Two Distinct Aesthetics, One Shared Standard
The rooms that stay with you share a quality that is difficult to name. They feel considered rather than assembled. They have warmth but not clutter, character but not excess. What they tend to have in common, on closer inspection, is not a single style but a consistent point of view about how objects earn their place in a room.
Cristy Pack of The Iron Victorian and Allie Nottingham of The Notting Home come from different design instincts. Cristy works in the romantic, layered language of historic renovation, where antique texture and timeless neutrals do most of the work. Allie works in the polished, elevated register of the lived-in luxe home, where every piece feels both sophisticated and at ease. Their aesthetics are distinct. But their standard for what belongs in a room is the same.
Both have curated personal edits of CG Hunter pieces that reflect not just good taste but a clear point of view. These are their picks.
The Iron Victorian: Cristy Pack
Cristy Pack is in the middle of something most designers only dream about: renovating a historic home from the ground up, making decisions about materials, finishes, and objects that will outlast passing trends by decades. That context shapes everything about how she chooses. She is drawn to pieces with genuine craft history, things that feel like they were made by hand and have been somewhere, even if they haven't. Antique treasures, layered textures, timeless neutrals, and the feeling that a room has been collected over time rather than styled in an afternoon.
"As someone renovating a historic home, I'm always drawn to timeless beauty, and CG Hunter brings it to life. From unbelievably real faux trees, plants, and florals to thoughtfully designed decor, everything feels elevated, effortless, and just right for the spaces we're creating." — Cristy Pack, The Iron Victorian
Her full edit lives at Curations > The Iron Victorian. Three pieces from that edit are worth knowing specifically.
Cristy's Picks
The 3.5" Iron Candleholders in Antique Brass
The name alone says everything about why Cristy chose these. The 3.5" Iron Candleholders in Antique Brass are hand-forged iron finished in antique brass plating, and they carry the particular quality that separates a piece with real craft history from one that merely references it. The hammer marks are in the iron. The finish reads as something that has aged rather than something that was made to look aged.
A set of three gives a mantel, console, or dining table the layered height that a single object cannot achieve on its own, and because the pieces are small at 2.5 inches wide and 3.5 inches tall, they work in compositions rather than demanding to be the focal point. Cristy's aesthetic is built on layering, and these are exactly the kind of understated, textural pieces that hold a vignette together without competing with anything around them.
The 23" Artificial White Potted Hydrangea Plant
Hydrangeas read as romantic, generous, and deeply traditional without ever feeling stiff. The 23" Artificial White Potted Hydrangea Plant captures the rounded fullness of a hydrangea at its peak, with 4,012 individual blooms across four clusters and subtle shading that creates depth across the white palette. At 16 inches wide and 23 inches tall it has the kind of scale that actually reads across a room, not just up close.
For a home being renovated in layers, a piece like this provides the softness and organic presence that a room needs before the longer-term furnishings and finishes arrive. It requires nothing, holds its form indefinitely, and belongs equally on a dining table, an entry console, or a built-in shelf where fresh flowers would require constant replacement.
The Etched Borosilicate Glass Bud Vases
The three vases in this set are each a different shape, ranging from 5 to 8 inches tall, all handcrafted from borosilicate glass with an etched surface in a smoke finish that carries visible variation between each piece. The Etched Borosilicate Glass Bud Vases are the kind of understated supporting pieces that appear in every well-designed vignette without ever drawing attention to themselves.
Three different heights, three different shapes, one cohesive material story. On a shelf, a console, or a dining table, they provide the layered scale and collected quality that Cristy's aesthetic requires, without introducing any visual competition. A single stem in each reads as effortless. Nothing on the surface reads as purchased.
The Notting Home: Allie Nottingham
Allie Nottingham brings a different sensibility. Where Cristy's rooms feel collected, Allie's feel polished. Where Cristy layers, Allie edits toward comfort and sophistication simultaneously. Her homes are the ones that feel lived in and luxurious at the same time, where every piece seems to have been chosen because it was exactly right rather than because it filled a space.
