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Antique Clocks, baskets, Belgian design, Belgian style, Flea Market Style, Garnier, Industrial lighting, Open beamed ceilings
My “baby” sister just traded in her “done” house on a small lot…
to a more “modest” house. Older, humbler… but on 1.8 acres…
My favorite feature was her garage…
One day after she’s received her key, floor finishers are whirring
away inside and her treasures are charmingly amassing
on the somewhat ragged garage built-ins. Painted an
ignoble brown.. the cabinets run the length of the garage…
could see them refinished, re-hardware-d…
The industrial overhead lights a delightful surprise…
The garage is being eyed greedily as a living room conversion…
as it lines up alongside the kitchen and family area with
endless possibilities imagined through the 70’s ranch style
windows and the rickety pull-up garage doors…
Imagine the florescent lighting gone, the extraneous wood
pulled down, and the white painted beams stripped and sanded
to match the ceiling. Imagine a polished concrete floor or cobbled
large pavers that extend past a bank of French doors to
the backyard…
Imagine a chandelier…
From the lovely Greet of Belgian Pearls
from Garnier
great post about Belgian design elements…
Wonderfully lost in authentic Belgian design…
Garnier via Belgian Pearl
Greet, an interior designer from Belgium, also runs
Lefevre Interiors, along with her brother. A family owned business
of cabinetmakers for four generations…
She makes me look at garages in a totally different way…
My sister, already entranced with Belgian style and Alex Veervordt,
visited Belgium in January…
Just imagining the possibilities
is the best part of starting something new…
The view from outside the garage towards the street
Sanctuary…
A rural driveway in Normandy…
Photographer Vincent Thibert
