Atlanta’s Invasion

Suzanne Kasler
Kasler, who is just as fashionable as her new furniture, has filled her own home with antiques from her many travels, particularly the Paris flea markets. She’s been collecting for more than a decade, and her clients tend to ask for what she’s got.

“People would ask for that piece and that’s when I started thinking, this could be great to translate it,” she says. But unlike some antiques that are meant to be looked at rather than used, she adds, “I like things that are really comfortable.”

Here are some of her new – comfortable – chairs for Hickory Chair, for which you can find local dealers right here:

The Chastain Chair, which comes slipcovered or with bare legs, was inspired by a wicker chair Kasler slipcovered for her office.

The Alexandra Chair invokes the quatrefoil, one of the most renowned architectural motifs, according to Hickory Chair.

And the Anastasia Bench was inspired by Russian antiques that Kasler found in Paris.

Bradley Hughes
Michelle Bradley started as a commercial designer five years ago, and then got into high-end residential design, where she custom-designed lots of furniture and other home accessories for her clients. And now she has her own showroom and makes her designs available to the trade. “We make everything by hand here in the United States, within 300 miles of our showroom,” she says.

Her new Mick Chair, inspired by Rolling Stones’ frontman Mick Jagger, shows off the edgy graphics of artist Philip Barlow. “I like that movement in fashion that’s more rock than hip-hop,” she says.

Washington Designer Darryl Carter has purchased her Heidi Pierce wall coverings for his clients. The wall coverings are made from Venetian plaster laid over 100 percent imported cotton paper, and they are embossed with a damask pattern and wax-coated on top. “You know if Darryl Carter is calling about it, it’s awesome,” Bradley says.

My personal favorite is her Lucille chandelier:

Go see Bradley Hughes furniture at And Beige at 1781 Florida Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20009
Designers can go through Katharine Lambeth. 804.358.5858 or Info@KCLambeth.com.

Craig Alan
Consultant Mike Weber has dozens of Alan works on his Web site. As Alan says in his bio, he’s “constantly craving new ways to link contemporary expressions to traditional art.”