Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles – September 2019

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HOME BASE

A bevy of new books are settling the shelter-industry score

this season thanks to entertaining reads from architects,

master hosts and designers alike

Southern Hospitality

at Home

The interplay of hospitality with interior design

and architecture is explored in Susan Sully’s

Southern Hospitality at Home: The Art of

Gracious Living (Rizzoli, $45). From inviting en-

trances to welcoming guest rooms, and polished

silver to starched linens, the Southern style

expert reveals how no detail goes unattended

below the Mason Dixon line, in homes ranging

from the casual to the formal. rizzoliusa.com

Written by ANSLEY BIRD

Renewing Tradition

Hailed as a contemporary master of the

traditional, architect Eric J. Smith’s

Renewing Tradition: The Architecture of

Eric J. Smith (Rizzoli, $85) off ers inspiration

for creating a home that is comfortable, ele-

gant and enduring. Through personal anec-

dotes, lush photography and artful sketches,

Smith’s remarkable projects, which include

collaborations with David Easton and Steven

Gambrel, come to life. rizzoliusa.com

No Place Like Home

In her fi rst book, No Place Like Home

(Rizzoli, $55) Hollywood-based Madeline

Stuart, an A-list interior designer, invites read-

ers inside her meticulously layered projects,

which are informed by history and craftsman-

ship. Stuart herself writes eloquently about

her design process, walking readers through

recent projects that successfully combine

grace, scale, proportion and balance.

rizzoliusa.com

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