Incollect Magazine - Issue 10

64 www.incollect.com Inspired by the panoramic tree top view, this living room at Blackberry Farm resort in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee by interior designer Barry Dixon combines a rustic envelope with an enchanting assortment of furniture in organic forms and rich verdant hues. Hefty exposed beams and floor-to-ceiling windows with iron muntins frame the lush forest setting. A milk glass orb light fixture decorated with swarms of hand-cast bronze moths dangles above a sculptural cast bronze table with a gradient blackened patina. An unusual antique curved-back chair displays spectacular graining and nods to the woodland setting. The custom tête-à-tête sofa in the manner of Edward Wormley is paired with a hand-carved walnut branch table and the designer’s own hammered bronze finish Athena chair in a leafy green velvet. The rug is custom hand-loomed Tibetan wool in an Art Nouveau-inspired design of earth tones, grounding the design for this treehouse in the sky. Photo: Jennifer Hughes, portrait photo: Gordon Beal Barry Dixon