traditional home library decor

- hey guys, today we'regonna overhaul youtube star, teni panosian's gorgeous1927 tudor-style home and transform it into amedieval modern show-stopper. (light music) - christiane, welcome!- hi how are you? nice to see you. oh i'm so excited to see this place, wow. - [teni] what do you think? - i mean, this is an overhaul.

this place is amazing! - thank you. - this is gonna be so much fun. - gotta lot of work. (laughs) - the plan is to keepthe historical heritage of the house, while adding some of teni's unique personal style and a modern flair. we also wanna give aspecial thanks to amazon

for sponsoring and collaboratingwith us on this video. all the home furnishings in this video can be found on amazon.com. teni is lovingly restoring this house and keeping its heritage in mind. teni is also thinking about the flow, the space, and how she'll entertain. - i wanna stay true to theauthentic character of the house. it's a 1927 tudor.

so it's got a traditional base. so that's kinda what i wanna work with, but still weave in my own style and a little bit of modern elements. but, still really keeping true to the traditional vibe of the house. - we're working hard together to make sure that we capture the function and style that teni hopes tohave in her gorgeous new home.

i love that you didn't just knock it down and build something gigantic. i love that you're keeping some of these really beautiful elements like the plaster ceilingand the original fireplace. and then you're makingthe changes around that that'll make it feel like it is 2017. teni really wants to play off the modern medieval theme in her house.

but because it's notactually a medieval house with dark paneling, stone, ironwork, we really have to tailor itfor a 1920s american tudor. - i'm all about conversation starters. seeing something on the wall that just, is so unique and really stands out to you. - the best interiors, the best wardrobes, the best stories are all very personal. teni has exceptional taste.

she's an absolute pleasure to work with. in this particular project, i'm actually acting asher design assistant. and all i'm really doingis helping her pick the perfect pieces for each room that really reflect her personal style. - so my eyes have definitely already gone to certain colors.- okay good. - [teni] i really likethat purpley grey tone.

i don't know why i gravitate to that. - you're gravitatingtowards the deeper tones. i want to design test you and see. are you feeling lighter things? - i thought i would go for more light, but just that really drew my attention. - we're gonna nod to teni's medieval theme with a muted color palette, wood textures, metals, and unique pieceswith gothic details.

i love the choices you've made. what a great palette. let's just make this happen. - let's do it!- okay. - teni wants the living room to be the most understated room in the house, considering it's the first room guests see when they walk in. - yes, this will bethe formal living room.

i turned one of thebedrooms into a family room, so that that's the casualspace, the hang-out spot. this is where i entertain. maybe after a dinner party, we sit here. - our plan is to focus on a few key elements andbuild the space around them. one of the main challengesof teni's living room, is that the entryway and thefireplace are off-center. so we're going to address this visually

by putting together groups offurniture that trick the eye. so specifically we'regonna build a living room around the fireplace sothat we create symmetry that way, with a sofa and two chairs that are perfectly alignedand center on the fireplace. - (exclaims) i love this room!- it's done. - looks so good, it's done! - talk about a change. 'cause the last time we were in here,

the only thing that washere was the ceiling. we really wanted to riffoff of teni's modern, medieval, glamorous thing. we came up with, sort of,a central color palette. and it's things likedeep charcoals or blacks. she has gold accents. we have gold finishes on the coffee table with a mirrored surface. we have side tablesthat have gold finishes.

we have really beautiful textures. so things like velvets and satins. - you wanna talk about medieval,those cathedral chairs. - i love the cathedral chair. - [teni] it looks like itbelongs in a catholic church. it's stunning. - or like a university library, to me.- yes, exactly! - or the throne room.

and they have that architectural feeling and i love that theyflank your office doors. and it creates astatement and it's kind of an entryway.- and it still works! it still works with moreof the modern elements. - also, we have highlighted it with some of these darker elements thatreally have a graphic pop. without it being overwhelming and themey. it's really sophisticated.

talk about a fearless mix. you're talking about mixing something that's kind of glamorouswith like a faux-hide. and then something that haslike a swedish gustavian moment. and then you're pulling it all together with your nod to nature. - i figured this issort of the animal room. with those stork legs. (laughs) - the stork legs, i love that table.

i love that table. - [teni] probably mynumber one favorite place in the whole house. - you're really mixing. it's not like you've chosen two styles. you've chosen 10. - yeah. (laughs) - no, but it works really well together. - it's medieval, mid-century modern--

- yeah, mid-century modern classic, 1920s. you are fearless when it comes to mixing. - you know what, i'mgetting more bold with that. like, i feel like i didn't do that before, but now i'm seeing it come to life. this just looks like some, a place that someone's already been living for years and years. - teni is looking to create

a really gorgeous office/library/workspace that flows from her living room. - so this room, i couldn'treally tell what it was, but it seemed like an extensionof the formal living room. i had this dream of havinga library in my home. didn't really work out withthe space because i would need wall to wall, actual--- and also so many windows. - so many windows. so i figured, why notcombine a mini library

with a little bit of an office space. - [christiane] we're gonna add some of teni's signature fashion flair by putting in floor-to-ceiling, olive chartreuse, metallic curtains. and we're gonna have a built-in bookcase with really gorgeous deep, dark walls. a lounging sitting area in frontof the three large windows. - the study!

