Easy evenings sipping sweet tea in the cool air are made even more enjoyable (and stylish) by Charlotte Lucas, who shaped a porch that’s the envy of the neighborhood. A painted floor enlivened with a Greek-key pattern sets the stage for inviting seating areas. “I didn’t want to simply line the porch with rockers,” the Charlotte designer says. “There needed to be seating versatile to any occasion.” To that end, she created a dining nook anchored by a comfy Woodard love seat. Schumacher’s “Yangtze River” fabric lends a satisfying pop of contemporary color in a traditional package while lanterns from Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights mesh with classic columns. Paneled walls and classic cabinetry coated in Benjamin Moore’s “Tavern Gray” serve as a timeless foil to an art-glass-meets-industrial ceiling that nods to midcentury partisanship. A dark brushed-steel framework holds mirrored and aged-brass triangles that send light dancing throughout the room. “The mix of glass and metals has always been a personal signature of ours,” Hill says. “There’s something special about how the two elements play together.” A masculine palette of olive and sand balances the powerful color seen in the home’s other rooms. Soapstone countertops with olive veining expand on the hues of blackened metal while stainless-steel appliances repeat the shimmer of mirrored surfaces. A six-burner Thermador range establishes a pro-grade chef’s station under a custom mirrored ventilation hood. A DXV pot-filler faucet in polished chrome set on a wall of sandy-hue Yin + Yang collection backsplash tile from Crossville provides convenience for the cook.
