colonial-style living room are all reproductions; only the round tripod table and the handsome Federal slant-top desk are bona fide antiques.

Patience pays off when you want to accessorize a room in a particular period or style. This Early American setting gets its appeal from a few special objects carefully chosen to enhance the country theme. The old rocking horse and antique weathervane took time to find, but the wait was worth the whimsy these accessories bring to the room. At the same time, these pieces provide needed height too balance the tall bookcase.

Brick and wood combine with Williamsburg reproductions to create a serene living room... A tea table is charming in this warm room, and Williamsburg fireplace accessories, brass candlesticks, and glass decanters decorate the fireplace area.