A capsule that stops in time, while maintaining a collection of time passing. Danielle Midlik, an interior designer at Architectural Justice in Medina, turned a home library into a Victorian-inspired relic with floor-to-ceiling wooden bookcases and tin ceiling tiles. “I wanted the space to feel like it’s been here, and could be here for another lifetime, without that desire to change or modernize,” Midlik says. The client added intricate wallpaper, antiqued decor and studded furniture to accent Midlik’s red oak cabinetry, distressed hickory hardwood floors and cast bronze hardware, with years of literature and media adding colors of their own. “Photos don’t do justice to the mood felt within the space,” Midlik adds, “especially on a rainy evening, curled up with a book and a cup of tea.”
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