My Favorite Room :: The SummerHouse Room

Today, I bring you the third installment in the My Favorite Room series! I’m having so much fun seeing the favorite interior spaces of a few friends of mine! Today, The Wowie shares about her gorgeous living room!! Here we go…!

1.What is your favorite room in your house?

My favorite room is our “SummerHouse” room. I call it that because most of the furniture is from Summerhouse, and one of their talented designers helped me choose fabrics. I know what I like… pretty much everything. Never hurts to ask for some help to narrow things down a bit.

2. What about this room makes you love it so much?

The SummerHouse slogan is “Always Summer,” but the SummerHouse room motto is “Always Clean.” Unlike the keeping room, there are no piles of mail or laundry. No toys. No dirty little boys. Even when the entire house is a disaster, this room is neat and tidy. So, I hide in a corner with a glass of wine and pretend the whole place is spotless.

3. If you had to pick your favorite element in the room, what would it be?

I really like that we didn’t cram this room with a lot of filler. Everything has some meaning. We have trophies that belonged to both of our fathers…my father in law’s debate trophy and my father’s football trophy. SK’s homerun balls from Dixie Youth Baseball are in the bookcase. Our children’s silhouettes by Clay Rice, a set of 1960s science encyclopedias that my sister gave me, other gifts from family, pieces by local artists… we tried to make everything special.

And had you asked my favorite piece of furniture in the entire house, it would be this chest in the dining room. We got it at a local antique store to use as a changing table in Graham’s nursery. I liked it because it was taller (like me), and I didn’t have to bend down to change him. Once he was potty trained, it began its second life.

Didn’t we all.

Not a real question. Incorrect room. Let’s get back on track…

4. What’s your paint color?

I have no idea. Isn’t that a terrible answer? I do know that I would like to paint it white. Two things stand in my way. There are 10,020 different shades of white paint. And I don’t paint.

5. At what time of day do you most enjoy being in this room?

If I get up in time, I love to have my coffee here. Since the windows in the room face the east, there is lots of natural light first thing in the morning. This time of year is perfect for opening the two sets of double doors to the screen porch and enjoying the beautiful weather. All the colors are calming, and it is the perfect place to start the day.

And I truly enjoy it that one day a year I don’t peel myself out of bed at the last possible minute and drink my coffee while applying makeup in the car. (Kidding about the makeup… I’m too busy texting).

6. If you had to describe this room in three words, what would they be?

No toys allowed.

7. Anything else you want us to know about your favorite room?

We put our Christmas tree in here and entertain guests here. We snuggle up for family movie night and have our dance parties here. This room doesn’t see as much traffic as the rest of our house, but it does hold the best memories.

Thank you so much to The Wowie for sharing her favorite room! So much fun… I love it!

I’ve got another gorgeous favorite room to show y’all next week from my friend Katie at A Beautiful Blog. Y’all are going to love it! Especially if you loved Mary Straton’s favorite room… 🙂 Stay tuned! XO!