Here we are again, as promised, with another of Furlow Gatewood's wonderful homes on his Georgia compound that I featured last week here.
Enjoy and have a great day!
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Peacock House
Just imagine arriving home to this 11-acre compound in Americus, Georgia, and being greeted by your pet peacocks between rows of potted blue hydrangeas. Idyllic, wouldn't you say?
This is the well-planned life of nonagenarian Furlow Gatewood who has been collecting antiques since he was a young boy.
With his keen eye and amazing imagination, he constructed Peacock House from a dirt floored greenhouse because he happened to pick up two Gothic columns from a Georgia flea market and didn't know what else to do with them, so proceeded to build Peacock House in order to utilize the columns. He has a carpenter who builds Furlow's visions and a lady 'down the road' who sews his cushions from scraps of fabrics he picks up here and there. This house is now a guest house on his 5 house compound (although no one has ever slept there).
I would say that Furlow's life is definitely 'a life well lived' as he has spent his life since childhood gathering, collecting, building and enjoying.......and all with impeccable style.
This is the well-planned life of nonagenarian Furlow Gatewood who has been collecting antiques since he was a young boy.
With his keen eye and amazing imagination, he constructed Peacock House from a dirt floored greenhouse because he happened to pick up two Gothic columns from a Georgia flea market and didn't know what else to do with them, so proceeded to build Peacock House in order to utilize the columns. He has a carpenter who builds Furlow's visions and a lady 'down the road' who sews his cushions from scraps of fabrics he picks up here and there. This house is now a guest house on his 5 house compound (although no one has ever slept there).
I would say that Furlow's life is definitely 'a life well lived' as he has spent his life since childhood gathering, collecting, building and enjoying.......and all with impeccable style.
Italian greyhound, Phillip, one of Furlow's four beloved dogs sitting in front of a 17th century Italian table and under a 19th century Dutch brass chandelier. And I presume those are the two Gothic columns that the house was built to accommodate.
Living room with white washed plank floors and walls.
Foyer with painted floors.
Guest room which has never been slept in.
Love this sunroom and the mix of furnishings.
Next Tuesday, I will share one of his other cottages. But, in the meantime, to see more of this self-taught designer's amazing style and antique collections, you must pick up his book shown below. I got it for my birthday last winter and it's a virtual treasure trove of all of his houses.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Nantucket Charmer
This Nantucket cottage was built in the mid 1980s for the three Wathne sisters of Iceland who own a line of luxury sportswear known as 'la vie sportive'.
The 4,200 sq. ft. house was commissioned for them and includes four master suites - one for each of the sisters and the fourth one usually occupied by their mother, who liked to travel with them.
The sisters all had canopy beds which were handpainted from their own designs. And each of the sisters' suites had matching dog beds so their two teacup poodles and little maltese could rotate among the suites at will.
I'm using the past tense because this house was sold by the Wathnes in 2001.
In the living room, you will notice a rabbit theme and what appears to be pink accents. The cushions that appear to be pink are actually red and white pinstripes. There is no pink in the room, despite appearances.
On the mantel in one of the master suites is a row of terns.......a nod to the name of the house 'Three Terns'.
Hope you enjoy this cottage as much as I did when I first saw it in Architectural Digest years ago. I still love it to this day and the classic interiors are as inviting now as they were then.
Enjoy!
The 4,200 sq. ft. house was commissioned for them and includes four master suites - one for each of the sisters and the fourth one usually occupied by their mother, who liked to travel with them.
The sisters all had canopy beds which were handpainted from their own designs. And each of the sisters' suites had matching dog beds so their two teacup poodles and little maltese could rotate among the suites at will.
I'm using the past tense because this house was sold by the Wathnes in 2001.
In the living room, you will notice a rabbit theme and what appears to be pink accents. The cushions that appear to be pink are actually red and white pinstripes. There is no pink in the room, despite appearances.
On the mantel in one of the master suites is a row of terns.......a nod to the name of the house 'Three Terns'.
Hope you enjoy this cottage as much as I did when I first saw it in Architectural Digest years ago. I still love it to this day and the classic interiors are as inviting now as they were then.
Enjoy!
Architectural Digest
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