By Design — Volume 3

by DESIGN Vol. 03

first impressions

the jewelry of your home

conversation spaces

Welcomed Home By Charleston Forge

Katy Skelton Acuff Lights Up The Room

The Elegant Pear and Bittners

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table of contents First Impressions

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Conversation Spaces

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The Jewelry of Your Home

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The Softer Side of Charleston Forge

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Lake House Living

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Conversation Spaces

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Introducing The Prism Collection

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On the cover: Charleston Forge Belvedere Bench designed by Katy Skelton Acuff.

At right: Charleston Forge Legacy Bench in a Truckee, California residence.

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First Impressions moxie design studio Entryways are the first impression of a home. Featured here are interior designers who have chosen Charleston Forge to make a lasting statement in their client’s homes.

The foyer or entryway to a home serves as a welcoming space from the public exterior to the private and intimate interior. It sets the tone and provides a moment of pause. it is a catch-all place to collect coats, keys, school supplies, or mail. Foyers may seem like an optional space, but a good interior designer knows they are important for the overall experience of a home. Benches are usually the preferred foyer seating, while console tables fuse practical and pretty.

Above: Debbie Costa, Founder, CEO, and Principal Designer of Moxie Design Studio in Truckee, California.

We love Moxie Design Studio’s slogan, “We design to capture the spirit of the client and the essence of the space...with a dash of Moxie.” Moxie Design Studio is a full-service interior design firm located in Truckee, CA that designs from initial concept to completion for custom interiors and renovations. For this project, Moxie’s Principal designer, Debbie Costa, chose Charleston Forge in the foyer. The Legacy Bench is heavily forged and twisted, topped with a luxurious leather cushion. Although she chose dark wood, leather, and steel, the foyer is full of light and invites you into this Mountain Modern Farmhouse home.

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Right and Above: A Charleston Forge Monarch Console sets the stage at a Reno-area residence.

Interior design: Aspen Leaf Interiors Photography: Tom Zikas 4 4

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sculpture. A second Charleston Forge piece, a Watson End Table, also occupies the room.

aspen leaf interiors

“It’s very minimalist, in a sense,”

Aspen Leaf Interiors is known for its award-winning designs, including this Sierra home. The home took about a year of

Marcio Decker

Founder, Principal Designer

design and another year and a half in construction. The home makes an amazing first impression with a soaring great room and open loft above, flanked by ledgestone walls, and floor-to-ceiling glass with views to downtown Reno.

“It is hard to find a straight line in the entire house,” says Darin Murphy of Murphy Built Construction. “Every wall and feature has a slight curve, as would be expected in following the architecture of a plane; even the cabinetry is curved.”

Which is why the Charleston Forge Monarch Console is a perfect fit. Guests entering the home immediately notice

Marcio Decker says. “I wanted to make sure that we really allow the natural landscape — which is that foothill Nevada native

vegetation — to be a focal point. On one side, you have city views and lights and on the Nevada side you have nature. We didn’t want to hide any of it.”

Marcio is an interior designer and visual artist known for designing unique and high-end spaces. Since starting Aspen Leaf Interiors in 2004, he has been designing timeless and elegant homes throughout Lake Tahoe, Reno, the San Francisco Bay Area, and beyond.

the console which sits in the grand room, part table, part

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First Impressions the luxury look Kristine Vowels

Founder and CEO

The Luxury Look is an award-winning interior design firm and studio.

They specialize in residential and commercial design, Airbnb’s, luxury home staging and consulting, and offer unique furniture buying trips.

To see this project in its entirety and more of Kristine’s work, please visit www.Theluxurylook.com.

Left: An entryway featuring a Charleston Forge Belvedere Bench Designed by Katy Skelton Acuff.

Interior Design by The Luxury Look Photography: Hub Media Company

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A Charleston Forge Cooper Cocktail Table Interior Design: The Elegant Pear Photography: Erin Waynick Photography

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Cherilee Blubaugh has over 25 years of design experience. She knows design is not really about creating a magazine image, it’s about the emotion that her clients have when it tells their story. “The best design is when your friends and family walk in, Cherilee Blubaugh

feeling and seeing – you.”

