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Southern Comfort: Designing With Unbuttoned Elegance
It’s an aesthetic that combines raw materials, family heirlooms and layers of patterns with a “wink and a smile”
By Jennifer Tzeses
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Designed by Lance Thomas, this living room exudes a Southern sensibility.
Jen Burner
Maybe it’s the hospitality or the historical elements homes with Southern charm just have a warmth that makes their style unique.
“Southern charm is an unbuttoned elegance,” says designer Lance Thomas of Thomas Guy Interiors in Lake Charles, Louisiana. “It embraces the humble, raw materials of the region and realizes them as timeless spaces with a story to tell. It feels collected, curated and classic. And just like people from the South [of the U.S.], a Southern charm-style home should always come with a wink and a smile in the design,” he said. ....

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