My Space

Photo courtesy of Andie Zelnio

Architect-designer Andie Zelnio on the inspiration and memories she gets from a particular corner of her home.

“ I love to sit in this Eames chair and read or look at art books. It's an inspiration, and it reminds me of my childhood home. There was a lot of south-facing glass, as there is in this house, and I would sit there in the winter with the warm sun streaming in the windows. There was a walnut coffee table my brother made in high school. That's now in my living room.

“This house was built in 1954 and as soon as I saw it it felt like home to me. I grew up in a contemporary home with contemporary furniture, in a house in Illinois my father built in 1954. In the rest of the house, I still have original 1950s tile in the bathroom, and in the den the cork floors are exactly the same as in my childhood bedroom.

The original cork floor in Andie's den is exactly the same as in her childhood bedroom. Photo: Andie Zelnio

"When I was house-hunting I only looked at houses that were built in the 1950s and 60s but so many people had come in and done the Home Depot remodel or enclosed the patio or somehow destroyed the character of the house in order to add square footage just so they could ask for more money. My real estate agent and I wrote an offer for this one on the spot. ”

Contact Andie Zelnio Design LLC at [email protected]. Tel: 520-979-6962