At Home with Angie

Angie Hranowsky’s house sits low among the trees in Old Windermere, its dark cypress exterior nearly absorbed by the palms and dense planting around it. Designed with architect Johnny Tucker and completed over eight years, it has the clarity of a modern house without any of the usual severity. Deep overhangs temper the Charleston sun; broad panes of glass draw the garden inward; the rooms change character with the light. “Color invigorates and inspires me,” Angie has said. “It propels my creativity.” Here, color feels less like a decorative decision than part of the architecture itself.

The interior has come together gradually, through instinct rather than adherence to a single period or school. An antique gains something beside a severe modern chair; lacquer sharpens woven fiber; polished glass interrupts the weight of dark wood. “I like to surprise with color, as well as furnishings, fabric, and artwork,” she says.

That element of surprise keeps the house from settling into predictability. For our visit, Il Buco Vita glasses, a Haws watering can, an Ochre side table, FOUND inlay boxes, Baina towels, Frama bottles, and Japanese bath brushes found their places among Angie’s own things—not as a styled intervention, but as additions to a house already accustomed to absorbing the unexpected.

Angie’s studio is only a few doors from Wentworth, and she has been part of No. 162 since the beginning. The affinity is easy to understand. Her rooms are personal without becoming precious and composed without appearing fixed. They leave room for use, for change, and for the next thing worth bringing home.

See more from Angie Hranowsky Studio at angiehranowsky.com, or follow her latest work at @angiehranowsky.