Low Country Style? - Page 3

faeriemoon · ‎03-14-2010

Yes, I've heard of it and I love this example. I love the colors, but then I'm a neutral girl. I'm not really feeling the light fixture, but it's not terrible.

~What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.~ William Shakespeare

jubilant · ‎06-10-2010

@Sooner This is a picture of the fabric I chose for the pillows. Try to imagine all these colors a couple hints brighter and the off white background stands out whiter. My computer definitely doesn't do this material justice but maybe you can get the jest of it. The taupe in real life looks to me a little less gray.

stevieb · ‎03-10-2010

@Sooner wrote:
@jubilant We've vacationed on the east coast in the area for 25 years, and Low Country is relaxed, and mixes modern with traditional, soft beachie colors, and natural elements.

If you imagine the room with a blue chair, you have my look except we don't have exposed brick in this house, but soft creamy white woodwork!

It's my favorite look. Southern Home magazine often has a lot of it. Go to southernhomemagazine.com and you'll be happy.

@Sooner @jubilant About Southern Home... I used to be happy... In fact, a lot of the pictures I post come from their website and the sites of some of their sister publications. I've been reading SH since its inception and subscribed as soon as subscriptions became available... Now, all of that said, I posted the item below on another decor thread and it sort of describes the ongoing demise of my interest in SH and their more or less 'signature' look, which some might often find to be a modern take on 'low country'... They do beautiful spreads but it's simply become too pat, too predicable, too bland..

Neutral rooms can be beautiful and I have a real appreciation for them but a whole home full of neutral rooms and spaces is not for me. Moreover, I'm so weary of picking up shelter magazines and seeing very little that's new or different. It seems the mantra that's been reigning for too long is neutral (usually grey) rooms, transitional style, a few pieces of modern art, an obnoxious ceiling fixture, geometric patterns, and a couple of plants... There might or might not be a piece or two of vintage furniture in the mix and there might or might not be something Asian influenced along for the ride... Too predictable and not my aesthetic... I'm down to one shelter magazine subscription and I'm leaning toward cutting that one loose, due to the lack of variety... I'd also note that when color is featured, the tendency is to be heavy on the blues, which, other than for accessories, are not among my favorite hues for decor...

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Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@stevieb LOL!!! Everything you quoted is why it is my favorite home magazine. I don't like trends, I have furniture a long time, and my house has always sort of looked like these houses.

I hate curtains, bedspreads, lots of colors etc. In the 1970s I replaced damask curtains with chocolate brown blinds, had a white sofa, and more contemporary barrel chairs.

Next house, down came the navy drapes with ruffles, duck borders, and mauve edged counter tops! I was headed here all along!

stevieb · ‎03-10-2010

@Sooner wrote:
@stevieb LOL!!! Everything you quoted is why it is my favorite home magazine. I don't like trends, I have furniture a long time, and my house has always sort of looked like these houses.

I hate curtains, bedspreads, lots of colors etc. In the 1970s I replaced damask curtains with chocolate brown blinds, had a white sofa, and more contemporary barrel chairs.

Next house, down came the navy drapes with ruffles, duck borders, and mauve edged counter tops! I was headed here all along!

@Sooner I don't much like trends either, but I personally think they're as guilty of a suble focus on them as anybody else... Todays's trends are just not as glaring as those of past decades... I also prefer to see more variety than they're offering these days... The first couple of years featured different editors and they mixed it up a good bit more than does the current one, whose focus is, for me, just a bit too predictable and a bit on the bland side... Not to worry, its sort of a pricey magazine, so if I can my subscription, I'll save some dough... Agree though, I never went for the ruffles, ducks, borders, mauves and so on, but had I done so, I'd have dropped them too...

In my pantry with my cupcakes...

SunSprite · ‎10-21-2019

I live in the lowcountry, I have my whole life, and while parts of this does speak to that vibe there is a heaviness about this room that doesn't quite fit. Maybe it is the light fixture and that "wall"? above the mantel?

close, but not quite

Whatever gets you through the night; it's alright, it's alright. It's your money or your life; it's alright, it's alright---John Lennon

beach-mom · ‎03-09-2010

@jlkz wrote:
Great Low Country author: Anne River Siddons. Her stories are great. Sad that she recently passed.

@jlkz - And Dorothea Benton Frank too. I had a chance to attend a luncheon for her a few years ago. My schedule made it hard and I would have had to drive a distance. I didn't know she had died until a few months later. I love her books. I grew up near Savannah and never visited the Low Country, but her books made me feel like I was there.

jubilant · ‎06-10-2010

@Sooner @stevieb One thing I shoud tell you is that it won't be as neutral as this room because this will be the living area in a great room with a 13 ft. vaulted wood ceiling. Also this great room is 33 ft. long and 20 ft. wide so that's a lot of wood! I think because of this it will lean more country. I think by mixing the warm and cool and keeping it simple it will probably end up being two or three styles blended. I just hope I can pull it off. We need to keep the chairs we have. One is new and the other still looks new so that really saves on the budget. The golden color in the pillow fabric is more gold than it shows up on the swatch. I think that will help pull the warmth of the pine ceiling in.....Hopefully!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stevieb · ‎03-10-2010

@jubilant wrote:

@Sooner This is a picture of the fabric I chose for the pillows. Try to imagine all these colors a couple hints brighter and the off white background stands out whiter. My computer definitely doesn't do this material justice but maybe you can get the jest of it. The taupe in real life looks to me a little less gray.

@jubilant This is an attractive fabric with a nice mix of subdued hues.

In my pantry with my cupcakes...

stevieb · ‎03-10-2010

@jubilant wrote:
@Sooner @stevieb One thing I shoud tell you is that it won't be as neutral as this room because this will be the living area in a great room with a 13 ft. vaulted wood ceiling. Also this great room is 33 ft. long and 20 ft. wide so that's a lot of wood! I think because of this it will lean more country. I think by mixing the warm and cool and keeping it simple it will probably end up being two or three styles blended. I just hope I can pull it off. We need to keep the chairs we have. One is new and the other still looks new so that really saves on the budget. The golden color in the pillow fabric is more gold than it shows up on the swatch. I think that will help pull the warmth of the pine ceiling in.....Hopefully!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@jubilant That's a big room and with a vaulted celing it'll be important to warm it up visually, at least it would be for me... My mother's family room is very large like that, though with a regular height ceiling and, like yours, lots of wood. It'll be fun to play with!! Hope it all turns out beautifully...

In my pantry with my cupcakes...