♥ beauty is important. it is an inheritance. one cannot ignore it.

my other bestfriend (i have two!) just moved into her very own apartment

and has been decorating up a storm to make her space feel more like home.

two of the major pieces in her apartment that i am completely smitten with

are a gorgeous gold mirror and a big wooden hope chest,

both, which she inherited from her grandmother.

not only are these pieces charming and interesting in their own right,

but they are also full of family history that gives them added weight and meaning.

for those of us who have yet to inherit any fabulous family heirlooms,

now is a perfect time to pay a visit to the providence antique store, heir.

part art gallery, part antiques shop, part interior design service,

heir antiques offers an extremely well edited extravaganza

of unique furnishings, paintings and pieces

that will blow your modern mind!

here are some of my favorite pieces:

graphic vintage cabana stripe panel

trade sign from a pleasure cruise out of brooklyn

jessica grindstaff ribbons

large, round rosette mirror

italian gilt ivory and marble entry console table

nautical stowaway series photographs

timothy cummings portraits

oil painting of a boxer

in these interior design images you can see

the various pieces displayed in a real life context.

i just love the designer's aesthetic and his irreverent

mixture of new and old.

owner and principle designer, tyler doran is the mastermind

behind this scrumptious array of authentic antiques.

moving from LA, where he spent four years working in a gallery,

tyler and his husband mark moved to providence to set up shop

way off the beaten track, (on eddy street, to be exact) in september 2008.

two years have passed and despite a global economic crisis that

has caused handfuls of hopeful new shops to close their shutters,

heir antiques is still going strong, doing a large amount

of it's business with customers all over the world

on 1stdibs.com, as the only rhode island dealer!

and this saturday, march 20th, they will be moving to a fabulous,

brand new location in the heart of downtown providence!

if you are in the area, definitely stop in between 5 and 11pm

and enjoy music from a live dj, booze and surprises :)

be tHEIR or be sqaure.