The Story
Dana Schweiger, a furniture dealer who lives part-time in Germany, wanted to fill her rooms with electric colors, vintage furniture and, most important, quirky art. “To me, a blank wall is like having an empty soul,” she says. She found the perfect person to help her in designer Christine Horbach, a fellow art lover she met through the local German expat community. “We both have a rebellious nature, and you see that in the design,” says Christine. The women scoured flea markets and sites like Chairish for furniture and decor, then spent hours creating gallery walls for nearly every room. “Art gives me comfort,” says Dana, whose four kids (Valentin, 28; Luna, 26; Lilli, 25; and Emma Tiger, 21) visit her often. “I could be in this house all by myself, and I’d never feel alone.”
