Taking notice of my Grandmother's interior decorating style through the years.
My Grandmother turns 90 next week and she's lived at her current home for well more than half of her life. The interior of her home is like a wonderful walk through the decades.
There are some wonderful built-ins that smack of the 40's. She even once had a built-in fish tank, but she gave up on the fish years ago.
Some of the walls are wood paneling, but not the cheap 70's kind, the real stuff that the 70's were trying to emulate.
My Grandpa, the electrician, has wired the house in that particular way electricians wire their own homes. Almost every light has at least two switches, one to light half the bulbs and one for the other half, sort of a homemade dimmer switch. He also added floor lighting throughout the house with several little switches throughout the house.
The best piece of furniture is an antique rocking chair that used to rest on their family porch in Texas, but the rest of the home is an accumulation of furniture collected throughout the years. She bought new front room furniture in the 90's and has faux finished walls that perfectly complement that era. The TV room holds the 80's love seat and some wonderful knicknacks from a lifetime of collecting.
Everywhere you look in her home is a piece of life and it comes with a story. This is ultimately my favorite type of interior decorating, one that says a lot about the homeowner and the life they've led.
