Twenty years ago Charles Nevinson of Architectural Accents installed two doors for a client in Georgia, a French oak door from Burgundy(c.1830) and a rescued American door(c.1890). Varnished every five years since their installation, these doors offer just as magnificent an an entrance as they did in the 19th Century. A job well done.
English Staddle Stones for Home and Garden The staddle stone is a two-piece, mushroom-shaped garden element that dates back to the 16th century. Carved from local stone, they were used in farms across England and Northern Spain to support agricultural buildings. Keeping granaries and [...]
Watch our latest how-to video In our YouTube channel, you can now find a new instructional video: "how to install a marble mantle". Whether you are dealing with an antique or a reproduction mantle, we will walk you through the steps of a proper installation. In this video, we are installing our white statuary marble [...]
Antiques and Hardware rental for Set Design Architectural Accents opened its doors in 1981, and shortly after it became a popular source for the set designers of the growing film industry in Atlanta, attracting important productions such as Dead Poets Society and My Cousin Vinny. It's been 30 years since, and we've had the [...]
Unique lamps for car enthusiasts After a highly competitive run in historic racing, 3 wheel Morgan driver Jeff Jacobson is using his passion for precision machines to create extraordinary lamps in his home workshop in West Cornwall, CT, and which we have now the pleasure to display in our showroom. The Light Machinery, [...]
We are delighted to introduce our new website, where you can take a complete look at the world of Architectural Accents; our services, our residential design work, our antique and reproduction products, as well as a robust set of articles and features that show the past and present endeavours of our company. The home page [...]
"Charles Nevinson of Atlanta’s Architectural Accents transforms a Sea Island, Georgia property into a medley of intriguing outdoor spaces with sculptural surprises around every corner" Writes Margot Shaw, editor-in-chief of Flower Magazine for the Fresh Style article in their 10th anniversary issue. An account of the creative process behind one of our most recent [...]
Book signing reception with Sharon Santoni On June 27th, 2016 we had the pleasure of hosting blogger and author Sharon Santoni during her U.S. book tour. My Stylish French Girlfriends is Santoni's debut on print, and it's filled with that which has made her blog, My Country French Home, so popular: charming sights of [...]
The andirons above, were recently brought to the shop by our good friend Karen Smith. She's renovating her home so it was the perfect time to restore them to their original glory. To achieve a quality result, the fist step was to take the andirons apart. We disassembled all the components with [...]
An spectacular view of Mt. Rainier from the Delta flight carrying us to Seattle in order to take a ferry across to Bainbridge Island, where we dropped in to see Ian, Kim and Isia before having dinner and spending the night with Frances and Don. A Breakfast of sconces baked by Frances [...]
