Incollect Magazine - Issue 3

Issue 3 30 www.incollect.com Anthony Baratta Traditional English decorating was scaled up, Texas style, for a bold and richly colored room with many a nod to the British Isles. Anthony Baratta found inspiration in a photo of the late Queen Elizabeth’s sitting room at Balmoral Castle, where he discovered the perfect tartan for his custom-designed wallcovering. “Brown furniture” played a starring role, with English antiques and neoclassical pieces throughout. Baratta had these sage words of advice, “I think the greatest decorating lesson young people can learn is how to use brown furniture, because it helps balance a room.” A 19th-century American mantel received a decorative paint treatment in the manner of Wedgwood Jasperware in chic black and white, a tall-as-Texas antique secretary desk and everyone’s favorite blue-and-white ceramics dished up the charm. Nothing stuffy going on in this study, it’s all style! Photo: Nathan Schroder