At Home Room of the Week 10.20.09

Posted on 20 October 2009

Our November issue, The Best of the South, will be headed to your mailbox and on the web shortly. As a sneak preview (drum roll please…), here’s the oh-so-beautifully Southern room that graces our cover.

What makes it so Southern, you might ask?

• It’s designed by Arkansas native Kevin Walsh of Bear-Hill Interiors, a Southern charmer if ever there was one
• The artwork above the mantle is by acclaimed artist Sammy Peters, another famed Southern soul, whose work is carried in Little Rock’s Heights Gallery. Here’s a link to more of his work: http://www.sammypeters.com/paintingsmain/page18/page18.html
• The room’s symmetry, traditional moldings and pilasters flanking the fireplace, all common in Antebellum Greek Revival homes
• Comfortable, gracious furnishings, loaded with personality: silk damask seats in raw silk French chairs (Southern nearly always has a touch of French…), velvet covering the sofa, and an Oushak rug. The room is as well dressed as a Southern belle.
• And of course, those magnolia branches, with perfect blooms

If you’d like to see other projects by Bear-Hill Interiors, click on the links:

http://www.athomearkansas.com/At-Home-Arkansas/August-2009/French-Dressing/

http://www.athomearkansas.com/At-Home-Arkansas/July-2008/Tone-on-Tone/