Sweet Style

Jillian Pritchard Cooke is on a mission to make eco-sensitive and elegant living spaces one in the same. A star of the residential, commercial and hospitality design industries, this interior designer—the owner and president of DES-SYN—is perhaps best known for her work on EcoManor, the personal home of Rutherford and Laura Turner Seydel and the first-ever LEED-certified residence in the Southeast. With BEE, her new East Andrews Drive atelier and first retail venture, Cooke has dreamed up an emporium of cool, calm, and intriguing offerings, from richly textured textiles and relics-turned-design objects to historically inspired glassware and a well-edited selection of international antiques. Cooke is adamant about not sacrificing great style for the sake of being “green,” and has ensured that everything in her store is good for the earth (reclaimed or eco-friendly), good for your health (only low-impact dyes and low- or no-VOC paints), and good for the community (BEE supports no fewer than seven charities with proceeds from its sales). Standouts include supple cork handbags from France, natural upholstery by Inside Green and Atlanta-based La Ruche, a hexagonal dining table made of reclaimed wood and six varieties of local honey, but the art-enthused will be equally amazed by an exclusive series of 250 large-format photograpic prints by Maggie Hasbrouck that sell for as little as $450 apiece. 26 East Andrews Dr., Atlanta 30305. (404) 365-9858; bee-atlanta.com