The expansive great room sectional is by Bernhardt. The two ceramic masks are by Andy Narisse and required unique custom installation. The pair of oatmeal macramé poofs is by Stanton. The cocktail table is by Four Hands.
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Photo credit Duane Stork // Amy and Bruce Edelstein snuggle
with goldendoodle Chance. Two other dogs, Max Baer, (the Jewish boxer), and Moses romp in the house and yard.
Empty Nesters Bring Young Energy After 20 years in Sandy Springs, Amy and Bruce doesn’t fall far from the tree. “I always loved the way Edelstein envisioned a new beginning for their empty my mother mixed styles, a contemporary sofa and an nest. Alas, they leveled a 1940s brick ranch/duplex with- antique chair. A glass-topped dining table with a metal in a two-block walk to downtown Decatur and all that base surrounded by vintage dining chairs. The result it offers. Enter builder Arlene Dean, interior designer was both beautiful and interesting,” Amy said. Jeremy Jones, goldendoodles Moses and Chance, and boxer Max Baer. Note that the pups have their own builtMarcia: What personality were you looking to esin kennel when they’re not lazing around tablish here? their fenced-in yard or cushy family sofas. Bruce: I wanted an open, entertainPowerful combinations align with ment-friendly space. We also committed to Bruce’s own photography, Amy’s gallery an ecologically sound, silver-certified green experience, and her late grandmother structure. I enjoy the openness and being Brown’s mid-century modern furniture. able to look outside from large windows to The finished structure is 3,800 square enjoy the views. feet in the main house; and the charming Amy: I love a “Napa Valley” vibe. Then guest house adds another 600. “We brought Jeremy’s pulled together display boards and in our experience from owning other fabrics and masterfully made our eclectic homes to align textures and details with Marcia art collection and furniture work together. our lifestyle,” said Amy, a Keller Williams Caller Jaffe First Atlanta agent. “It might be Howard Marcia: Jeremy, what was your role? Finster, Polly Cook, Bernhardt, R.A. Miller or Grecian Jeremy: The Edelsteins wanted a casual feel. That’s urns converted into lamps. And amazingly we bought in why you see no formal dining room. Amy and I shopped February, closed in July, and completed construction in for some new pieces to integrate into her past collection under six months.” from her years of working in the art business. She defiNote that Amy’s parents, Joan and Donald Brown, nitely has an eye for art. Her grandmothers had fabuwere the subjects of the first Chai Style Home featured lous things like the crystal candelabra and 1960s Herin the Atlanta Jewish Times in February 2015. The apple man Miller furniture that we used or recovered. Amy
and Bruce like the hunt to find unique pieces on their own. Marcia: What are some of your unusual pieces that “make it happen” in here? Amy: The shark jawbone over the master bed was a surprise for Bruce, a periodontist who has collected shark’s teeth for decades. The base of the dining room table from Restoration Hardware is concrete and is tremendously heavy. The 8-foot railroad tie in the great room is from building materials from an old cabin. Artwise, I treasure Michael Venezia’s “The Pears” in the front entrance, Ferdinand Rosa’s abstracts, and Dawne Raulet’s “Swing Dress.” Robert Sherer did “The Bride” in the master bedroom. We smuggled these original paintings from Cuba. “Taxi Cab” is a fun one. Michael Sherrill’s funky teapot adorns the bar. Jeremy and I serendipitously found “Queen of Hearts,” the paper and metal sculpture in my study. The hall tree in the entrance is a family heirloom. I rescued this brass menorah from the clearance table at Boxwoods. Bruce: The headliners here are the pair of masks by Andy Narisse, emeritus head of ceramics at the University of Georgia. They are super heavy, and we had to have a custom installation and mountings to stabilize them. ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES APRIL 30, 2020 | 35
