Amy Butler Home in Granville, Ohio
Above: Amy and David Butler’s living room featuring a Steelcase sofa and Vladimir Kagan’s Contour rocker, named by ELLE Decor as one of the 10 most riveting rockers.
Amy Butler is well known as a fabric designer, but she first wrote a Chronicle home design book with her husband David Butler, called “Found Style: Vintage Ideas for Modern Living”.
Their abode, which will be featured later this year in Blueprint, is a 1969 George J. Stegmiller post and beam, perched on a steep hill with amazing views. The upstairs is their home, the lower level serves as a studio. David describes their style as “kinda modern-organic-primitive”. He photographed their home for an upcoming book “Amy Butler’s Midwest Modern: A Fresh Design Spirit for the Modern Lifestyle”. A preview of some of those images are below.
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David writes about their Mulhauser Plycraft chair (above):
“I had the vinyl redone in a really nice soft leather. My father had that exact chair when I was growing up in Pittsburgh, so when I found another, complete with the arm patina, I was quick to jump on it.”
Top left: chair found in Springfield Ohio. Top right: sofa covered in Amy Butler’s fabric. Above: Arcadia sofas from Room and Board. Sadly no longer in production — at least not available on the website.
Above: Dining room with Crate and Barrel’s Jasper Sideboard.
what a cool house! almost makes me want to move back to the midwest and score myself a mcm home to restore.
Posted by: mims | Sep 05, 2007 at 03:02 PM
Amy your house is done straight from your heart and original , i think that it is done passionately about your childhood history , all the components in your house put together very well relating to some memories .You are very courageous and thoughtful .
Posted by: Nikita | Dec 06, 2007 at 10:15 PM
Bravo Amy and David. You have followed your dreams and visions.
Posted by: Karen Louise (Poppenberg) Fay | Dec 18, 2007 at 03:34 PM
Love it! So many homes I see on blogs these days are styled to within an inch of their lives. This one is very refreshing.
Any idea where I can get that poster "breathe new life..." ?
Posted by: JoJ | Jan 07, 2008 at 09:16 PM
Found style was one of the most riveting books I found by chance and takes a place of honor among my many design books. What makes Granville, OH such a magnet for great stylists? Any chance there is a house tour of homes in the Granville area in Spring 2009? Many thanks for your fine work.
Posted by: Jane Baldwin | Nov 18, 2008 at 06:26 AM