Owning Old World Antieks, one of the country's largest antique shops, Amy and Brian Kleinwachter have unloaded around 400 containers of vintage finds in their 20 years of scouring the globe. "Worn and worn rustic elegance - nice things that are not" stuffy "is our specialty," says Brian. When the La Grange couple wanted to extend a two-hundred-square-foot, two-bedroom farmhouse home from business, it was not hard to formulate a vision - a patina that had priority over everyone else.
The new footprint, which includes a large open living space, a large master suite and a watchtower over a spiral staircase, is full of finds from home and abroad. And although the room is rich in second hand scores, not everything has been there. "There were definitely many first successes in the building of this house," says Brian.
Brian was on his way to work when he spotted a man filling a pile of sheet metal at the local recycling center. "It had the most beautiful gray-silver color on the top," he says. "We used it all over the house for the ceiling."
Brian searched high and low for the same old pine trees that resembled the original pine floors. To bring the remains together, he worked with an orbital sander before completing it with a clear wax coat.
The Kleinwetter's 9-meter freestanding cabinet, discovered by a Picker friend in Iowa, formerly served as a retail outlet. Son Blake, however, is more concerned with swing, which is adorned with the lyrics: "And I imagine, what a wonderful world."
Brian and Amy have redefined the term "barn lights" with the found devices. Old hay wagons hang in the kitchen, and in the dining room, the couple combined an antique European chandelier and an old pork plug for the ultimate in high-end sowing.
An original violin maker and repair sign - a purchase that prompted the tailstock - adds a typographic punch to the underlying industrial mirror. The desk belonged to a Parisian watchmaker.
Even tiny Terriermixer Oakley stored in a kennel of old wood and an old dormer window from Egypt.
Brian added interior lighting to an ad from a local Baptist church. Now, some of the family's vintage guitars are highlighted in the master bedroom.
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