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In your space: Leah Looper-Wilson
Posted Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 12:28 am

By Ana Parra
STAFF WRITER
aparra@upstatelink.com


 
Liquor cabinet: Looper-Wilson hung a staircase post on the wall and wallpapered some of her celings. She also converted her great-grandmother's china cabinet into a bar and says, 'she would definitely roll over in her grave' if she knew.
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    The community where Leah Looper-Wilson lives is not too unique.

    Cookie-cutter town homes are lined up side-by-side, but when you arrive at Looper-Wilson's home, the homogeneity of the town house community falls away.

    Before even stepping in the door, it's obvious that someone unique lives inside. Stained glass panels hang at the entrance and lush plants color the cream and brick home green.

    Looper-Wilson, an interior designer, has created an eccentric space and a true extension of herself, one that showcases her personality and her mantra of "Good Times."

    She says her space is a hodge-podge of stuff. And by stuff she means reupholstered chairs she bought at second-hand stores, window treatments of her own creation, art-deco mirrors and antique bars converted into desks.

    Looper-Wilson says she loves to entertain and have friends over. Her home is a reflection of her inviting nature with its stocked liquor cabinet and a patio prepared for outdoor parties.

    "My friends call me Martha Stewart on crack," she says.

    Staff writer Ana Parra can be reached at 298-3766.


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