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Cabbagetown had at all times been Atlanta native Sophie Kaufman’s dream neighborhood, and the two-bedroom, two-bathroom home she and her husband Michael owned was the best place to show her love of coloration and design. Whereas residing within the 1,300-square-foot residence, the couple married and had their first youngster. However when the second youngster arrived and ended up sleeping within the eating room, it turned apparent the household wanted more room. “We pushed it so long as we might,” she says.
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Late final yr, the couple closed on a four-bedroom Morningside residence, which supplied a a lot wanted improve of about 2,000 extra sq. toes. For this home, nonetheless, Sophie needed to go in a barely totally different path. “My outdated home mirrored the place I used to be in my life on the time,” she says. “This new one represents how I’ve grown as an individual, and the way, as a mother of two, I prioritize various things.”
The house is conventional but soaked with coloration, and Sophie reveals off her storytelling capabilities by way of the decor. For instance, the hand-knotted front room rug—a present from her father when she and Michael moved in—as soon as belonged to her Iranian grandmother.
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Sophie designed the interiors herself, documenting the method for her 134,000 followers on social media. Though it was no small feat for a working mother with two younger youngsters, she was up for the problem. “We went below contract three months earlier than we moved in, so I had plenty of lead time.” She had additionally been saving inspiration for years, so she was capable of execute on her imaginative and prescient shortly. “I had a 50-page PowerPoint,” she laughs. “I’m very Sort A.”
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The home didn’t require main renovations, which is among the causes the couple chosen it. The timeline for paint, wallpaper, and different beauty fixes allowed them to finish the work in about six months.
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The house’s decor is a mixture of excessive and low. Funding items, together with wallpaper and a customized sofa for the lounge, are supposed to keep for the long run, whereas different items had been sourced at large field shops, property gross sales, and thru Fb market. Artistic touches, corresponding to a scalloped trim sourced on Etsy that Sophie added to a classic dresser in her daughter’s room, are discovered all over the place all through the home.
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“I needed to create areas that really feel layered and lived in,” she says, including that every part within the residence, together with paint, tells the household’s story. “Whereas I’m drawn to issues like chinoiserie and antiques, I balanced that with enjoyable colours and performance. I’m an eclectic particular person, and regardless that the house is pretty conventional, I need it to really feel comfy and alluring.”
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