Car Port Chic

Victoria Smith fills her San Francisco home with fabulous flea market and yard sale finds. She regularly transforms her style by mixing mid-century modern along with vintage pieces. Open shelving in the dining room allows for extra storage and displays her favorite dishes and kitchen items. She loves a bargain, but her taste for unique pieces is what sets the design tone in her home.

Victoria uses a salvaged chalkboard as a spot to write menus for dinner parties or for guests to write notes when they visit. The credenza is one of the homeowner's favorite pieces. Although it was painted white when she bought it, she couldn't pass up the $5 price tag. So, she just stripped and refinished it. Her style really is about the playful elegance of an unusual combination of furnishings.