Owner, Lead Designer

The Elegant Pear opened its retail doors just over seven years ago and now offers both full design services and a wonderful personalized retail experience. With hundreds of lines to draw from, they focus on quality and uniqueness.

“Since the first time using Charleston Forge, it has become a “go-to” in many of our projects. Because of the wide ability to customize, we never feel that we are offering the same piece twice. We also love having it on our retail floor and watching our customer’s amazement at the craftsmanship and the unique and artistic features that each piece has.”

To see this project in its entirety or more of Cherilee’s work, please visit www.elegantpear.com.

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The Jewelry of Your Home designer katy skelton acuff lights up the room

This page: A Linear Light.

At right: Hollis Pendant Lights, Barnard Sconces (back wall) and Amalie Counterstools .

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“Lighting is the thing that makes a design come

“I like things that are timeless and elegant, elevated

together,” says Savannah-based designer Katy

but not stuffy,” she says. “I just like really simple

Skelton Acuff. “You have to have light in your house,

things without a lot of extra adornment.”

and you want something to define your space and make your home warm.”

Katy achieves this by using a limited palette of materials, colors, and textures to create lighting

Katy’s career in home furnishings started in

that enhances a space, not dominate it. Brass is the

furniture and has wound its way through several

primary material she uses in her designs, combining

media before her focus settled on lighting. Katy

it with leather, wood, ceramic, and aluminum

describes her style as being classic without being

elements to create contrast in some pieces and

traditional. Her designs are clean, distinctive, and

harmonies in others. Always keeping an eye out for

very beautiful, embodying her belief that lighting is,

new materials she can use in unique ways, she’ll

as she calls it, the jewelry of the home.

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soon be introducing alabaster elements as well

As a young designer just starting out, she found

to her lighting lines, playing with the unique

it challenging to find a manufacturer who was

translucence of the stone. “It will be beautiful,”

willing to invest time developing the product

she says.

with her without the guarantee of volume production. The result was that she started

Katy’s first foray into the world of furniture

working with small, family-owned businesses

came while working at the headquarters of Four

like wood furniture maker Keystone Collections in

Hands in Austin, TX. After graduating from the

Myerstown, PA, who were willing to build product

University of Texas at Austin, an early interest in

to order.

architecture and design evolved into a passion

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for furniture. Even though she didn’t have prior experience in the field, she found herself entrusted with

designing

product

lines

for Four Hands and working on sourcing and manufacturing for the company as well.

In 2009, after two years at Four Hands, Katy left the company to pursue an MFA in Furniture Design at the Savannah College of Art & Design. Upon graduation in 2011, Katy and her husband, Drew, moved to Brooklyn, where she worked on expanding the design lines she had developed while at SCAD, and building her furniture and lighting in the two-bedroom apartment they lived in. Her early designs were influenced by her interest in mixing materials, such as wood and

Above: A Wallis Sconce and a Crawford End Table.

metal, as well as the simple fact of who she could

Left: A Warren Sconce and an Amalie Ottoman.

find to build her products.

Far Left: Anderson Sconces.

Top Left: A Perry Double Sconce and Connor

“My design aesthetic is a little bit softer so wood

Double Sconce, a Belvedere Bench and a

speaks to that more,” she says. “But it was also a

Derby Drink Table.

matter of finding a factory that would work with me.”

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“So that’s why I focused on wood at the beginning

As well as she and her husband Drew working for the

and then started introducing more metal pieces into

company, they now have five full time employees.

the line,” Katy says, which is when she came across Charleston Forge. While she continues to use these

About 80% of their business is from architects,

types of companies to manufacture her furniture

interior designers, and

(although Keystone closed its doors in 2021) all her

whom they are the primary lighting source. The

lighting is made by hand in their Savannah facility.

rest of her business is direct to consumer through

several developers for

her website. You can see more of Katy’s work at The days of working out of a Brooklyn apartment

www.katyskelton.com, where you can also find

are long gone. “We did need more space,” she says.

information regarding how to

“The biggest challenge we still face is we move into

open a trade account.

a new facility and quickly grow out of it.”

Above: A Perry Sconce, One Drink Table, Camp Bench, and a Lone Star Sconce Right: Custom Pendant Lights, a Linear Light, a Collins Canopy Bed, Katy Skelton Acuff

and a Collins Nightstand.

