Tag: modern

Cherie Restler says one of her favorite comments that she’s heard about her unique Lake Claire house was from a delivery man who said he felt like he was in Game of Thrones. After all, it’s not every day you approach a house via iron-spike-lined footbridge and knock on a windowless steel door.

Atop a forested ridge in Ellijay sits a unique hunters cabin. The trophies in this board-and-batten retreat are tulip chairs and abstract art, not stuffed bucks and wildcats.

Antimodern sentiment has practically vanished as the region’s attitude toward unconventional architecture has finally begun to shift. Although Atlanta is stocked with ranch-style, midcentury modern homes, locally the modern trend experienced a long lull beginning in the 1980s.

For more than a decade, owners Roy Otwell and Doug Henderson have helped Atlanta homeowners embrace modern designers like Minotti, Knoll, and Alessi—no easy task in a city that was once a bastion of traditional decor.

The national media star shares his genius for creating richly appointed interiors with flea market finds.