The Home Advantage - Style Your Sanctuary (My 7 Faves)

Create a special space with iconic and artful pieces that recall exotic temples and palaces from faraway lands. Add a few inspiring elements to influence the atmosphere, or dedicate an entire area to this gorgeous thought-provoking decor.

Verushka Frame, 5x7, Orange - $49.00 Exotic ikat lends a globally inspired look to this 5" x 7" frame which is hand-painted in gray and white with lively yellow accents.   Adding colorful decorative pieces to the room is an easy way to change up the decor style or make the space especially chic. Dana Gibson offers items that will lighten, brighten and ultimately, transform the home. Dana's influences are varied and this translates to a chic versatility; her pieces are designed to mix discretely with antiques or stand as works of art.

Gammill, Floral on Yellow Polka Dot - $229.00 A gorgeous floral painting with a radiant yellow-toned background. This is a fine print of the original, set on canvas.   Kristy Gammill's paintings contain vivid imagery, with echos of ikat patterns, lush florals, and radiant washes of paint. She draws her inspiration out of everything from ancient textile patterns to flea market finds. Gammill was accepted into The Quarts Mountain Arts Institute and took art courses in college, but is mostly self-taught. She is a mother of three teenagers and works in a studio in Edmond, Oklahoma.

22" Ming  Small Round Tray, Orange - $79.00 Ideal for entertaining and beautiful enough for everyday display, this small round tray is masterfully hand-painted in an orange-and-white design of quatrefoils and circles. Handles on the sides make it easy to carry, and because the tray is painted by hand, each is unique.   Adding colorful decorative pieces to the room is an easy way to change up the decor style or make the space especially chic. Dana Gibson offers items that will lighten, brighten and ultimately, transform the home. Dana's influences are varied and this translates to a chic versatility; her pieces are designed to mix discretely with antiques or stand as works of art.

Espresso Quatrefoil Mirror - $179.00 The classic quatrefoil design of this mirror is defined with a gorgeous espresso finish on the solid mango-wood frame.

Gold Turkish Diamond Kilim, 2'7" x 4'7" - $469.00  1960s wool kilim. Lawson-Fenning opened its first store in 1997, while Glenn Lawson and Grant Fenning were still students at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. It has since evolved into a Los Angeles fixture, with showrooms in Silver Lake and the design corridor of Beverly Boulevard. Their line is a contemporary one with a sense of place and history Modern shapes and finishes mingle with traditional details and context, and 20th-century pieces are eloquently mixed with new designs from their own line of sustainable, locally crafted furniture.

Denzel 20x20 Pillow, Burnt Orange - $35.00 Ikat-inspired prints like the one adorning the front of this pillow are both on-trend and timeless, which makes this an ideal room update. The back of the pillow is solid, giving you two looks in one.   The creator of THRO, Marlo Lorenz, channeled her fascination with the opulent materials she often worked with in the world of fashion into designing stylish accent pillows and throw blankets for her own home. In a wide variety of colors, textures, and patterns, THRO accessories add a touch of brilliance to any abode.

Charlotte Moss: A Visual Life - $42.00 Interior designer Charlotte Moss has spent years collecting as well as creating scrapbooks, a pastime both meditative and instructive, about her own ideas regarding design and style. In this unique book, Moss brings together her own scrapbooks along with those of notable women, both contemporary and historical, whose flair for style inspires us, including interior designer Elsie de Wolfe and society doyenne Gloria Vanderbilt.