Look Linger Love

Hold on to your winter hats.  This week’s Designer Favorites feature is breathtaking.  While Tricia Turner Manasra may be new to the blogging world, she is certainly not new to design.  As the founder of Atelier Turner Event & Design, Tricia creates events and interiors by mixing modern and traditional elements.  Her blog has quickly picked up my radar thanks to her Style House Series featuring a dizzying array of designer furniture selections.  My goodness it’s GOOD.

Hi! It’s Tricia from Atelier Turner [the blog] here to share my favorite pieces of goodness from my abode. I recently met Chassity through the blogosphere. She sure is one savvy blogger…and a delight! I apologize in advance for going a bit crazy with the images. Chassity, thanks for having me over today;-)

My white entry console houses some of my most favorite objects. First, I should tell you I put some serious sweat equity into modernizing this once yellow and tired 50’s piece I found at a vintage shop. Now, it’s a very crisp and clean white allowing everything I place on top to pop.

Oops…accidentally got my Christmas toes in this last picture {thought I would just throw that in for fun}!

• Big fan of family heirlooms {they serve as everyday reminders of those special people who touched my life}. Velvet riding hat and leather whip {my late great aunt’s who was an avid rider}. Silver tray {belonged to my grandmother}.

• Rock was found in the Arabian Desert by my husband {when he was a child}. Mother-of-pearl drum {from the Middle East}…{gifted to my husband from his mother when he was a teen}.

• Picked up the black pottery during a trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. This handmade beauty is crafted from black clay {which is unique to Oaxaca and a part of their ancestral identity}.

• Love my orchids {too bad I can never keep them alive}. Got any great tips or tricks to keep these suckers blooming? I’m all ears!

I’m an Interior Architect so I designed this fireplace/mantle {and the surrounding bookshelves} for our loft. It keeps us toasty in winter.

My husband and I custom designed our home {we spent a day at the stone and marble emporium selecting slabs of granite and marble}. Hubby spotted this leftover piece of Esmeralda Green Onyx {it was thrown to the side and on the ground}. We snatched it up. {Surely a statement piece in our second bathroom}.

Five lanterns {evenly spaced across our southern wall} create subtle drama through repetition.

Acquired the Edelman Leather Hair-on-Hide rug through fierce bidding {at my former workplace auction} Was once a half hide {I cut that puppy in two to my husband’s horror (he quickly came around)} and they are now happily sitting pretty on our floor.

An engagement gift from my parental units. {our kitchen pendants bring out her crystal sparkle}.

Bargained and drank a lot of Turkish tea to get a deal on these handmade silk embroidery pillows {first laid my eyes on them at the Spice Bazaar in Istanbul during our honeymoon}.

xoxo Atelier Turner

It’s all beautiful, really, but those lanterns along the brick wall had me at first glance.  What a cozy and eclectic abode.  Thanks so much to Tricia for sharing her favorites.  Be sure to check out her gorgeous blog, Atelier Turner, and don’t miss her Style House series.