Come for the Ole Miss football, and stay for the family time and the lake views.
On that lake is a house, and on that house is a beloved screened porch.
“That’s where we live,” owner Lesley Mosby says. "
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“Ask anybody in the family” sums up how the getaway came to be.
Rush chose a lot on a hill overlooking the water.
He said “cabin,” but Lesley’s style isn’t rustic.
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Luckily, she had an ally in shifting the plans to something more modernher daughter-in-law, Betsey Mosby.
Lesley requested high windows and accordion doors to the porch.
Betsey’s husband, Will, wanted pecky cypress at the bar.
Essie claims her spot on a coveted lounge chair in the living room.Credit: Marta Xochilt Perez; Styling: Page Mullins
Rush chimed in asking for anything but a white kitchen.
The first goal: Maximize that hilltop view.
“Your eye goes out immediately to see all that’s beyond,” says Betsey.
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There are six in all.
“We can get to the stadium in three minutes,” Betsey says.
“It’s the best of both worlds.”
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“White sheetrock [walls] kept the house from feeling too rustic,” she says.
“They didn’t want anything over-decorated or ‘done’,” Betsey says.
“That just wasn’t the look they were going for here.”
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She means that literally and figuratively: The pair of lounge chairs invites relaxing by the fire.
(“We almost fight over who gets to sit there,” she admits.)
Nearby, two recliners take in the view of the lake out the cathedral window.
Everything is upholstered in outdoor fabric so no one spends the bulk of their vacation cleaning.
Paint Your Way To A Feeling
A white kitchen?
Not here, Rush said.
The tone is neutral enough to have longevity, she says.
White marble countertops and a slab backsplash contrast with the color.
The idea stuck, though he swaps the artwork regularly.
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Build In Some Practicality
Make it formal on the surface but nearly invincible beneath.
She can’t say enough about thevintage Oushak rug.
“It’s probably the most cleanable punch in of rug,” she says.
Art pieces by family-favorite artists boost the color in the cabin.
Many of the pieces inspired each room’s palette, like this abstract by New Orleansartist Alexis Walter.
The hints of blush morphed into the dining room’s main accent.
The bar that sits between the kitchen and the living room benefited.
“The wood gave it a rustic feel, but everything on it is sophisticated,” Betsey says.
“It’s an interesting juxtaposition.”
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“It reinforced an element already being used, so there was continuity,” she says.
Contemporary nightstands with acrylic handles messed up the main bedroom’s traditional stylein a good way.
“It’s good to have details that aren’t expected,” Betsey says.
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“We always attempt to mix finishes and not have everything be the same,” Betsey says.
“In this bathroom, the lighting matches the hardware but the plumbing is a departure.
It feels like an intentional mix, instead of super planned.”
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There’s also enough open space to accommodate a pack-and-play bed for infants.
Betsey answered that with awatercolor trees by Sandersonthat evokes the grove in front of the home.
White marble makes another appearance, this time to add character.
