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Home & Garden, Outside Nola

October 1st, 2009

Take a look at what can be done in a small San Francisco apartment with a small renovation budget (and obviously wonderful taste and some wonderful antiques!). Enjoy out the clever work of the talented designer, Grant K. Gibson. A coplete slideshow is here on NYTimes.com. Photographs are by Peter DaSilva for The New York Times

A custom built banquette makes a cosy dining area. If I’m not mistaken is that a burlap tablecloth from Ballard Designs?

A tidy corner for a drinks tray.

It helps to have great antiques – many of the prints were pulled from old books and put in inexpensive frames. My favorite trick…

Classical lines even in a tiny powder room. The silver loving cup hides the T.P.

Creative upcycling of a $500 bed from PB Teen with a custom mohair headboard.

Greek Key trim boosts the linen curtains

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