An artistic production - lover ’s mellisonant new cottage could have end up a jumble of serendipitous uncovering until her design - pro booster used gloss to turn her favored thing into one original workplace of prowess .
Robert Peterson
Conventional wiseness states that a houseful of vibrant thing — piece of furniture and assemblage , art , and thingummy — demands aneutral scope . A blank canvas is a must for unite a bounty of bold slice or else havoc ensues , so they say .
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But who are they to say anyway ? One person ’s colour cacophony may be another ’s utterly graduate color cocoon . Unquestionably , the Georgia brick - and - weatherboard home of Susie Mobley falls into the latter category as a pictorial extension of the possessor ’s jubilant personality .
“ People take the air in and say , ‘ This looks just like you ! ’ ” Susie says . Then she let in , laughing , “ They also say , ‘ Gosh , I do n’t think I can take it all in at once ! ’ ”
No rush , she assure visitor ; the mansion is a history designed to unfold one elbow room at a time . pink and corals , ochre , and blue green catch the centre , and just when you pop into other spaces like the powder room — prisoner of war ! The sport decor packs morebold color .
A ego - professed lover of material , Susie treats her home as a magpie nest : pedigreed antiques next to family hired hand - me - down , paintings with birthplace near outsider art — and all of it fare with color . “ I ca n’t just do plain . I ’d be bored to death ! ” she says .
But her best breakthrough might be her decorator pal Tami Ramsay ofCloth & Kind . or else of reining it all in , Ramsay became Susie ’s fervent enabler . “ I was see her become more and more adventurous , ” Ramsay say . “ But Susie ’s always had conviction — when she care it , she purchase it , and together we figure out how to make it work . ”
The manyshades of coraland teal take halfway stage in the living room . Susie ’s affection for clear , bright colors carry through the Georgia cottage in room both swelled and belittled in fine art , objects , fabric , and finale .
You ’ve see it a million time : If you screw it , it will go together . But if you ’ve assay this advice , you jazz it ’s easier said than done . Susie keeps to deviate shades in a belittled range of colors , which is what makes her aim mingle harmoniously .
The lounge was a secondhand midcentury piece that be $ 100 and seemed to beg for a special textile . Tami and Susie chose a Kelly Wearstler linen that echo the color in the room . Ramsay turn an estate - sales event vase into a lamp .
The designer astutely pick up on the prominent hues ( sorry - fleeceable teal and ochre ) in Susie ’s art and objects and suggestedpaint colors , pillows , and curtains in the same color families . It ’s a more - is - more approach shot but with clear color direction . you could see it in the dining elbow room where those primal colors are verbalize in a cheeky instance wallpaper and nonmatching but coordinate mantle .
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Beneath the styled leger stacks and linen paper topper is a dining board that , with leaves added , can adapt a political party . In this pass - through room , a lively show moment was more fitting than a plain mesa that seat empty too often .
take the air from there to the back of the menage , and the palette is echoed in the kitchen ’s citrous fruit - colour barstools and green - leaning cabinetry . A thread of green - grey-headed - grim runs through the home , providing a advanced foil for color exclamation points like the Battle of Magenta accents on the porch pillows , lampshades , and book backbone . The effect feels like color kismat , mirroring the effervescent energy of its possessor .
The barstools ’ leather seats are gentle to clean house , and the polished wood bases coordinate with the island . The palegreen - gray on the cabinetryis a beautiful , versatile chromaticity that feels like a achromatic contrasted with the sunshine - hopeful faecal matter . Brass habitue recall the ocher accent carry through the sign of the zodiac .
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At the end of the kitchen is an intimate sitting area arrant for coffee or Camellia sinensis with a champion . Mounting the drape higherthan the windows makes the ceiling height seem taller and offers another chance for exhibit . The colors might be quiet , but there ’s nothing impersonal about this corner .
When sofa shopping is n’t give the perfect anatomy for the elbow room , abuilt - in banquetteis a bright move . The weapons platform groundwork and bench - panache top maximize available infinite , and nubby woollen cushions add durability . The riotous mix of pillows include city block - print textiles and others source “ from Etsy and Instagram advertising ! ” Ramsay confesses .
Textiles in a gay smudge will fleet from sunshine , so use inexpensive material . The graphics is Susie ’s rage — she ’s always on the lookout station — and her collecting includes found art and man by local artists .
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Powder rooms are often the fleck to go raving mad as they ’re used only moments a day . Still , this wallpaper initially shocked the adventuresome possessor . Now Susie loves it so much , she keeps the door open so she can enjoy the arresting color from adjacent room .
Art and a custom cascade curtain make for a de luxe bathing experience . Replicate the style using two perch : one that hang a waterproof liner and one for the outer curtain on rings . grease one’s palms an additional drape and ask a drape Godhead to create a mate pelmet to hide the perch .
“ Moody ” was the mandate for the chamber , which was achieved with abstruse cyan paint on bulwark and trim . Ramsay is a believer in a quiet space for sleeping ( and episodic TV - watching ) . She ’s also not a fan of an all - white sheet hardening , prefer textured fabrics that are inviting to the signature .
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“ Working on this helped me get more confident in my creativity , ” Susie says . “ And living here now , I realize this house was the first step in read what I know to be genuine of me , that I ’m a creative somebody , and I ’m lastly read how to verbalize it . ”
Styled by Frances Bailey
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