Top right: Weinstein's portrait collection includes a painting that looks

like a rabbi. "I call it my dysfunctional family wall," she says. "I didn't

pay much for any of it, anywhere from S5 at a garage sale to S35." Right:

Among the designer's collections is "1950s and '60s pottery with skinny

necks," she says. "They can be the cheapest things, but they have to

have the right look and shape," she explains. Above: "Instead of doing

a family portrait wall, I have smaller versions of pictures in frames,"

says Weinstein. Suspended from a living-room wall, the cabinet that

contains her collection of picture frames dates to the early 1900s and

was purchased at Classic Country in Birmingham years ago. "Someone

obviously made it in his barn," she says.

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