I'm loving this 870 square foot "castle" in Charleston, South Carolina. The New York Times just did a piece on the space that you can read here. For such a small space, it upholds so much of that amazing 'old-world' feeling. As if Charleston wasn't enchanting enough already! Check it out below.
“I really wanted to do something that was well built and would last a long time,” said Burgess. “This place will last for centuries.”
The 19th-century velvet fainting couch was a gift from George Holt, the designer, who found it under a pile of garbage. The rugs, which took a beating during Hurricane Hugo in 1989, were rescued from the attic of an old mansion.
Reid Burgess, the owner, found two of the antique fans in the house while on tour with his bluegrass band, King Wilkie. “I purchased one at a fair in Missouri and the heavy thing rode on the roof of the van for two weeks before we got home.”
The floor is painted in Benjamin Moore Midsummer Night. The doors on either end of the space were found on the street. “People doing renovations,” he said, “they’ll just toss out doors.”
The Restoration Hardware bed was a splurge, but the drapes were a steal ($6 a panel at a local fabric store). The Buddha head was found at an auction house in Richmond, VA.
The tiny kitchen is more like “one big cupboard,” said Burgess. The doors are barely visible when closed; they blend into the walls, painted in French Gray from Farrow & Ball.
*all images via the new york times
