Another Thursday morning, another beautiful 'weekend' house to pour over. This stunning fifteen year old property is the holiday home to interior designer and proprietor of Shabby Slips, Renea Abbott. “This was just a sliver of land that nobody knew what to do with, the builder who developed it thought outside the box, looked at the land, and I think he was pretty genius to come up with this design Every room has a view, and the way he sited them makes you unaware of the neighbours around you, yet you see the lake.” He also notes, “From the water, the houses look very European — but without all the clichés.”
While the interiors are as drop-dead glamorous as the city abodes that Abbott designs, she readily admits that many of the pieces are actually castoffs from her stylish Houston shop. Like any talented designer, she understands the importance of playing with a high-low mix — for instance, works by artist Ford Beckman or an 18th-century Italian commode sharing the stage with curtains from IKEA.
p r e v i o u s l y i n i n t e r i o r d e s i g n . . .
office envy: jeffers design group | inspired interior: sarah davison | book club: marrakesh by design | at home with: heidi middleton | at home with: tory burch | at home with: alexander wang |
rachel xo
I know, I need to make my house look like this!
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