DEL.ICIO.USThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 03/07/08
Three luxury homes at Ivey Mills subdivision have been decked out by more than 40 designers for the Roswell Woman's Club Showcase Homes.
The 12th annual event opens March 9 with tours, cooking demonstrations, wine tastings, fashion shows and more. Proceeds benefit nonprofit agencies in North Fulton and fund scholarships and grants for Northside graduates and schools.
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| A girl's bedroom suite in Heritage Hall was designed by Daniel DeSantis Interior Design. The home is part of the Roswell Woman's Club Showcase Homes tour. | ||
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| Tweedie Griswold, the 2008 Showhouse home tour chairperson, and builder Jason Rosen pause on the steps of the grand foyer of Canton Place, another home on the tour. This room was designed by Peter Brandi Gallery & Interiors. | ||
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Last year's event raised more than $210,000, said Jackie Collopy, RWC publicity chairman.
CANTON PLACE
• Value: $2.5 million
• Highlights: A 6,000-square-foot brick and stone country home with seven bedrooms and nine baths. A wide spiral staircase leads to large portraits that hang just below the foyer's high ceilings.
• The keeping room: Hardwood floors and oak beams run through the ceiling's Gothic arches and set an English tone. An open Mason & Hamlin grand piano sits in front of a 30-foot stacked-stone fireplace. Sunlight shines through the bay window and two multi-pane doors. Two cast iron chandeliers from the Reynolds Plantation Estate and taupe walls give way to a buttercup gold sofa and overstuffed club dark green and gold chairs made with brocade fabric.
• Designer: Peter Brandi Gallery Interiors and Bennett and Brandi Inc., www.bennettandbrandi.com.
HERITAGE HALL
• Value: $1.8 million
• Highlights: The six-bedroom, 14,000-square-foot home includes a media room with theater seating, wine cellar and a pool room with a custom bar.
• The daughter's room: Soft aqua blue tones frame the room meant for a girl in her late teens. A whimsical sleigh bed with glazed wood painted in French country blue is dressed in white antique style quilt and linens. Yellow and teal bed drapes flow from a mounted corona over the side of the bed. A shabby chic chandelier painted in antique white crackle hangs from the center of the ceiling, which is bordered with large, hand-finished cedar beams and painted in an oil impression image of the blue sky. The room is decorated with antique tables and dressers that are refinished, tinted and glazed in shades of creme, white and blue, and an English-style lounge chair with a green-teal damask pattern.
• Designer: Daniel De Santis Interior Design, www.danieldesantis.com
VICKERY MANOR
• Value: $1.9 million
• Highlights: The 7,000-square-foot home has three levels, including a master suite with a sitting room, morning bar and fireplace.
• The game room: The room's earthy feel starts with plaster faux-finish walls colored in burnt umbers, yellows and golds. Its windows are decorated with leather and suede cornice boards. The sofa is a collage of fabrics with leather armrests, gingham fabric and angel-hair fringe around the bottom. The coffee table is wooden with a hammered copper top. Nearby are two oversized barrel back chairs with mohair seat cushions. Also eye-catching is the coppery gold metal mirror that nearly spans the 8-foot-wide sideboard beneath.
• Designer: Home Fashion Center, www.homefashioncenter.com.
IF YOU GO: ROSWELL WOMAN'S CLUB SHOWCASE HOMES
• When: March 9 through March 30
• Where: Ivey Mills Subdvision
• The Tour: 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays; 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays; 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Fridays; 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays; 1:30-5 p.m. Sundays. Closed Easter Sunday.
• How much: $20 in advance; $25 on site: $30 unlimited visits.
• Parking: Lebanon Baptist Church, 11250 Crabapple Road, Roswell. Complimentary shuttles transport to the homes, which are within waking distance of each other. The last shuttles leave 90 minutes before closing time.
Info: 770-715-2700. www.roswellwomansclub.org
JANE SEYMOUR ARTWORK
At a separate RWC event, the actress will showcase her original artwork, handbags, scarves and home decor line during a champagne brunch at Elegant Attic.
• When: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. March 9
• How much: $125
• Info: 678-261-7988, www.elegantattic.com.
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