Michelle Lane, owner of Modern Cottage, worked alongside the team at Grandfather Homes to design her client’s classic Georgian in the Cramer’s Pond community in Plaza Midwood. They made the new build look old with lime-washed brick, a cedar shake roof, and boxwood hedges. The homeowner opted for a light, airy interior but had a unique request for the first-floor lounge. “She wanted it to feel dark and moody, like a departure from the rest of the house,” Lane says. “She was very into Bridgerton at the time, so she envisioned herself in there with a glass of Champagne. It’s meant to be a ladies lounge, essentially.”
SET THE MOOD
The homeowner wasn’t thrilled with the trim profiles Grandfather Homes had begun to apply during the construction process, so Lane dialed up the custom millwork to get the regal look her client was after. “There was an odd, recessed area, so I came up with a built-in settee bench,” she says. “We installed big, full custom mirrors to open and expand the space and added the sconces.” Lane painted the walls in Sherwin-Williams’ Grizzle Gray (“a gray with green undertones”) and the ceiling in Sherwin-Williams’ Dark Night. “We were leaning more toward tone on tone, so I didn’t want it to fall flat,” she says. “I thought, What if we have a really deep, moody pop to complement the lilac accents?”
TAKE YOUR SEAT
The sofa, from CB2, is a soft crescent shape with Champagne-finished steel legs. “We tossed around the idea of four chairs, but that sofa had such great sculptural lines,” Lane says. “There are so many linear moments with the trim details and mirrors, so we needed something softer and curvier.” The aluminum coffee tables from Four Hands have an antique brass finish that complements the bronze drum shades in the pendant light. Lane found the suede accent chairs on Wayfair and the burl-wood stools, which she upholstered in crushed velvet, from Worlds Away. The Feizy area rug grounds the space and pulls in the gray and lilac tones from the pillows and upholstery.
MAKE IT YOURS
The homeowner is a competitive equestrian, so she commissioned local artist Cayla White to do a painting of one of the horses she rides. Lane tried to incorporate her love of horses into every room of the house, but she knew that painting belonged in the lounge. “The space becomes more personal when you incorporate something with a story behind it,” Lane says. “Every time we go over there, I laugh, because (the homeowner) always has the doors to the space shut. She refuses to let kids or pets in there. It’s her sanctuary.”
Taylor Bowler
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