Timeless and Traditional by Patricia McLean
If you have ever wondered what it takes to create a timeless home, look no further than this Georgian masterpiece as the perfect example. Designed by Atlanta-based Patricia McLean Interiors, this home would have been beautiful 50 years ago, it is beautiful today, and it will certainly be beautiful 50 years from now. It features exquisite hand painted wall coverings from de Gournay, fine antiques, Persian rugs, and classic curtains. There is nothing trendy about this classic home… Just pure dignified elegance. Let’s take a look inside with images from Southern Lady.
Learn more about this timeless home at Southern Lady, and if you don’t already subscribe to this publication, I highly recommend it. You can learn more about Patricia McLean at her website Patricia McLean Interiors, and I have featured her work previously here, here, and here. For daily inspiration please follow @patriciamcleaninteriorsinc and @southernladymag on Instagram.
Easter with Clary Bosbyshell
Easter is just around the corner (April 1!) and this charming tablescape by Atlanta designer Clary Bosbyshell of Margaux Interiors is certain to make your heart go hippity hop. Clary was inspired to create a whimsical Easter wonderland that captures the magic of childhood and celebrates the renewal of spring after a long awaited winter. Her enchanting tablescape is also sentimental as it incorporates meaningful family treasures that have been collected and passed down through the generations.
Clary’s mother in law, Susan Welsh Churchill, is a talented artist who has hand painted pillows for many famous interior designers, including Mario Buatta, the late Dan Carithers (who was her neighbor), and Ginny Magher. She always loved Dodie Thayer pottery and began collecting pieces in her early 20s. When Tory Burch launched her Dodie Thayer for Tory Burch collaboration, Susan added several of Tory’s pieces to her collection.
The Easter trees were hand made by Susan’s mother, Rena, who has been making holiday trees for 35 years. The handmade porcelain eggs were also collected by Rena. The Beatrix Potter figurines were in Clary’s husband Graham’s nursery, and the Gramercy Fine Linens were made for Clary and Graham’s wedding at Sea Island in May of 2017. The vintage bamboo handled flatware (similar available here) was given to Clary and Graham by Clary’s parents as a wedding gift. This is such a special family tablescape!
To learn more about Clary Bosbyshell please visit Margaux Interiors, a full service design firm she runs with her mother, Margaret Bosbyshell. What a talented family!
Design Crush: Josie McCarthy
In December I featured an elegant and timeless Dallas home designed in the early 1990s by Josie McCarthy and dressed in its holiday finery. Instantly, I fell in love with Josie’s classic style, and today I am sharing many of my favorite examples from her portfolio and press clippings.
Dallas-based Josie McCarthy Associates was founded by interior designer Josie McCarthy in 1980. Josie has a deep understanding of proportion and scale, texture and color, and a sense of place expressed in both Modernism and Classicism. With thorough knowledge of architectural details and the construction process, she works on projects large and small, renovation and new building. While Josie’s work is wide-ranging in style, it is always crisp and timeless. Her mastery of color, expertise in collecting and arranging objects, and her ability to seamlessly put rooms together have lent to her success nationwide. JMA clients range from California to New York, Florida to Montana. Projects include residences, offices, and country clubs.
These rooms represent a timeframe spanning from the 1990s – today… But I bet you cannot tell which ones are which! Josie’s work is the perfect example of why classic, traditional design is forever. Also of note, Josie worked several times with architect John Tackett, whose work I greatly admire. John worked with Parish Hadley and specializes in classic residential projects. For more, please visit Josie McCarthy online and via Instagram.
My Southern Living Takeover and 11 Must-Follow Instagram Accounts
I have been reading Southern Living since I was 12 years old, so I was thrilled when the publication contacted me about doing an Instagram takeover! You can follow Southern Living’s “stories” today @southernlivingmag to tour my current home of Coral Gables, Florida. After moving here six years ago from Dallas, this seventh generation Texan is still desperately homesick, but I do have a keen appreciation for the magnificent historic homes here in The City Beautiful.
Today @southernlivingmag, I will show you the idyllic Villages which were conceived in the 1920s as “The Village Project” by George Merrick. The Villages were designed to add diversity to the predominantly Mediterranean character of Coral Gables by showcasing architectural styles from around the world. Only 80 of the 1,000 planned residences were built, as Merrick’s vision was crushed by the Hurricane of 1926 and the Great Depression, yet today those that remain are highly coveted, carefully guarded jewels within our community. Through my blog I have shared home tours from almost every remaining historic Village in The Gables, including:
- The Florida Pioneer/Colonial Village
- The Chinese Village (here and here)
- The French City Village
- The Italian Village
- The Dutch South African Village (here and here)
Please follow Southern Living on Instagram to see more! A special thank you to Emily Allongo Photography for helping me with this tour.
INTERVIEWS WITH 11 MUST-FOLLOW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS
Also today… I was so honored to have been named one of 11 must-follow Instagram accounts by Flourishmentary along with some of my favorite Instagram friends! You will want to make sure you are following these accounts for daily inspiration, and I loved getting to know more about the individuals behind them thanks to Flourishmentary’s exclusive Q&As. Thank you for including me in such esteemed company!
