An array of ideas for mixing rustic, antique and contemporary elements This book brings to light the style, grace and hospitality of living in the southern mountains. Southern Mountain Living offers a room-by-room look into the interior designs of Lynn Monday, making the most of outdoor living and indoor spaces. To accomplish this, Monday mixes the formal and the casual in the same space, combining current trends and local treasures with fine art, English and French furniture, antique tapestries, and textiles to maintain a sense of history amid modern comfort and design. Lynn Monday has been a designer for more than thirty years. She currently owns a store specializing in home décor and gifts, Monday’s House of Design, in Cashiers, North Carolina. Southern Mountain Living offers a room-by-room look into the interior designs of Lynn Monday, making the most of outdoor living and indoor spaces. To accomplish this, Monday mixes the formal and the casual in the same space, combining current trends and local treasures with fine art, English and French furniture, antique tapestries, and textiles to maintain a sense of history amid modern comfort and design. Monday brings to light the style, grace and hospitality of living in the Southern mountains. Every mountain home has its own charm and story to tell, as well as a divine climate and scenic vistas to celebrate every season of the year. Southern Mountain Living. Lynn Monday, IIDA , became fascinated with design in childhood, designing manor houses for dolls. Her education in Fine Arts at Virginia Intermont College, subsequent marriage to Wayne Monday and a move to Europe were all valuable in expanding her views of cultures and different design styles as well. In Europe, exploring castles and country estates became both a pastime and a passion, ultimately giving Lynn's design aesthetic a warm grandeur. Later experiences as a display and fashion director for department stores, working for clients from New York to Florida, further enriched her design style. Today her interior design work blends the edgy with the mellow and the new with the well worn, keeping the palette of each room fresh and surprising with brushstrokes of fine art, old rugs and antique furniture. A designer for more than thirty years, Lynn Monday currently owns a design firm and store specializing in home decor and gifts, Monday's House of Design, in Cashiers, North Carolina. Lynn Monday has been a designer for more than thirty years. She currently owns a store specializing in home décor and gifts, Monday’s House of Design, in Cashiers, North Carolina. Southern Mountain Living celebrates mountain country style with grace and hospitality. Many of the homes in the Southern mountains have been passed down from generation to generation as summer retreats. These family homes have historical character and their own sense of heritage to consider as each generation updates the interior décor. I believe European country manors have lasting style and a timeless lodge look that’s right at home in the mountains of North Carolina. Every mountain home has its own charm and story to tell as well as a divine climate and scenic vistas to celebrate every season of the year. To accomplish this, I mix the formal and the casual in the same space, combining current trends and local treasures with fine art, English and French furniture, antique tapestries, and textiles to maintain a sense of history amid modern comfort and design. I place contemporary elements in a well-worn room or antiques in a sleek setting, always mindful of balance, color, texture, and shape.