Did you ever wonder how to create the charming, inviting

home everyone else seems to have how to decorate and

accessorize so that a surprise seems to be hidden in every nook and

crevice in the house without your home appearing cluttered or

overly filled?

Ideas for interior design are found in magazines, movies

and stores, but that does not necessarily ensure that they will fit

your personality, home or budget. Among some of the most

beautifully decorated homes in the county are the model homes

at various subdivisions designed by Frances Stone Interiors.

Frances Stone Interiors, a family owned and operated

business, currently has three generations of experience running the

highly prestigious operation. The company has decorated eight

model homes in Peachtree City and most recently decorated the new

senior living community, Clairmont's model home.

Yet the best representation of their work can be found in

the model home on their premises, according to designer Sue

Mills, daughter of Frances Stone.

personally walk clients through the home showing how and why they

placed things as they did. "It allows one on one contact with the

client," Mills said.

The design company is owned by Frances Stone, who has

had over 49 years of experience and has been operating in

Fayetteville for the past 28 years. She still works six days a week at 77

years old. Mills began working with her mother and now works

alongside her own daughter Lori Lee Kubbeh, who recently

graduated from interior design school.

The company specializes in elegant and sophisticated

decor. Throughout the store, original paintings and historically

reproduced furniture in model rooms are carefully placed along

with flashy antique gold trimmed mirrors and sparkling

Waterford Crystal.

In fact, Frances Stone Interiors contains the Williamsburg

Reproduction Interior Design Studio, among which there are only 40

in the United States, two in Atlanta, and which is an honor

conferred upon the company, not something that can be joined. The store

is also the only interior design company that sells Waterford

Crystal in the entire United States.

The most unique aspect to this company, is that in actuality,

all of their decorating services are free. The company is a

complete operation that carries all of the products in house and has a

drapery work area and upholstery shop within it. As the customers

pick out the items for their home, the store will deliver and help

decorate free of charge.

"We can do anything to a person's home but build it,"

said Mills. "We can work with a person's budget and the

quality really shows in our product."

As you walk through the store, Mills notes that their are very

few repetitive items and that they strive to create a timeless design.

Perhaps that is why the company has been so sought after

Corporate Headquarters. The headquarters recently held their

Christmas Open House, which Mills described as a "Winter

Wonderland."

Lastly, Mills wanted to emphasize that the customer is

extremely important to them and that "we put forth every bit

of effort we can" on behalf of the client.

© Be dramatic with your design

© Don't try to match (i.e. colors, patterns, etc.)

© Don't hunt a color

© Make things look inviting and beautiful, but it

should represent you

© Don't use someone's recommendation unless they

have seen your home

© Always know the end result before you begin

© Use bold items

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