Aiming to bring youth and vigor to the somewhat serious abode, the couple looked no further than Bradley Odom, a designer whose work they felt could be as much at home in New York or Los Angeles as in Atlanta. “For us, it was important to work with someone who wasn’t going to take this house in its natural direction—which would have been to double down on a Southern traditional aesthetic,” the wife explains.
Odom was excited by the challenge. “The evidence of Norman Askins was running through everything—the elaborate details, trim package, layout,” he says. “But his design was tailored to a different time, and we needed to update it for modern-day living.”
Thankfully, the home’s original bones, trim package and century-old heart pine floors were intact; Odom’s charge was to add a dash of modernity and edge. Drawing inspiration from the woodsy surroundings, the designer’s sophisticated palette centers on mossy greens and burnt oranges teamed with the classic blues and grays of tailored suiting. It’s a combination Odom calls “a little more masculine and moodier” than your usual fare.
Kravet grass cloth wraps the walls of the family room, where Lancaster upholstery from Dixon Rye—the brand’s Carmel sectional and Genevie swivel chair—offer comfortable spots to unwind. Pillows of Kelly Wearstler’s District linen for Lee Jofa complete the scheme.
“There’s so much texture and pattern, it feels like a hotel retreat in the countryside.”
–BRADLEY ODOM
Clad in Holly Hunt’s Regents Street wallcovering, the foyer features The Urban Electric Co.’s Albee pendant, a 19th-century Khotan rug from Moattar and an antique bench updated in Donghia’s Points of View textile. In the back hall, a skirted table wears Schumacher’s Marietta cotton.