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House Call: Barbara Pershyn-Davis in Upstate New York

The upstate New York home of Barbara Pershyn-Davis (editor of the esoteric online interior design magazine Eye-to-Eye) has a wonderful air of decaying grandeur. Davis favors muted, color-washed plaster walls (her preferred paint is Schreuder's Hascolac oil paint from Fine Paints of Europe), furniture dating to the 19th century, and slipcovers made from hemp feed sacks. It all adds up to a style the New York Times calls "three parts Swedish country to one part Ken Burns documentary."

August 27, 2009

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Any idea what wallpaper that is in the second to last picture (bedroom with the yellow bedspread)? Thanks

posted by Amy on 08/28/2009 at 08:28 am

I have also seen that chandelier in Simple Style by Julia Bird and in several magazines over the years, and it always makes my heart skip a beat. All of these photos from this apartment are so beautiful!

posted by sam on 08/28/2009 at 11:30 am

these are lovely photographs, but do justice neither to the space itself nor the aesthetic. Unique, truly.

posted by alice on 10/14/2009 at 03:11 pm

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