JOSH GRUBBS//Hearst Owned 1Under-the-Stairs Nook
Helen Norman, styling by Matthew Gleason 2Secret Hideaway
Marta Xochilt Perez, styling by Matthew Gleason Homeowner Stefanie Turner transformed a seldom-used pass-through into a secret hideaway complete with a fairy tale-worthy wallcovering. The beadboard-clad nook, which houses a queen bed, doubles as a guest room—and a linen closet of sorts. “Because our house is so old, there’s very little storage, so I designed the bed so you can lift up the mattress and stow away blankets,” says Stefanie.
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Wall Paint Color: Current Mood by Clare
Wallcovering: “Raphael Blue” by Sandberg Paper
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3Cute Closet Phone ”Booth”
Brian Woodcock American Pickers television star Mike Wolfe loves old phones, so, when he found this vintage one, he decided to turn his closet space into a phone booth. The colorful accent pillow echoes the red in the wall decor, helping to make the space cohesive.
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4Rustic Nook
Original knotty pine walls and scalloped trim make this tucked-in reading/sleeping nook feel right out of a ski chalet. Don’t forget a cozy wool blanket and tables for perching drinks and books.
5Built-In Daybed
Bjorn Wallander 6Snug Space
Max Kim-Bee The owner of this California home turned a 15-foot-wide section of hallway into a snug spot for reading with the help of Farrow & Ball's Hague Blue paint and an antique tobacco leather club chair. For a personal touch, she hung family photos in mismatched frames.
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7Coastal Comfort
Alec Hemer A crab trap side table and a lamp—both from a local boutique—bookend this sitting area's Shabby Chic chaise lounge.
8Sunny Corner
Max Kim-Bee The sap bucket next to this built-in daybed in this New Hampshire home holds three types of sunflowers, including a pale-yellow variety that the owner bred himself, named Reggie's Mix. The beadboard is painted in Benjamin Moore's Guacamole.
9Arkansas Sitting Area
Mark Lohman A friend of the owner's sewed the linen slipcover for the sitting room's chaise lounge in this Arkansas home, purchased new at nearby boutique Vintage Cargo.
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10Loungin’ Around
Max Kim-Bee The owner of this Texas cottage turned $10 cow-feed sifters found at the Round Top Antiques Fair and burlap fringe into artful sconces . Her husband fashioned the frame of the daybed using a $25 flea-market door and pallets. The pillowcases are made from old grain sacks.
11Calming Colors
Melanie Acevedo Blue and white pillows and a custom roman shade (made with Christopher Farr fabric) reinvented an entryway as a reading nook in this Massachusetts home.
12Repurposed Decor
Lara Resen In the living room of this circa-1970s New York farmhouse, John Robshaw throw pillows help cushion a radiator-obscuring bench and turn it into a relaxing spot. The insect photos, by Linda B. Horn, hang on a wall painted White Dove by Benjamin Moore.
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13Charming Accents
Victoria Pearson Found at a flea market, a pair of cast-iron owl andirons nest in the fireplace of this California home’s bedroom corner.
14A Place to Rest
Victoria Pearson The owners of this Washington estate assembled a nonfunctioning clock with $23 of rope and plywood, plus leftover paint and hands cut from scrapwood. A burlap T.J. Maxx pillow, only $10, contrasts with a leather armchair scored on Craigslist.
15Punch of Patterns
Christopher Baker The owner of this Kentucky retreat built this daybed, which wears a Home Goods gingham sheet and pillows from Pottery Barn (the green and one and the striped bolsters) and Home Goods (the large patterned square).
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16Funky Corner
Lisa Romerein Decorator Sasha Emerson reupholstered her armchairs in cotton ticking and fashioned the window shades from linen chintz. Tweaking those traditional fabrics? An ad for a French furniture store, bought at Vintage European Posters in Berkeley, and a resin elephant table from the 1960s.
17Luxe Library
Victoria Pearson This Atlanta loft's iron daybed, draped with an antique cotton quilt, is more than 100 years old. The midcentury metal floor lamp came from a photo studio.
18A Modern Spin
John Gruen In this Massachusetts cabin, an Ikea sheepskin softens a 1970s bentwood rocker, which belonged to the owner's father. The tin B was part of a gas station sign.
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19Room with a View
Stacey Brandford 20Bold and Bright
Quentin Bacon In this Georgia lake house, the owner's collection of vintage tramp-art mirrors hangs above a custom settee—enlivened by a Utility Canvas quilted blanket—in the master bedroom. Westbrook sourced the carpet, sewn with Turkish flour sacks, from Sullivan Fine Rugs.
Michelle Profis is the digital director at ThePioneerWoman.com.
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