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New art was brought in to complement pieces
the couple brought with them from California.

“We have a huge game room, we have a media room which might be why Gosselin’s husband thought their
and their bedrooms are all upstairs,” she says. “Taylor style aesthetic was such a good match. But it could
already brought home six friends for fall break, and it also be that they are both busy moms who need their
was perfect because we could fit 20.” homes to be a safe, stunning place to land at the end
But moving from 1,400 square feet to 6,000 square of the long workweek.
feet was obviously a challenge, so Gosselin wanted A 60-inch orb chandelier with crystals sets the tone of
a designer who could do a lot of the heavy lifting — the home from the moment you walk in, and Hembree
finding all of that furniture — before they moved in. helped fill the space with art and plants, making the
She interviewed four over the phone, and her husband selection process as painless as possible.
met three in person, They knew, though, as soon as
Daniel C. White he met Onyx & Alabaster principal designer Tanya “We did some pretty big dramatic art, which was fun,”
Hembree says. “There’s a small print, Rachel Faulkner
Hembree in downtown Franklin that they had met
Brown. She’s one of our artists that we carry in-store.
their match.
She does work in silhouettes or nudes. The two larger
Designer Tanya Hembree “I wanted a really beautiful home, but a livable home,” pieces were not local, but they were really dramatic,
Gosselin says. “I didn’t want people to walk in and feel and I felt like the volume of the spaces, the colorways
like they couldn’t touch anything. And she just totally that were on these pieces, worked.”
got my vision.” The family room consists of a fireplace, a custom
Hembree also happens to be from Southern California, sectional in performance fabric that is made for sinking

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