Antiques in new build

Diana Marie Home Tour our authentic 1800's New York Farmhouse before we began restoring it! Before and after pictures and a full video tour.

If you follow us over on Instagram, you already know by now that we love to shop secondhand and source antiques where we can. One of the biggest things we get messaged on both our main account as well as our restoration account is tips for beginners to help them through antiquing for treasures. So,

Interior design is a small passion of mine! We knew that this would be a great opportunity to promote our store, Anecdote. It is our plan to turn the house into a show house to benefit the Hinsdale Historical Society. A lot of beautiful, older homes in Hinsdale have been knocked down the last few years, and we hope that by making this a show house, people might be inspired to restore and update older homes as opposed to tearing them down.

This antique cape style house underwent a complete renovation and addition by Smith & Vansant Architects, located in the countryside of Norwich, Vermont.

If you have a generic, plain, and boring new home, you may want to add some character to it. Making a new house look old is one way to add interest and charm. You can even build a new home using elements that make it feel old. Here are a few ways to make a new house appear older. ResearchDo some research to figure out what period of time and what style you want your home to look like. Homes in different parts of the country have different architectural elements and styles. Try to pick…

lighten up DR with white rug

Why Sydney Budsheva took her passion for antiques and created Soul Fed Home.

Every single inch has gorgeous, well thought out details. Each room is better than the next.

Lauren Collander Interiors is a collaborative interior design studio, serving and creating homes in the Chicagoland area.