Name: Janie Flemming, daughters Ally and Kat
Location: South Austin, Texas
Size: 2,400 square feet
Years lived in: 6 months
This home is a surprising and delightful mix of traditional and modern elements infused with feminine details and lots of texture. The thing we love the most is how smartly it was decorated: rooms aren’t filled to the brim with décor elements, yet they feel full, layered and sophisticated...
After purchasing the home, renovations of the kitchen and bathrooms took place, as well as giving all the walls and trim fresh coats of paint. Next there was the challenge of marrying the home's older features with the homeowner's desire for a more mixed-style space. Janie turned to Suzie Page of Twenty Three 07, a designer with a great eye for proportion and detail who used her years as a decorator and antique store owner to invest in neutral basics in lots of textures, collect colorful and unique accessories and splurge on luxury fabrics and fixtures where they counted the most. The result is a modestly decorated space that shines for a reasonable budget. We asked Suzie Page for her input on the home for our survey:
AT Survey:
My/Our style: Classic contemporary with the use of eclectic, collected objects. We wanted to reflect a contemporary life style without looking trendy. This home is comfortable, sophisticated and fresh.
Inspiration: Travel and discovering new designers and architects. I love Vicente Wolff for his collected style – mixing antiques with modern elements.
Favorite Element: The timeless open floor plan and the cozy, elegant living room in Navy Blue Lacquer.
Biggest Challenge: Low Ceilings
What Friends Say: "Can’t believe the transformation!"
Biggest Embarrassment: The laundry area by the back door is hidden by a linen curtain hung on a ceiling track.
Proudest DIY: Keeping the style of the home while incorporating the great new look. We also re-purposed most furniture and only bought a few necessary pieces.
Biggest Indulgence: Great lighting, mirrors and wall papers
Best advice: Stay true to yourself (Great advice for life and decorating the home!)
Dream source: I love Donghia! Also our local to-the-trade design resource center, Stockton Hicks Laffey.
Resources:
Furniture: Mixture of both custom pieces and antiques. Belgian Linen on sofas and chairs in the living room and den. The dining room chairs are upholstered in a Sunbrella with the look of linen on the seats and Kaplavitch & Zimmer cut velvet on the backs of alternating chairs.
Accessories: Collected. Zimmer and Rohde fabric for living room pillows. Schumacher fabric in the den.
Lighting: Antique
Window Treatments: Silk Taffeta, Chocolate Velvet and linen shades in the kitchen
Rugs and Carpets: Thames Sisal and Madeline Weinrib in the Family Room
Tiles and Stone: Carrera Marble in the kitchen
Artwork: Collected – Lance Letscher, Beth Hammack and Betty Gold; Antique Map of Paris – a nod to her teenage daughter’s recent extended summer stay in Paris
Paint: Pittsburgh Antique White in enamel on both trim and walls throughout the house. Living room Benjamin Moore paint in Hale Navy in a lacquered finish.
Flooring: Hardwood
Hardware: Restoration Hardware
(Thanks, Suzie and Janie!)
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wow..i'm in love. just the color scheme i'm wanting to achieve in my living room but I painted my walls a dark slate grey. thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful!
Not my style, but I still think it's incredibly gorgeous.
great space! love the colours.
I love the blue walls in the den. What is the paint color called?
Not my style either but so beautiful. Love that blue and yellow are used throughout. The blue/white embroidered pillows on the sofas are stunning as are the dining room chairs.
This isn't my style, it looks a little too styled and not enough lived in, but I'm happy to see an Austin house tour. Please bring on more!
I really loved the grandfather clock, the gold (brass?) chandelier, the small sofa by the entrance way and the framed maps. However, the remainder of the furnishings were a little too "mature" for me. The porcelain dogs on the mantel were also nice. Its funny that the items in this tour that I like, I really like, however everything else is far from my taste. The kitchen is of course, wonderful. But I don't understand all the various seating/dining areas. I suppose this would be a dream house for entertaining. I'd suggest moving the sofas further apart in the main living room and removing the stools from under the painting. I'd also get rid of the heavy wardrobe.
I love, love the coffee table and the round bamboo side table! I would love to know where I can buy these two pieces. Does anyone know? Also, Kudos on the color scheme.
Is there a source for the kitchen island and the dining room light fixture? I'd buy both of those in a second.
Who makes those white chairs in the blue room? They are awesome! And just what I am looking for (except maybe not in white as I would destroy that).
What a rich space! I love that there are so many fun details, but nothing looks too cluttered or messy - it's beautifullly done! Too formal for me, as well - but wow, so gorgeous!
It is clearly beautiful, but too "together" where is the life?
Beautiful and rich looking. BUT where are the signs of human life? Maybe a little toooo perfect.
this looks like an elle decor spread. it's really well done!
I believe the side table is the same as the "Twig" that I coveted from Jayson Garden and Home. I love the airy feel of this home and would be quite content with the "mature" look.
mickeysbeach - the white chairs in the blue room look like this one from room and board (select the solid fabric):
http://www.roomandboard.com/rnb/product/detail.do?productGroup=19413&catalog=filter&menuCatalog=room&menuSubcategory=201206
I like the living room occupied with sofas. The way it is designed is simple superb! I have bought an old property in Minnesota; I am planning for some home improvement for that property. I will remodel the living room similar to the living room shown here. On the whole the entire home is looking fabulous.
