TRADITIONAL HOME FEB-MAR 2015 MAGAZINE

Interior Design by Melanie Turner
Product by Tara Shaw (Iron Venetian Canopy Bed)

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Designer Showhouse – Traditional Home

Glamorous gowns worn by Hollywood elites on Oscar night inspired Melanie Turner’s master bedroom in this shophouse benefitting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Simple in coloration, movie stars’ couture garments read extra-refined on the red carpet, leading Turner to seek a knockout fabric that bore the same quiet impact.

“Bedrooms are multitask areas where we read, sleep, and sometimes work,” Turner explains. “So when it’s time to relax and wind down, the environment needs to be serene with a sense of calm.”

Needing long panels to dress the soaring windows, Turner turned to a patterned fabric that would instantly drive personality into the tranquil space. Playing off the taupe-gray paint on the walls, she found a cotton print that coordinated and featured a pale pink color as its ground. But the existing walls weren’t left as a featureless solid color—an artist rendered slender tree silhouettes on them in chalk then added a protective glaze over the work to keep it stable.

With a scheme that was soft yet somewhat masculine in color, Turner introduced several elements of luxury to make it known that her design suited both genders. Dangling above an iron bed with a linen upholstered headboard is a new chandelier she constructed form parts of three lighting fixtures and then dressed with rock crystals. Sumptuous velvet covers a tufted chaise and gracefully drapes the bed in an old-school bedspread. Gold shimmers on a desk chair at the French bedside table.