How To Master Classic Georgian Style

Bartholomew mixes a great deal of pattern and ornament: a batik-inspired wallpaper (Pierre Frey's Toiles de Nantes), leopard-print runner, and chinoiserie porcelain. The space feels lively rather than overwhelming due to her careful attention to scale and the refined color palette.

The entry's William Kent-inspired console is an antiques mall find. Bartholomew elevated it with a marble top and white paint.

The skirted antique Louis XVI chair and the Pierre Frey wallpaper are both ideas Bartholomew bookmarked years ago in her beloved inspiration The Givenchy Style.

Bartholomew outlined the grass cloth walls in spring green trim fabric to give it crisp definition and to tie together the room's many layers of green: celadon in the curtains, leaf in the de Gournay painted panels, and pear-colored fabrics on the upholstered dining chairs.

In here, there's an easy confluence of elegant furnishings, including a Neoclassic center table, a parchment-covered waterfall cocktail table, and French chairs slipcovered in pale blue cotton. 

Two striped club chairs and a cushioned footstool (below) make a pretty mise-en-scène.

The chinoiserie highboy (above) is a nod to Bunny Williams' mentor, Albert Hadley, who frequently used similar pieces. 

Comfortable and roomy tufted-back sofas and club chairs were layered with light, organic neutrals for a calm, natural feeling.

A pair of rattan club chairs, set near the family room's large bay window, creates a small sunroom-like moment. 

In this narrow, L-shaped kitchen, Bartholomew chose a traditional all-white foundation (shiplap walls, marble counters, Shaker cabinets, a Dutch door) and accessorized with pieces she has long admired, like French bistro stools, myrtle topiaries, Chippendale dining chairs, and a painting by Kayce Hughes. 

To save space, she built in a banquette and made a rectangular top for a Saarinen tulip base—a clever way to squeeze the typically round table into a square space.

Bartholomew made curtains, a headboard, and a bed skirt from Les Touches, a versatile 1965 Brunschwig & Fils print. She's always on a quest to find traditional things with a modern aspect, and this classic snow leopard print filled the bill. White sheets with a green scalloped edge provide a cheery contrast on the bed.

She papered the gender-neutral children's bath in Sister Parish's Chou Chou pattern with a matching shower curtain.

Tucked off the blue-and-white entry, the powder room is livened up with green lattice wallpaper and matching green trim. 

Because Bartholomew spends so much time in the laundry room, it was important to her that it be pretty. She papered the walls with Quadrille's Climbing Hydrangea and keeps the space filled with plants.