artist and design blogger (from the right bank to the left coast) ally has moved so frequently - two overseas moves, several times across the country and many moves across cities – that she’s been dubbed the modern-day nomad by friends. a self-identified design junkie, each move gives ally the opportunity to decorate a new space and leads to the discovery of new shopping sources, so it’s not surprising that her seattle home is a seemingly effortless mix of the modern and the antique where everything seems to be carefully selected and collected. {thanks, ally!} – amy a
[Our last move was from Paris to Seattle and on the very first day of our house hunting trip, my husband and I found a green, contemporary house in the middle of the city that was in the beginning of the construction phase. Even though it was basically just a shell of a house at the time, we could visualize how it was going to turn out and bought it on the spot! It’s turned out to be the perfect house for our two dogs and us and to this day we can’t believe our luck.
Some of my favorite objects in our home are the antique French and Flemish paintings in the living room. I especially like them contrasted with the exposed beams and contemporary furniture.]
Having moved so much, you can imagine our furnishings are from all over the place. I’ve also always been a fan of mixing styles so our home is a real mishmash of old/new, froufrou/modern, high/low . . .
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I absolutely love white interiors and am always fantasizing about having an all white house. The closest that I’ve gotten to that is our bedroom. I’ve tried to inject color into the room a few times but I love the white on white so much, I always end up taking the color out after a week or so.
My favorite spot in the house is the reading area on the upstairs landing. We have huge windows there so it gets great natural light all day (even in gray Seattle!) and it’s the perfect place to settle in with a good book or my backlog of magazines. On most days, you can even see Mount Rainier.
A lot of my favorite things seem to have all ended up in the dining room: a black and white photography collection, an antique Baccarat chandelier and a pair of Louis XVI chairs.
