i am so excited to share one of my favorite homes in athens.  located in the historical boulevard neighborhood, the street is filled with colorful homes, big front porches, blooming gardens, and children running from house to house-  it is such a kind and welcoming community.

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the owners, julie and paul  live here with their wonderful sons: henry and wyatt.  paul is a UGA professor of environmental history and julie teaches modern dance at emory university and also owns a local studio; floorspace. the two have such a great sense of design and color which compliments this house nicely.  their collections of local artwork as well as antique and new furniture fill the home and keep the eye moving from room to room.  my favorite parts of this house are the tall ceilings, the giant front porch, and the many large windows througout that welcomes natural light.

thanks julie and paul (and henry and wyatt) for sharing your home!

when we first moved into this house, we didn’t have much furniture and i thought we should just leave this hallway empty – it would make a pretty funky dance studio.  i think this is my favorite room in the house.

the peace flags were by kristen bach, rug design by lou kregel, grasshopper print by marci white (on the right), drawings by august roland (on the left), wall hanging we bought in oodi, botswana, painting/collage by jonathan blum.  i feel like i have a connection or story to go with just about everything in this photo

a view from the living room through the dining room to the kitchen.  i’ve been working with my friend and colleague, zap mc connell, on a solo and used this long passage way to help me define how I would space the piece.  zap will be here this summer to help me expand upon this idea.  In the dining room on the yellow wall is a painting by andy cherewick.  Paul and I both loved this painting right away.

when my grandmother died a few years ago, i inherited some of her furniture, this dining room table, the chairs, and the sideboard in the back.  when this was all delivered and I opened the cupboards and drawers, the smell of her house and even her neighborhood came wafting out.  it was amazing.  i think a little bit of that smell still lingers.  it’s northern california, eucalyptus and the pacific ocean.
some of paul’s good friends gave us the green cabinet as a wedding present.  i’ll never forget them presenting it to us at our wedding.  they piled in their car with this thing and drove from NYC to ohio.   the red lamp by the window was made by ryan adams.

the rabbi painting above the green cabinet is by our friend jon blum.  this was his wedding gift to us.

my family had a raspberry farm in ohio and that photo of the berries above the door, taken by judith smith, was on the cover of “the ohio farmer” magazine in 1981.  she gave that to us when we got married.

this painting, by our friend and neighbor philip juras, was a gift to my husband on our 10th anniversary.  we love philip’s work and this piece fits beautifully in the hall.

I used to avoid walking into this room altogether – it was filled with chaotic piles  as well as being where we watched tv.  This year we had these shelves built in, moved some furniture around and laid a soft rug down.  the built-ins make a huge difference.  i love it!  the table there in the center is an old wood box from Paul’s childhood.  it’s covered in old stickers – and probably our most functional piece of furniture.

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