The entry hall in architect Gil Schafer’s Greek Revival home decorated by Miles Redd.
When I think of American traditions and our ideas of comfort I cannot separate those ideals from those of our country’s forefathers, the British. Invariably, English style decor figures into the dreamscape of our collective imagination when we design and build our traditional edifices, whether they be Georgian-style manors, British Colonial-style plantations, Regency-style townhouses or white-painted clapboard country houses in bucolic settings. Perhaps it’s the warmth and patina inherent to English country house-style that we most gravitate to, that sense of lived-in yet elegant comfort. There is no time of the year like the present, as we head into the holiday season, that speaks to me more of the comfort of American tradition at home. Today’s post is a welcoming hug from some of my favorite rooms; rooms that remind me of the importance of family, friends and the comfort of handed down traditions. Enjoy!
The living room in architect Gil Schafer’s Greek Revival home decorated by Miles Redd.
The living room in architect Gil Schafer’s Greek Revival home decorated by Miles Redd.
The living room in an upstate New York designed by architect Gil Schafer and decorated by Miles Redd. Photo by William Waldron.
Cottage comfort in a home designed by Michael S. Smith. House Beautiful.
The library designed by Michael S. Smith for Jim Burrow’s Willow Grace Farm in Millbrook, New York. Photo by Carter Berg for Elle Decor.
The living room decorated by Mark Hampton in a Shingle-Style home designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Photo by Steven Brooke for Architectural Digest.
Interior designer David Easton and artist Jimmy Steinmeyer’s one-time Hudson Valley home, Balderbrae. House & Garden.
Interior designer David Easton and artist Jimmy Steinmeyer’s one-time Hudson Valley home, Balderbrae. House & Garden.
The living room in Bunny William’s and John Rosselli’s Connecticut country house. From An Affair With a House.
The living room in Bunny William’s and John Rosselli’s Connecticut country house. From An Affair With a House.
A living area in Bunny William’s and John Rosseilli’s converted barn in Connecticut. From The Finest Rooms in America by Thomas Jayne.
Eclectic interiors inform the neo-Gothic home of Bill Sofield in the Hamptons. Photo by Martyn Thomas.
The pastoral aesthetic of Rose Tarlow’s living area defies its Los Angeles setting. From The Private House.
Arts & Crafts style home in Marin County designed by James Huniford. Photo by Max Kim Bee.
A Brooklyn living room designed by Peter Dunham. Photo by Max Kim Bee.
The living room in Peter Dunham’s Los Angeles home. House Beautiful.
The welcoming entrance at Jeffrey Bilhuber’s country house Hay Fever on Long Island.
Jeffrey Bilhuber harnessed the style of Billy Baldwin for a library in a manor house in Greenwich Connecticut. Photo by Eric Bowman.
A bedroom sitting area Jeffrey Bilhuber designed for advertising executive Trey Laird in the Hamptons. Photo by Pieter Estersohn; Elle Decor.
How I enjoyed your collection of rooms here…many I just fell in love with.
Thank you so much for sharing…
Victoria
Victoria,
I’m glad you enjoyed them – thank you for your comments!
Cristopher