Not-So-Basic Black

Souvenir Style
After returning from the trip, Randy created a version of the room for his mother, Laura Henson, in her Houston home. As he planned the design, he considered every detail of the compact space. "After seeing the engravings at Blakes, I went on a mission to find as many as I could. These are old, all from the same series," he says.

The remaining furnishings are a mix of family pieces, antiques, and lucky finds. Randy admired some luxurious linens at a local specialty shop, and a few months later, he happened upon an identical set at the store's clearance center. Edged in a Greek key motif, they are the perfect complement to Laura's antique Empire sleigh bed. Acrylic-plastic lamps from a thrift store balance the timeless appeal of framed intaglios (oval and round carved seals), as well as a French terra-cotta bust of Apollo.