Blend 08: Letting Light Choose Your Paint Color + Action Bronson in Paris

1 Find | 1 Styling Tip | 1 Inspiration

Shana Weisberg

Mar 30, 2025

Welcome to this week’s Blend — your weekly note connecting heritage, style, and home.

Each week, you’ll get three simple things: one find, one styling tip, and one inspiration.

Found — A meaningful find reflecting heritage, personal history, and craftsmanship

A Table de Chevet with a New Role

Historically, a **table de chevet** was placed beside a bed or *chaise longue*, serving both functional and decorative purposes in 18th-century French homes.

When I found this Louis XVI table de chevet, it really spoke to me. Bringing it into our home felt like a natural nod to my husband’s French heritage, a tangible connection to the history of our blended cultures and the future we’re shaping together. As we raise our mixed French-Vietnamese-American-Jewish daughter, I love surrounding her with pieces that reflect the beauty of her diverse heritages.

Now, this antique serves a new purpose in our daily life. With three drawers, it’s become our family’s drop spot for tissues, lip balms, sunglasses, and all the little things that make getting out the door easier. Its warm wood tones blend seamlessly with the Alba Woodendot wall shelf above it, creating a cohesive balance between antique craftsmanship and modern design. I love the contrast between the table’s classic straight lines (a defining feature of Louis XVI design) and the more fluid curves of the shelf, a mix I’ve become more intentional about as we shape our new-build space to feel inviting rather than austere.

Styled — Practical tip for designing your home (or personal style) with intention

Letting Light Choose Your Paint Color

Using a **sticker paint sample** from **Blime**. The deep forest green leans cool with its blue undertones, but in our south-facing space, the warm light shifts its tone.

The top sample (*Deep Forest*) is the same as the photo above, but on a gray day, the blue undertones are more pronounced.

One of the biggest learnings from my master’s in interior design school in Paris was that color is never just color… it’s light, meaning, and mood. How a color acts in a space is all about context. Before choosing a paint shade, I like to test it and observe how it shifts throughout days and seasons. I’m a big fan of sticker samples from brands like Blime because I can move the swatches around before committing.

Our dining/living area is south-facing, meaning it gets a warm, golden light that can intensify colors, making warm tones feel even warmer. To balance this, I’m choosing a cooler-toned paint to soften the orange glow and bring harmony to the space.

Inspired — One thing inspiring me + answers to your questions

Discovering French Culture Through Food with Action Bronson

I’ve lived in Paris since 2019, but no one makes me want to roam the city quite like American rapper and food enthusiast Action Bronson. He’s not here for the postcard version of Paris. There’s no Eiffel Tower at golden hour, no perfectly staged café scene. He’s here to eat, to wander, bottle of wine in hand, to yell about butter like it personally saved his life. There’s something inspiring about the way he embraces life so fully, so unapologetically himself.

His Paris episodes feel less like a travel guide and more like a moving feast, just him and his motley crew of characters tearing through the city, treating every bite like a spiritual experience. There’s an art to discovering a culture through food, and he’s a master.

Your Questions

Did you get anything at Foire de Chatou?

I found a set of antique Villeroy & Boch terre de fer (earthenware) dessert plates. I’ve been wanting some because they’re dishwasher safe, unlike the porcelain plates I’ve inherited, which should be hand-washed. I also picked up a €3 Gershwin record of his American in Paris symphony, which naturally resonates.

Any tips for styling curtains if I don’t want to go custom?

Here are a few tricks that can make ready-made curtains look more custom:

Use clip rings to get a tailored drape without sewing
When in doubt, go longer! Think of curtains like well-tailored pants. Too short, and they can feel a little like high waters. Floor-length or a slight puddle gives a space more intentionality and elegance.
Hang them high and wide. Mounting the rod closer to the ceiling and extending it past the window frame makes the space feel bigger.

Blend by Shana Weisberg

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