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The Softer Side of Charleston Forge meet our upholstery team Bryan Hildebran, right, leads our in-house upholstery team with Janet Hager and Victor Coffey. Each have well over 30 years of experience in the upholstery industry, having worked with the likes of Century, Vanguard, Taylor King, and Thomasville, to name a few. The team’s eye for quality and their understanding of how to meet our customers’ discerning expectations ensure that we keep the highest standards possible.

To learn more about our upholstery options and COM program, please visit www.CharlestonForge.com.

At Right: Charleston Forge Springhouse Lounge Chairs. As a full-service interior design firm, Moxie Design Studio creates custom interiors for new builds and renovations that stand the test of time. To see this project in its entirety or more of Moxie Design Studio’s work, visit www.moxieidstudio.com.

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Lake House Living

important that the interior reflect the water view.

“When we asked our client

details interiors

what her style was she said

For this Lakehouse Project, Wendy Woloshchuk owner of Detail Interiors created a space for their clients that mirrored the color and feel of the water in Beaver Lake in Ware, Massachusetts. Because of the elevation of the house, the view of the lake is spectacular, it was 18

Wendy Woloshchuk

Founder, Principal Designer

she liked things that are different and updated. But beyond that she wanted

us to just have fun and create a beautiful space.”

Says Wendy. “I believe that great interior design can change your everyday life. It’s about more than just

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beauty and function. It’s about creating a home that

In partnership with Andrew Pearson Custom Glassworks,

feels like a warm hug when you walk in after a long day.”

Charleston Forge offers a wide variety of unique, luxury glass products and services for our furniture as well as

The pièce de résistance in the living room space is the

custom products.

custom Charleston Forge Lotus Cocktail table which supports a stunning oval piece of 3” thick Seascape

Above: A custom Charleston Forge Lotus Cocktail

Fusion glass which mimics the ripples on the top of the

table with Seascape Fusion Glass

water on the lake.

Interior Design: Details Interiors Please visit www.detailsfullserviceinteriors.com to see

Photography: Rachel Elliott Photography

the entirety of this unique project and more.

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Conversation Spaces bittners, an iconic interior design firm

Lori Andriot is Vice-President of Residential Design at Bittners, a leading interior design firm based in Louisville, Kentucky. Opened in 1854 by a woodworking craftsman, Bittners is an iconic firm with deep roots in handcrafted furniture, cuttingedge residential and commercial design, and timeless environments. Lori is a key member of the Bittners’ design group with projects throughout the country.

This intriguing bar sets the tone for stylish entertaining using layers of textures and patterns. It features cypress paneling, grass cloth ceilings, and ebony-stained oak cabinetry with brass inlay and cremone bolts, all paying homage to Kentucky’s bourbon industry which was requested by the client.

The design of this moody, chic bar is anchored by the versatile Talmadge Bench by Charleston Forge. It creates the perfect intimate space to enjoy great conversation with good friends and the warmth of a fine bourbon.

Visit bittners.com to see the entirety of this project and more.

Lori Andriot

Vice-President, Residential Design BITTNERS

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Introducing The Prism Collection ethos design collective From the creative and colorful minds of Ethos Design Collective, comes The Prism Collection.

Ethos Design Collective is a group of luxury interior designers known for the stunning, high-end interiors they create. For the Las Vegas Market, several Ethos members brought their creative take on various Charleston Forge products.

For more information, please visit www.ethosdesigncollective.com.

The designers in this collection are: Kelly Schellert, Nisha Tailor, Melissa Frederiksen, Jessica Duce, Elizabeth Scruggs, Robin Burrill, Donna Grace McAlear, Jennifer Hyman, Dottie Eaton, Jaime Rogers, and Sharon L. Sherman.

Left: Reimagined Amalie Ottoman,

by Elizabeth Scruggs.

Above Left: Reimagined Emmitt Lounge Chair, by Melissa Frederiksen.

Above Right: Reimagined Vero Dining Chair, by Kelly Schellert.

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Custom Cooper Desk, reimagined by Nisha Tailor 3D Rendering by Theresa G Design Photography by Mindee Malloy

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