Designer J.P. Horton cleverly revamps his Charlottesville rental.
Gordon Gregory
Much like a chrysalis becomes a butterfly, Charlottesville, Virginia-based designerJ.P.
Hortonhas a habit of transforming the seemingly mundane into the enchantingly beautiful.
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Case in point: his former one-bedroom rentalapartment, which sat in a converted hay loft in Charlottesville.
I found it on Craigslist and swooped it up as quickly as I could, he recalls.
It was kind of the perfectcountrysidegetaway from work, and the owners had just renovated.
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Inviting Living Room
The skirted central table softens the room, the designer says.
Its modular, so if one square gets ruined, I can replace that piece, he says.
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Cozy Bedroom
Hortons antique quilt is from Circa, a Charlottesville consignment shop.
At his bedside: an architectural model of a rotunda.
I use it to house all the books I’m reading, he says.
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The apartment did come with a very large pantryand who needs food when you have pretty china?
Handsome Hutch
Horsehair plaster swirlsthe tops of ionic columnsare from Black Dog Salvage in Roanoke.
They save a bunch of old architectural elements from buildings being demolished, he says.
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The wallpaper panel is from Virginias Paul Montgomery.
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