{"id":9251,"date":"2025-08-19T11:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T11:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/9251\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T11:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T11:42:07","slug":"an-atmospheric-ranch-house-in-south-carolina-where-global-styles-harmonise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/9251\/","title":{"rendered":"An atmospheric ranch house in South Carolina where global styles harmonise"},"content":{"rendered":"

American single-storey architecture lends itself well to bringing the outside in with large expanses of glass. In the dining room<\/a>, access to the garden was improved by replacing the old doors with new glazed ones running the length of the room. Reeded wooden panels were added to the walls to give texture and interest.<\/p>\n

The entranceway is lined in Iksel\u2019s \u2018Japanese Cranes\u2019 wallpaper<\/a>, giving the space an enveloping feel. \u2018This was the first thing Allison brought to the project,\u2019 says Jen. \u2018It reminds us of the wildlife we see in the creek; it sets the scene.\u2019 The entrance gives way to the sitting room with its distinctive recessed tray ceiling. Here, Allison used a colour palette influenced by the late California-based, English designer Paul Fortune \u2013 nuanced shades from nature or, as he described it, \u2018no blaring trumpets\u2019 \u2013 which the team returned to again and again. The wood-panelled den is perhaps the place where the mid-century roots of the house are most on display. A long, low cabinet is built into the wall, complemented by a vintage Karl Springer table and a set of Franz Schuster chairs, placed in front of a painting by Charleston artist Fletcher Williams III.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Japanese Cranes\u2019 wallcovering by Iksel and ceiling in Farrow & Ball\u2019s \u2018Inchyra Blue\u2019 set off The Urban Electric Co\u2019s \u2018Leasowe V.2\u2019 light.<\/p>\n

Tim Williams<\/p>\n

In the kitchen, a large wooden dresser by Jaworski Woodworks looks as though it has always been here. The smallest room in the house, the snug, with walls battened in Scalamandr\u00e9 linen-mix velvet inspired by 17th-century verdure tapestries, is where Dave starts the day with coffee. It is also where many parties end.<\/p>\n

Outside, the aim was to consider how the landscape and house might share a language that felt consistent with the architecture. \u2018Many people thought we should tear out the pool, but we felt it was typical of a house of this era,\u2019 says Jen. \u2018So we restored it \u2013 even down to a special stone edging we had made.\u2019 A prized ginkgo tree towers above it, a present from the house\u2019s original owner to his wife.<\/p>\n

Tim Williams<\/p>\n

Jen explains that what united the hotels<\/a> that had made it onto their original mood board was a quality of atmosphere. \u2018We\u2019ve got that here now,\u2019 she says. \u2018It\u2019s in the quiet details \u2013 a trim on a door, an interesting surface, or an unexpected corner to tuck away into.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018When the renovation was done, two people I really admire in the business came to see it and asked us if we had been to Villa Necchi Campiglio,\u2019 says Dave of the house in Milan designed by Piero Portaluppi. \u2018That felt really good. When we invited June back to see what we\u2019d done, she said, \u201cThis is how this house was always meant to be.\u201d That was, really, the best praise of all\u2019.<\/p>\n

The Urban Electric Co: urbanelectric.com<\/a>
Daniel Beck Architecture: danielbeckarchitecture.com<\/a>
Allison Abney Interiors: allisonabneyinteriors.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American single-storey architecture lends itself well to bringing the outside in with large expanses of glass. In the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[9175,365,362,363,364,1578,1576,9176,366,18,117,9174,19,17,1577],"class_list":{"0":"post-9251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-american-houses","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-artsdesign","13":"tag-city","14":"tag-city-houses","15":"tag-contemporary-city","16":"tag-design","17":"tag-eire","18":"tag-entertainment","19":"tag-houses-belonging-to-interesting-people","20":"tag-ie","21":"tag-ireland","22":"tag-modern-houses"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}