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Marvelous Madison, Georgia

May 4, 2011 in Events, Showhouse, travel by Kate | 7 comments

Wouldn’t you love to explore Madison, Georgia, like a true design insider? Jimmy Stanton, owner of popular Atlanta shop Stanton Home Furnishings and subject of a special double feature in our May issue (which you can read here at AtlantaHomesMag.com), has given us the inside scoop on all the things you can do while in town for this Friday and Saturday’s Madison in May Spring Tour of Homes, which will also feature the home of Boxwoods Gardens & Gifts proprietors Dan Belman and Randy Korando. Find out why Atlanta design giants love to get away to the serenity of this fabled Southern town. We encourage you to stay a night at a charming inn—or better still, at the home of a good friend—to get the full experience, but even a day’s excursion is an opportunity for many lovely adventures to unfold. Per Stanton himself: “There are so many wonderful things to see and experience in Madison; here is a list of my favorites. . . . Most are within walking distance from the downtown square.”

TOUR
Heritage Hall
277 South Main Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-9627; www.friendsofheritagehall.org

Madison Morgan Cultural Center
434 South Main Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-4743; www.mmcc-arts.org

Rogers House/Rose Cottage
179 E. Jefferson Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 343-0190

Madison’s Historic Graveyard

STAY
The James Madison Inn
260 W. Washington Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-7040; www.jamesmadisoninn.com

Farmhouse Inn
1051 Meadow Lane, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-7933; www.thefarmhouseinn.com

EAT
Town 220
220 West Washington Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 752-1445; www.town220.com

The Icehouse Restaurant
271 West Washington Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 343-0040; www.icehouserest.com

Madison Chop House Grill
202 South Main Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-9009

Amici’s Italian Cafe
113 South Main Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-0000; www.amici-cafe.com

The Madison Gift Mart & Cafe
140 West Washington Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-9940
Order the chicken salad and the Gentleman Jim’s Tea

Claudia’s European Coffee Shop
142 Academy Street, Madison, GA 30650. (404) 293-0338

Adrian’s Place
342 West Washington Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-1600
Best Fried Chicken and fresh vegetables. This is local secret.

Tequila Express
270 West Washington Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-0729

Perk Avenue Cafe
111 West Jefferson Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-2562

Antique Sweets
132 East Washington Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-0034
Known for the “Bulldog Bites”

Scoops
123-B West Washington Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-3002

Ella’s Sweet Shoppe
191 West Jefferson Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-7544; www.ellassweetshoppe.com
Old-time candy shop; this carries items you haven’t seen in years.

SHOP
Madison Markets
144 Academy Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-8795; www.madisonmarkets.com
Multiple antique dealers display their wares in this high-end market

Le Petite Jardin
281 Hancock Street, Madison, GA 30650  770-262-1177
A must-see for plants, flowers and gifts

Belles Beaux & Gifts
115 South Main Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-3311; www.bellesbeauxandgifts.com
Antiques and gifts

Godfrey Cox
127 South Main Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-2229

Amelia’s & Barkin Dogs Shoe Company
172 South Main Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-2986 for Amelia’s and (706) 342-2929 for Barkin Dogs www.barkindogsshoeco.com

J & K Fleas An’Tiques
184 South Main Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-3009

Laughing Moon
183 South Main Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-8008

In High Cotton
158 West Jefferson Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-7777

Madison Hardware
174 West Washington Street, Madison, GA 30650. (706) 342-0217
The star of the store is Tulip, the Jack Russel mix that sleeps in a cardboard box. She goes home around lunchtime to play so you have to see her early in the day.

NOT SO FAR AWAY
 The Ritz Carlton Lodge at Reynolds Plantation/Lake Oconee (approx. 25-30 min drive from Madison)
One Lake Oconee Trail, Greensboro, GA 30642. (706) 467-0600; www.ritzcarlton.com/reynolds
Eat at Gaby’s on the Water (great food with an amazing view)

Blue Willow Inn at Social Circle
294 North Cherokee Road, Social Circle, GA 30025. (770) 464-2131; www.bluewillowinn.com
Traditional Southern cooking. . . . I highly suggest reservations.


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Matthew Quinn takes us inside a traditional kitchen design

March 30, 2010 in Designing, Events, Guest Blogger, Kitchen & Bath, Showhouse by Matthew Quinn | 8 comments

Editor’s note: The 2010 Atlanta Symphony Associates Decorators’ Show House & Gardens opens April 17 at 3639 Tuxedo Rd. We’ve once again invited kitchen design extraordinaire and Design Galleria principal Matthew Quinn to to keep a journal of the process, every step of the way. Today is his first installment about how the kitchen is taking shape. Look for a new installment every week until the Show House opens.

We had so much fun and received such great feedback and questions from last year’s blog about the journey to the completion of 2009 Atlanta Symphony Decorators’ Show House; we could not resist doing it again. This year the show house is back on more familiar ground in a historic Colonial-Revival style home in Tuxedo Park versus last year’s show house in the newly opened St. Regis. Last year we chronicled the design process of one of the modern kitchens we presented, while this year we will share our adventures of designing, renovating and installing this traditional kitchen. Clearly, there will be some similarities as we approach the design process the same way no matter what the project; but this year we had some unique challenges.

This particular home means something to me. I had just started as an intern at Design Galleria in 1993 when Cliff Wang and Kathy Gregorcyk were installing a new kitchen into this home. This house was the first job site I visited and the first kitchen installation I experienced. It made gutting the kitchen especially hard but also exhilarating and exciting to see what the new guard at Design Galleria could do in the same space 17 years later.

People really do not live today much differently than they did in 1993. The original kitchen was actually still in great shape and the layout of the kitchen would still be considered appropriate for a modern family. The first thing that dates a kitchen is the appliances. We could have simply exchanged the appliances, replaced the hood and backsplash and a faucet here and there and this could have worked…but what kind of challenge is that? We wanted to do more; let’s remember, this is a show house!


Pictures of the original kitchen

The original kitchen had a 36” wide refrigerator, 36” wide freezer, 48” wide range, a warming drawer, microwave, main sink, prep sink, one dishwasher, desk and a rather small walk-in pantry. The island layout really separated the kitchen from the keeping room which was intentional, so whoever was cooking was not disturbed by all the hustle and bustle. The refrigerator and freezer were placed symmetrically on each side of the range while a desk and shallow pantry backed up to the powder room and pantry concealing a dumbwaiter to the garage. The biggest challenge in this space is the ceiling height of 8’6” with existing 6” tall beams. We are going to have to pull some ceiling elevating tricks out of our hat to make this kitchen feel taller.


Original kitchen plan

Stay tuned next week for the changes we made to the plan.

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