OPPOSITE Small
touches add old-world
romance to Amy and
David Chalmers’ living
room, including a gilded
mirror from the Brimfield
(Massachusetts)
Antiques Show and
stamped tin cornices
hung atop the windows.
Appliqués on the
fireplace mantel “give
it an older look,” Amy
says. The trunk came
from a roadside yard
sale. THI S PHOTO
Amy painted a bonnet-
top secretary with
chalk-finish paint then
wiped away some
color to reveal the
wood underneath.
“The secretary was a
wedding gift,” she says.
“Most of the things in
our home have some
kind of significance.”
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(Joyce)
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