The Design Desk: Update on my Studio!

While my home study-turned-studio is still a work in progress, it is nearing completion! Here is a peek at some of my favorite things about this warm, beautiful, fun and functional workspace. Thank you Tammy!

The Plan!

I collect letters and numbers with special meaning...now I have a place to display them.



A collection of family photos...a reminder of what is important in life!

A beautiful bouquet of vintage wooden rulers...

A few more of my favorite things...

Design Desk: Create a Warm, Comfortable, Satisfying Home

Decorating is the process of creating order and beauty in a home. There are so many ways that I identify with that statement! I love to bring order to things. I am bursting with creative energy, and who doesn't want to be surrounded by beauty!

While my shop started out as a collection of ideas about home decorating and grew into the current retail store, I have come to realize that this collection is really more about an attitude ... an attitude about how I approach life. This collection of ideas is about how I wish to live my life and nurture my family, to build relationships and create memories, to honor the past in hopes of remembering what is most important as we build our future.

I believe how we choose to create home has a significant impact on our lives. As I describe my approach to decorating, it is often difficult to determine if I am describing the decoration of a house or my attitudes about life. Indeed, I believe the two are inevitably intertwined. Home isn't just where you live, it is how you live.

My approach to creating your home is simple, reflecting a love of home and family. I offer a casual approach to decorating that emphasizes comfort, beauty, function, and perhaps most importantly, fun! A home is intended to be enjoyed; surrounding yourself with things that make you happy plays a big part in creating a comfortable, enjoyable space.

Surround yourself with things that make you smile. Keep in plain sight reminders of what matters to you. Furnish each room with function and comfort in mind.

Working with vintage pieces is a cornerstone of my decorating philosophy. Vintage pieces - old furniture and accessories full of charm and history - lend warmth and character to any room. I'm not a purist; I mix old pieces with new ones that share the same nostalgic spirit. You don't have to be an avid collector of antiques to work with vintage pieces. A few aged pieces fill your home with a feeling that suggests things that are inherited rather than store-bought and hand-crafted rather than mass produced. Often the unexpected combination of old and new transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. The result is a warm, comfortable, satisfying home.

The Design Desk: Works in Progress

It all started with a light fixture.

A beautiful light fixture hand-crafted from vintage door plates, a varied collection of color with the perfect patina combined to cast a warm glow and fill a room with warmth and charm.

This beautiful light became my inspiration piece for transforming our ordinary, run-of-the-mill home office/study into my studio...my very own creative workspace right on the first floor of our home. Oh, I was inspired, but now I needed direction. And I found direction right in front of me: the Design Desk at Old Glory Antiques Urban Home + Design! I turned to the talented Designer Tammy Price to turn my vision into reality.

Tammy started with a visit to my home. She helped me define how I would use the space, then “shopped” my house for existing pieces that I could use in my new room.

She worked with my beloved red walls, and showed me how to make the space unique with a few custom pieces.

Tammy offered ideas for adding texture and personality with fabrics, and encouraged me to showcase my collections and fill the room with a sense of "me".

After an hour with Tammy, I knew this project would be going from inspiration to installation in no time! My study-turned-studio is currently a work in progress...idea boards are being built, chairs are being reupholstered and collections are being hung. I can't wait to share my beautiful new workspace with you!

The Design Desk at Old Glory Antiques Urban Home + Design

We are so excited to introduce you to the Design Desk at Old Glory Antiques Urban Home + Design, and the beautiful smile behind that desk, Tammy Price! Tammy is a very talented designer with twenty-five years' experience designing in the Denver area. She is warm, genuine, bursting with creativity, and so much fun to have around! Her approach to design is refreshing, and her enthusiasm for what she does is contagious.

Tammy will be offering complete interior design services to our customers. Tammy's services range from one-time consultation to completion of an entire project, and everything in between! Stop by the store to meet Tammy and take a look at her works in progress...prepare to be inspired!