Atlanta Style Now
Inspiring looks and bright ideas from the 40th annual Decorators’ Show House & Gardens
The 2010 Atlanta Symphony Associates Decorators’ Show House & Gardens, situated in Buckhead’s prestigious Tuxedo Park, provided a grand canvas for many of the South’s foremost design talents, who deftly transformed its elegant expanses into 28 sophisticated designer spaces. Inside, world-class art from the likes of Ed Ruscha, Kimo Minton and Andy Warhol decked the walls, while fine furnishings filled spaces such as a charming solarium and cheerful greenhouse overlooking the lily pond. The home’s gracious front entrance welcomed visitors to the tour in style, and the abundant gardens conjured up remembrances of Claude Monet’s famous “Giverny,” for which the show house was named. An unforgettable opening night party, signature gift shop from Boxwoods Gardens & Gifts and convenient Maestro’s Market were just a handful of the additional attractions that made this Decorators Show House a must-see event—and a fitting way to encapsulate its four-decade legacy.

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Easy Elegance TABLE AND BUFFET Shon Parker Design Inc. CHAIRS Smith Grubbs & Associates WHITE DEMILUNE & CHANDELIER Baker CLOCK AntiqueAtticDothan.com SCREEN Raymond Goins SCONCES The Urban Electric Company RUG Stark Carpet CHARCOAL SILK FABRIC Duralee CONVEX MIRROR Baker Furniture ART Kimo Minton through Tew Galleries ACCESSORIES Tony Duquette by Baker, Beverly Bremer Silver Shop and Smith Grubbs & Associates |

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Form & Function CABINETRY Downsview Kitchens COUNTERTOPS Marmi Natural Stone WOOD ISLAND COUNTERTOPS Craft Art RANGE HOOD Matthew Quinn Collection by Francois & Company FAUCETS Matthew Quinn Collection by Rubinet TILE BACKSPLASH Renaissance Tile & Bath LIGHT FIXTURES & ACCESSORIES Stanton Home Furnishings UNDERCABINET LIGHTING WAC Lighting PAINT COLOR Benjamin Moore Pashmina REFRIGERATORS, RANGE, OVENS, WARMING DRAWER & HOOD LINER Dacor DISHWASHERS Hadco |
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Natural Beauty ALL FURNISHINGS, FABRICS, ART & ACCESSORIES Stanton Home Furnishings |
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Light & Bright
For the design of this dining room, Meg Adams knew that she wanted to employ aqua set against a soft neutral backdrop. To that end, she found the perfect Obsorne & Little fabric and had an Empire-style chandelier custom strung with real turquoise to serve as the room’s crowning jewel. Blue also abounds inside the painted Swedish vitrine as well as in the lively birds nesting beneath a Louis Philippe mirror. Anchoring the space is a reclaimed wood table topped with a slab of honed Calcutta gold marble from Levantina, its delicate curves continuing the room’s soft symphony of shapes. Linen-garbed seating—including five chairs and two benches—complements the lines of an antique Swedish bench fronting the window, from which sun streams all morning long. Meg Adams and Emeleni Solis, Meg Adams Interior Design
CHANDELIER Marjorie Skouras Designs CHAIRS, ARMOIRE, LAMPS AND ACCESSORIES Foxglove Antiques & Galleries GILDED MIRROR The Stalls FABRIC Osborne & Little through Grizzel & Mann Inc. RUG Keivan Woven Arts SWEDISH VITRINE CABINET Foxglove Antiques & Galleries CHEST AND BENCH A. Tyner Antiques TABLE BASE World of Rugs & Furniture MARBLE SLAB ON TABLE Levantina LINEN STOOLS Meg Adams Interior Design
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Making an Entrance CHAIR George Smith through The Mercantile RUG Designer Carpets CUSTOM WALLCOVERING & FABRIC Heidi Pierce through Bradley-Hughes CONSOLE & COCKTAIL TABLES Parc Monceau SOFA Bjork Antikt LAMPS Donghia MIRRORED SCREEN Edgar-Reeves ART Heidi Pierce through Bradley-Hughes |
