This dining table can seat a hungry crowd if company is in town. When they head back home, though, Mike Peters maximizes his floor space by pushing the table (which is on rollers) against the wall and by hanging the chairs up and away. The antique table has a sweet past: carved into its top is an arrow-pierced heart etched with initials.
![“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 "Designer Paige Kontrafouris Layers Her 100-Year-Old Home with Collected Treasures")
