
The couple found an old cinder block building in a good location. The big empty warehouse once housed a rug cleaner, a storage business, and even a recording studio. An architect friend helped improve the façade of the building and a trip to Europe inspired the color palette. The business first began as a glorified warehouse and didn’t have a name or a staff. It hardly had anything tagged and was only halfway arranged. The purpose was mainly a place to store pieces for her design company.

![Designer Paige Kontrafouris Layers Her 100-Year-Old Home with Collected Treasures “I think my own personal style is a bit of French design [and] a little bit of English, but I just love that overly collected, curated, layered space that looks lived in and comfortable,” Paige says.](https://thecottagejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Photo-May-05-2022-2-46-08-PM_OTR-feat-218x150.jpg)



