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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/59/90F1R.St.138.jpeg|404Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. Ische creates decorative pieces like chandeliers and lamps in her studio which had been a formal living room. The swinging doors to the studio were painted by artist Carol Bodiford. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/59/13eCvI.St.138.jpeg|410Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. She bought a frame at a thrift store and the marble fruit at Tuesday Morning to make this piece that resides in her den. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/59/q6ilw.St.138.jpeg|400Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische poses in her studio, which used to be a formal living room, where she makes lamps and chandeliers in her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/56/HgXvG.St.138.jpeg|499Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. She made an organizer from a spice rack decorating it with a mosaic of broken dishes. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/55/pOY4C.St.138.jpeg|416Brenda Ische works on her laptop in her den. She's one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/55/FoX3J.St.138.jpeg|396Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. She found a painting copying Van Gogh's self-portrait at a thrift store in Fort Lauderdale, put a frame on it and attached a bandage to his ear. Ische found the light fixture hanging in the hallway in a dumpster, covered it in plaster of Paris, attached some cherubs and painted it. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/55/iYkRo.St.138.jpeg|525Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. She used purses that had belonged to her mother and hung them in an acrylic case in an upstairs bedroom. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/55/17V0dp.St.138.jpeg|413Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. Having been a flight attendant in a past life the suitcase she found with the stickers "spoke to" her in a thrift store. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/55/5UAH8.St.138.jpeg|396Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. Her husband, Larry Ische's home office is partially decorated with a day bed, a ceramic piece that Brenda wired and made into a lamp. The office adjoins the couple's kitchen. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/55/1hw5PG.St.138.jpeg|424Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. One of the early pieces she bought from an antique/thrift store was the RCA dog. It sits next to dolls she made from photos of herself and her husband, Larry Ische. She got photos of both of them when they were five years old, had the images transferred to clothe material. Brenda then bought thrift store children's clothing to make the bodies. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com RCA
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/55/3NRr5.St.138.jpeg|525Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. She made a mosaic umbrella container that sits next to her front door from broken plates. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/55/rYj0y.St.138.jpeg|525Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. She made this wire chandelier and attached prisms that dangle from it. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/55/1kkpNm.St.138.jpeg|429Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. This is one chandelier Ische did not make but she did make the mosaic mirror frame and chair in this upstairs bedroom. she also made the black and white lamp shade. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/55/18WKz2.St.138.jpeg|445Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. she turned an old suitcase into a table using a luggage rack as support and as a place to store magazines. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/54/gzpHe.St.138.jpeg|410Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. Ische made a "totem lamp" with a large two sided clock face that sits in the door between the breakfast area and the sunroom. She uses vertical bookcases both for utility and decoration. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/54/1lEoRM.St.138.jpeg|525Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. Ische bought a black crow at a thrift store and then wrapped it in colorful rubber bands. it sits beneath an art glass piece in the den. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/11/07/54/SrjVL.St.138.jpeg|403Brenda Ische, one of three owners of Amelie's French bakery is the creative force behind the eclectic design of the much loved hangout. Her home reflects the same design sense. Besides collecting art by others Ische believes in repurposing items she gets at thrift stores into creations she has in her home. Ische gave a tour of her home in south Charlotte on Thursday January 3, 2013. she uses vertical bookcases for their utility and decorative properties. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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