We are delighted to be participating in the Southeastern Designer Showhouse & Gardens which opens this week! Not only am I glad to have a reason to spend more time in my hometown, but I am also beyond excited to spend time with so many other favorite design friends that are also designing spaces in this year’s showhouse. Atlanta is at her finest during April and May. When I first began contemplating the design scheme for our rooms, I wanted to incorporate the glorious spring shades that reveal themselves each week a new flower or tree begins to bloom. For the past several weeks, we have been feverishly working to pull together our bedroom, bathroom, and hallway that all began with this spring palette…
I wanted to create a fantasy bedroom where I would look forward to waking up each morning surrounded by everything I love. I am a colorist at heart…color energizes me, comforts me, and evokes joy for me. The palette was inspired by some of my fondest travel memories of the past year. I kept coming back to certain images I had taken where the indescribable colors stayed with me. I was continually drawn to the combination of spring green with shades of lilac and orchid.
VILLA D’ESTE AT DUSK
VILLA D’ESTE AT DUSK
THE VENETIAN LAGOON AT SUNSET
I did not just want to create a “pretty” rooms, but soulful rooms filled with meaningful items and interesting juxtapositions. I was able to use these interiors as a way to play with the tension between items. Elsie de Wolfe said, “A certain tension is needed to hold disparate elements together-in tension-while they push and pull at one another…To be truthful, something must be complete. To be complete, all things must contain their opposite.” To achieve this, I used a Chinoiserie scenic wallpaper from Brunschwig & Fils as a decorative backdrop for works by Southern contemporary artists. A canopy bed is interpreted in brass and mohair. Clean lined upholstery feels fresh and modern next to antique tables and chairs. The smaller pattern of a green leopard rug balances larger scale paisley and embroidered drapery. I placed hand printed modern fabrics next to traditional floral patterns and glass and porcelain next to shagreen, raffia, and mirrored surfaces. An assortment of objets d’art from the flea markets of Paris and the souks of Marrakech are displayed to remind me of past travels and adventures that lie ahead. A custom colored wallpaper by Galbraith and Paul brings a bathroom to life. An adjacent hallway swathed in deep lilac allows me to indulge my inner curator where I showcase more works by favorite Southern artists that span from mixed media and embroidery to contemporary portraiture and a landscape dusted with diamonds.
BANQUETTE WATERCOLOR RENDERING
FU DOGS FROM PARC MONCEAU PROTECT “FLANNERY 1” BY BRAD THOMAS THROUGH SOCO GALLERY
Please come see us! We will be sharing more images as we are able to once the showhouse officially opens with more details and stories of how our room came together.
It takes a village to pull off a showhouse and I am incredibly grateful to the following sources who helped bring my vision to life. THANK YOU!!!!
Alexis Walter
Billy Baldwin Studio
Brad Thomas
Bradley Clifford
Brady Eckard
Brunschwig & Fils
Capitol Lighting
Circa Lighting
Clarence House
Custom Window Treatments
Edgar Reeves
Elizabeth Eakins
Galbraith and Paul
Grizzel and Mann
Hidell Brooks Gallery
Highland House
J. Douglas
James Wheeler
Jerry Pair
Kaci Barbosa
Kevin Kim
Kravet
Lee Jofa
Moattar Carpets
New Gallery of Modern Art
Made Goods
Osbourne & Little
Parc Monceau
Pigeon & Poodle
Pierre Frey
PPG Paints
R. Hughs
Samuel & Sons
Schumacher
Stark Carpet
Taffard Fabrics
Travis & Company
And a VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to Elizabeth Ralls, Atlanta Home & Lifestyles, and honorary chair Beth Webb!
ABOUT
RENDERING BY HARRISON DESIGN ASSOCIATES
The third annual Southeastern Designer Showhouse & Gardens, produced by Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles and benefiting the Atlanta History Center, celebrates the Southeast’s genteel hospitality and flourishing design industry, as well as the beauty the region offers throughout spring. This year brings together 15 interior design firms from Atlanta, Charlotte, North Caroline, Charleston, South Carolina, Montgomery, Alabama, and Jacksonville, Florida, with Honorary Chair Beth Webb at the helm.
A newly built residence designed by Harrison Design and built by Sheehan Built Homes, the 2018 showhouse measures nearly 9,804 square feet and is inspired by the English country homes of architect Sir Edwin Lutyens from the 1900s. The residence’s exterior features a brick-and-stone masonry with limestone, while its light-filled interiors showcase 11-foot ceilings; two master suites; two grand, matching stairwells and two laundry rooms. The seven-bedroom, six-bath residence features dramatic yet cozy elements, such as a steep roof, front courtyard and five fireplaces. A full-daylight basement opens to a pool terrace and landscape.
The 1.13-acre lot has been transformed by landscape architects Graham Pittman, Floralis Garden Design, Maxwell Gardens and Hamilton Land Services, and includes a front motor court, as well as a terraced lawn in the rear with a pool and surrounding lush gardens protected by a canopy of trees.
DESIGNERS
HONORARY CHAIR, BETH WEBB
CATHY AUSTIN
COURTNEY GILES DECKER
DESIGN GALLERIA TEAM
KAREN FERGUSON
HELEN DAVIS HANAVICH
KATI HARDWICK
JAMES MICHAEL HOWARD
RYAN HUGHES & STEVEN LEONARD
TISH MILLS KIRK
MELANIE MILLNER
MICHAEL MITCHELL & TYLER HILL
NINA NASH & DON EASTERLING
JENA SALMON
PHILLIP SIDES
DANA WOLTER
LUCINDA BRAY & TYNE MARTINEZ
TIMOTHY HAMILTON GARTLAND
DEXTER MAXWELL & ERNIE MURPHY
E. GRAHAM PITTMAN
THE ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER
The Atlanta History Center was founded on the big ideas and relentless fascination of 14 Atlantans who were emphatic about our city’s historical relevance in society. In a sense, our organization was created by Atlanta’s biggest fans, and we love that detail. In 1926, these founding members introduced the Atlanta Historical Society into the world with one mission: to help preserve Atlanta’s history. In 1990, after decades of collecting, researching, publishing and celebrating the early stories of our great Southern community, the Atlanta Historical Society and all of its holdings officially became the Atlanta History Center which includes Atlanta’s beloved Swan House.
The Swan House is an excellent example of the Second Renaissance Revival style and represents the architectural and decorative tastes of affluent citizens in the late 1920s. Built by Edward and Emily Inman, heirs to a cotton brokerage fortune, the house was designed by well-known Atlanta architect Philip Trammell Schutze in 1928 and decorated by Ruby Ross Woods of New York. Swan House and its gardens are together considered Shutze’s finest residential work, in which he adapted Italian and English classical styles to accommodate 20th-century living. . In 1966, the Atlanta Historical Society purchased the Swan House and most of its original furnishings, which range from 18th-century antiques to 20th-century objects. The house opened to the public in 1967.
DETAILS
APRIL 19 – MAY 13, 2018
2805 NORMANDY DRIVE NW
ATLANTA, GA 30305
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