Pedro Ayestaran Diaz enjoys hunting for “shock pieces.”
He scouts around for unusual furniture and art on Sunday trips to Goodwill with partner Jeffrey Chandler, or when visiting antique stores, estate sales and art galleries. Since the pair purchased their Cobb County townhome in spring 2015, they have joined their existing contemporary and antique furniture and art, merging their different tastes with new purchases that are cool and different, said Ayestaran Diaz.
“I like those pieces that make you think, ‘Wow,’” said Ayestaran Diaz, who worked with antiques in Venezuela before moving to the U.S. “It’s good to have that eclectic look.”
Snapshot
Residents: Pedro Ayestaran Diaz and Jeffrey Chandler. Ayestaran Diaz is a hair stylist at Hairdresser's Inc. in Marietta and Chandler is a consultant for the Cobb County School District.
Location: Vinings
Size: 3,150 square feet, three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths
Year built/bought: 2000/2015
Builder: John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods
Architectural style: Brownstone
Favorite architectural elements: Brick exterior, 10-foot-plus ceilings
Renovations: They replaced the carpet on the second and third floors with golden oak hardwood floors. In the kitchen, the Corian countertops were removed and quartz countertops installed. In the stairway, they removed the carpet and refinished the treads with a dark gray paint, Sherwin-Williams' Urbane Bronze.
Interior design style: Eclectic with a mix of mid-century modern, contemporary and 19th-century furniture and antiques.
Favorite interior design elements: Their curated collection of existing pieces and new-to-them treasures, such as a 10-foot high mirror in a Renaissance Revival style, dating to the 1880s and purchased at an estate sale in Stone Mountain, a black lacquered settee with carved griffins (found at Goodwill), and a mid-century modern, wood and glass coffee table shaped like a comma, purchased through Peter Pero at Antique Factory in Chamblee.
Favorite artwork: 1960s limited edition Victor Vasarely serigraphs, 1989 abstract painting by William Fredericksen, 1900s art nouveau statue made of Carrara marble (signed A. Batacchi/Florence) and an oil on canvas by mid-century American artist Lois Foley.
Resources: Furniture, accessories and artwork from Goodwill, Gillian Bryce Fine Art Gallery, King Galleries and Antique Factory.
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