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Sit a Spell RUG Sharian CHAIR Beau Holland Studio SOFA Stanton Home Furnishings ART Pryor Fine Art |
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Glass Act ALL FURNISHINGS & ACCESSORIES Boxwoods Gardens & Gifts |
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Fresh Appeal SINK Vitraform through Elegant Additions FAUCET THG through Elegant Additions CUSTOM VANITY The Furniture Guild MARBLE COUNTERTOP Legacy Granite LEATHER ON VANITY Edelman Leather RUG Moattar, Ltd. LARGE MIRROR & CHANDELIER Bradley-Hughes VANITY MIRROR, SCONCES & ACCESSORIES Baker, Knapp & Tubbs TILE FLOOR Sherman Interiors WALL COLOR Benjamin Moore Silken Pine TRIM COLOR Benjamin Moore White Dove |
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Entertaining with Ease MURAL Fred Cox through Classic Arts TABLE & FLOOR LAMP Foxglove Antiques & Galleries CHAIR William Word Antiques SETTEE Parc Monceau CURTAIN FABRIC Lee Jofa |
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Lush & Luxe ALL FURNISHINGS, ACCESSORIES, PLANTS & CONTAINERS Lush Life Home & Garden |
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Simple Sophistication UPHOLSTERY Cameron Collection through Ainsworth-Noah & Associates PILLOW FABRICS Zoffany and Christopher Hyland through Ainsworth-Noah & Associates COCKTAIL TABLE Parc Monceau ART Tew Galleries RUG Sullivan Fine Rugs CURTAIN FABRIC Stratum through Ainsworth-Noah & Associates |
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Casual & Comfortable SOFAS & CHAIRS PierceMartin PRINTED PILLOW FABRIC Alan Campbell through Ernest Gaspard & Associates ART Pryor Fine Art CEILING FAN Aria Ventilatori through Grizzel & Mann |
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Pretty in Pink SOFA, CHAIRS & TABLE Bradley-Hughes MIRROR Julian Chichester CURTAINS Pindler & Pindler DRESSER Vintage John Widdicomb ART Todd Murphy FRAMING Caroline Budd Framing ACESSORIES Grizzel & Mann, B.D. Jeffries and Erika Reade Ltd. |
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Double Take FURNITURE Baker, Knapp & Tubbs FABRICS ON PILLOWS Kravet and Donghia WALLPAPER Heidi Pierce through Bradley-Hughes CUSTOM RUGS Sharian ART Tew Galleries, Thomas Deans Fine Art and Emily Amy Gallery LIGHTING Lamp Arts Inc. and Innovatoins in Wallcoverings ACCESSORIES Smith Grubbs & Associates and Stanton Home Furnishings |
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Oh, Boy! CARPET & RUNNER Eve, Inc. LAMPS The Urban Electric Company TABLE & STOOL Holland & Company CLOTHING Sid Mashburn COVERLETS & ACCESSORIES Scout for the Home WINDOW SHADE FABRIC Knoll Textiles BED SHEETS Gramercy Fine Linens & Furnishings WALL COLOR Benjamin Moore Rockport Gray ART Lumière Gallery |
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| Child’s Play Designer Margaret Norcott set out to inspire young imaginations in this fun and quirky crafts suite, its warm color scheme inspired by the floral Roman shade. Recycled art works reminiscent of folk pieces were an intentional choice because, “I didn’t want the art to be intimidating,” she explains. “I wanted children to look at it and feel that they could reproduce the piece.” The art works are placed high on the walls, out of reach from messy little fingers. But a bevy of nooks and cubbies were built at accessible heights, making cleanup and organization a breeze. Likewise, the rug comprises modular carpet tiles from InterfaceFLOR; single tiles can be replaced easily in the event of a paint or glue spill. Margaret Norcott, Milieu Design Group Inc. ACCENT WALL COLOR Benjamin Moore Crowne Hill Yellow RUG Flor CURTAIN FABRICS Duralee, Schumacher and Kravet CHAIRS Room & Board ACCESSORIES Matilda’s Closet |
