Tour a Globally-Inspired + Eclectic Atlanta Home

Terracotta Design Build's client wanted to incorporate her globe-trotting collections into her new Atlanta home in the Buckhead section of the city. Due to the homeowner's eclectic collection of art and accessories, lead designer Katelyn Roundtree had to find a simple way to unify the pieces. Roundtree used the homeowner's existing pieces to create a cohesive style with new foundation furnishings, color and accessories. "Find something that is a unifying object, whether it be a rug, or a piece of art, or simply a throw pillow," says Roundtree for homeowners undertaking a home design project. "Sometimes that's where you can find the most inspiration."

Color is a simple way to unify a space. "You can really force a color when it isn't necessarily a theme in the space," Roundtree explains. "It’s a common trick we designers like to use." The focal piece of the sitting room is a mosaic art piece of a bear featuring many shades of blues and greens. "We started pulling the blue from that," says Roundtree. "That was a really big design driver." The blues are seen in the ottoman, throw pillows, vases and other accessories.

"This room was also really very heavy on texture," says Roundtree, "Which is what gives it so much of its visual interest." Multiple textural elements help create harmony. "Even though there is a lot of texture," says Roundtree, "the fact that texture is an ongoing theme in the whole space pulls everything together."

The ceilings are very high in the home, and that height is very apparent in the foyer. "We needed a piece that would be able to handle the height of the space without taking up too much real estate on the floor," explains Roundtree. The focal point of the foyer is a custom made chest. "We let the grain of the chest be the show-stopper," says Roundtree "and then topped it off with the hardware-or jewelry as we like to call it." The two beautiful lamps with a leaf detail bring a little bit of the old-world eclectic feel while keeping it very classic and clean at the same time.