COUNTRYLIVING.COM / NOVEMBER 2019 ƃƆ
TODAY:
Hand-Stenciled Walls,
Collected Furniture
Although a curator by day,
Lauren doesn’t live in a
museum, so if she wants
period-inappropriate chinoise-
rie inspired by Sweden’s
Drottningholm Palace, she
should have it! She bought
a “Tree of Life” stencil (stencil-
library.com) and spent two
years crafting her hand-painted
wallcovering. The English
mahogany table—a gift from a
friend—seats 18 (with two
leaves), and Lauren covered it
with an Indian block print
bedsheet (ruralartandcrafts
.etsy.com) because standard
tablecloths are too small. The
mix of chairs includes 18 th-
century rush-seated chairs that
belonged to Lauren’s grand-
mother, antique Windsors, and
an antique child’s high-chair
(atbarn.com). She found the
Currey & Company Parisienne
collection chandelier in the
trash south of Charleston’s
Broad Street—and it was
in perfect working condition!SOMEDAY:
A Working Fireplace,
Fancy Wallpaper
Lauren dreams of having
fi reside suppers in the winter,
so the next thing on her list
is to repoint and reline the
chimney. And if she won the
lottery, she would order
Zuber’s “The Views of North
America” wallpaper and have
it professionally installed.BEFORE