- the study, library, office... - visually, just lookat it, it's gorgeous. but, just having booksbehind me i'm gonna want just pick one out, sit right there. - bringing in things like furniture with a darker, more traditional finish, some really amazing smoky brown leathers, and some gold accents in her task lamp and other accessories.

- everything about this, tome, says lawyer. (laughs) - it does, yeah.- right? - lady boss.- i love it. again, that was the wholegoal with this house is as much as we're keepingit traditional and classic, it's still 2017 and it still works. - the dining room is actually one of the most glamorous rooms in the house. - this, i have to say, isone of my favorite rooms

because it does have the sliding doors that opens like dramatic. and so for that reasoni sort of want to keep the drama going and doa darker vibe in here. - this house sort ofdesigns itself, and so-- - it's just inspiring. - [christiane] teni really wants to create this juxtaposition between these very glamorous dining chairs

and this wood, heavy,textured dining table. look at this dining room. - this is beautiful! i mean, of all the rooms really, this turned out exactlythe way i'd envisioned it. - teni chose a really beautiful sideboard with sophisticated marquetry. she's got a great, low-hanging chandelier. it really is representativeof that glamour,

modern, and medieval that she's going for. - i found this scarf that hasthe armenian alphabet on it. - oh, how cool. so it's meaningful to you too. teni did something reallyinteresting in the dining room by framing her vintage hermesscarf over her sideboard. and so this beautiful,fuchsia element turned it into a stunning piece of art that we've built the room around.

teni also really loves herpair of antelope busts. but, here's the thing,they are made of resin and no animals were hurt in themaking of this video at all. so you can really do this medieval, modern, mid-century, glamor--- i like it. somebody get me a shield. i wanna hang up a shield on the wall. - teni has some really strongopinions about her bedroom because it's where she does her makeup.

so teni spends a lotof time in this space. - so, the master bedroom! - wow, so what a great room. you've got tonnes of light. this is a wide room, so you can do something overscale in here. she wanted it to feelglamorous and polished, but still have a littlebit of that medieval flair. - i do want a little bitof drama in here too.

- okay. - specifically with the drapesand maybe the headboard. - her bed is gonna goagainst the back wall and it's actually flanked bytwo really symmetrical windows, which is kind of exceptional. - master bedroom! - i love how it turned out. we chose a color paletteof mauves and deep purples and silvers to make ittranquil, but still glamorous.

- i really like the soft color palette, save for the headboard. everything is just really. it's a bedroom. this is where you retire at the end of the day and you just want it to be really just serene.- it's calming. for teni's bed, we chosea plum color, tufted, kind of dramatic, high-backed bed.

a little more tufting. it made it upstairs too.- yes, i know right. i think i've changed my ways. - for her bedside tables, we chose a really beautifulrose gold mirrored table that has that kind of glamourthat teni's looking for. teni wanted to incorporate some kind of texture into her room. so we put this really great and fun,

faux fur bench at the end of teni's bed. teni has a lot of greatspace in her bedroom. so we were able to createa kind of seating area with two really beautiful velvet chairs. in the dresser, we brought in some of the nickel accents thatyou can see throughout the house in the sconces and the hardware. and we also gave it thatgreat, textured wood feeling. - this dresser is probably--- i love it.

- my favorite piece in the room. - i love it. - because it has thatold hollywood feel to it. - this has real hollywoodregency references. but i also like it because it's rustic too and it really speaks toyour table downstairs. - do you notice a littlesomething on this dresser? - [christiane] what is that? - this is an echo look.

this just sits right here andyou get dressed in the closet. you're all done, you're ready to go. you want an ootd, but there's no one around to take it so... - very cool. - just gonna stand about five feet away. alexa, take a picture. (beeping)(camera flashes) it goes straight to my phone.

it's gonna go to the echo look app. - [christiane] amazing. - [teni] and that's our latest look. and then if you wanted to,you could just press crop. - [christiane] oh lookhow great your bedroom-- - and blur out the background.- yeah, it looks amazing. - [teni] i don't wannablur out the background. - don't blur it out!- 'cause it looks good. - looks amazing.

(upbeat music) we had a lot of funworking on teni's house. we started with a space thatwas stripped back to the studs. and we were able totransform it into a modern, medieval and glamorous homethat's really reflective of teni's personal style. now this home really feels like teni. it's got the historicalreferences, but the modern updates. it's got excellent flow.

it's a place she's gonnabe very happy living. and again, we wanna thankamazon for sponsoring and collaborating with us on this video. bye!

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