To die for! I just wish we'd seen the upstairs...
a cohesive and brilliantly executed take on updated tradition... i love it.
thanks so much design.va!
I don't usually like professionally designed spaces but this is well done. I love the dining room chandelier but wish that they would remove the stickers (photo 20).
I have seen the curtain hardware in many issues of House Beautiful, but have yet located a source that sells them. Could someone assist? TIA!
The navy room is ridiculously gorgeous!!! Yummmy. So warm and cozy with lots of personality :) Also love the dark hardwood floors.
Beautiful home - but you seriously named your daughters Ally and Kat?!?! They must groan at you constantly, LOL.
Ok, I've decided. This is my official home inspiration :)
When is Austin going to get a branch on Apartment Therapy?
ebeemars, I think the table looks like something made by Global Views..
http://www.accent-furniture-direct.com/Global-Views-8977-GXV1220.html
I like the light fixture in the kitchen over the table. Anyone know where it's from?
The kitchen is amazing. Really smart to anchor all the white (and sunlight) with dark wood floors.
I really love the indigo wall color but it seems like a really small room to attempt that with. The map art while creative I think increases the sense of loss of depth. Perhaps that could be overcome with lightening. A manergerie of small mirrors in it's place would add light, depth, and glamour.
Nice design. Shame there's not more color. But, that's just my taste.
Love, love, love the color scheme!
This house is beautifully put together!
Very nice...especially love the blue swedish clock. Can you tell us where you found it? Thanks!
First thing I noticed: Ally Kat? How can you write that and not comment?! Second: Granted, the ceilings aren't high, but the bulbs in the white living room are just waaay too close to the ceiling.
THe first floor is gorgeous, but it does bother me to read a comment about a "reasonable budget". This home has FOUR sofas, not to mention the two living rooms and two dining rooms. (And with a couple of teenagers, either there's a public room with a TV that we haven't seen, or Wow! how'd you pull *that* off?!)
And a house tour should be a house tour, not a first-floor tour or a public-rooms tour, especially if there are lots of worthy homes that have been submitted. That said, your Austin photographer did a good job.
Love love love this home. Thank you so much for sharing. To those that don't think it looks lived in... when I know I have company coming, I put all my crap away too. Now if I knew some one was coming to take pictures and posted it on a website for all to pick a part.....I would have them come to this house to take the pictures.:)
I would check this website for window hardware. Use to sell this brand and it was very very nice.
http://www.antiquedraperyrod.com/
Tha house is lovely. It really has the perfect balance between styles, not too much decorated with lot of elements, but cozy enough. I like this very clean style, and the big map (I believe from Paris city) it's just gorgeous.
Thank you for all the great feedback. I am the homeowner, and adore this home. We have lived here for 2 months, so the home is still being tweaked. The upstairs is not complete, but will be amazing. The bathrooms are very dreamy and my bedroom, very Elle decor. Maybe AT will post in the future along with a photo of the outside and downstairs study. Yes, this home is more mature than what I see on this site, but I am 49!
Regarding Ally and Kat, their names are Alexandra and Kathleen. Nicknames appeared in elementary school......sue me!
Also, the t.v. is in the armoire.
Again, thanks and thanks to the amazing decorator, Suzie Page and Apartment Therapy/Adrienne for posting. Adrienne, I love the photos you took and wish we could have met.
i love the banquette in the dining room; what was the fabric used? it makes me so happy!
Well, you can always tell when a professional decorates a home. And what a lovely home it is too! Without being over done, just plain nice & comfy & well edited (edit, edit, edit). You get what you pay for, my compliments to those professionals.
re: Ally and Kat, I wondered if it was a reference to your lovely kitten, because I couldn't figure out how you could have gotten the house so together in 6 months while being a single mom. Heh. After reading the comments it made sense. :-)
I'd want a warm color in the dining room, like deep, earthy orange/terra cotta.
Yes, where is the COFFEE TABLE from?? Does anyone know? It is beautiful!
The moira clock is exquisite and I love how she didn't shove gustavian into every cranny. There are just enough hints.
That blue is perfect *photo 33 really shoes some texture* for such a hot climate. I'd love to use the same in my kitchen, but it faces East and I'm in a cold climate.
I also love the contrast between the tiny formal public rooms and the larger relaxed private areas.
It must be comforting to know there are two rooms always ready for visitors.
'shoes' s/b 'shows'.
Just gorgeous! I saved so many of these pictures for my inspiration file :)
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Really nice, but the roof, walls, and windows don't seem to be insulated. Seems like the money was spent on making it livable, but not necessarily green.
this house is lovely!! it maintains such a nice balance of appearing well-designed and lived-in. it's not entirely my personal taste, but I love about 90% of it. very grown up with a handful of playful touches. the kitchen is GREAT.
thanks for sharing!
The light fixture over the kitchen table??? Anyone?? :)
Adore it! That navy blue laquer paint is perfect for that room...very inspirational.