About six months ahead of Victoria in terms of renovation, Antonia eagerly began implementing her décor scheme as soon as the construction was complete. Her style, whether found in her closet or her interiors, consists of vintage and modern, comfortable and ethnic, a mixture of high and low, and a definite overall eclecticism. Calling her approach to design as a bit more of a “hodgepodge,” she tends to operate on more of a decorate-as-she goes setting instead of an exact plan. Take, for example, the inspiration behind her color scheme.
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“ eople often tell me that my apartment is more masculine on some way, or ‘handsome’ as opposed to ‘pretty,’” says Antonia, who agrees. “I try to resist more masculine elements in the process – mostly on the suggestion of my mother!”