Design Confidently, Live Comfortably



Issue #5, July/Aug 2004

Make the Most of Inherited Furniture
Refinish, reconfigure, relocate -- or when all else fails, let it go
by Lauri Ward

A lot of baggage can come with an inherited chair or chest of drawers. People often stuff rooms with furniture they've been given, only to find that their rooms become crowded, disheveled places without a cohesive style. Lauri Ward, the founder of Use What You Have Interiors and the author of the Use What You Have Decorating books, guides you through choosing what to keep, how to make the most of it, and how to let go of the rest.


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PHOTO LEFT: ERIC ROTH (DESIGNER: GAYLE MANDEL); PHOTOS CENTER AND RIGHT: JESSIE WALKER