Artistic ARTIFACTS

Change is good. Just ask Jan Jackson, whose design style has enjoyed many phases over the years, the evolution of which has found her most recent aesthetic at the intersection of French country and industrial cottage. “I began with what I call ‘cute country,’ ” Jan remembers. From there, she developed an “obsession with primitive,” followed by a penchant for a combined primitive/cottage design. Today, she describes her style as “eclectic, with a lot of vintage thrown in!”

When Jan and her fiance, J.R. Pope, bought their 1,500-square-foot home in Champaign, Illinois, it was largely turnkey. Jan had a vision of what she wanted, but she