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A Traditional Twist

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Have you seen the home that graces the cover of this month’s Traditional Home? If so, I wonder if you love it as much as I do. 
Let me tell you why I love it:
~ The color scheme of grays, creams and lavenders is carried out throughout the home, creating a seamless and calming palette.
~ The home was built upon the site of the owner’s grandmother’s home in Houston
~ The homeowner uses Leontine Linens in the master bedroom (I think we all know how much I love those!)
~ The nod to the past by updating family heirlooms, such as the chair with hand painted names of all who had sat there.
~ The barn-like doors that can open up the kitchen/family room or can close it off when needed.
~ The ballet tied, monogrammed seat cushions on the DWR kitchen chairs
~ The fact that the owner borrowed ideas from the many magazines, blogs and show houses she has seen, like many of us do.
But, the primary reason I love this house is that it was created by someone I knew in college. Virginia Mary Thompson (as I knew her) Brown was an elegant, intelligent, warm and highly respected young woman at our school. She was in the class a year ahead of me….and I admired her a great deal.
Seeing her grace the pages of Traditional Home in a house that she created with the help of her architect, Dillon Kyle, is so exciting!!!

Here’s to Virginia Mary’s take and twist on tradition! Have you or someone you know been published in a shelter mag?

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  1. Very impressed!! Obvoiusly your college is a breeding ground for turning out stylish and classy ladies with fabulous taste!! I did see this spread and like you, was captivated. The spaces are gorgeous and though traditional they are so fresh and new feeling, not old and stodgy. Love that little edge that each of the rooms has….. I LOVE the gray and got on my gray kick from that very picture (first one) That handpainted chair is fabulous and so unique with all the names, that is so neat. Just beautiful Elizabeth!

  2. What I love the most is that the color palette looks like it was lifted straight from the gray's of the family dog! A home and a family to admire and to grace the covers of a shelter magazine inspire me in the midst of many a "gray" area in this life. One just needs to read any paper and to make a home a refuge takes a strong woman, architect and should be praised!
    Well done!
    pve

  6. Dear Elizabeth,
    We loved this publication. One of our favorite rooms is the herringbone brick floors and gray sliding barn doors!
    Have a wonderful wednesday!
    XO,
    Renee

  7. Hi Elizabeth,
    Trad Home just went straight to the top of a stack of my stack of magazines.
    My house has been approved for a photo shoot for a national magazine and I am so excited about it. Still it is taking a very long time to schedule, so I don't really feel like it is gonna happen. Please keep your fingers crossed for me!
    I would live to know how long your friend waited for her house to actually be published from the time they first told her it was a go.
    Xo, Lynn

  8. Wow, this house is amazing! Just my speed, espcially since the theme for my wedding was, classic traditional with a twist. I will be saving some of these pictures in my "someday" dream house folder. 🙂

    PS – those fun things we had at our reception send off are called, wish lanterns, so neat!

  11. I loved this fabulous home when I first saw it in TH! How fun that you know her! I love the kitchen and her use of deep grays throughout the house- I think she was decorating around that precious dog!!

    joan

  13. I saw this feature and loved it as well. What an amazing coincidence about Virginia. And four boys – she's got automatic brownie points in my book!!

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