It all started with a blue Lacanche range.
Designer Shadie Copeland, founder of Shadie Copeland Interiors, ordered the high-end kitchen appliance in late 2022, knowing it had a 14-month lead time. Each one is custom-made in Burgundy, France, and can be crafted in dozens of colors and finishes. Copeland, who juggles up to a dozen projects at any given time, had been planning her own renovation since her family purchased their 3,500-square-foot Myers Park home in 2018. Six years later, she finally got to flip the script and become her own client.
“The kitchen had been redone in the ‘90s, but it was small and cramped, and the layout was pretty choppy,” she says. “The appliances were old, and it had this awful, yellowed wallpaper. The back of the house, where the breakfast nook is, was added in the ‘90s, too, but it wasn’t a seamless addition.”
They eliminated a butler’s pantry and a walk-in pantry to expand the kitchen’s footprint, but the biggest challenge was opening the original exterior wall between the kitchen and breakfast room. It required structural engineering and a large beam, which they hid with a grand arch.
That arch—along with the range—set the tone for Copeland’s entire aesthetic.
“Those were the two things I had to have,” she says.
She upgraded the double-hung windows to arched versions and painted all the trim and cabinetry in Sherwin-Williams’ Cascades, a dark teal that felt both moody and warm.
“I knew I didn’t want a white kitchen—I love color,” says Copeland, who opted for a high-gloss finish that would be durable with small kids. “We also chose it because a lot of light reflects off the cabinets, so it doesn’t feel dark within the space, as a matte finish would.”
The patterned wallpaper by UK-based designer Josephine Munsey pulls in hues from the range and cabinetry. The marble countertops came from Vitoria International Stone in Charleston. Copeland chose unlacquered brass knobs and pulls to coordinate with the range hardware and installed three-light chandeliers with ribbed wood stems.
The team at Vogler Metalwork & Design designed a custom brass vent hood, and Copeland sourced the fireclay sink from Shaw’s, a 125-year-old company in England.
“I wanted tried and true appliances, but also solid pieces that had a story behind them,” she says.
She continued the wallpaper into the breakfast nook, where a drum pendant with a scalloped shade hangs overhead. The built-in cabinets feature a mix of solid and ribbed fronts painted in Sherwin-Williams’ Vaguely Mauve. The hardware has the same unlacquered brass finish as the kitchen.
The powder room came together mid-renovation.
“We had to do some structural repair work from below the kitchen, which allowed me to redesign the bathroom,” Copeland says.
The new kitchen layout gave them a few extra feet to add a linen closet, which Copeland accented with vintage slatted doors she refinished. The floating vanity has a scalloped edge, and the marble wall tiles echo the arches in the kitchen. The sconces are from Arteriors.
Copeland finished off the project with some original artwork. For the breakfast nook, she found two prints at an antique show in her hometown of Aiken, S.C. The oil painting that hangs beside the door to the dining room is by artist Sherrie Wolf.
“It ended up being a perfect piece that could stand on its own against the busy wallpaper,” she says. “There are a lot of bold pieces and elements in this space, but I didn’t want any one thing to overpower another. That blue range in a white kitchen would be the one thing you looked at, but adjacent to the darker richness of the cabinetry, it fits really well. It’s a nice balance overall.”
“I knew I didn’t want a white kitchen—I love color"