Darryl Carter's Virginia House

DC designer Darryl Carter has shared his design tips with AT DC and we've blogged about his new furniture line. Now we get to see inside his Virginia house! The picture above shows Darryl Carter in front of his 19th-century Virginia farmhouse with his dogs, Otis and Lucy. Click below the jump for more info and photos...

Darryl Carter's home mixes antiques and contemporary pieces. Above is a photo of the studio, which has an antique gurney and desk, a partition made of Indonesian banyan bark, and portraits of Carter's dog Otis.

Below is a photo of the dining room with an oak gateleg wake table by Scottish Connection, antique armchairs, a Baroque-style chandelier, and a painted barn door.

The master bathroom has an oak-rimmed galvanized-metal tub, a milking stool, and an antique print.

In the kitchen: a FiveStar range, a Vent-A-Hood hood, and an 18th-century Italian table used as an island.

In the breakfast room are an antique English daybed and tooled-leather chair, and a farm table designed by Carter.

Click here to see more of Darryl Carter's Virginia house. Photos by Simon Upton via PointClickHome.

Comments (17)

The house was featured in Elle Decor eons ago (that is where the photos come from). It's a tad too white and beige for me, but I love the overall feel of this place.

posted by djs on December 8th 2008 at 4:09pm
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Quite lovely to look at.
Yet frivolously "rustique" for heavy duty living. I assume that he employs a long armed maid, or else that bathtub is just for display. Or perhaps there is a little dwarf who climbs inside the tub, wearing scrub brushes on his feet like ice skates? Those skates may be good for white washing the floorboads too.
Since I am the long armed maid at home, I'll just sigh at the pastoral serenity, and understand why most 19th century farmhouse housewives, prayed for linoleum.

posted by Nani on December 8th 2008 at 4:20pm
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what an incredibily peaceful home...i love the light (ambiance) of the entire place..every room looks so inviting and calm. I love that there's no glaring light yet it has just enough reflective surfaces to make it 'real'. Nani's comments are hilarious, but I have to admit it that I'm completely sold on the whole place..with or without the dwarfs;)

posted by Jean P on December 8th 2008 at 4:31pm
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Loved this home when I saw it in Elle Decor. Darryl Carter has sublime style.

posted by Seaside on December 8th 2008 at 4:33pm
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I don't know. It's a little too old-timey for me. And that tub doesn't look clean! You'd never get me in that thing!

posted by jooly on December 8th 2008 at 4:42pm
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I enjoy the color palette and the great editing, but I'm just curious about how you pull up to that great dining room table in that chair? You would always have to lean in pretty far to be over the table, wouldn't you?

posted by Easyenough on December 8th 2008 at 4:51pm
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How refreshing to see an interior posted here that isn't the same old MCM/IKEA/DWR...

posted by bepsf on December 8th 2008 at 5:32pm
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And how to do you remove one log from a stack that reaches to the ceiling? Still, gorgeous.

posted by jen_g on December 8th 2008 at 5:33pm
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I loved this place in Elle Decor. It's wonderful how he uses antiques almost as sculptural objects.

posted by Lisa Hunter (Montreal) on December 8th 2008 at 6:54pm
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"And how to do you remove one log from a stack that reaches to the ceiling?"

I'm sure he reaches up and removes one off the top.

posted by bepsf on December 8th 2008 at 8:03pm
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i love this home. it has a beautiful serene quality.

posted by *elspeth on December 8th 2008 at 8:23pm
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I love this house. I love his book. I lust after a number of pieces in his furniture line. If I ever win the lottery, I'm calling him to design my new, post-win digs. I might even place that call before I tell my mom the good news. ; )

posted by PhillyLass on December 8th 2008 at 10:49pm
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Couldn't you find a picture of him without his shirt on?

Stealing the word "old-timey." Good word(s).

posted by Mr. Dangerous on December 9th 2008 at 10:36am
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beautiful!

posted by scenicartisan on December 10th 2008 at 10:53am
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This home has such a unique feel. Great job!

posted by shannonN on December 10th 2008 at 2:41pm
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Serene, intelligent, a dash of veldt-meets-Kubrick. Bravo.

posted by v1m on December 14th 2008 at 9:54pm
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Does he really live in this house? or Just a model house for show. That bath tub looks too rusty...looks like one will get a tetanus if a person takes a bath in it.

Very nice home though

posted by cscamp20 on December 15th 2008 at 2:54am
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