Mrs Victoria Sullivan Interior Design NY: Flea Market finds 2. Mirrors

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V I C T O R I A S U L L I V A N

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You may spot Brooklyn-based British expat Victoria Sullivan, as she pedals the tree- lined blocks between school drop-off, photo shoots and appointments, greeting her neighbors, friends and clients. Wife of Esquire Fashion Director, mother of two, Victoria is a multi-tasker.

Her home, like her personal style is a combination of all things easy-going and eclectic, refined and charming. Victoria has an uncanny knack of transforming the ordinary and unloved to highly covetable and unique.

These exceptional skills are evident in the transformation she made to the dilapidated town-house she and her husband Nick bought four years ago. Her skilled eye and strong aesthetic make it easy for her to find well-priced treasures that others over-look, from brick and mortar structures to antique lace dresses.

After a gut renovation, Victoria sanded, painted, filled and fixed every element of every room, maintaining as much of the authentic architectural detailing as possible. Cool paint tones on period-detailed walls create the back-drop for key elements of furniture, artwork and lighting that Victoria finds from a combination of antique specialists and local stoop sales. She curates the spaces with carefully selected pieces from a mix of eras and sources. With a love of wallpaper, textiles and upholstery, she remodeled forlorn finds and was able to breathe life and charm into every piece of furniture that followed her home. Books, ceramics and other such collectibles are layered into every shelf and surface, making irresistible stories that lead your eye through her interiors.

With her sister, Victoria runs White Rabbit England producing & designing high end Nursery gifts for baby's & children. The product is sold in major UK retail stores : Harrods, Liberty, Conrans, Heals, John Lewis, Fortnum & Mason, Fenwicks and now in their own section of Selfridges.

Prior to moving to NY, Victoria ran Factory for ten years, her own London based photo-shoot production company, working with some of the best fashion photographers. Many a day was spent running around with Mario Testino, Tim Walker and Kelly Klein, making impossible requests a reality.

Victoria now co-ordinates and hosts both commercial and editorial shoots in her high-demand home. She works with clients to develop interior stories for their apartments and residencies, re-defining their style, maintaining their personalities.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Flea Market finds 2. Mirrors

This beautiful dressing table mirror came with the dressing table .

I bought it near Portobello Market for £100 before moving to

New York.

It's still one of my favorite pieces.

Of course it got a lick of paint and I recovered the stool with some vintage French fabric.

This mirror I found upstate.

It's a good size and perfect for reflecting the light and making the space seem brighter and bigger.

Two separate finds.

The mirror was originally a dark wood.

I also loved the antique look the glass already had with age.

I started aging mirrors myself a few years ago, a little messy and a little like cooking getting the glass to look naturally old, but this mirror was perfect.

The dresser was covered in a high gloss white paint which I immediately stripped with paint stripper , sanded and added a lovely pale grey paint matching the mirror in the same color.