It’s a barndominium hiding a world of design elements.
This brand new custom designed home from Lucy Small of State and Season Home Design and Supply blends country living with colorful mid-century elements to create a one-of-a-kind historic brick longhouse made for the modern world. A simple brick design with sleek, modern lines hides over 6000 square feet of interior space plus spacious, curated outdoor living. Immensely tall ceilings made from hewn wood and vast interior walls finished in real, weathered brick intermingle with colorful murals, tropical florals and heritage wallpaper to create an eclectic industrial-meets-midcentury artistic home set in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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“I’ve always been attracted to the traditional long house,” says Lucy Small, designer and owner of State and Season Home Design and Supply. “Today we call it a barndominium, but the spirit of it is the same. It’s amazingly versatile. I wanted to see how eclectic I could take it with this custom design.”
In designing the traditional longhouse shape, a series of flat roofs and louvered pergolas were added to the outside for outdoor living. Extra tall bifold doors around the house also allow for rooms to open up and become an indoor-outdoor space.
“We’re always outside,” Lucy says. “Whether it’s the kids wanting to play outside or the dogs lounging around, our doors are usually always open. When designing this house, I made it so that opening up the spaces to the outdoors felt natural and not just an open door.”
The brick proved to be the unique feature of the entire build, with Lucy working directly with the manufacturer and installers to get a specific look and grout lines to achieve an aged look. Once installed though, the look played a perfect backdrop for the midcentury features and nod to historic elements throughout the home.
Lucy Small’s style has already gained nation-wide attention for her minimalist yet cozy looks, focus on natural elements and far reaching vendor network. Accolades include Best of Georgia for Interior Design in 2023 and mentions in Architecture Digest, HGTV, Modern Luxury, Interiors Magazine, Elite Daily, Vogue and more. This new show home though is one of a kind for the Southeast Region.
“I think it’s confidence,” Lucy says. “I’ve built and designed many beautiful homes, but now I just felt ready to do something pretty wild.”
What makes the State and Season look so unique is Lucy’s ability - and desire - to blend styles and eras.
“I’m very into historical context,” Lucy explains. “I love understanding where looks came from, why they were done that way, who pushed the envelope and when. But today we’re not just living in a moment in time - we’re more multifaceted in terms of our personalities, tastes and lifestyles. And where we spend our time should reflect that.”
It all starts with a plan.
The design process doesn’t start with mood boards or fixtures - the holistic home design process begins and ends with lifestyle. In the case of this project, having an unassuming form that would allow for optimum airflow throughout and lend itself to an indoor/outdoor lifestyle was key. The longhouse shape emerged, along with open rooms that would benefit from large open windows and doors. Planning and rendering the total look prior to building allowed for experimentation with styles and finishes that helped to visualize the project before it was built.
“I oscillate between more and less. I love minimalist looks but a design can always be a little bit more interesting to me. When I blend styles, my clients always see what appeals to them in these looks. ”
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