<br />
right at home<br />
MediterraneanflavorplusSeaIsland<br />
tradition add up to a new house that blends<br />
seamlessly with its established neighbors<br />
ELECTRONICALLY REPRINTED FROM sEPTEMbER 2011<br />
Writer MIchAel cAnnell<br />
PhotograPher Jonny VAlIAnT<br />
StyliSt elIzAbeTh beeler<br />
Architect Thad Truett had<br />
all of the black ironwork<br />
in this Sea Island, Georgia,<br />
home—including the<br />
front gates (opposite) and<br />
the entry balustrade—<br />
custom-made by a crafts-<br />
man in Atlanta.<br />
<br />
C<br />
an one imbue a new<br />
house with an old<br />
soul? That was the<br />
issue confronting Thad<br />
Truett, a St. Simons Island–based archi-<br />
<a title="80436 Coastal Living.pdf page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e050f2f8?page=1"> right at home MediterraneanflavorplusSeaIsland </a>
<a title="80436 Coastal Living.pdf page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e050f2f8?page=2"> Writer MIchAel cAnnell PhotograPher Jonny </a>
<a title="80436 Coastal Living.pdf page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e050f2f8?page=3"> </a>
<a title="80436 Coastal Living.pdf page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e050f2f8?page=4"> C </a>
<a title="80436 Coastal Living.pdf page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e050f2f8?page=5"> community. At Thad’s invitation, Habitat for Huma</a>
<a title="80436 Coastal Living.pdf page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e050f2f8?page=6"> carved 18th-century Spanish chairs flank a wood c</a>
<a title="80436 Coastal Living.pdf page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e050f2f8?page=7"> wool rugs that are vegetable-dyed with ancient Tu</a>
<a title="80436 Coastal Living.pdf page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e050f2f8?page=8"> In the master bedroom, a pair of vintage French c</a>