CeCe Barfield Thompson’s New Home Collection
CeCe Barfield Thompson is known in the design world for her ability to integrate old, new, inherited, and found pieces, creating a fresh and layered style. CeCe created her newly released Home Collection for Christie’s August 2019 Interiors Sale, which she curated alongside fashion designer Alexandra O’Neill of Markarian. “Christie’s wanted us to show how a new generation can interpret antiques and live with them in a way that is modern,” she said.
CeCe drew inspiration from the antique lots and reinterpreted classic design motifs for her first home collection. The table linens, produced by Istanbul-based Loulou la Dune, reference a pair of 19th century Paris Porcelain vases and feature hand-cut scalloped edges with Madeira embroidery. The silver plated cups, produced in Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, reference a Palampore floral motif as well as a Delft garniture set from the sale. A hand-painted Palampore garland decorates the edge of the dinner and salad plates, which were produced in Milan by Laboratorio Paravicini. The collection’s rich palette of juniper, rose, smoky blue, and burgundy was inspired by an 18th century Chinese export famille rose charger, also found in the Christie’s August sale.
“These antiques have such a rich history that is incredibly romantic and inspiring,” CeCe said. “I really wanted to show how interesting these relationships can be—contemporary art can breathe new life into antiques just as an old chest can give a sense of importance to a modern piece.”
Prices for the CeCe Barfield Home Collection range from $95 – $140. The pieces are available exclusively in-store at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City, and via www.cecebarfieldinc.com. To see more of CeCe’s work, as featured by The Glam Pad, please click the links below.
Cathy Kincaid and The Well Adorned Home
When I learned that Dallas-based interior designer Cathy Kincaid was releasing her first book this fall – The Well Adorned Home: Making Luxury Livable – I could not have been more excited! Kincaid is hands down one of my favorite designers… her work is classic and oh so pretty, exhibiting keen use of color and intricate attention to detail. Her worldly taste in collecting art and furnishings, her intricate layering of patterns, and the customized details–from trelliswork to lacquered surfaces–she applies to every room are hallmarks of her style. It is truly timeless.
The Well Adorned Home presents varied residences, ranging from a ship captain’s cottage and a 1920s Spanish Colonial to a bucolic farmhouse and a family house in the country, in such locations as Dallas, Connecticut, and the South of France. Sprinkled throughout is Kincaid’s advice on such topics as selecting the right lighting, whether it be sconces or lamps; ways to showcase blue-and-white porcelain; and suggestions for how to edit one’s home. She has been long involved in historic preservation, working on many landmarked dwellings in tandem with my favorite architect, Wilson Fuqua. In The Well Adorned Home, Kincaid shares her secrets on how to achieve a comfortable yet sumptuous home environment. Let’s take a sneak peek inside!
The Well Adorned Home: Making Luxury Livable is currently available for purchase via Amazon, where it is a number one release! There are so many other wonderful new books being released this fall… Please stay tuned to The Glam Pad for more. And to see more of Cathy Kincaid’s work, please click the links below:
- FOR SALE: HISTORIC HOME BY WILSON FUQUA AND CATHY KINCAID
- A 1920S DALLAS TUDOR RESTORED BY CATHY KINCAID AND WILSON FUQUA
- A TIMELESS CLASSIC HOME BY CATHY KINCAID
- A STUNNING SPANISH COLONIAL BY CATHY KINCAID AND J. WILSON FUQUA
- AN ELEGANT ORANGERIE BY CATHY KINCAID AND WILSON FUQUA
- A SOUTHERN ACCENTS CHRISTMAS
- A DALLAS HOME TOUR WITH J WILSON FUQUA & ASSOCIATES
A Dallas Home with Tropical Parisian Flair
Today’s home tour has me positively giddy… It happens to have been built by my very favorite architect, Wilson Fuqua, whose work I have featured numerous times on the blog. The interior designer is Carla Fonts Hrncir, founder of Dunbar Road Design in Dallas. A fellow SMU alumna, Carla’s firm is named after a street in Palm Beach where her parents lived after being exiled from Cuba in 1958.
Most of Fuqua’s architectural aspects were complete when Carla and her team began their work. The home is a Parisian style, but the homeowner loved the idea of incorporating Palm Beach aspects with colorful patterns, wallpapers, etc. to create a tropical Parisian paradise. “We love expressing design through a mixture of cultures, colors, and architectural features,” Carla told The Glam Pad. “I wanted each room to be impactful while still having a smooth transition from room to room so that they all coordinated to some extent.”
Carla’s mother came from a prominent Cuban family who appreciated the finer things in life. She had impeccable taste and paid attention to the smallest details… The apple clearly did not fall far from the tree! A Dallas native, Carla and her family summered in Miami and Palm Beach where the glamorous Gatsby-era homes made a lasting impression. “I loved how they pulled together different styles, mixing traditional pieces with bohemian and modern. I wanted to bring more of that feel to Dallas while also making the home reflect my client,” Carla told Luxe Dallas.
The homeowner loves color and patterns, and she wanted her home to be eclectic, fun, and cheerful. For two years, Carla and her team worked tirelessly to perfect every single detail. “Our goal was to make the home feel curated and lived in,” Carla told The Glam Pad. “I loved collecting items from Italy, Palm Beach, and local Dallas stores to bring different elements of design to each space. I didn’t want the home to feel like we went to one store and bought everything!”
The exquisite architecture is “a composite of a walk through Paris combining the best parts of Mansard roofs, town houses, and details of doors and windows. The house has a composed history, a quality of being developed ad hoc over time to meet the changing needs of the family. Special attention was given to light, views of landscape, and a classical floor plan with an enfilade creating vistas throughout the house,” Wilson Fuqua told The Glam Pad.
This home is featured on the current cover of Luxe Dallas, and additional images have been provided to The Glam Pad courtesy of Dunbar Road Design. Photography is by Costa Christ.
At Home with Designer Blaire Murfree
Blaire Murfree knew from an early age that design was in her blood. “My parents and grandparents used the same interior designer… I think he had a love-hate relationship with me,” she told Luxe Daily. I was extremely opinionated about my bedroom. I vividly remember turning away fabrics he presented because they weren’t ‘true periwinkle’ and read too lavender or too blue. I was 11.” When Blaire moved to Nashville with her husband and two daughters in 2012, they found a Cape Cod-inspired Belle Meade home that was newly constructed using repurposed materials and classical details. New build was not the couple’s first choice, but the architect’s attention to historic reference won them over.
For the interiors, Blaire brought classic pieces into every room including family heirlooms and prized antiques to add a sense of history and timelessness. She introduced midcentury furnishings, modern wallpaper, and bold paint colors to create an element of surprise and dose of whimsy. For example, “Painting the woodwork in high gloss played up the traditional bones, but still made it modern,” said Blaire, adding that it’s the ideal backdrop for a prized portrait of Davis’ great-great-grandfather. She also incorporated nontraditional parings such as a burlwood armoire to store china and serving pieces, and an acrylic bar cart to display her silver tea service. The result is a perfect marriage of old and new, traditional and modern… Let’s take a look inside with images from Matt Harrington for Luxe Daily, Leslee Mitchell, and David Hillegas.
Such a beautiful home! To read more about Blaire Murfree, please visit Luxe Daily and Blaire Designs. And for ongoing inspiration, please follow @blairedesignsllc on Instagram.
