Traditional Home Cover Story

Our Atlanta project is featured on the cover of Traditional Home Magazine! Whoo Hoo! It was such a wonderful new build in the heart of Buckhead in Atlanta in collaboration with architect Peter Block and builder Shaba Derazi. We are thrilled Traditional Home picked another of our projects to publish and the cover was an added bonus!

Traditional Home Magazine Winter 2019photo by Emily Followill

Traditional Home Magazine Winter 2019

photo by Emily Followill

I thought I would share some photos that do not included Holiday decorations so you can really see the architecture and the interior design. This is actually the fifth house I have done for this amazing client but the first time I have worked with Peter Block, Atlanta architect. The collaboration was great - it was a real team effort from the selection of the lot, removal of the existing old house to the whole construction process.

Let’s start with the Exterior. A white on white French inspired home. Peter did an amazing job of capturing the light throughout the house. He is quite a master and I did my best to highlight his architectural features. I love this exterior color - Greek Villa by Sherwin Williams. It looks amazing on the stucco walls.

Photo by Peter Block

Photo by Peter Block

Here is the back of the house with the two wings - kitchen and master bedroom on one side and offices and guest bedroom on the other side.

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The most interesting feature of the house is that you walk directly into the dining room. The dining room is also two story with the large vertical Ochre chandelier hanging between the two levels.

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Many of the furniture pieces are custom made throughout the house. This begins with the dining room table, due to the size and the fact that it is square I had this table made from a large piece of walnut for the top and a custom metal base.

photo by Mali Azimma

photo by Mali Azimma

Photo by Peter Block

Photo by Peter Block


I added a 10ft sofa in the dining room as the perfect place to rest before or after dinner with a glass of wine but even the children love to sit there to do their homework. To the left is a custom firescreen and an antique mirrored wall above the fireplace.

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Beautiful plaster walls throughout the house.

Photo By Mali Azima

Photo By Mali Azima

Photo by Mali Azima

Photo by Mali Azima

This is the room behind the dining room that looks out to the backyard. 30 ft. ceilings, curved and plastered. We call it the Long Room - Gorgeous! Another custom fire screen and iron doors with curved tops. The high gloss black bar with the custom brass center cabinet is peaking out over in the right corner.

Photo by Mali Azima

Photo by Mali Azima

Photo by Mali Azima

Photo by Mali Azima

The kitchen is a beautiful space with the upper windows, raised fireplace and white oak cabinetry. It is filled with light as well as functionality.

Photo By Mali Azima

Photo By Mali Azima

I love mixing materials like I did here in the kitchen - white oak, plaster, white gloss, stainless drawer fronts, and marble. It is one of my favorite kitchens.

Photo By Mali Azima

Photo By Mali Azima

Photo by Mali Azima

Photo by Mali Azima

On the left side of the house are his and her offices. Can you guess which is which?

Photo by Mali Azima

Photo by Mali Azima

I love designing bookcases and built-ins. Each has its specific purpose and look.

Photo By Mali Azima

Photo By Mali Azima

The powder room is quite a gem with the vanity and the floral mural wallpaper. Even in the fixtures we have mixed antiques with modern fixtures. I love the mix!

Photo by Mali Azima

Photo by Mali Azima

The master bedroom is soft and serene with fully blackout curtains for a restful nights sleep.

Photo by Mali Azima

Photo by Mali Azima

Photo by Mai Azima

Photo by Mai Azima

The master bath walls are filled with this Tabarka silveer metallic fishscale tile.

Photo by Mali Azima

Photo by Mali Azima

Another custom piece was this vanity I designed. The curved towers open to hold all of the clients makeup, and hair equipment.

Photoby Mali Azima

Photo by Mali Azima

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The children’s rooms: Bridget Beari Color - Sugar high gloss doors!

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A custom bunk bed with a Bridget Beari Color- Inka Dinka in high gloss!

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The house even has a pool table, bar area in the basement. These built-ins slide to hide the liquor and reveal art on the side walls.

Photo by Peter Block

Photo by Peter Block

I hope you have enjoyed our sneak peak behind the scenes of the Traditional Home story and a glimpse into one of our favorite projects of 2019!

HGTV Designer of the Year Nominee!

Bridget Beari as HGTV’s Designer of the Year Nominee!

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We are thrilled to be nominated for HGTV’s Designer for the Year in the category of Before and After Projects. This project took an outdated Colonial home and turned it into a home that is full of modern amenities, fun color, and style. This is the second home we have done for this client so we knew the look they wanted. We love when a client trusts the vision. This was a remarkable transformation so we hope that you will vote for us. Voting is daily until September 26th when the winners of each category will be announced. Look for button with the colored glass pendants!

Check out all the before and after photos below. Here is the link for voting!

HGTV Designer of the Year Voting Link

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Below are the Before and After photos.

