Inspiring Spaces Local Musicians Share Their Favorite Writing Rooms

INSPIRING SPACES LOCAL MUSICIANS SHARE THEIR FAVORITE WRITING ROOMS Emerald Blue Berry Hill When Chaney DeLong of newly signed duo Emerald Blue, also comprising Bree Stevens whom she met at Belmont, was reno- vating her Berry Hill home, she turned interior designer Kendall Simmons loose on the 2,350- square-foot bungalow. “The bed oom that became Chaney’s writing room had the prettiest light in the entire house. I wanted to take advantage of that by painting the walls a more dra- matic color than I would normally use,” the owner of Kendall Sim- mons Interiors says of her decision to implement Sherwin Williams Rainstorm in the space. “Chaney needed a comfortable place for her and Bree to retreat to and write, as well as a practical desk area to work from. Once those two functional needs were handled, the rest was a matter of incorporating their Emerald Blue concert posters and other music memorabilia. The oom is a mix of vintage finds and new pieces, which lends it a comfortable, collected feeling.” —Kristin Luna LESLEE MITCHELL, SUPPLIED MITCHELL, LESLEE FALL/WINTER 2016 NASHVILLELIFESTYLES.COM 39 33-48 Fall_Winter_16_NLH.indd 39 9/2/15 1:03 PM WRITING ROOMS INSPIRING SPACES | Th ee-time Grammy-winning blues and Americana singer-songwriter says of his front parlor room. “The artist Kevin “Keb’ Mo’” Moore had spent nearly 60 art is mostly a mix of interesting instruments, a vintage years in Los Angeles until he and wife Robbie Brooks piece from my granddaddy, and a poster made to raise Moore relocated to Tennessee three days before funds for musicians affected by Katrina. I was the the flood of 2010 While their spacious, new home, hand model and I guess you call that foreshadowing. built in 2005 and perched on a hill in Franklin, went This sp ce becomes ‘The ickin’ Parlor’ when we throw untouched, most of Kevin’s instruments—which were our annual party, and it’s always a one-of-a kind show. stored at Soundcheck Nashville on the banks of the We love it.” Cumberland—did not. Since relocating, Robbie has launched her own “This oom, situated by the front door, was label, Kind of Blue Music, which is run mostly out of Keb’ Mo’ originally the dining room, and we had a piano, not a their home. The l wer level (not pictured) houses the Franklin dining room table. For us, it made much more sense recording studio, lounge, gym, storage, and office s ce to have a musical space as the welcome message,” the for the label and Keb’ Mo’ Music. —KL SHANNON FONTAINE 40 NASHVILLELIFESTYLES.COM FALL/WINTER 2016 33-48 Fall_Winter_16_NLH.indd 40 9/2/15 4:20 PM Liz Rose’s Edgehill Village shop, Castilleja, has a very Rose, who co-wrote such hits as Little Big Town’s “Girl colorful and distinct flair ( ead more about it on page 28), Crush” and Taylor Swift’s “You Belong with Me,” designed which carries over into her at-home writing room. TheTexas the space herself; she was going for a “comfort homey feel native sourced pieces, like the blue desk and vintage Bolivian with old and new photos.” The wals and shelves read like frasada, from the home décor store she co-owns with her a timeline of her career, with memorabilia and platinum daughter, and her original writing room sofa now has a albums fi ling every empty space. permanent home in the boutique. “I’m so proud of the Taylor plaques. Th y’re so pretty! I “I wanted it to feel like it’s my room, my touch, with also recently added a new Little Big Town plaque for ‘Girl things I love from Texas and Nashville,” says the Grammy Crush,’” she shares. “The ove Junkies—me, Lori McKenna, Award winner and owner of Music Row publishing house and Hillary Lindsey—write a lot of our songs here, and the Liz Rose Liz Rose Music. “It’s a little messy but that’s good for me. I keyboard was given to me by Jody Williams. Taylor and I Bellevue love all my old vinyl records. Sometimes we have vinyl parties wrote ‘Teardrops On My Guitar’ and many others on it.” and just pull an album and play a favorite song!” —KL SHANNON FONTAINE FALL/WINTER 2016 NASHVILLELIFESTYLES.COM 43 33-48 Fall_Winter_16_NLH.indd 43 9/2/15 4:21 PM.

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