Drew Danielle Design: Home Tour: Gail Lane Country Log Cabin

I envy my grandmother’s decorating style. There are some parts of her home that I look at and think This could be a display for a store. When I interviewed her about her style she said she just knows when something will go together.

My earliest memories of my grandmother are going with her to garage sales. She would buy anything and everything, get them for dirt cheap, but clean them up so that you would never know the items were someone’s unwanted trash. My grandparents lived with my family growing up so I was able to watch her style throughout each season as she transformed my childhood home.

In my middle school years she moved from our home in Florida to build my grandfather’s dream home in the mountains of Georgia. Coming from Buffalo, NY and little money, my grandparents put in many hours in NY and FL to finally live quietly in their log home in their years of retirement.

Although you could call their home a log cabin, it’s more like a bed and breakfast. Its 4440 sq ft, 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, on 2 acres. I sat down with her to talk about her home in my first installment of Home Tours.

Home Tour: Gail Lane Country Log Cabin

December 26, 2015

DDD: How would you describe your style?

G: Country

DDD: Where do you think your decorating style comes from?

G: Myself.

DDD: What do you like about the country style?

G: The reason I like it is because I’ve seen so many country homes and I like them.

DDD: What do you mean?

G: Model homes.

DDD: What made you start going to garage sales?

G: To see if there is anything there I would like.

DDD: When did you start going?

G: When I lived in Florida.

DDD: You frequently brought me and TJ (my brother) to garages sales. Why?

G: Because you wanted to go.

DDD: What are some garage sale tips?

G: Well the way I’d look at it you’d be surprised at what you find at garage sales.

DDD: What did you find that was surprising?

G: I found a beautiful handmade country chandelier.

DDD: Do you have it?

G: Ya, its hanging in the living room. That big one there. It cost me $500.

DDD: How much do you think that would have been regular retail?

G: Close to $1,000.

DDD: What piece are you proudest of?

G: I think my homemade quilts. Friends gave me some.

DDD: What is your favorite part about your home?

G: It’s very country and big.

DDD: What’s something everyone must have in their home?

G: Hmm. Big kitchen with an island. Big island is very important. I like mine. I use it for everything. It has electric outlets on each end. I bake on mine. I bake cookies. You eat on it. Makes your kitchen very easy to work with.

Excuse me I have to take that pie out. (My grandmother gets up and leaves the interview. My brother already took the pie out for her but she had to check anyways)

DDD: Finish these phrases:

You can never have too much __________ in your house.

G: Sitting areas

DDD: The last thing I bought was __________.

G: New bed spread for the master bedroom. I can’t use it though. I have a dog.

DDD: I need to get rid of _________.

G: (laughs) A lot of my decoration.

DDD: The holiday I like to decorate for most is _____________.

G: Christmas.