Love at First Sight – Parker Kennedy Living

A gorgeous table full of delicious accoutrements

 

Parker Kennedy Living.  The response has been incredible.  People  have  actually rescheduled work trips to be here when they bring in new inventory!  Who are these design geniuses, you ask?  Let me introduce you to them, dear friends.  Meet founders and business partners David Ecton and Lance Jackson of Parker Kennedy Living – they will change your life… or, perhaps just your living room, but either way, you’ll be in true love in no time.

 

 

Only developed as recently as early 2011, Parker Kennedy Living has gone full force with their own design group, an Atlanta store front, furniture product development, as well as being permanent antique dealers at Atlanta’s famous Scott’s Antique Market.  Their company has been wildly successful, and we are thrilled to welcome them to the Slate family. 

Self-described as “preppy on the edge,”  they strive for a modern approach to traditional design. Finding those unique items that have a story, and seeing their clients fall in love is what it is all about for them, and their pieces have been selling almost before they can be merchandised.  (We even had a not-altogether-undisguised little war between a couple of Charlotte’s best designers  over a set of 4 vintage lucite chairs that sold the first day they moved in !)

Great Mid-Century Upholstered Chair

What EVERY girl needs! Fabulous Christian Louboutin book rests atop a Lilly Pulitzer shoe ottoman.

Two words: Lust List

Don’t you just want to move in? Sigh…

Foo Dog Lamps, an out-of-this-world Sunburst Mirror and Gorgeous Original Art.

A Sculptural Quartz worthy of She-ra! Remember her?

I want it all…

Head over heels for this book. Literally!

 

 While Lance has been a professional designer for over 15 years, sits on the Atlanta Advisory Board Council of the Savannah College of Art and Design, and is involved with IIDA and NEWH Atlanta, David holds an MBA in International Trade, and together this team is making heads turn with their design aesthetic: fresh, clean, classic lines, transitional and fun… preppy on the edge!

 

Come in and check them out.  You’ll fall head over Louboutins too.

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Parker Kennedy Sheds Light on Slate Interiors

So, you have purchased new furniture, found gorgeous art and put your space together with creativity and heart, only to feel like something is missing.  It doesn’t feel the way you hoped it would.  Perhaps it feels a bit flat. What are you doing wrong? 

Before you go out shopping endlessly for the perfect “something” to make all your design dreams come true, try looking up for inspiration.  No, you don’t need to pray to the God-of-All-Things-Beautiful – consider your lighting.  Is it adequate? Balanced?  Inspired?  Updated even?

Oh, Lighting.  Perhaps the single most important element of any space, but also one of the most overlooked, and trickiest to perfect; lighting is the magic element that can turn a room from glum to glamorous, dark to dramatic, or claustrophobic to cozy.  An otherwise well designed room without the right lighting can leave you with a sense of uneasiness, and the room feeling incomplete and uncomfortable. 

Enter Parker Kennedy Living…

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Founders David Ecton and Lance Jackson of Parker Kennedy Living have joined us here at Slate with a selection of unique and beautiful lighting at inspiring prices.  David holds an MBA in International Trade, while Lance is an Atlanta-based interior designer with 15 years experience, and projects everywhere from New York to Texas to Palm Beach, among others.  He has also worked as lead product designer of the lamp and accessory line The Bradburn Gallery.  Together they bring us lighting that ranges from contemporary to preppy to vintage in inspiration.  You’ll find the perfect lighting to complete your project, or the perfect statement piece for an instant update.  And don’t forget that anything at Slate can be taken home on approval – feel free to try it out.

So stop by and check out what’s “up.”  We’ll see you soon!

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