2019-03-01 Country Home

CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP LEFT Angie had a new marble top made for the French baker’s table where she hides small appliances. Natural ...

CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP LEFT In the entry, candelabra and brass crucifixes from old churches in Europe share pride of place with a F ...

THIS PHOTO One of the few items the couple brought from their previous home is this restored antique piano that Angie gave Micha ...

THIS PHOTO A barkless tree trunk serves as a nightstand next to the bed, which is layered in soft linen bedding. “I love linen,” ...

nails, and nail holes, but I love the surface,” she says. Elsewhere, she added architectural enhancements, such as iron baluster ...

ABOVE The bed, cabinet, and bedside table in this attic space came from the master suite in the Cavaliers’ previous house. To su ...

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South of Nashville, a couple fashions a new home from remnants of the past. HISTORY REINVENTS ITSELF WRITTEN BY DEBRA ENGLE PHOT ...

OPPOSITE Placed in the home’s original breezeway, the dining room still has its ceiling joists, which had been painted multiple ...

ABOVE The history of the 1815 house appealed to both Sherri and Doug. RIGHT The original limestone fireplace remains the focal p ...

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as many original materials as possible. Damaged ash wood flooring from the kitchen was rescued and refashioned into the master b ...

THIS PHOTO Sherri designed the custom island, which was built by local carpenters. The lanterns are in the same style family as ...

ABOVE Attic sleeping quarters hark back to the home’s beginnings, including the original chimney and poplar floors and beams tha ...

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for instance, is tone-on-tone gray. “It’s similar to a lot of antebellum homes where they painted the trim and walls the same co ...

ABOVE Because the original house would have had freestanding wardrobes but no other storage, the new master bedroom features a b ...

WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY L I S A MOWRY PHOTOGRAPHED BY ANTHONY-MASTERSON STYLED BY SANDRA L. MOHLMANN ALEA AND ANDY MOORE STARTED ...

OPPOSITE Photography duo (and parents) Alea and Andy Moore love sharing the porch with their family: Loa, 13; Adellie, 9; Elin, ...

THIS PHOTO “I think ‘transitional farmhouse’ best describes this look,” Alea says. “I hear the term ‘modern farmhouse’ a lot, bu ...