House Tour: Lauren Elaine Interiors

Good morning, chic friends. Our hearts are heavy this morning, as we know yours are, thinking of our friends in the Bahamas and the rest of Dorian’s path.

As we head inland today, there is no time that we are so poignantly reminded of the importance of home, of its impact on our lives, our families and our well being. It goes without saying that our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected.

When it comes to expressing ourselves and creating a space that feels uniquely like us–and our families–there truly is no place like home.

That’s something that designer Lauren Lowe and her husband Brandon, owners of this Classic Redux, know all about.

When they moved into their freshly built home after putting their touches on, they knew right away that something didn’t feel quite right.

This 1930s Collier Hills home, however, was full of the charm and character that their new home was missing.

Add an antique art and furniture collection that the couple negotiated with the sale of the house,

Special, modern touches,

And a heaping helping of talent from Lowe and you have the recipe for a perfect home for a family of three.

But this designer’s favorite part of the renovation?

Creating a sweetly chic space for her baby son–

And a place where she and her husband–and the family’s dog!–could share their little boy’s first special moments. We don’t know about you, but we think this charming home is perfect from top to bottom! What’s your favorite space?

Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles

Lauren Elaine Interiors

Emily Followill Photography

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A Touch of Glamour in Buckhead

Good morning, chic readers! We don’t know about you, but we wanted to start this week on a gorgeous, glamorous note. And this Buckhead home designed by Suzanne Kasler? It’s both of those things in droves! It’s also super appropriate because we’re heading to Atlanta at the end of the week for the Design Influencers Conference and can’t wait to see some old and new friends–and houses!

One step into the entrance hall, and it is abundantly clear that we are in for a treat! Entrance hall tables can sometimes be tricky to decorate, but this one makes round table style look effortless–and takes chic to the next level.

A soft palette, lots of texture and touches of metallics make for an incredibly inviting space.

We know Valentine’s Day is over for this year, but it’s never too early to start thinking about next year! Would this not be the most gorgeous Valentine’s Day table?

While this home is certainly filled with feminine touches, a dark paneled den creates a chic and stately masculine juxtaposition.

Banquette. Bubble chandelier. It’s too, too good!

You know we’re huge fans of the white kitchen. Touches of blue add the perfect bit of soft color.

Nowhere is layered color more soothing and beautiful than in the master bedroom. Once again, the texture lends an undeniable softness that can’t help but feel incredibly cozy.

We’d love to be a guest in this room! Wouldn’t you? We hope you loved this glamorous Buckhead beauty just as much as we did! And if you’re going to be at the Design Influencers Conference, please let us know! We’d love to catch up!!

Thanks so much for making Design Chic a part of your day. We always love it when you stop by.

Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles

Suzanne Kasler

Photographed by Douglas Friedman and Erica George Dines

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House Tour: New Beginning in Buckhead

This is the time of year when we really start to think about tradition.

What’s special about it, what’s memorable.

The way that it bonds us together as family, as friends, as people traveling the same path at the same time.

But tradition isn’t just about what happens around the Thanksgiving table, about the afternoon football games, the tree-lightings, the turkey and the stuffing.

It’s also about home, or, in this case, a house in all its iterations,

The way it grows and changes over time, morphs into the place where trends are embraced and families are formed,

Lives are lived and memories are made.

In the case of this beautiful Buckhead home, which has been imagined and reimagined for more than 100 years,

It has changed into a place where a couple and their two children could live comfortably and entertain in style.

Designer Clary Bosbyshell of Margaux Interiors brought the vision to life, indoors and out, and, it’s safe to say, breathed new energy into this project.

All we can say is, here’s to the next 100 years!

Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles

Photographed by Emily Followill

ARCHITECT Charles Heydt, Pak Heydt & Associates LLC,

INTERIOR DESIGN Clary Bosbyshell, Margaux Interiors Ltd

EARLY SALES,SALES SALES!

20% Off Sitewide – Serena & Lily

Update to 50% off Designer Sale at Moda Operandi

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30% Off Sale – MyTheresa

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Just send an email with proof of purchase to [email protected] to enter!

Here’s What’s Next from the Murphy Women:

From internationally bestselling author and “rising star of Southern fiction” (Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author) Kristy Woodson Harvey comes the third novel in her Peachtree Bluff series, in which a secret threatens the tight-knit bond between a trio of sisters and their mother.

With the man of her dreams back in her life and all three of her daughters happy, Ansley Murphy should be content. But she can’t help but feel like it’s all a little too good to be true.

Meanwhile, youngest daughter and actress Emerson, who is recently engaged and has just landed the role of a lifetime, seemingly has the world by the tail. Only, something she can’t quite put her finger on is worrying her—and it has nothing to do with her recent health scare.

When two new women arrive in Peachtree Bluff—one who has the potential to wreck Ansley’s happiness and one who could tear Emerson’s world apart—everything is put in perspective. And after secrets that were never meant to be told come to light, the powerful bond between the Murphy sisters and their mother comes crumbling down, testing their devotion to each other and forcing them to evaluate the meaning of family.

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House Tour: Atlanta Townhouse Perfect for Entertaining

When Thanksgiving rolls around, we always think of Atlanta. Growing up, we used to head to Atlanta every Thanksgiving, spend the blessed turkey day itself with my aunt (Mom’s sister), uncle and cousins and then brave the crowds at Lenox and Phipps on Black Friday to get all our Christmas shopping done in one, fell swoop.

