Nestled among the many woodlands, this beautiful cottage has introduced a contact of magic to the horizon of South Carolina searching haven Bray’s Island. Inside, designer Beth Webb has turned Little Lodge right into a modern-day fairytale abode.
‘My shoppers needed a household sanctuary, someplace the youngsters and household mates may come and keep for lengthy weekends and holidays’, stated Webb. ‘It’s that kind of house.’
The house owners – builder Jim Meathe and his spouse Mary – first conceived the petite 1400 sq ft property with plans to construct a much bigger home close by. Now, they’re absolutely enamored with Little Lodge, its uniqueness making it a triumph in its personal proper.
‘The fashion of this cottage makes me pleased,’ stated Webb. ‘It’s Arts and Crafts-inspired, within the fashion of British architects Edwin Lutyens and C.F.A. Voysey, each famed for his or her lyrical English nation homes. Like Lutyens, the architect isn’t afraid to take dangers, as evidenced by what I name the ‘swoopy-doopy’ roof and home windows that soar from prime to backside.’
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Enterprise inside to see how Webb has blended early twentieth century design with modern luxurious.
Exterior & Gardens
Set among the many rolling Bray’s Island countryside, it was essential for the main points of the outside of the home to be simply as atmospheric because the silhouette. ‘We partnered with architect Peter Block on this challenge, a frequent collaborator’, stated Webb. ‘He sourced the outside clinker brick, with its hand-fired irregular shapes and colours.’
This rustic irregularity is mirrored within the outside eating suite, which options picket chairs carved as if to imitate spindly tree branches.
Vestibule
The doorway to the house fuses each practicality and whimsy. Because the gateway in direction of Bray’s Island’s magnificent sporting grounds, the alcove is positioned as a nook for boots and searching jackets, grounded by atmospheric slate flooring. In the meantime, the staircase activates a sublime, Artwork Nouveau-style whiplash line, picked out by the distinction of black balustrades towards white partitions.
Kitchen
‘This galley kitchen is flooded with mild and may be very purposeful contemplating its measurement,’ stated Webb. ‘I like that!’ The property’s monumental home windows are the star of the present right here, however Webb accentuates their impression by protecting the partitions and the cabinetry mild.
Drama is added by means of darker accents, most notably a powerful, outsized slate splashback, which borders on the surreal with its hanging use of scale.
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Eating Room
In what Webb says her shoppers name the ‘Story Telling Room’, dinner is served with a magical backdrop. The customized mural by Bob Christian of Savannah relies on pastoral views from the home, and is harking back to 18th century panorama work.
To additional the transportative nature of this window to the previous, Webb paired it with the ‘good’ vintage lanterns – ‘nice heft and easy magnificence, they have been vital’ – and polished mahogany furnishings.
Residing Room
Because the eating room turns into the lounge, the nice outside is swapped for a room of creature comforts. A button-upholstered leather-based footrest takes the place of a espresso desk, whereas reclined armchairs, doubled-up rugs and and an abundance of earthy heat tones make for a room to sink into after a bracing day outside.
‘Crucial a part of the design was the consolation and approachability of the area’, stated Webb. ‘The ceiling-height home windows overlooking the horse pasture, and these doorways opening to the skin, all of it contributes to the sense of expansive, comfy dwelling.’
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Bed room
Heading to the bedrooms, a lighter palette alerts serenity and quiet escapism. A floor-to-ceiling window as soon as once more presents lovely views of the grounds past, however its impression is tempered by smooth gray partitions and taupe furnishings.
Quilted silk cushions and an embroidered bedhead are paired with thick woollen blankets and crumpled linens to combine luxurious with naivety.
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Treehouse Room
For followers of that ‘swoopy doopy’ roof, the Treehouse Room is the place to remain. On the very prime of the property, this room is tucked into the home’s unusually bowed eaves, with its curious strains accentuated by linear-grained fake bois wallpaper from Noblis on each the ground and ceiling.
Rest room
One among three within the property, this cream-colored toilet makes for the right antidote to muddy outside pursuits.
Pristine white subway tiled stand up from a marble-topped, shiplap-clad tub, whereas a white performs towards the cream partitions as soon as once more on the double vainness models, accented with gold-framed mirrors.
Interiors / Beth Webb Interiors
Pictures / Emily J Followill
