Decorating & Design
December 6, 2022
See Dreamy Projects From Suzanne Kasler’s New Book, Edited Style
Atlanta designer Suzanne Kasler is renowned for designing elegant and serene interiors. In her fourth book, Suzanne Kasler: Edited Style (Rizzoli, 2022, $80) with Judith Nasatir and Clinton Smith (Rizzoli, 2022), readers can expect to see Suzanne’s trademark aspirational projects, full of neutral palettes and a mix of contemporary furniture with antiques. Starting with the redesign of Suzanne’s own Regency-style home, the homes in this book range from Southern Georgian mansions, beach villas and mountain retreats.
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Included in the book is the double-height living room Suzanne designed for the 2020 Kips Bay Palm Beach Decorator Show House where she famously swathed the bookshelves in salmon and the walls in de Gournay’s San Soucis wallpaper. Suzanne embraces color but is clear that white is one of her first loves. “White is a favorite color, and not just for my clients; it is classic, fresh, and timeless, and so sophisticated in the interplay of different finishes.”
In this Normandy-style house in Atlanta, folding doors extend the living room into the outdoor lounge space beyond. The two spaces are mirror images of one another with opposing fireplaces, matching ceiling fixtures and an X detail that recurs throughout the house.
In this Georgian house in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Suzanne’s original formal dining room was swapped in favor of a family room. “The big question for the new family room was whether to keep the existing Gracie paper. When our decorative artisan Brian Carter toned down its color and pattern, the space became just what a family room should be: warm and special.”
In this home in Highland Park, Chicago, the breakfast room’s custom trestle table and Windsor chairs are a subtle reference to the house’s Georgian style and play off the windows’ thin wood mullions.
In a kitchen in Boca Grande, Florida the kitchen has a very edited palette and plenty of natural materials like stone, plaster, and wood. “We decided to keep things visually quiet to honor the integrity of the strong spaces shaped by white plaster, stained floor, and bleached wood.”
The main bedroom is its own little world. With a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the water and a door that opens to a private deck, this room is bathed in light. White fabrics and finishes enhance the ethereal effect; pale blue accents add a layer of detail that connects the room to its view. At the windows, sheer panels and linen drapes add a kind of tailored softness as they help to filter and modulate the brightness.
In this vacation home on Sea Island, Georgia, patterned quatrefoil tilework behind the vanity adds character to this bathroom’s Mediterranean-style character.
Edited Style is Suzanne’s fourth book and it reveals some of her latest upscale projects, such as a stunning Georgian in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a stone farmhouse in Charlotte, N.C., an English style Tudor house in Buckhead, Atlanta and a West Indies-style retreat in Harbour Island, Bahamas.
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Suzanne Kasler: Edited Style by Judith Nasatir and Clinton Smith (Rizzoli, 2022)
Suzanne Kasler