It combines elegance with the delicate charm of the beauteous lampshade that resembles a flower. Scroll on! Beyond Designs Yin Yang floor lamp Photo Courtesy: beyond Designs The Yin Yang floor lamp is a striking piece that commands immediate attention. Make your home cosier with the addition of a few pleated lampshades. The gathered lampshade is typically made from rich velvet or silk, which manages to diffuse light softly across a room. The vintage style of lighting, pleated lampshades, has seen a recent resurgence and is being reinvented for this year. A product of the Victorian age in the UK, it saw popularity between 1960s-80s. If you’ve always been a fan of the regal looking lampshades in vintage films and shows such as Mad Men or in James Bond films, then we have some good news. Lounge chairs: A pair of custom 1970s finds reupholstered with patterned velvet and down-filled cushions.Arushi Sakhuja Very old school, yet back in vogue. Gray abstract painting: A labor of love by local Tulsa artist Anna Kallstrom.īrown leather office chair: A rare curiosity by Otto Zapf for Knoll, circa 1970. And let’s be honest, if it weren’t in her office, it’d probably be in mine.” “I actually bought it before even showing Katie and Justin because I knew they would love it just as much. It was a blurry image, but I knew based on the size that it would make a statement,” Justice shares. Shell-shaped wall accent: “I actually sourced the five-foot plaster shell off Facebook Marketplace. A 1960s Space Age Floor Lamp from Fog + Mørup occupies the corner near the desk. The shell-shaped wall accent, sourced off Facebook Marketplace, reminisces the Carpenters’ bygone beach vacations while serving as a backdrop for the 1970s leather chair by Otto Zapf for Knoll. That is, until two years later when a chance photo on Instagram-shot and uploaded by Katie’s cofounder, photographer Kacey Gilpin-caught Katie’s attention and compelled her, right away, to dial the designer behind the magic.ĪFTER: Rather than building a gallery wall and covering up the existing hand-scalloped plaster walls, Justice decided to incorporate sculptures that would double as quirky backdrops during Zoom meetings. And the couple could hardly fathom what to do with it. After all, when they bought the home, a 1950s midcentury build set on half an acre of land, in October 2020, the subterranean level stuck out like a sore thumb.
Or for hunkering down for some quiet, away from the background score that presides over the rest of the house (the couple shares two spirited little girls).įor the Carpenters, the novelty of the basement is yet to wear off. As an extension of the primary bedroom, the office is ideal for manifesting some early morning inspiration or some late evening energy. “It’s always a race for who gets there first,” laughs Katie, cofounder of Strat House, a boutique public relations firm catering to interior designers in Oklahoma. Most mornings, Katie Carpenter and her husband, Justin, take turns calling dibs on their basement office.
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