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Those of you who loved and miss Southern Accents magazine will be happy to see a special-interest publication called The Best Southern Rooms on the newsstands until mid-July. I was glad to see some of my old and new favorites on glossy pages again, and all in one place, to boot.
And since words can be just as inspiring -- if not more so -- as images, I am happy to share some quotes by the designers included. Unless noted, none of the quotes correspond to the rooms here, but, you get the idea.
"I style a room the same way I would put together an outfit. My living room is like a classic suit worn with an outrageous shirt. I covered the pillows with vintage Pucci scarves and mixed them with a traditional sofa and antique French chairs." - Kim Zimmerman
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"As far as I'm concerned, you can have a $20,000 chest and put a $2 trinket on it. I like to turn a corner and find something unexpected." - Betty Burgess (on the room above)
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"In the end, all I hoped for was that every room was fit for flopping with a good book, that no table was beyond a convenient reach to rest a flute of Champagne, nor any fabric too fine for a favorite bulldog or nephew." - Patrick Dunne (love him and this quote, especially)
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"I love to create patterns and textures by accumulating things in front of each other, building layer upon layer. And the great thing about it is that it's all things I truly love." - Richard Holley (on the room above)
"I take on each design process like an actor takes on a role in a movie. I start with the background, the history, and then add personality, memories, and color." - Jackye Lanham
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"I never buy things for a particular place or purpose. I buy something because I like it, and then I find a place for it. It doesn't matter whether it's expensive or rare -- I just have to love it." - Dianne Cash
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"A room should look like it evolved over time. It's about traveling and collecting personal things. A house should not look decorated or predictable." - Amelia Handegan
All photos appear in the book. Photographers are: William Waldron, Pieter Estersohn, Tria Giovan, Antoine Bootz, Michael Arnaud, and Eric Piasecki.
10 comments:
Beautiful!!! I can't wait to get one!
great quotes and gorgeous rooms! SO excited about the publication!
Hi Jennifer,
I love this post. Thank you for picking such great rooms and quotes. I really am struck that all the decorators basically say that they are just layering their rooms with things they love, not trying to achieve a "decorated" look. That's inspiring for a non-professional like myself.
~janet
Love the quotes and the pictures. Carla
thank you! lovely post.
yeah! I will need to go pick this one up.
Love the ideas, love the quote about a room's purpose even more. Would only replace "bulldog" with "German pointer". :) Of course, we insert our favorite breed here. Part of the beauty.
I do miss my Southern Accents!
Those rooms are gorgeous!
I will definitely have to grab this when it comes out!!
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