202-S10 southeast The owners: After discovering a shared passion for European design, co-owners Meredith Kinsey and designer Linda McDougald, who have backgrounds in business and marketing, began discussions that inspired Postcard from Paris. The style: The shop makes you feel like you’ve discovered a trove of treasures in an old Parisian town house. With a strong French emphasis, Postcard from Paris focuses mostly on 18th- and 19th-century European antiques. The shop: Besides offering interior design services and antiques, the shop carries furniture lines such as Henredon and Century, as well as a vast array of accessories: antique rugs, mirrors, books, and lighting; pigeon carriers (which they say they hate to part with); glassware; and custom pillows and bedding. The atmosphere is reminiscent of the boutiques of BY AMANDA SMITH MCCLANAHAN PHOTOGRAPHED BY JEFF HERR Postcard from Paris In Greenville, South Carolina’s historic West End, a design shop melds urban sophistication with French provincial patina BELOW: Meredith Kinsey (left) and Linda McDougald’s shop offers a range of European antiques and accessories. LEFT AND BOTTOM: Industrial lighting illuminates the 15,000-square-foot shop, which also offers design services. As seen in Southern Accents March–April. Copyright 2006. www.Southern Accents.com For subscription information, call 1-800-882-0183.
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202-S10
southeast
The owners: After discovering a shared passion for European design, co-owners Meredith Kinsey and designer Linda McDougald, who have backgrounds inbusiness and marketing, began discussions that inspired Postcard from Paris.The style: The shop makes you feel like you’ve discovered a trove of treasures in an old Parisian town house. With a strong French emphasis, Postcardfrom Paris focuses mostly on 18th- and 19th-centuryEuropean antiques.The shop: Besides offering interior design servicesand antiques, the shop carries furniture lines such asHenredon and Century, as well as a vast array of accessories: antique rugs, mirrors, books, and lighting;pigeon carriers (which they say they hate to part with);glassware; and custom pillows and bedding. The atmosphere is reminiscent of the boutiques of
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Postcard fromParisIn Greenville, South Carolina’s historic West End, a design shop melds urbansophistication with French provincial patina
BELOW: Meredith Kinsey (left) and LindaMcDougald’s shop offers a range ofEuropean antiques and accessories.LEFT AND BOTTOM: Industrial lighting illuminates the 15,000-square-footshop, which also offers design services.