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Gorgeous Rooms to Inspire You

You’ll be inspired by these stunning rooms full of secondhand treasures. Decorated by both professional designers and talented do-it-yourselfers, the styles range from bold and modern to 18th-century French. But, all the owners furnished their rooms by haunting flea markets, antique malls, estate and yard sales, auctions, and thrift stores.
A Midtown Classic
Tour the former Midtown Memphis home of Dallas Interior Designer Don Pritchard. His classic style and eye for arrangement are in perfect harmony with the 1920's architecture.
Luxurious Living Room
See how a pair of professional designers use flea market finds and estate sale antiques to create a sumptuous, sophisticated living space. It only looks like a million.
Memphis Morning Room
The morning room of Memphis designers Gwen Lausterer and Stan Carpenter, of Carpenter & Carpenter Designs, is filled with antiques, fine furniture, and art found at flea markets and estate sales.
The Vintage Laundry Shack
Peek into the rooms of The Vintage Laundress, LeAnn Stephenson, an expert at transforming flea market finds into modern masterpieces.
Apartment Therapy House Tours
Many a home from Apartment Therapy's carefully vetted house tours has gone on to be featured in magazines or home design television shows. You'll see some new furnishings, but lots of the tour homes are furnished with flea market finds, or at least a blend of old and new.
Saucy Dwellings
From first attempts to magazine worthy perfection, readers post their own home tours at this Live Journal community. You'll find lots of inspiration for using secondhand treasures, and might even want to post your own rooms to the site.

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