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MELANIE'S PROJECT IS ON THE COVER

The owners, newlyweds,  asked Melanie to give their lake home  new life.  Melanie infused pops of green into the heavenly creamy whites  and warm greys.  The rooms flow gracefully,  emitting  understated sophistication

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photography by Emily Followill

www.tradhomemag.com

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE DESIGNERS AND  BLOGGERS

A VERY SPECIAL "THANK YOU" TO JENNY BRADLEY AND TRADITIONAL HOME MAGAZINE

MELANIE IS " NEW TRAD"!!!!

MELANIE TURNER....

NAMED ONE OF THE 10 TRADITIONAL HOME MAGAZINE'S

NEW TRAD DESIGNERS

2012

The formal announcement of the ten winners will be featured in the May issue of Traditional Home Magazine.

Look for it on your newsstands April 17^th...

Melanie's project will be published in Traditional Home's Digital Issue, TRADhome, which will be on line Friday, the 20th!!

This year the editors asked bloggers to nominate Designers to be considered. Hundreds were nominated! I am thrilled that Traditional Home Magazine selected my nomination of Melanie Turner as one of The Ten NEW TRAD Winners.

FABULOUS MELANIE

Melanie Turner, ASID

Inspired by fashion and borrowing a palette from nature, Melanie Turner's interiors possess a timeless quality that celebrates architectural details and classic design. With a background in commercial and residential interiors and construction, Melanie works closely with clients to design homes that reflect the owner's style and personality and provide a sophisticated, yet unassuming, refuge. Maintaining an emphasis on simplicity and understated glamour, her interiors feature a blend of clean lines, found objects, fine antiques, and custom-designed, sculptural furniture.

Melanie Turner Interiors was established in 2009 and is a full service high end interior design firm working with both residential and commercial clients. Melanie Turner Interiors has designed spaces throughout the Southeast, Chicago, Canada, and as far as China. Between 2009 and 2011 Melanie Turner Interiors won Southeastern Designer of the year, made the cover of Veranda magazine's September issue, and has been featured in many national and regional trade magazines. Melanie Turner Interiors won the ASID Best Residential Award, the ASID BEST in Healthcare, and the Architectural Digest Kitchen of the Year Award. Melanie has been a featured designer on HGTV. She has also given back through showhomes for charities like Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Affiliations:

• American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)

• National Council of Interiors Design Qualification (NCIDQ)

It was my honor to have had the opportunity to nominate Melanie. She is THE NEW TRAD!!! Her work is gracious and glamorous ......while begging to be lived in!

A Melanie Turner Design featured in the September 2010 Issue of Veranda

and the COVER

This month Melanie will once again be donating her time and talents to the Atlanta Symphony's Show House. Last year she designed the most gorgeous Dining Room I have ever seen. Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles magazine must have agreed. They featured Melanie's room on their Show House Issue cover!

Additional Shots of the room

This year she is designing the Foyer! I can't wait to see it!

MELANIE TURNER..... NEW TRAD DESIGNER CLASS OF 2012

THE BEST IS YET TO COME.......

Check out her fabulous website.......

http://melanieturnerinteriors.com/

WHAT HAS INSPIRED ME AND WHAT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE ME

Design in general "Inspires" me.
I am inspired everywhere I go

and by everything I see!

Usually while I'm browsing through a magazine, something will catch my eye. It can be an entire room or something as small.... as a dish!

Just days ago I was looking at rooms on Pinterest and noticed these "stars" on the coffee table. This room is a design by Martha O'Hara

This space immediately reminded me of our star Christmas pieces! They were in sad shape, but after MC gave them a new life with a little gold paint....look....

STARS

Two chandeliers caught my eye during this past year.

Design by Susan Ferrier

Design by James Michael Howard

It's amazing what one can find "on line"! I was able to find this beauty and it created my version!



Jan Showers is known for her Glamorous Rooms!!! Throughout her work are sketches of body forms. The best display is the picture shown below.
Artist! No I'm not an ARTIST......But I thought...."I can do that"!!!!!

Did have fun.....Still not AN ARTIST!

Jan is also known for her beautiful Murano Glass lamps.


One of my treasures is a Tiffany vase that was converted into a lamp. The vase is from the late 1890's and my Great-Grandmother had a lamp made from it during the period when electricity was the LATEST! Little did she realize she was destroying the integrity of the piece! We updated the base and the shade and look what we achieved!!!

When the natural light shines through the beautiful Tiffany glass it is amazing!

ARE YOU CATCHING ON TO HOW MY "EPIPHANIES" WORK????