Meet the Spunky Fashionista behind it all Debbie Sheaf

Background

Debbie Sheaf is a licensed interior designer and professional member of ASID since 1990. With a career spanning over three decades in full-service residential and commercial design, she built a reputation for transforming spaces with intention and artistry — including her celebrated venture, Feather Your Nest, in Orlando, Florida. After a well-earned retirement ten years ago, Debbie discovered a new creative passion: reimagining vintage Lady Head Vases into one-of-a-kind works of contemporary art. Drawing on her deep design background — her mastery of scale, proportion, and aesthetic harmony — she breathes new life into these cherished collectibles, turning nostalgia into modern artistry.

the Story.

Currently splitting her time between her homes in Naples, FL and on Mirror Lake in the beautiful quaint hamlet of Highlands in the Western North Carolina Mountains, she has discovered renewed inspiration as a designer and creatively passionate soul.

She loves to think of herself as a "curated maximalist" in more ways than one. When recently visiting an antiques emporium where she discovered a large number of vintage lady head vases from the 1960's she felt an immediate pull towards them. Her creative juices & child-like excitement began flowing full throttle.

She envisioned exactly how she could use these vintage collectibles by merging their charm from the past with her own personal, modern, eclectic design twists to bring them new life as whimsical, one-of-a-kind handmade art forms.

After making her first one and displaying it on an accented wooden display bracket on her wall, everyone who entered her home wanted to know where in the world she had gotten it.

It was bold. It was fun. It made people smile. It definitely generated conversation. It was like it brought a boost of energy with the feel of her own unique brand of 3D mid sixties pop art for the 21st century. As a designer, she has always loved infusing life into spaces with vibrant colors & textures with eccentric mixes of decor & art.

"Creativity has no limits, Debbie shares. At the core of every genuine artist's work is originality. Offering a unique, authentic perspective - With each vintage lady head vase, I recreate a new personality. It is so much fun getting to see who they become. I've realized that it's the "playing" involved in the creative process that fuels the energy of the design. So I just surround myself with all kinds of materials - and play. Guess my version of the old saying could be "play like nobody's watching!"

I've learned over the years to trust my instincts. After all, they do come from inside of me. To trust how I approach the world. How, with my own soulful expression, I want to give back to the world - letting my aesthetic journey create stories through design."

I love to think of myself as a "Curated Maximalist"...." - Debbie Sheaf

Artist's Statement

MY PROCESS | DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE WITH DEBBIE

Every vintage head vase begins as a quiet little muse — and honestly, she has no idea what’s coming. She’s not chosen for her shape. She’s chosen for her spirit. The tilt of her chin. The glint of something knowing in her expression. The story she’s been sitting on for sixty-odd years, just waiting for the right person to ask. Then the fun begins.

Headpieces are gathered like treasures — whispers of lace, blooms that never fade, shimmering bits of pure audacity. Each one handpicked. Nothing is random. Nothing is accidental. Every detail is chosen as if it already belonged to her, because darling, it does.

Scale, color, style — all considered with the precision of someone who has been doing this a very long time and loves every single second of it.

With focused hands and an eye for what makes her her, the transformation unfolds. The headpiece is placed, adjusted, coaxed — until it settles into exactly the right position, as though it was always meant to be there.

Past meets present. Vintage meets vivid. And she doesn’t look back.

In the end, she emerges exactly as she was always meant to be — simply fabulous, wildly one of a kind, dripping in personality, and finished with just a little bit of magic.

These Pieces remind us that reinvention can happen at any age, and with the right lipstick, attitude and imagination, a second act can be the most fabulous one.

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