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P R O F I L E | S E A N A N D E R S O N D E S I G N
REMARKABLE STILLNESS seems to settle over the gracious,
stone-edifice, richly windowed home in the Vestavia Hills
neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, with interiors by
Sean Anderson. Impeccably assembled with tranquil
neutral tones, materials, and texture, and infused with a
kind of improbable lightness for a home of such scale,
of such lovely stone, the residence articulates the designer's
feel for turning traditional Southern style on its head to reveal
its moodier, more modern side.
A son of Tupelo, Mississippi, Anderson credits his origins for
strongly influencing his attraction to natural color and texture. "I
spent so much of my time growing up outside exploring, so a lot
of what I do is grounded in that organic, neutral palette," says the
designer, whose eponymous firm is based in Memphis, Tennes-
see. Anderson is a self-taught designer, too, and, unfettered by
the constraints that can sometimes come with a formal design
education, he's aesthetically freer for it. He has a gut sense for
what looks good and where things should go. He also has a
fondness for the rusted and peculiar of this world—old and new—
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