HGTV Green Home 2012: Retreat Pictures

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Contemporary Orange Retreat Room

Menswear fabrics coupled with floral and geometric prints prove a winning combination in a space designed as a place for reflection — and escape from large gatherings.

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Local Artwork

House planner Jack Thomasson discovered the encaustic on wood by Sherry Cook during a shopping adventure. The room's "softening edge" serves as a foil to the space's intense color palette and architectural lines.

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Textured Accessories

A hammered metal bowl, surrounded by primitive-style accessories, adds the needed hint of glamour and shine.

Orange Living Room With Transparent Coffee Table & Rustic Open Shelves

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Contemporary Living Room With Suspension Lamp

A dramatic suspension lamp designed by Denis Santachiara becomes an intriguing focal point. A hidden light source within the drum provides a soft, warm glow.

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Industrial Console Table

Interior designer Linda Woodrum discovered the room's dramatic industrial-style console table at Canton Street Antique Market.

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Nailhead Trim Details

The table's galvanized metal-wrapped surface features the home's signature design application: nailhead trim.

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Southern Foliage

A bouquet of persimmon branches offers a subtle nod to HGTV Green Home 2012's southern location.

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Pocket Door

A pocket door may be drawn during times of private reflection. "The retreat is a place to sit quietly with a friend, or read a book or watch TV or do something on your iPad or your computer," says interior designer Linda Woodrum. "It's the room where you are more by yourself."

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Wall Shelf From Reclaimed Materials

A rustic wall shelf, fashioned from reclaimed 50-year-old railroad ties and recycled metal, provides storage as well as a perch for the room's 37-inch flat-screen TV.

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Pattern and Color in Fabrics

Pillows covered in "Shade of Sycamore," a block-print fabric by artist Katie Leede, complement the room's intense wall color. "And I just love the fabric because it has that agrarian or natural motif," says Linda.

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Vibrant Pillows for Floral Chair

Floral-print upholstery fabric stands in contrast to the room's more vibrant fabric patterns and colors.

Retreat Room With Patterned Chair, Photography Art and Rustic Table

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Orange Sitting Area With Menswear Fabric Armchair

Black-and-white photography, purchased at Bungalow in Atlanta, references Serenbe's equestrian community. "One of the things I love about Serenbe: It's so real. It's a real community," says Linda.

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Masculine Print for Armchair

Menswear fabric in a bold check balances the room's more feminine details.

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Cast Iron and Reclaimed Wood for Display Table

A cast-iron table with a reclaimed wood top serves as a display for a trio of mercury glass candle holders and Dendrobium orchids.

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Custom Lucite Coffee Table

Carpenter David Brown crafted two lucite cubes to serve as a coffee table. Cubes, set on casters, are easy to relocate when the sleeper sofa is folded out for guests.

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Birch Logs in Lucite Coffee Table

Lending charm, as well as rusticity and texture, birch logs serve as filler for transparent cubes.

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Orange Living Room With Eclectic Coffee Table

"That color envelopes you and makes you feel cozy," says Linda of the ginger wall color. "The same as Serenbe. I love how you feel in Serenbe."

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A Peek at the Drama

Another reason for the dramatic wall color? "When you are looking down the hallway, it has to be cool," says Linda. "It has to be significant."

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Quiet Retreat From Active Living Spaces

The retreat is within close proximity to the home's active spaces, including the barbecue courtyard and the vaulted Georgia room.