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LIVING ON THE EDGEStepping out of our comfort zone into unconventional designs

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A focus on the breadth of work from design professionals who have set the standard for creating grand and imaginative projects around the world.

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DESIGNER SHOWCASE

01Central to the master bedroom is an antique crystal Empire

version of the renowned wing bed upholstered in Kravet silk

Linda McDougald DesignPostcard from Paris HomeLinda McDougald was in a challenging role in the marketing

department of a high-powered corporate giant when she made

the leap into the world of design in 2000, opening Postcard

from Paris Home, a retail showroom carrying 18th and 19th-

century antiques in Greenville, SC.

“I loved the marketing aspect and had the opportunity to work

with one of the most dynamic [and challenging] marketing and

PR departments in the world, but my personal passion had

always been design,” she says. The risk paid o!. Postcard from

Paris Home quickly evolved into a full-service design firm after

more and more clients requested McDougald’s expertise.

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Today, Linda McDougald Design, the design arm of the business, offers comprehensive design ser-vices to clients worldwide. McDougald, principal and lead designer of the firm, is intimately in-volved in each of the firm’s projects. “I typically know almost every detail of a project,” she says.

“I follow the progression of a home until we make the last bed and wash the last wine glass.”

Postcard from Paris Home remains an integral part of the business. The elegant 15,000-square-foot showroom houses everything from furnish-ings to dinnerware to vintage jewelry. McDou-gald says the showroom remains crucial to the firm’s core design business. “The showroom brings in a significant number of visitors, many of which have later engaged us for design ser-vices,” she says. “The retail and design arms of the firm complement each other beautifully and drive interest in both directions.” Most of the firm’s work is based on referral and repeat busi-ness. A testament not only to the integrity of the work but also to the relationships built through-out the process.

The quality of those relationships is evident when you hear McDougald speak of her clients. Her voice warms when the conversation turns to one of the firm’s most recent projects, a second home on Lake Keowee.

The Lake Keowee home was a collaborative work between the owners, Linda McDougald Design, Johnston Design Group, Seamon Whiteside + As-

Williams/Ervin Residence

Location: Keowee, SCCompleted: 2011postcardfromparishome.com

INTERIOR DESIGN: Linda McDougald Design Postcard from Paris Home

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN:Johnston Design Group Builder: Tutman Group

LANDSCAPE DESIGN: J. Dabney Peeples Design and Seamon Whiteside & Associates

ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Linda McDougald, Moe Draz, Jennifer Willis of Linda McDougald Design l Postcard from Paris Home, Scott Johnston, David Anderssen of Johnston Design Group

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03An antique French painted and gilded mirror is set within the custom-designed paneled walls created by Greenville, SC artist Je! Renow.

04 The kitchen includes pewter and Carrara marble countertops, Wa-terworks and Sonoma Tilemak-ers tile and an antique fireback behind the Lacanche range.

05In the bathroom sits a Water Monopoly tub that was fashioned after a 19th-century French tub, Waterworks and Sonoma Tilemakers tile, an antique silver chandelier and a leaded glass window.

06The Lacanche steel and nickel range made in Burgundy, France is the centerpiece of the kitchen.

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them the edge they were looking for.” The home is resplendent; a southern estate with a contem-porary edge and breathtaking views. The client is so pleased with the outcome; they count the master suite as the prettiest she has ever laid eyes on. “She’s told me this several times,” Mc-Dougald says. “Each time she walks into that room, she thinks ‘beautiful,’ and I happen to agree with her.”

The firm is currently working on several projects pursuing some level of LEED certification. “We are very committed to sustainable design and are looked to as a design leader in that arena,” Mc-Dougald says. McDougald takes joy in bringing something new and unexpected to her clients.

“My favorite aspect is bringing to our clients a fresh approach to design that is specifically catered to their objectives and doing so using resources from all over the world. The entire process is very cool.”

sociates, J. Dabney Peeples Design Associates of The Collins Group, Inc. and The Tutman Group.

“We work very closely with architects, builders and landscape designers on every aspect of the home and become very close to our clients,” Mc-Dougald says. “We see this as an important jour-ney for them and we develop and maintain many wonderful relationships during that time.”

The clients wanted a sophisticated, LEED-certified home and while they knew they needed a professional team to help them achieve the elegant design, they also assumed that the team would, necessarily, hail from New York or Dal-las, TX. That is, of course, until they came across Linda McDougald Design, who employs LEED and Green AP-certified designers as well as de-signers with a master’s in preservation design.

“They were referred to us by another client,” she says. “They came into the showroom, saw our work, and hired us on the spot. We work with clients all over the world and could really give

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07The guest bedroom is cleanly-designed with built-in cabinets and drawers along the wall.

08Barbara Barry sofa, Lillian August leather upholstered otto-man and Century chairs create a comfortable seating area within the media room.

09The sitting area has a towering coursed limestone fireplace accented by a 19th-century iron door from Italy.

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Williams/Ervin ResidenceThis 7,643-square-foot English country-style home sits in a private cove on the shores of Lake Keowee. Throughout the home, custom Walnut flooring by Jordan Lumber provides a contrast to the home’s neutral palette. The great room o!ers views of the lake, with limestone-cased windows complemented by a monu-mental coursed limestone fireplace. A 1913 ebony Steinway sits just outside the great room, o!ering a sense of understated elegance. A grand limestone and iron staircase--designed by Linda McDougald Design and executed by Heirloom Stair-

-echoes the antique iron nouveau balcony o! the master bedroom. The master suite features an antique crystal empire chandelier, while antique crystal sconces flank the limestone fireplace by Francois & Co.

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