Haverty House, Cherokee Road NW, Atlanta, Georgia

This 1921 Spanish-style villa in Atlanta's Peachtree Heights neighborhood caught my eye with its lush gardens and spacious but empty rooms. 

Then I discovered it was owned by a Haverty of the Havertys Furniture chain (They ditched the apostrophe s long ago.) But which Haverty? If it was founder J.J. (1858-1939), I'd have to pair the house with some pretty serious furniture.

After all, his legacy includes this ornate furniture collection inspired by his own villa: 

Villa Clare was named for Mrs. Haverty -- and maybe also references Haverty's youth in Ireland. 

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When J.J. and Clara handed the company over to son Clarence (1881-1960) in 1938, they also apparently passed on their love of villas. The Haverty house we're visiting today is Clarence and Elizabeth's house:

Designs had lightened up a little bit by the time Clarence and Elizabeth were furnishing their villa...

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but I still want to draw some inspiration from a drawing done in J.J.'s day (he founded the company in 1885):

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The curves and fine lines of the old advertisement echo what is already in the house:

I would add a few more, like from this design:

{Greg Busch Architects}

Then, in the dining room...

I would add the bold strokes of Havertys' Waterford furniture collection:

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Of course, I'd add more of what I like to call Calligraphy Style to the living room and sunroom as well...

like this:

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and this...

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The fine-line designs pair well with the architecture and details of the rest of the house:

The villa has four bedrooms and four and half bathrooms and 6,132 square feet. There's additional living space above the carriage house:

The decorating here seems directly inspired by the beautiful garden:

It's documented at the Smithsonian as the Turner-Lynch garden, here.

The property is also noteworthy for being designed by architect Robert Pringle. Not so coincidentally, Pringle and Francis Palmer Smith designed the first Haverty Furniture building.

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The villa is included on the National Register for Historic places, here. More Haverty historical family photos are here and here.  A book about Villa Clare and J.J. Haverty written by his great-grandson is here.

The listing is here.

This week's YouTube video, Cottage Row Summer House on Green Bay, is here.