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| Classic & Colorful Peggy Snider-Houghton and Tracy Davis of Closets and More banish the boredom of washing, folding and ironing clothes in the updated laundry room they designed. White-painted traditional doors offer a crisp counterpoint to the ruby red washer and dryer, making the space cheerful and welcoming, too. Peggy Snider-Houghton and Tracy Davis, Closets and More |
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Sensuous Style RUG Edward Fields Carpet Makers through Tai Ping Carpets CUSTOM SOFA Grizzel & Mann COCKTAIL TABLE Jan Showers through Grizzel & Mann SIDE TABLE & LAMP Dessin Fournir through Grizzel & Mann CONSOLE TABLE Niermann Weeks through Grizzel & Mann STOOLS UNDER CONSOLE TABLE Robuck & Co. Antiques DRAPERY FABRIC Classic Cloth through Grizzel & Mann ART Andy Warhol through Alan Avery Art Company MOULTHROP BOWL Signature Shop & Gallery |

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Understated Approach |
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Luxe & Inviting HAND-PAINTED PANELS De Gournay through Ainsworth-Noah & Associates FRAMING Patricia McLean Interiors Inc. SECRETARY Deadwyler Antiques CUSTOM WINDOW TREATMENTS & RIBBON R. Hopkins & Company Inc. VENETIAN CANAPE AND GILDED FOOTSTOOL William Word Fine Antiques MONOGRAMMED PILLOW Gramercy Fine Linens & Furnishings FLOOR LAMPS Lamp Arts Inc., Edgar-Reeves Lighting & Antiques and Patricia McLean Interiors Inc. OUSHAK RUG Rugs by Robinson BIRD FIGURINES Regalo Antiques OIL PAINTINGS Robuck & Company Antiques, William Word Fine Antiques and Spalding Nix Art & Antiques BOOKS AND ACCESSORIES H.G. Robertson Silver & Gifts, William Word Fine Antiques, Deadwyler Antiques, The Gables Antiques and Regalo Antiques |
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Bold & Beautiful
Two spaces in the home’s private quarters, conceived and executed by furniture designer and artist Raymond Goins, excel in the unexpected. The vestibule features a lacquered trellised wall in persimmon while the master bath—with a backdrop by Design Galleria—includes a water closet with floor-to-ceiling verre églomisé panels in a saffron palette as well as a luxurious tufted-leather door. The focal point in the bath, however, is the abstract painting of a horse, also by Goins. It defines the space and best represents the one-of-a-kind style for which the
designer is known. Design Galleria and Raymond Goins, Raymond Goins Designs
HORSE PAINTING, ETAGERE & BENCH IN MASTER BATHROOM Raymond Goins Designs ACCESSORIES ON VANITY Asprey CONSOLE IN VESTIBULE & VERRE EGLOMISE PANELS IN WATER CLOSET Raymond Goins LEATHER Canary Yellow by Moore & Giles LINENS & TOWELS Pratesi CURTAIN FABRIC S. Harris DECORATIVE VESSELS Jane Marsden Antiques VANITY SEAT IN VESTIBULE Raymond Goins Designs
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Classic Remix >> CLICK HERE to see an article for details on how this room was installed in less than two hours CHAIRS Sherrill Furniture through Charles Ray & Associates at AmericasMart SOFA Custom by Stan Topol & Associates, Inc. FABRIC ON SOFA Nancy Corzine through Ainsworth-Noah & Associates FABRIC ON SOFA PILLOWS Clarence House through Jerry Pair CABINET Jane Marsden Antiques & Interiors PAIR OF BOXES ATOP CABINET Go Home Ltd. at AmericasMart TERRACOTTA URNS FLANKING FIREPLACE Go Home Ltd. through AmericasMart PAINTING Portrait of Lee Hall by Elaine de Kooning through Rafael Gallery, New York RUG Rafael Gallery, New York WOOL CARPET Moore Floor Coverings COFFEE TABLE Nancy Corzine through Ainsworth-Noah & Associates PORCELAIN ON MANTEL Jane Marsden Antiques & Interiors CHANDELIER Robuck & Company HORSE ON MANTEL Personal Collection of Stan Topol
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