As I am not a morning person, I quietly publish my post the night before then monkey with the time a bit.  So, some of the night owls and insomniacs had an advantage. Pam chimed in with Michael Smith at midnight.  Joni followed, and distinguished herself by being up at 3:23 am.  Oliver emailed me at 4:28 to add that Smith’s work was for Dawn Steele from the mid-90’s.  Also correct.  This layout is from House & Garden, February, 1993.

Courtney had her thinking cap on, and relayed the tasty tidbit of the early Smith/Lynn von Kersting partnership in Indigo Seas.  (Image above, from the article in House Beautiful, January, 1990, in which the partnership is mentioned.) I think you can see that influence in the sitting room.
Smith has a new line of lighting out for Visual Comfort that I am quite anxious to see.  And some of you folks, you might want to take a nap. 

For those of you who haven’t seen this before, it’s a little “Name That Designer” for which you win self-satisfaction.  And, smugness, if you choose to go there.  I usually save a Pop Quiz for when I’m going to be away for the day, but not today.  The Thursday before we left Florida, the youngest of our crew came down with a little something.  Which turned out to be pneumonia.  He’s on the up-swing, but staying home.  At first he cried and begged to go to school, now he’s settled in to spending his day in his pj’s.  So, I’ll be right here ready to reward the winner.  With praise.

I really like rooms that use variations of the same tone.  These two pillows together are quite good.  Quite good.  I like the shift in texture, rough brick (top) distressed leather, then the sheen of the antique fabric on the pillows and the dressed-up classic table.

Dining Room as Library, always a popular combination; and bench as dining seating well before it was on every other page.

There’s a shift here as this is the guest house.  A bit more pop of color.  You cannot put me off the Hudson Bay blanket, especially as upholstery.  And the red contrast welt?  Adore.

Living room, again, variations of the same tone.  

Sitting room.  If you know obscure design facts, this is a good clue.

This was the draw today.  These beds reminded me a bit of the boys’ room.  And while I can be rigid about changing trim color, I’m charmed by the apple green trim here.

I have a bit of high-school hangover. Every now and then I can get a little, well, touchy. As of 9:30 this morning, not one comment. Hmmmm….maybe this little game had run it’s course. Maybe everyone had a morning meeting.

Then I was back home at 2:00 and nothing, still. I thought I was doomed to blogger loserville. Even mean-spirited “anonymous” had not checked in to criticize my usage of the term “jonesing.” I was all but baiting him, but nothing.

But, wait, I can almost always count on a few of my fellow bloggers to check in. What was going on? Apparently, blogger was not e:mailing comments to me and they had stacked up a bit. Kudos to Marion in Kentucky who “named that designer” by 8:00 AM.

The first layout this morning was Jackye Lanham’s own beach house from House and Garden, August of 1992. This one is her work for Deanna and Kenneth Kirchman, Southern Accents this July.
And, of course, all my friends were there, including annoying anon who thinks I am not cool and cannot use the terms “hood” or “jonesing.” He totally took the bait.
Please forgive my temporary bout of insecurity. For a moment, I forgot who my friends are.

I’m originally from Tulsa, after a brief stint in Atlanta, and if you don’t think Tulsa is Southern, well, you’ve never been there. In personality and in climate, Tulsa has a Southern feel. When I was at KU, you could count on “home” being about ten degrees warmer than “school” at almost any time.

Kansas City is the Midwest. I adore it. It’s a lot like Tulsa. Except for the awful weather. OK, I might be a bit grouchy, as it is MARCH and it’s still freezing here and I received an e:mail alert Sunday night about a potential snow day on Monday. It didn’t happen, but the whole thing is making me a little bit mean.
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And, we haven’t had a pop quiz in a while, so here we go. Since I am jonesing for the beach, I present you with a vintage designer number. The cool stone of the first floor would be heaven on your bare feet as you’re in from the beach. And the entry reminds me a bit of Hadley’s (last?) house in France.

Crisp, simple beach houses are heaven. But a touch of black never hurt anything.

Ah, the klismos inspired chair, happy to see you here in Florida.

One, two, three. Just what I need for those beach-weary, sun-kissed boys. Now cast your votes, I’ll be back today with a current layout from this designer.

Courtney was the first to answer at a very ambitious 7:22 a.m. Suzanne Rheinstein’s “California City” Federal Revival home in Los Angeles (she disliked the term “English Country”) appeared in House and Garden in August of 1989.

Most of you know Rheinstein is a New Orleans native, raised with all the rich Southern tradition that city implies, who moved to Los Angeles when she was married.

These images of the house as it is evolved courtesy of domino.

The lovely image, top, is Rheinstein and her daughter Kate. Gardening was one of Rheinstein’s passions as well; she planted honeysuckle under Kate’s window so she could grow up with the same fragrances her mother did. Those Southern girls know things. Right, Courtney?