Natasha and the Plant-Filled Sunroom — House Tour

Name: Natasha Nyberg and Brad Sammut; children Lisette and Maxine; cats Matilda and Pickle; dogs Greta, Lotte, and Mr. Chips

Location: Garfield Park; Grand Rapids, Michigan

Size: 2,200 square feet

Years lived in: 5 years; Owned

Natasha and I met through Instagram. She began following my account and when I scrolled through her feed, I saw images of a very cool home: rich colors, objects with stories, and a refreshing indifference to trends. I had a hunch that she found me through Apartment Therapy, and based on her home, she would be a good House Tour candidate. I messaged her and we emailed back and forth. It turned out that Natasha was very familiar with Apartment Therapy, having participated/been featured in six different contests/articles over the years!

Check out Natasha’s home in a Flickr Find, the 2011 Color Contest, the 2011 Small Kids, Big Color Contest, a Color Inspiration gallery, the 2012 Room for Color Contest, and the Bedroom Retreat Contest and then compare those rooms to today’s tour. In the years since those publications, Natasha and her husband Brad have rearranged or swapped out artwork and furniture to accommodate their changing needs and styles. There are towers of books in the living room and a few new furniture pieces. The yellow little girl’s bedroom above the sunroom was converted back to a guest bedroom. The sunroom’s dining table has been replaced with a couch for sipping morning coffee, reading a book, or napping among the plants.

While reading through Natasha’s source list, you’ll learn that most items in her home didn’t come from a furniture store or catalog. Many objects are well-loved family heirlooms, generous gifts from friends, or lucky finds at thrift stores.

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PAINT & COLORS

All paint colors are by Ellen Kennon Full Spectrum Paints

Entry/upstairs hallway/guest room: Classic Marc

Living room: Caribe

Craft room: Luminaire

Dining room: Honeysuckle

Kitchen: Pumpkin Spice and Citrine

Sunroom: Peridot (walls) and Dusk (ceiling)

Bathroom: Shrimp

Lisette’s bedroom: Dusk

Maxine’s bedroom: Alexandra Blue

Master bedroom: Apricot

Clock: Belonged to Natasha’s great-grandparents- she’s supposed to get it repaired for her dad, but it’s been sitting there for months. She’s not sure he’ll ever get it back!

Dresser: Target, painted with leftover paint from the kitchen

Oval mirror: given to Natasha and Brad by friends when they were moving

Gold mirror: thrift store

Rug: thrift store

LIVING ROOM

Oil painting above the couch: Gift from a friend- the piece is by local artist Steve Rosselet and came from Colline Patrimoine.

Armoire: World Market

Couches: thrift stores

Small desk/table: originally belonged to Natasha’s great-grandmother and was passed down from her grandma

Gold and glass coffee table: Brad’s mom

Wood and glass coffee table: Found on curb

Bird picture (above radiator): Brad’s mom (drawn by one of her college friends)

Hobo lamp: Brad’s grandpa

Vintage starburst clock: thrift store

Busts: Natasha’s dad, various thrift stores, garage sales

Mirror on mantle: part of a bedroom set

Watercolor on mantle: thrift store

Granny square afghans: various estate sales and Natasha’s neighbor

Zigzag afghan and pillows: gift from a friend

Hanging mirror: discovered in the garage a year after Natasha and Brad moved in- it was covering a window with the reflective side facing out.

Rugs: estate sales

Rocking chair: Brad’s sister

Ceramic Buddha: painted by Brad’s grandpa in the 1970s

Gwen Frostic bird prints: Natasha’s grandma (who was Gwen’s assistant in the 1960s)

CRAFT ROOM

Table and bench: Natasha’s mom (it was built by a man whose kids she babysat as a teenager)

Butterfly table: garage sale

Rug: estate sale

Bust lamp: thrift store

Oil painting in front of windows: by Ellis LeVee, a street artist who used to go around painting outdoor scenes in northern Michigan. Natasha’s grandparents had this one painted of the view of Lake Michigan from their backyard, and gave it to her dad for Christmas in 1982.

Various Gwen Frostic prints: Natasha’s grandma

DINING ROOM

Table: bought from a friend

Chairs: Conant Ball from a thrift store

Buffet: Craigslist

Vintage Marushka canvases (throughout the house): Brad’s aunt, thrift stores, garage sales

Chandelier: thrift store

Wooden mushrooms: from the kitchen in Natasha’s childhood home

Table and hutch: family friend

Paintings: thrift stores

Couch: IKEA

Quilt: Shipshewana

Rug: Overstock

Hanging light: thrift store

Macrame hangers: estate sale

Hanging crystals: Blue Door

Planters: Flowerland, thrift stores

Various shelves and stands: hand-me-downs from family members

Playstand: Palumba

Stool: built by Natasha’s great-grandfather, recovered by Natasha

Small blue dresser: garage sale

Portraits flanking the bathroom: Brad’s parents in the sixties

Other artwork: passed down from family or found in thrift stores

Runner: Overstock.com

Round table: Brad’s grandpa

Playstand: Palumba

BATHROOM

Bird prints: torn from an old book

Shower curtain: Target

Curtains: made by Natasha from a vintage sheet

Star quilt: made by Natasha’s grandma

Green and yellow quilt: estate sale

Bed: IKEA

Rug: IKEA

Chair: garage sale

LISETTE'S BEDROOM

Headboard: thrift store

Bookshelves: Natasha’s dad

Horse lamp: Brad’s grandpa

Dog watercolor: Local artist (and Natasha’s neighbor!) Barbara Groat- she painted this for Lisette and incorporated a drawing of a dragon that Lisette gave her. The dragon shows up as a cloud in the sky.

“Lisette” prints: vintage French comic book covers from a book Natasha’s friends found at a flea market in New York

Quilt: vintage, a gift from Natasha’s dad

Afghan: thrift store

Bed: garage sale

Quilt: vintage, a gift from Natasha’s dad

Afghans: thrift stores

Irmi lamps: thrift stores

MASTER BEDROOM

Dressers: Brad’s sister’s childhood bedroom set, painted white

Bed: Target

Desk: Sligh, from the 1970s, from Brad’s mom

Gwen Frostic print: Natasha’s grandma

Large oval mirror: Brad’s mom

Small oval mirror: Natasha’s grandma (who paid $5 for it in the 1960s)

Bedding: Anthropologie

Bird pictures above bed: Estate Sale Warehouse

Bust on dresser: Natasha’s dad (he brought it back from London in the 1970s)

Yellow afghan: thrift store

Yellow and white quilt: estate sale

Trunk: garage sale

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