Decorating the foot of the bed

above, Brooke Astor's Manhattan bedroom by Albert Hadley

Typically a bench or small settee lives at the foot of a bed. Another alternative is put 2 stools there instead. Have a look...


albert hadley


kelly wearstler


miles redd


phoebe howard




phoebe howard

House of the Week

Another Neel Reid Druid Hills house. This one is across the street from last week's house of the week. It was built in 1917 for the Louis Regenstein family and is Italianate in style.



From J. Neel Reid Architect , by William R. Mitchell : "Characteristic of Reid's work was the concentration of a few boldly scaled ornamental elements at focal points on otherwise comparatively plain facades. There is often a hipped roof, villa-like rectangular horizontality, a central block with side porches, sometimes wings, placed in landscape garden settings reached through french doors, very much in the manner of 'casual classicism' of Charles Platt. ...nearly always with the Italian Renaissance villa set in the back of his mind." (pg 74).



The house was for sale recently, here are interior photos from that listing.

Sea View Inn, Pawley's Island

I don't know about you, but I could use a little of this right about now!



Sun, sand, ocean and great food - all in a cozy laid back inn! We love the Sea View Inn on Pawley's Island, SC. Great place for some rest and relaxation.



If you go be sure to visit Brookgreen Gardens - one of my favorite spots in the world.







all images from the Sea View Inn website

From the Archives....Wasting Time?

I like details - I like a room to look finished. To me, that includes the waste baskets. After we had settled in our house and things were feeling finished (for the moment) I woke up one day with an obsession (okay I have a few of these) to have the right trash can in every room. So I set out on a mission to find beautiful waste baskets(yes, beauty applies to waste baskets too). They are not that easy to find. Even on the web, you have to spend some time to find attractive waste baskets that aren't insanely priced. Of course, you can always use things that are meant for other uses but work as trash cans, like painted metal planters. There are many of those available at Hill Street Warehouse in Atlanta. I occasionally find decent waste baskets at Homegoods also. Remember this one?



Here's what I found on the web...

In the Etsy store Decorative Instincts there are lots of great trash cans. The Imperial Trellis waste basket in the top image is covered in Kelly Wearstler's fabric from Schumacher, and is from Decorative Instincts as well as the next two.

This one uses a Schumacher wallpaper, Chenonceau. I featured it in an earlier post. Hopefully this wallpaper is going in a client's powder room and now we have the perfect waste basket!






At this Etsy shop,Vintage things 4 sale I found this Florentine waste basket


At Worlds Away I found these beauties






Here's one from Gracious Home


The Pink Giraffe has these cute monogrammed waste baskets that would be great in a bedroom


And this handy waste basket from Tapestry Crochet blog is fun


Ballard Designs always has something stylish to offer



You can also create your own waste baskets to perfectly complement your rooms. I used some spray adhesive, extra wallpaper and pretty gimp to create this one and the one at the top of this post:



You can never waste too much time in pursuit of the perfect details!

House of the Week

Look what I found:



A Neel Reid that is new to me. I have driven by the house on numerous occasions and wondered if it was a Neel Reid. Last weekend I happened upon the owner while he was working in the yard and I learned a lot about the house.



The delightful owner told me that the house was built in 1916 and Neel Reid was the architect. (I can't find the house in any of my Neel Reid books, but the owner was told by a woman who lived in the house as a child in the 1920's.) It was originally painted white and has been a green/gray color and is now yellow. The slate roof and red tile driveway are original, as is the clapboard. The current owners have lived in the house for 32 years and are the longest residing owners of the house. Across the street is another Neel Reid house up on a hill (hint - stay tuned for next week's HOTW).

Inspiration

We have lots going on at Whitehaven - and busy is good! Some photos that have been inspiring us this week as we work on a couple of kitchens and bedrooms:


above, interior design by Palmer Weiss



above, bedroom by Liz Williams


above, an Amelia Handegan bedroom





above, Cathy Kincaid kitchen


Celerie Kemble bedroom

Love this window seat and the shades below:



Mirrored night stands ...

image via decorpad


Lisa Epley bedroom


Phoebe Howard bedroom