British Homes and Gardens | Sean Anderson
Natural materials and a neutral palette create a timeless interior in this new-build home
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Having struck up a rapport with the owners, a couple of empty nesters looking for a relaxed but elegant home in the US city of Birmingham, Memphis-based designer Sean Anderson knew that he wanted to create a house infused with what he terms ‘Californian organic modern style’, intermingled with restrained, classic touches.
‘The house was constructed on one of the highest points in the city between two stone-built stately homes, both dating back to the early 1900s,’ Sean says. It’s for this reason, he explains, that the owners were keen for the home to have ‘a sense of permanence’, looking as though it had been there all along.
The materials – exposed stone, limestone, slate – used both inside and out give this new build an appealing architectural aesthetic that establishes it as one of the world's best homes.
