Living room with white walls, coffered ceilings, French armchairs, framed oil paintings and antiques

The couple wanted the living room to feel inherently Southern, so they worked with general contractor Eric Martin to add a whitewashed cypress coffered ceiling and shiplap paneling, details softened by draperies of Kravet’s Habeas cotton. Suzanne Kasler’s Michele chandelier for Circa Lighting shines on velvet bergère chairs from Atlanta’s Parc Monceau and an 18th-century French commode from Birmingham’s Lolo French Antiques et More.

A New Home In A Historic S.C. District Pays Tribute To Southern Tradition