The first time Jamie Dean visited a 1930s home for sale in Brookhaven, she thought, “Oh, it needs way too much work.”
She and her husband, David, continued on their house hunt, but they kept thinking of the Brookhaven home on an acre, across from Capital City Club.
“After searching and searching, house after house after house, we finally said, ‘We love this property,’” she said.
They embarked on a year-and-a-half of renovations to the home, which can be seen on the Oct. 1 Historic Brookhaven Candlelight Tour of Homes. The tour is a fundraiser for the two Atlanta Ronald McDonald Houses.
Snapshot
Residents: Dr. David Dean, a cardiothoracic surgeon and surgical director for heart transplant and device therapy at Piedmont Transplant Institute; wife Jamie Dean, a registered nurse, and their son, Jackson
Location: Historic Brookhaven, which was developed in 1910 and is the oldest planned golf course and country club community in the state, according to the National Park Service.
Size: 6,949 square feet, five bedrooms, five full and one half baths (main house), plus guest house with one bedroom, one bath
Year built/bought: 1930/2011
Architectural style: Colonial
Renovations: They gutted the home to the studs, but retained original features, such as the brick exterior. They added dormers to the second floor exterior and raised the ceiling heights. Original elements, such as hardwood floors and a staircase, also were kept.
Builder (renovations): Ladisic Fine Homes
Architect (renovations): D. Stanley Dixon
Design consultants: Judy Long of Tillman Long Interiors, landscape architect Graham Pittman
Interior design style: Transitional
Favorite furniture: Antique pieces, such as a church pew and metal from Paris used for tables
Favorite kid-friendly elements: Son Jackson's bedroom showcases his love of surfing and other cool features such as a reclaimed wood wall and nightstands made out of old lockers. "He has one of the best rooms in the house," Jamie said.
Favorite outdoor elements: Their guest cottage, which was designed to remind them of coastal vacations in towns such as Topsail Beach, N.C. "I wanted to bring the beach to Atlanta with our guest house," Jamie said.
Resources: Furniture from Arhaus, Webb Marsteller, Acquisitions, Lillian August, Pearson, Redefined Home Boutique, Pottery Barn, Martha Stewart, RH (formerly Restoration Hardware), Beau Studio, Authenteak, Interior Philosophy, Bungalow 5 and Waterworks. Rugs from ART Rugs of Persia, Eve Inc. and Myers Carpet. Lighting from Gabby, Circa Lighting, Hudson Valley, Ainsworth-Noah, Joseph Konrad, Lamp Arts, Fourteenth Colony and Unique Carpets. Fabric by Vervain, Schumacher, Rogers and Goffigon, Lee Jofa, Gaston Y Daniela, Samuel and Sons, The Walfab Company, Pindler, Galbraith and Paul, Fabricut, Romo, Carleton V Ltd. and Bassett McNab. Custom pieces by Westside Custom Upholstery and Kevin Scanlon.
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