Most of the rooms are original to the home but are updated with pieces to support an aura of timeless elegance. “We made the old lighting and some of the antique furniture feel young and new,” designer Meridy King explains. In addition to staying true to the home’s formal feel, Meridy also had to consider the family’s three children. “I had to take this very fine home and make it livable, childproof, and comfortable,” she says.
The residence was designed by renowned New York architect Aymar Embury II, whose limited Southern work includes Mountain Brook Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama. Meridy says the challenge of her work was “making it true to the spirit of the home, yet true to the homeowners.”
