We styled a tiny, historic 1930s home with big boho style.

A few years back we had the joy of styling a 1930s Tudor style home in the Historic Coronado district in downtown Phoenix. Rather than thinking small, we brought in large plants and accessories and thought big with color and texture.

Styling a home under 900 square feet is a lot different from our usual sprawling Scottsdale homes. Our scale, especially in our 12,000 square foot showroom, is extra large! We had to shrink down our vignettes to match the postcard sized rooms in this charming Tudor style house.  

In the living room we used a huge floor mirror to bounce light around the room and try to make the space look larger. One of the smallest sofas we carry at TDL anchors the space and a pair of Mali mudcloth covered ottomans and a Turkish cicim kilim rug add interest. Bringing a towering fiddle leaf fig into the room, taking advantage of the ceiling height in these old homes, makes for big drama!

One of our favorite spots to design was the tiny second bedroom. We put one of our twin sized carved daybeds in there, imagining an office with a place for a guest, or a very stylish kid's room. A suzani pillow, applique bedding, and a pierced Egyptian lantern make the room colorful and fun.

The primary bedroom is pretty and refined, but with bohemian spirit. One of our rattan headboards from Bali sets the stage with layers of bedding from India. Once again a giant fig tree brings the eye up to those high celings.  

In the dining nook we paired a moucharabieh bench with a round, bistro sized table and smaller scale chairs. One of our Moravian stars glitters overhead.

We didn't do much to the exterior of the home, other than paint, as it was not in the scope of the project, but we still think the deep, earthy orange is a fun departure from the rows of white houses in this neighborhood. The color is Dunn Edwards Foxtail.

We loved working on this charmer of a home. Designing small homes doesn't mean you have to think small! Go big with plants, color and texture, and your tiny spaces will seem larger than life!  

You can shop kilim pillows like we used in this house right on our website! Of course we have literally thousands (yes truly!) more at our showroom in Scottsdale, AZ - and you can always call or message us and we can send photos of more for you - they are so easy to ship!

One of my favorite pillows we used in this house is the glorious snow colored tulu lumbar in the primarty bedroom. We just got a few more of these beauties back in stock!