As a DIY adorning blogger I’ve been to many decorator present houses and concept houses in my 16 years of running a blog. HGTV, Kips Bay, and Southern Residing are a number of.
I’ve shared them right here on the weblog through the years, however this previous weekend I had the chance to tour this 12 months’s Southern Residing Thought Home, however in a totally new to me manner.
Earlier in the summertime my daughter, Mandy who lives within the Charlottesville, Va space was requested by her employer if she wish to volunteer for a shift on the Southern Residing Thought Home 2025 that’s proper exterior of Charlottesville in a city referred to as Keswick. The place she works is one among this 12 months’s charity recipients of the proceeds of the thought home ticket gross sales.
She thought it might be enjoyable to do and referred to as me to see if I needed to do it together with her. In fact I signed proper up.
This previous weekend, Ed and I drove as much as Virginia to not solely go to the home, however to additionally spend the weekend with Mandy and her hubby Matt and assist them paint a room and dangle molding in one other.
On Saturday morning, Mandy and I headed to the thought home for our shift as docents – a flowery identify for volunteer tour guides who have been in place to inform the story of the home and the explanations behind the best way the home was designed and adorned.
Every of the docents for every shift have been assigned a room to be in. I used to be assigned the kitchen and Mandy took on the second ground rooms.
Thought Home Measurement and Sale Worth
The home is tucked away as all of the houses within the neighborhood are. It sits on a 5 secluded wooded acre lot with a lake close to the yard. 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths and is 4,974 sq. toes.
The home is listed on Realtor.com: Southern Residing Thought Home 2025 in Keswick, VA. The itemizing has the sale worth of the home at: $6,500,000 – furnishings not included.
The home was designed by, Rosney Co. Architects, constructed by Alexander Nicholson and designed by Charlotte Moss and her staff of designers. It’s a large home with plenty of rooms.
Above is the entry that was deliberately left empty in order that there was a visible circulate from the entrance to the again of the home. It was additionally achieved so anybody standing within the lobby might see nature out via the again of the lounge.
The home was designed in conventional Charlotte Moss type. I noticed lots of her touches all through the home.
To maintain this publish from being too lengthy, I assumed I might give attention to the kitchen the place I used to be stationed and in addition the DIY touches I discovered in most of the different rooms that I favored and know that you are able to do your self in your personal type.
The Kitchen
The kitchen is the place I used to be stationed. It was a sq. room with loads of cupboards for storage. It was shiny and cheery and had many good options.
My favourite a part of the room was the plate wall crammed with a group of colourful plates.
I cherished this purple Transferware plate. I discovered one on Etsy so you could be seeing the same one in my home quickly. 🙂
I additionally favored the pocket doorways between the kitchen and eating room. All of the doorways in the home had the vertical lined panel on them.
The most effective function of the room although is that this sink counter with the wall of home windows that appears out to the yard and lake past.
It’s a fairly spectacular counter.
The cafe type curtains have been produced from a classic tablecloth. The counter is Mont Blanc Quartzite.
The material hung contained in the glass cupboard doorways that body the lengthy counter wall is from Pierre Frey. The sample identify is Amalfi Carreaux Prune.
One of the attention-grabbing elements of chatting with all of the guests touring the home was to listen to their conversations. Virtually everybody remarked on how little counter area was across the cooktop. It’s all very fairly, however I needed to agree with them.
Many additionally needed to see a espresso station within the kitchen and never within the scullery that was across the nook from the kitchen the place a espresso machine was.
It appeared prefer it was positioned there with out a lot thought and too far-off from the kitchen. To place a constructive spin on their complaints, I informed them to only assume what number of every day steps they might get in each morning going to make and get espresso.
Again within the kitchen, I believe the designers made the stable wooden island within the middle of the kitchen as a spot to do many of the counter work.
And everybody loved the truth that the fridge and freezer have been separate. On the left is the fridge and the best is the freezer with storage in-between and on high.
The DIY Adorning Concepts I Appreciated
Now that you’ve got seen the kitchen, I need to present you the adorning particulars within the different rooms of the home that I favored.
Should you look carefully you possibly can see the chartreuse twine detailing on the shade.
To cover the unfinished backside of this vase, the designer lined it with wallpaper.
Alongside the scullery wall was a hinged extension of the window sill. When lifted up and clicked right into a locked place…
…it turns into a spot to move meals and drinks via to the screened-in porch.
Within the Studio
My favourite room was the studio… or craft room have been there have been many inventive adorning concepts that anybody can do. To get to the room you permit the home and stroll via a breezeway, it’s separate from the home.
Each wall was painted a unique shade. The cardboard chandelier above the work desk facilities the room.
Sure there’s a gentle in the course of all of the playing cards.
This chalkboard wall is a good spot to jot down down inspiration, concepts and even a to-do record that you just received’t misplace.
The wall surrounding the door to the room was lined with pegboard that makes it simple to change round what’s hanging on the wall.
How enjoyable is that this paint swatch material? It was the material used to cowl the cushion on a daybed within the room.
Being that this studio is separate from the principle home, it has its personal powder room and this was the lovable wallpaper on the partitions.
Within the Bedrooms
In two of the bedrooms there have been DIY wrapped material body mirrors. This one was within the major bed room. The leaves on the material are raised which made the mirror all of the extra distinctive.
Within the visitor room the mirror was lined with a daring printed material that had a brushed texture.
Within the Library
Isn’t this blue and white striped slipcovered chair so cute?
And I cherished this little bean formed facet desk that’s secured underneath a leg on the chair so it received’t tip over… such an excellent design. It’s from Charlotte Moss, LLC. I used to be informed it may very well be from her personal assortment. I don’t have a hyperlink for it and couldn’t discover something prefer it doing my very own search on-line.
This can be a quite simple DIY to cowl a lampshade utilizing additional wallpaper in order that it matches with the partitions.
Within the Lobby
I created a hidden door underneath a stairway like this in my home. Mine opens to a closet. Right here within the concept home it opens…
…to a fairly powder room.
It was extra spacious than you’ll assume and really fairly.
I additionally favored this staircase runner and wish to add one thing prefer it to my lobby staircase someday.
Within the Ladies Bed room
The first bed room was downstairs in the home, the opposite 3 have been upstairs. I favored the ladies room the most effective. It was very colourful and crammed with sample.
Within the Boot Room Powder Room
On this boot room powder room I just like the wall papered ceiling. It makes the area so cozy with that additional designer contact.
On a sideboard within the boot room was this lamp that had a bandana lined lampshade.
The place to See The Remainder of The Rooms in within the Home
As I discussed at first of this publish, to maintain the publish from being too lengthy, I targeted on the decor and particulars that impressed me.
If you need to see the remainder of the rooms in the home, you possibly can see them over on Southern Residing’s web site.
When you have a query a couple of supply for one thing you see, depart it within the feedback as I’ve a booklet with all of the sources listed for many of the objects.
How To Tour the Charlottesville Southern Residing Thought Home
The 2025 Southern Residing Thought Home is open August 14 via December 21—Thursday via Saturday from 10 a.m. to five p.m. and Sunday from 12 to five p.m. Purchase tickets at keswick.com.
A portion of the proceeds goes to a few native organizations: Yellow Door Basis, Hospice of the Piedmont, and Constructing Goodness Basis.
