Decorative Accents Built-In At Home

When looking for an apartment, you may be pleasantly surprised and happy to find design details already built right in to the space. Check out our new detail after the jump....

We are lucky to have this gorgeous design on our ceiling in every room of our new space. Many of the Southern California apartment buildings were built decades ago and include interesting detail in the structure. These extra accents add visual value and substance to the space.

Do you have an special decorative accents that are built-in to your space? Let us know!

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Built in the 60s, so I have cool lil retro detailing all about (thank goodness, back in style!). I love my shiny white enamel pendant dining room fixture. I had to talk my landlord into NOT changing it into a ceiling fan light (ick!).

posted by yesitisislandlove on February 2nd 2009 at 5:14pm
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My apartment building is only about a year old. It has crown molding at the ceiling and the walls came already painted a warm beige color. There are also nice wooden moldings on the window sills that make a wide shelf. Those touches make the apartment feel more cozy.

posted by shannzu on February 2nd 2009 at 5:21pm
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Once lived in a place that had high ceilings and tall thin windows with arched tops -- it was upstairs over a store built, I think, in Victorian times. I couldn't do them justice with my budget back then, but those windows and the hardwood floors were a really nice feature.

posted by SherryBinNH on February 2nd 2009 at 8:12pm
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