At Home Room of the Week 10.20.09

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/