We’re not sure we have that kind of shopping stamina these days–although there was that fateful Thanksgiving night/Black Friday morning at midnight that Dad and I braved the line out the door at midnight at Walmart to get that one Christmas gift that little Will was wanting most, since it was coming in on the Black Friday truck and would surely be gone by the morning.

It was probably my most selfless parenting moment. And it hasn’t happened since.

This year, Florence has us out of our house and in a rental for Thanksgiving and the foreseeable future beyond.

While we are going to miss the holiday at home so much, it will be fun to be at my childhood home, surrounded by our large extended family, to celebrate one of my very favorite holidays.

There is, as always, so much to be thankful for!

This stunning Atlanta townhouse, designed by Melanie Turner, is another perfect spot for hosting one of the best celebrations of the year.

With soothing and beautiful bedrooms perfect for gifts,

A stunning bathroom for relaxing when it’s all over,

Perfect finishes everywhere you look,

And beautiful views to boot,

This is the kind of home that is perfect for savoring every day, all year long–and remembering what you’re truly grateful for.

Thanks so much for making Design Chic a part of your day! We always love it when you stop by!

Melanie Turner Interiors

Photographed by Mali Azima

Atlanta Homes Magazine

The third book in my nationally bestselling Peachtree Bluff series, THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF PARADISE, releases May 7 from Gallery Books/ Simon & Schuster! Preorder now–or catch up on SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF SIMPLE and THE SECRET TO SOUTHERN CHARM (available in hardback, paperback, ebook and audio) before the big day!

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House Tour: Historical Concepts Beauty

Good morning, chic friends, and happy Wednesday! Are you in the mood to tour a fabulous home today? We know we are! This gorgeous home designed by Terry Pylant of Historical Concepts with interiors by Barbara Westbrook is the perfect combination of chic and traditional and hits all the high notes when it comes to style. So take a look around. You’re welcome to stay as long as you like!

Thank you for stopping by today! We always love it when you do!

Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles- Photographed by Erica George Dines

Upcoming Events on The Secret to Southern Charm Tour:

September 13: Chapel Hill, NC Library, Who Am I?, September 13, 2018, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm with:

Diane Chamberlain, author of The Dream Daughter
Kristy Woodson Harvey, author of The Secret to Southern Charm
Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Beesand The Invention of Wings
Lloyd Kramer, Director of Carolina Public Humanities, will moderate

September 21: Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library, 249 Frank Allen Rd., Cashiers, NC, Q&A and Signing. Presented by Friends of the Library. For more information call the Library at 828-743-0215, 3:00pm, free and open to the public

September 21: Chattooga Club Speakers Bureau Event, Cashiers, NC, 6 pm, open to Chattooga Club members and guests

September 26: New Bern, NCPrivate Book Club Event, 6 pm

October 3: Houston, TX Women’s Club Breakfast, 7 am

October 4: Pink Ribbon Project Luncheon and Purse Auction, 11 am-1 pm, Wilmington Convention Center, Wilmington, NC

October 11-14: Poppy Con 2018, Tall Poppy Writers Retreat, Chicago, IL, private event

November 6: Private Book Club Event, Beaufort, NC, 6 pm

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House Tour: Brookwood Hills Beauty

We talk a lot on Design Chic about combining the old with the new. Grandmother’s silver on your Saarinen table, fun buffet lamps on an antique buffet, a new, shiny bar cart filled with Grandfather’s decanters. There are so many fantastic ways to incorporate the old with the new on the inside. But, on the outside? It’s harder to pull off. Perhaps that’s why we’re so enchanted with Kevin and Lee Kleinhelter’s gorgeous Atlanta home. (We’ve talked about Lee’s Good Taste before.) It’s streamlined and modern but still feels familiar.

And, inside, it gets even better.

We literally love every inch. Take a peek for yourself!

Steel windows are so chic to us. Love, love them!

And these barstools? What a find! We can sort of picture how excited Lee must have been when she found these!

That chandelier? Do we even have to say it? Delicate, whimsical… It’s perfect!

One of our favorite things about this house is that it doesn’t “have to” anything. It doesn’t have to feel Hollywood Regency in the kitchen and then carry that through the rest of the house. It exudes the feeling that it was filled with pieces out of true love, not obligation.

We bet every kid in town wants to sleep over in these bunks.

The orange is so good. And not too matchy or contrived.

All that glitters… You know the rest.

We want to have the guts to paint a room black. We really do. But when it’s presented as painting a room black and gold… Well, now we’re thinking we could do it!

The floor is utter brilliance. No one needs to talk us into that!

Coolest ping pong table ever. We want this. And one of those lucite foosball tables. And maybe that sheep. And the painting. We could go on like this for awhile…

Awwww! Why stop now? We want that dog too! What a gorgeous color! So simple. So chic. We mean the room. But the dog too.

Swooning.

On the verge of needing to call the paramedics.

Yellow=love. We are OBSESSED with yellow right now.

Dear Lee Kleinfelter, we know we don’t really know each other, but we’d like to move into this yellow room, please. Or any of the rest of the rooms in this house.

This bathroom feels modern and fresh. But somehow familiar too, right? We think that’s what creating a home is all about!

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Speaking of fabulous celebrations, there are so many fun dates coming up on the The Secret to Southern Charm tour! We are heading to Palmetto Bluff on Tuesday for a talk on Wednesday and, August 2, if you’re in Sea Island, come celebrate with us! This is a free event.

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