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| The Summerour Sunroom |
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When I was little, visits to grandmother's
place meant that my whole family -- aunts, uncles, and cousins -- would
crowd into the sunroom. Furnished with three big chairs and a
television, it was where we gathered, unless we were on the broad front
porch. This sunroom in Keith Summerour's Atlanta residence
reminds me of Mammy's house, because I would never want to leave it.
So many old Southern houses feature this long, narrow room with three
walls of windows (hence the name). It is a great transitional spot
between indoors and out. And here, decorator Barbara Westbrook has
made the most of it, with fern print fabrics, wicker furniture, and green
tones throughout. Your eye is drawn immediately to the green glass
lamp base, which functions like a piece of sculpture. The comfy
chairs and deep-cushioned sofa could host a sizable gathering, even a group
as large as my family. By the way, they're visiting me next
week. Care to guess where they will all congregate? You got it
-- my sunroom.
SEE IT IN PRINT: "Carte Blanche," Southern Accents, September-October 2005, pages 204-213; interior design by Barbara Westbrook, Westbrook Interiors, 404/355-9430; coffee table and wicker chair from Dearing Antiques (R), 404/233-6333, dearingantiques.com; pair of armchairs by
Edward Ferrell through Ainsworth-Noah (T); lamp from Edgar Reeves (R), 404/237-1137; table from Dearing Antiques (R), 404/233-6333; curtain fabric, Les Fougeres Bianco, by Clarence House (T); curtain rod by Charles Calhoun,
Calhoun Design & Metalworks, 404/755-6155.
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