Interior Design-Foyer & Living Room: La Malcontenta

Well, I did get the pictures taken, As usual, some didn't turn out too well. I need to figure out how to work without the flash, amongst other things. The interior design write-up will be done in sections.

Just to remind us "who is La Malcontenta" (besides a villa by Palladio-the most beautiful house in the world!). Mine is an Art Deco Spanish Eclectic, a bash of the RGT Thornhill. I did post a Behind the Build for this house, but never added all the details. I intended to get back to it, but somehow ....

We made all the windows except the two HBS Palladian triparate windows, and all the windows work. We added working dormers, "wrought iron" railings, and designed and made the main entrance. The house is still not finished, but we intend to live a long time.

Just a comment on the designated style for this house. When I started this house it was a Spanish-Eclectic Art Deco style, but before I finished it was an Art Deco Spanish Eclectic, where "eclectic" covers all the previous words. See my post The impotance of Being Eclectic to see what I discovered and how this came about.

Today we will discuss two of the four rooms on the main floor:

First floor floor plan.

 Enter here: The Foyer:

The Foyer -- My take on 1930's Art Deco Hollwood glitz

I did want either a more Spanish-looking staircase or a more Art Deco staircase. I couldn't buy or figure out how to do what I wanted, but I am happy with what I could do. I love the arches (my jig saw does it all) and my Ionic columns are cake decorations from Michaels. The flooring is real house stone-like wallpaper, cut into 1-inch squares and glued onto a posterboard template. I added a half-round piece of wood onto the bottom step of the stasircase to give it an elegant look. The railing and the ballisters are walnut stained wood.

The silver tables are "custom" found at a dollhouse shop. I should have taken a separate picture of the mirrors-- lots of glitz and angels! The table on the left has a wonderful Art Deco lamp which I got for a pittence because it doesn't light, but I think I know how to fix it--just need some time. I like the tiles on the back wall but I wish they didn't have such a gloss finish.

Faux door to basement under the stairs; also a view of the mirror and lamp; and into living room through the arch.

 The Living Room:
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Living Room

Real house wallpaper lines the ceiling. It's great but it is tricky to glue down embossed paper without squashing it! Plus, this room is 15 3/8 x 25, so I was in the room working up! There had to be an easier way! The flooring is a customized HBS flooring sheet of black walnut with a trim of red oak stained MinWax Provincial.

The fireplace, a OOAK from a dollhouse shop. I modified the color to blend in with the copper foil paper (very tricky to use) on the wall. I also painted a "real firebox" in the fireplace, and gave it an Art Deco Brooke Tucker firescreen. See above picture.

Living room looking toward French doors.

We made the working double French doors with Palladian arches and stained glass.

The curio cabinets are trinket boxes with the drawers removed. The working Art Deco lights on the top of the cabinets are made from Art Deco style perfume bottle tops. I added a wonderful eclectic mix of objet d'art (including Eqyptian, Chinese, Italian, and Clarice Cliff) and paintings (including Tissot, Klimt, Monet, and Constable). I just LOVE eclectic! The wonderful triple tulip floor lamp was another bargain because it didn't light -- but I fixed it!