We hope you will take the time to vote for our firm to celebrate this amazing project.

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Southern Living Showcase Home

We loved collaborating with our fellow Southern Living builder, Creative Home Concepts to create a showhouse home in the Southern Living Street of Hope in Richmond Virginia. It started as a farmhouse concept but we took it in a organic direction with the additions of the shiplap, slurried brick, natural beams, and open concept floor plan.

We used all of our Southern Living product partners as well. DXV plumbing, Sherwin Williams paint, Welbourn cabinets, and our biggest interior sponsor was the online retailer The Mine. I sourced everything from the lights, rugs, furniture, accessories and art from their online store. They also graciously donated the entire family room.

It was quite a personal challenge to design an entire house via a single online resource. The selection was wide and although I think I know that site backwards and forwards, the process was convenient and the quality was great. The site is full of my regular go to sources.

Tip: Fill a wall with a collection is the best way to make a statement like we did here with the bird art.

We loved this Sherwin Williams Anchor's Away paint on these bookcases. The peak through window gives light from one room to the next. Light was something this house was full of.

We played with mixing metals from the chrome lights, stainless dining top table, and polished nickel faucet. It is a nice way to create movement in the room.

Tip: Add elements of natural wood as we did here for warmth: mantel on hood, legs of chairs and barstools.

Adding more brick in the keeping room to balance one side of the room to the next.

Tip: When arranging furniture think of groupings, 4 chairs around a round table is a great way to include everyone in the conversation.

We did not add bookcases on each side of the fireplace. We wanted the walls to breathe with some open space. A showhouse is a great place to experiment with different ideas and concepts.

Tip: Natural beams are the perfect wall to connect the large open space and bring more warmth to the room.

Tip: Super White Quartzite butterflied matched in the center for a dramatic pattern match. It also allows us to create a larger island.

The coffee table was a nice surprise as our original choice was still backordered by the time we needed it. This table came in at the last minute but it's organic shape was the perfect shape to set off the room.

We added small moments throughout the house like this desk area off the kitchen.

Ancient Marble Paint color for the laundry room. The perfect soft green.

 

For the Master Bedroom we used our own paint colors, Bridget Beari Colors Calvin E32. A bold blue softened by these beautiful Designer Guild bed linens.

Our serene master bath with custom built ins. I love the 2 tone effect on the cabinets.

There was even a game room and yes we bought the pool table from The Mine.

 

A kid's study where we deconstructed one table to use the black base of another table. We love even customizing ready made pieces. Another Bridget Beari Color here - Winston M21

Guest Room #1 - Black and white upholstered headboard

Our black, white and blue bathroom filled with DXV matte black fixtures!

Tip: Think of contrasting color to add to a black and white scheme
as we did here with our vanity and mirror.

Guest Room #2 - Mix up your finishes within a room for more interest.

Every house needs a man cave. We used our Bridget Beari Colors here too - Monk M10 We were on a tight budget to fill an entire house but we were able to really make it work!

We love our Southern farmhouse - Bridget Beari style! The house is still for sale and all the furniture, accessories too. Let us know if you are interested in anything or that you visited the house.

Watch for the opening of our new home store, Bridget Beari Home coming in December to Richmond, VA. where you can find all of our paints, wallpaper, furniture and accessories.

Sourcing the DC Design House!

I've been hostessing my dining room at the DC Design House for 3 weekends now and the main question is " Where did you get all these different pieces? Are they old or new? "

So here are the sources:

                   Chandelier from New Orleans designer Julie Neil Lighting called Winters

Marsan Hostess Chairs and Julian Mirror by Niermann Weeks

zebra fabric by Scalamandre

Paula Grace Design - Invert Sideboard

Dining Chairs from The Mine

Slipcover from Osborne and Little - blue strie velvet

All the beautiful antique accessories are from Parc Monceau Antiques in Atlanta

The early 1900's Iranian Lavar design antique rug by Eliko Rugs
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antique rug by Eliko Rugs

Our Bridget Beari Papers metallic grasscloth called Roux in colorway Bling Bling

The colors of our faux door panels and Ombre ceiling are in Bridget Beari Colors Modern Collection:

Lady M27, Trifecta M48, Shadow M5

Photography by Bruno Poinsard available at ART Star

I shopped vintage items from One Kings Lane - Murano vase on the mantel, the boy dot art, the 50's inspired boy art, brass easel, obelisks

I designed and had custom made the Dining Table and consoles. All available through the Bridget Beari Home Store

Dining Table is a cerused wood top with a tiered brass plate base. Made in 3 sections - 2 48" square and 1 48" X 24" console piece

Also a special thanks to H. J. Holtz and Sons for their amazing painting and wallpaper skills in this room. 

I hope you have enjoyed this tour of our DC dining room. If you are close to DC come visit, the show house is open until the end of October. All sales benefit the Children's Hospital in DC. We would love to see you there.