More Jill Brinson

I got a nice anon message!
In fact it was a very good tip about the blogosphere's new favorite designer, Jill Brinson.
My gentle reader gave me the link to the Jill Brinson web site which I would never have found, since it's under her maiden name of Jill Sharp. It's an unusual web site in that it doesn't scream me, me, me, and hence there is not much in the way of chatty biographical information. But from exploring the site, I gathered Jill Sharp is married to photographer Rob Brinson, hence her being credited in the December 2009 issue of House Beautiful as Jill Brinson.

Jill Brinson House Beautiful December 2009

I have gathered some images from the web site for you.


I think I personally respond to Jill's rooms, because we use so many of the same things in decorating our homes. I love white furniture, big clocks, industrial metal things, cowhide rugs, interesting textiles, old shutters, white ironstone, big lanterns, pretty flowers, light bare floors, quirky objects, and pretty rooms.


I've tried to bust out of my cottage lady ways with color and a modern dose of accents, but I always revert back to the things Jill loves.

A different view of Jill Brinson's Living Room
Rolls of wallpaper seem to be hanging from the balcony instead of fabric!

I approach decorating more as a stylist than a designer. Jill Brinson is an uber stylist and style maker, and her interiors reflect an eye for the photo shoot.

One of the things my generous anon commenter stated is that in a recent Skirted Roundtable interview with House Beautiful editor Stephen Drucker, is that we were a bit misled by Stephen saying that he really didn't know of Jill's work until it came "over the transom" at House Beautiful, kind of implying that she was unknown at House Beautiful, and further planting a seed in the minds of us wishful thinkers that anyone might have a chance at the cover (or maybe at least get a mention as a design blogger ha ha) by throwing our work over the transom.


In fact, Jill had been published in House Beautiful before. Maybe before Stephen Drucker's time there (he's been there five years).

Jill Brinson in a earlier House Beautiful editorial
Very pretty Cottage Lady

Since Jill is creative director for Ballard Designs, I like to call her early House Beautiful editorial "Early Ballard" and her present House Beautiful editorial "Later Ballard." Of course she hasn't furnished her homes with stuff from Ballard, but you can see the original objects and furniture she's collected, and how it is translated for the masses via the Ballard catalog.
"Early Ballard" has much more color and cottage lady fussiness, "Later Ballard" is more evolved, more sleek.

Jill Brinson in an earlier editorial in House Beautiful

Very "Early Ballard"

Even though Jill Brinson is not yet a household name in the world of interior design, she has had a great career. Maybe she'll go the way of national success as fellow Atlanta designer Suzanne Kasler.


She and her husband Rob, seem to be well known in Atlanta where they make their home.


So here are a few more photos of their Atlanta home. It's interesting to see it styled differently than the House Beautiful shoot.

Jill Brinson with no fabric hanging from the loft balcony
No paisley pillows from France either and no cowhide of the sofa

But here are the pillows and the quirky wallpaper hanging off the railing
The parsons table desk, the silver pouf, and the side tables are different
And I much prefer the color of flowers to the green plant

The cowhide on the table

The table sans cowhide originally published in Southern Accents

Another different view and styling of the dining area off the living room

Here's an excerpt of the comment that got me to do this post for you:

Anonymous said... Valorie - below is cut & paste copy of a comment left on the SRT Drucker post. Very interesting. Jill's web site is beautiful. Perhaps you can share it with your readers.

Thank you so very much for the excellent tip! I really enjoyed seeing more of Jill Brinson's work, and I'm sure the Visual Vamp readers have too!


Most images from: Jill Sharp Style