Name: Shawn Sweigart, Kayla Sweigart , Porter Sweigart (4-year-old son), and Murffy-Murff (cat) Location: Columbia, South Carolina Size: 3400 square feet Years Lived In: 3 years, owned

Apartment Therapy Survey:

My Style: I would say my style is timeless, eclectic, and for sure maximalist. We are a nice mix of traditional Southern meets modern, with pops of chinoiserie and everything in between. Is that a style? Ha. Seriously though, our style is us and what works for our house. I’m totally a “more is more” kinda girl, so I love to fill it to the brim with things that make me happy. I’ve often referred back to my grandmother’s style. She is also a fellow traditional Southern maximalist. Her home is full of blue and white chinoiserie with antique furniture and great big floral paintings. I catch myself having a lot of her same style but with a little more modern-but-quirky punch.

Inspiration: I find inspiration all over from some of my favorite designers: Eddie Ross, Bunny Williams, and Iris Apfel, just to name a few that come to mind. I was an art teacher in the past, so I have a love for art and really try to incorporate as many layers of it as I can around the house. If a painting really moves me, I’ll want to redesign a room just to feature it, which is why I ended up with the gallery wall. Too many paintings, not enough rooms.

Favorite Element: Definitely the gallery wall is my favorite part of the house. I have collected art for so long and really was running out of room to display it. We have such a fun entryway and before the staircase was plain and lifeless. I decided it needed to be upgraded to be on the same level as the rest of the house, and before you knew it, I was calling our painter and asking if we could use his scaffolding to hang a gallery wall.

Biggest Challenge: The biggest challenge is really filling it. Living in a house with a lot of space and having that maximalist style can be a struggle. Filling it with meaningful items while making it cozy and inviting has been one of the hardest things about having 3400 square feet. I don’t want it full of clutter or meaningless objects. I want it to be full of memories and things we love. Being in the business I’m in, I bring home new finds daily from shopping excursions. I find so many things to list in our Instagram flash sales that I end up wanting to keep for myself. But I know that I will just be collecting things and not keeping something meaningful.

Proudest DIY: The entire house, Kidding, kind of. Like I mentioned before, the house was such a drab [space] when we first bought it. I’ve really enjoyed watching it come back to life while keeping its original character.

Biggest Indulgence: I would probably have to say the wallpaper in the dining room. I knew I wanted to wallpaper the dining room when we first moved in but could never make up my mind. Finally, when I did, we splurged a little and it’s been one of my favorite big girl purchases.

Best Advice: Make your home yours and fill it with things you love. I always tell my customers, “buy what you love when you see it.” Most of the time it’s not there when you go back. So don’t let that painting or vase pass you by. Even if you don’t know where you’ll put it just yet. You’ll find a spot when you get home. I have a list of things I went back to get in the past, which were of course gone when I returned for them… and they still haunt me in my dreams.

Resources

PAINT & COLORS

Sherwin Williams — Marshmallow (Living Room, Entry, Hall, Master and Guest Bedrooms, Sky High(Kitchen, Florida Room), Innocence (Pink room)

Dining Room — Schumacher-Hydrangea Drape

ENTRY

Antique Buffet — @jennykramerdecor

Floral Painting— Liz Endres

Chandelier— Antique

Mirror — Antique

Drop Leaf Table — Family Heirloom

Framed Paper Art — Liz Endres

Accessories — @Ksweigartcollection

STAIRCASE GALLERY WALL

Artists — Leslie Weaver, Harrison Blackford, Morgan Elvington, Haley Mathewes, Carlisle Burch. Liz Endres, Pamela Hoffmeister, Emily Hudson, Caroline Pinney, Sarah Hinderberger

LIVING ROOM

Sofa and Loveseat — The Furniture Connection, Aiken, SC

Chinoiserie Chairs — Antique

Curtains and rods — HomeGoods

Rug — Antique sourced overseas

Demilune Table and Side desk — West End Antiques , Augusta, GA

Framed Sun Bather Print — Teil Duncan

Framed abstract — Emily Hudson

Skirted Table — Ballard Designs

Lamp Shades — Cotton & Quill

Coffee table and table between chairs — Family heirlooms

Antiques, curiosities, and decor — Sourced through @ Ksweigartcollection

FLORIDA ROOM

Desk — Family Heirloom

Bar — The Red Lion antique mall

Green Dresser — Vintage

Antique demilune table — West End Antiques , Augusta, GA

PINK ROOM

Vintage Settees — Carolina Consignment Simpsonville

Chest/Bar — Family Heirloom

Painting — Gift

Corner China Cabinet — Custom Russell Eisenbise with stain glass by Claire Eisenbise

Record Player — Family Heirloom

Framed Abstract Grasscloths (beside bar) — Emily Hudson

Paintings above record player — Bottom framed table still life by Liz Endres and top framed still life by Cathy Cullis

Lamp Shades — Ballard Designs

Lamps — Grace Frederick Design

Curtains and Rods — Ballard Designs

Rug — Sourced through @Ksweigartcollection

Upholstered coffee table — Family heirloom, upholstered in fabric from Forest Lake Fabrics in Columbia, SC.

DINING ROOM

Dining Table — Family Heirloom

Dining Chairs — Custom Russell Eisenbise

Bamboo White China Hutch — Craigslist

Buffet — Antique

Lamps — Vintage

Shades — Parker Kennedy Living

Art— Sourced by @Ksweigartcollection

Chandelier —

Curtains and Rods — Ballard Designs

BEDROOM

Headboard — The Furniture Connection, Aiken, SC

Bamboo Vanity — Vintage

Mirror — Vintage

Bedside Chest — Family Heirloom

Bamboo dresser — Vintage Henry Link, but similar to this one from Chairish

White Chair — IKEA

Lamps — Vintage

Art — Framed by Leslie Weaver , framed collage face by Melvin G , and collaged bird by Miles Purvis

Framed Butterfly Scarf — Vintage,

Bedding — Biscuit Home

Curtains and Rods — Ballard Designs

Antiques, curiosities, and decor — Sourced @ Ksweigartcollection

PORTER’S BEDROOM

Twin Beds — Gift

Collaged Bird on a shoulder Print Framed — Morgan Elvington via Chairish

Paintings above Beds — Emily Hudson

Bedding — Steinmart

Chest — The Savvy Shopper, Augusta, GA

Bookshelf — Target

Curtains and Rods — HomeGoods

Lamps — Amazon

GUEST BEDROOM

Bed — Family Heirloom

Bedding — Dillards

Blanket — Target

Mirrors — Amazon

Framed Print — Dana Gibson

Antiques, Curiosities, and décor — @ Ksweigartcollection

Thanks Kayla!

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*A previous version of this story accidentally wrote Kayla’s name as “Karla” a few times.