The designer spent the next two decades gradually renovating the two-story white clapboard residence via a constant procession of projects large (a family-room expansion and a rebuilt garage with office area) and small (a shiplap-clad bar and a custom gate on the white picket fence) with the help of her friend, Atlanta architect Jack Davis.
Keeping the needs of her family of four in mind, Beth created a year-round house that easily lends itself to both entertaining and daily life. The kitchen is anchored by hand-painted checkerboard-patterned floors and accented by her favorite collection of green-glazed French pottery. Sumptuously appointed bedrooms are plush with dressmaker details in her favorite designer fabrics (Rose Tarlow, Colefax and Fowler), and public spaces are awash in Benjamin Moore’s Carrington Beige. The result is a timeless, pleasing backdrop that, come Christmastime, calls for little more than fresh botanicals to accessorize.
