Did you see the October issue of Architectural Digest featuring Patricia Altchul’s stunning antebellum mansion in Charleston, South Carolina? It is absolute perfection! I confess my guilty pleasure is watching Southern Charm… I love getting to peek inside the cast members’ historic Charleston homes, particularly Altschul’s.
Known as the Isaac Jenkins Mikell House, the imposing Greek Revival was built in 1853-1854 by cotton planter Isaac Jenkins Mikell for his third wife, Mary Martha Pope. The house was bought in 1935 by the Charleston Free Library and served as a public library until the early 1960s when it was sold and restored as a private residence. Patricia Altschul bought the house in 2008 and commissioned legendary designer Mario Buatta to revamp the interiors.
I have featured this home before, including images from the in-depth and brilliant feature by Joni at Cote de Texas. Let’s revisit and take a look at Architectural Digest’s October 2014 feature!
A Manuel Canovas fabric swathes the master bedroom, where a Donald Roller Wilson painting is displayed above a 19th-century Chinoiserie étagère from Philip Colleck.

Mario is such fun, and so brilliant!
He is having some health issues- but still is such fun!
Dean
what a stunning home + have M's book + he is a favorite. xxpeggybraswelldesign.com
That is proper glamour!!
I love her bedroom wallpaper and fabric..
you've done it again!! You find the most amazing homes. love that blue and white chair may steal the idea!! xoxo
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing all the details!
OMG thanks for sharing this! I'm going to get the latest AD and watch all about it on Bravo. I'm dying over this home!
This house is to die for. Love every detail!!
My favorite room….That delicious bathroom…!! Thank you for such a dreamy article..!