Sarah Richardson, who has spent the last 25 years sharing her practical, elegant style with the world as an award-winning designer, HGTV host,
When working with a custom home builder, you have a chance to create the house of your dreams. There are so many major details you've probably already
You know what they say, reading is fundamental.
When I first read that Martha Stewart had written a "manifesto of dreams'' for Cantitoe Corners, her farm in Bedford, New York, I became fascinated by the idea of the purposeful home. Martha planned every detail of her residence, thoroughly imagining how she wanted to live before implementing all of the architectural and landscape designs she had in mind. This has been Martha's approach to all of her homes: to use them as inspiration factories, as idea laboratories, as teaching facilities. This concept reminded me of another homeowner in another country from another time who used his home in much the same way Martha uses her homes. Sir Albert Richardson (1880-1964) lived in a Georgian brick townhouse in the town of Ampthill in Bedfordshire, England. He called the home, Avenue House. During the 40 years he occupied the home with his wife, he filled it with products of the Georgian Age, a period in British architectural history he loved and admired. Richardson, an architect, writer and historian, was so fascinated by the Georgian Age that he lived in Avenue House without electricity for many years and even had a closet filled with authentic Georgian clothing, which he sometimes wore in public. (His wife finally convinced him to embrace electric lighting and the convenience of modern appliances!) He once described Avenue House as a home, an office and a university. It was a place he could curate and collect, a place where he could derive inspiration as well as share it with others. For 50 years after Richardson's death, Avenue House was lovingly maintained by his grandson, Simon Houfe, who was anxious to secure its future in the public realm. He offered both house and collection to the British National Trust on advantageous terms. Negotiations dragged on for seven years, only to end with his offer being rejected. Richardson's collections have since been auctioned off by Christie's, a rather sad end to more than a century of curating and maintaining an authentic Georgian manor home. Below are photographs by Simon Upton of Avenue House taken shortly before auction. The interiors remained unchanged since Richardson's death in 1964. I find Richardson's devotion to authenticity, as well as the interior design of the rooms themselves, to be very beautiful.
When I first read that Martha Stewart had written a "manifesto of dreams'' for Cantitoe Corners, her farm in Bedford, New York, I became fa...
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Albert Richardson
Get decorating and design ideas from the talents at Sarah Richardson Design, including Tommy Smythe, Allison Wilson and Sarah Richardson herself.
A timeless architectural style is found in Shaddock Custom’s homes. Shaddock Custom builds custom homes in the DFW area. Contact us at (214) 497-5858.