"I've genuinely fallen in love with CG Hunter Home products. The quality, timeless style, and attention to detail are unmatched. Every piece I've added to our home feels intentional and elevated, bringing both comfort and sophistication to our space. CG Hunter Home has a way of making a house feel like a home. It's a brand I keep coming back to, and one I truly trust to help create spaces that feel both lived-in and luxurious." — Allie Nottingham, The Notting Home
Her full edit is under Curations > The Notting Home. Three pieces from that edit are worth knowing specifically.
Allie's Picks
The 30" Faux Olive Arrangement in Artisan Vase
This is the piece that most completely captures Allie's aesthetic in a single object. The 30" Faux Olive Arrangement in Artisan Vase combines 357 individual faux olive leaves with a handcrafted cream artisan vase whose surface carries the subtle variation of something made by a single pair of hands. At 30 inches tall, it has genuine architectural presence on a console, dining table, or mantel, the kind that changes the reading of a room rather than merely adding to it.
The olive branch has been a design staple across Mediterranean, modern, and transitional interiors for good reason: it carries both visual weight and visual openness simultaneously. Real olive branches at this scale would require ongoing care and seasonal replacement. This arrangement holds its color and form indefinitely, which is precisely what a piece this considered deserves.
The 11" Francesca Decorative Vase
The 11" Francesca Decorative Vase is one of those pieces that looks like it came from a market somewhere specific rather than a product page. Finished in a rich earthen brown with subtle tonal variation and a naturally weathered matte surface, it is handcrafted by artisans in a way that means no two are identical. The visible texture, fine surface markings, and unrefined finish are intentional, and they are what make the piece feel organic rather than manufactured.
At 11 inches in every dimension it is compact enough to work on a shelf or side table without overwhelming the surface, and it pairs as well with faux stems as it does standing alone. Allie's rooms are built on the premise that a home should feel both sophisticated and genuinely inhabited. This vase, set on a console with nothing else competing for attention, does exactly that.
The 25" Artificial Purple Artichoke Stems
The 25" Artificial Purple Artichoke Stems are not a safe choice, and that is the point. Five individual stems at 25 inches, each with a sculpted artichoke bloom in deep purple and green with ten flanking leaves, they read as architectural and botanical simultaneously. The kind of arrangement that a room built on refinement can support because there is enough restraint everywhere else to let something this specific be itself.
In the Francesca Vase they become a statement arrangement that reads as curated rather than purchased. Together or separated across multiple surfaces, they provide the visual distinctiveness that Allie's rooms carry without ever tipping into the expected.
Designer Answers
Q: What Is a Style Curator at CG Hunter?
A: CG Hunter's style curators are independent designers and tastemakers who create personal edits of CG Hunter products that reflect their own aesthetic. Each curator's collection is available directly on cghunter.com and gives shoppers a design-informed starting point rather than a blank catalog.
Q: How Do I Shop the Iron Victorian Collection at CG Hunter?
A: The Iron Victorian collection, curated by Cristy Pack of @theironvictorian, is available at cghunter.com/collections/the-iron-victorian and includes pieces selected specifically to reflect her romantic, layered, historically-informed design aesthetic.
Q: How Do I Shop The Notting Home Collection at CG Hunter?
A: The Notting Home collection, curated by Allie Nottingham of @thenottinghome, is available at cghunter.com/collections/picks-by-the-notting-home and includes pieces that reflect her approach to spaces that feel both polished and genuinely lived in.
Q: Are CG Hunter Curator Collections Different From the Main Shop?
A: Each curator's collection is a personal edit drawn from the CG Hunter catalog, selected by the curator based on their own design instincts rather than by the CG Hunter team. The pieces are the same products available throughout the shop, but organized around a specific aesthetic point of view.
Two Points of View, One Standard
Cristy's rooms are romantic and layered. Allie's are polished and at ease. The aesthetics are different, but the underlying demand is the same: every object in the room needs to earn its place. That shared standard is why both curators chose CG Hunter, and why their edits read as coherent rather than assembled.
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