Tag: Classic Interior Design

soutern living idea home, kitchen stove

soutern living idea home, facade

This year’s Southern Living Magazine Idea House was built from the ground up in the Crane Island, Florida, 14 miles from Fernandina Beach.  The house is absolutely gorgeous, Interiors designed by Heather Chadduck Hillegas, Architecture by Historical Concepts’ Jim Strickland and Clay Rokicki, and construction by Riverside Custom Homes.  The decoration inside is elegant and classic but entirely livable with an emphasis on All American beauty.  I can move into this house and not change a thing.

It took me more than usual to upload all these images, but they are all so worthy that I wanted to make sure I wouldn’t leave one out.  The house has a resemblance to the Something’s Gotta Give’s house, but with a bit more on the classic modern side, with lots of browns, dark blue, ceiling beams, classic or antique furniture throughout and printed fabrics and wallpaper.  Read more about it at Southern Living Magazine.

soutern living idea home, door

soutern living idea home, blue and white living room

The living room with a blue and white palette.

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resurgence in classical design

To our delight and comfort, there is a resurgence in classical design from Interiors to Architecture.  The elegance and comfort that classical homes provide are hard to emulate in a modern setting.  Classic Architecture, as well as classical Interior Design, is never dull, and they provide a sense of belonging and gracious living.  Now when most homes in social media look strikingly the same, it’s very comforting to see this revival of new classical style.  The beauty of a Georgian Home, one of many traditional styles in Architecture, is indisputable.

resurgence in classical design

Recently I came across this very interesting article Inside Architecture New Classism Boom.  In designing a northern California stone house for clients who wanted to make a grand yet livable house for four children, Eric J. Smith—who collaborated with legendary designer David Easton for 25 years—looked to Irish Georgian houses and also old stone houses of America. An abandoned old quarry in Connecticut was the source of stones with a rich patina. He points out that classicism embraced the use of natural light and the prevailing breezes. “An enfilade of natural light connects one room to the next,” notes Smith. The paneled library is a masterpiece of wood carving. And indeed, Smith suggests that craftsmen are unsung heroes in classicism. “We are not embracing the role of the craftsman as much as we should,” he says.  “We are always trying not to copy the past, but to interpret it and reinterpret it as artists often do,” Robert A. M. Stern

resurgence in classical design, gray appartment

Some people prefer to combine classical Interior Architecture with a more straightforward decor.  Modern living in a traditional interior.  That is the case with this 18th-century architecture apartment in Copenhagen which is decorated in a monochromatic palette of grey and simple furniture.  An All-Gray Apartment That’s Not Blah, But Not Hygge Either. Read More…