(As of 3/24/2003)
MAGAZINES/TV/NEWSPAPERS
Southern Accents, May-June, 2003
Will contain an article focusing on Landscape architect René Fransen’s remarkable gardens for a Normandy-inspired residence. Charme was the home’s interior designer. The house and its ancillary structures were designed by Architect Ken Tate
By Lake Douglas
Inside Northside, June-July, 2002 “Ken Tate and the Louisiana Style”
A profile of Ken Tate’s firm includes Charme’s role in its evolution. Charme Tate Interiors was founded in 1980, while Ken Tate Architect became an entity in 1984
Staff, contents: page 8, page 39 article: Pages 50-53
New Orleans’ The Jewish News, May 7, 2002 “Tates Land Softly on Northshore”
A short article on the Tates’ move to Lake Ponchartrain’s North Shore. Shown are the breakfast room and main conservatory of a manoir Normande the couple designed in the upper South
Staff, page 27
Inside Northside, February, March, 2002 “Rooms with a View”
Charme made the breakfast table the pivot-point for the service wing of a waterfront home. Full-page photo, page 35. The home also appears in the book Southern Rooms: Interior Design from Miami to Houston (FRONT & BACK COVERS, & pages 82-87), as well as Traditional Home (“The Best-Laid Plans”), and Mississippi (March/April 1996, COVER, & pages 38-41)
By Sarah Johnson, pages 32-36
New Orleans’ The Jewish News, April 2, 2002 “Pragmatism amid the Opulence”
Charme shares long-term strategies for choosing investment-quality furnishings
Staff, Page 24
New Orleans’ The Jewish News, January 8, 2002 Profile: Charme Tate Interiors
The Tates’ role in transforming Jackson leads the author to wonder whether they will do the same for the New Orleans Northshore Page 26
Coastal Living, January/February, 2001 “Carefree Over the Bay”
Charme’s renovation of her own historic weekend home, in Fairhope, Alabama. Charme’s changes have returned the structure to its original simplicity
By Grace Hodges, pages 114-123
The House Perfected, Edition XIV “Exploring the Estate with Ken Tate”
A photo of the stair hall of an often-published Provençal villa, designed by the Tates, is the first page of the article.
Pages 17-24
Mobile Bay, May 2000 “Cottage Charm ”
The Tates’ weekend house, in Fairhope, Alabama, is part of an historic homes tour. The house, along with a nearby cottage freshly refurbished by the Tates, can be rented through Prudential Real Estate, of Daphne, AL.
By Cathy Donelson, contents, & pages 28-30
Southern Living, August 1999, “Grace in the Garden”
The walled garden of the Tates’ own Charleston-Caribbean style home
By Lynn Nesmith, pages 70-71
The Learning Channel/A wedding story, aired, December, 2000
The fine, formal, and French drawing room, in a manoir Normande designed and decorated by the Tates, becomes backdrop for an interview with the bride’s parents. The foyer’s antique stone flooring was salvaged from a French Chateau. It’s trompe l’oeil stone walls were achieved by scoring their plaster; with subsequent graining by custom finishes expert Libba Wilkes. Libba currently applies her magic to walls belonging to such luminaries as Britney Spears and Sela Ward.
Home & Garden Television (HGTV) first aired in fall, 1999 and spring, 2000
The Lyle Residence (Ken Tate, Architect; Charme Tate, Interior Designer; Overton Moore, Landscape Architect), as interpreted for TV
The Clarion Ledger, October 29, 1999
“Picture book features Mississippi designers’ work” Designers discuss the upcoming book, Southern Rooms: Interior Design from Miami to Houston. Page 10H (home and garden section)
Veranda, March/April 1999 “Accessorized: Dressing Up”
Charme, with her husband, architect Ken Tate and landscape architect Overton Moore, collaborate on a resort-like residence. By Marda Burton, pages 208-215
Southern Living/Decorating Step by Step, winter 1998/99 “Classical Comforts”
Still more views of a waterfront home whose living room became the cover photo for the book, Southern Rooms. We adore the fact that this, of all houses, should turn up in a do-it-yourself magazine. Every possible specialist; from arborists to master stuccatori, to master stone masons, were called into play here. The newel-post alone, involved the Tates’ graphic designer, who designed it all, including the finish colors; an ironwork artisan; a custom furniture maker, who fashioned the cap; the ever-accommodating Hayles & Howe, who cast the flambeau for us, off an urn in Derbyshire; and a custom finishes specialist, who gilded the flambeau. Pages 104-108
The Clarion Ledger/Interiors Supplement, November 19, 1998, "Decorating on a Grand Scale"
The clients bought this particular site, in an estate area of Madison, Mississippi, because they admired the view: a large villa that, itself, had been a collaborative effort by the Tates (see March/April ’99 Veranda). Although the houses were to be hundreds of yards apart, the Tates, with the agreement of both client couples, felt that the structures should speak the same stylistic language; though telling slightly different stories. The homes’ façades are in alignment, and both are overscale Palladian villas, with long entrance galleries. But there, the similarity ends. The first home has a dressed-up California aesthetic. The new home is a fantasy on British Caribbean and Indochine themes.
By Susan O’Bryan, cover, & page 4
Southern Living, April, 1998 “A Colorful Ending”
Different views of the kitchen in an often-published Madison, Mississippi home. High above a waterside forest, the room is fourteen feet tall: its windows arch up to twelve feet. In response to this overscaling, Charme introduced an Alice in Wonderland dichotomy of scales. Floor tiles are a big 16” charcoal and ivory grid, in scale with the fenestration. Furnishings range between the delicate twig chandelier and the chunky breakfast table. A lively green reinforces the room’s storybook feel.
By Lynn Nesmith, page 196
Southern Living, March 1998 “Practical Elegance”
The warm hues of the living room, in a residence the Tates designed within Madison, Mississippi’s Roses Bluff, seem to have captivated the paparazzi. The house has spectacular spaces from stem to stern, but this room keeps popping up: even as a book cover. Here, a rare view hinting at the home’s carefully modulated color progression. Lynn Nesmith beautifully conveys the rationale that Charme used in creating this favorite space.
By Lynn Nesmith, page 214
Southern Living/You Can Do It, February, 1998 “Slip Into Something Elegant”
Once again, this anything-but-amateur home pops up in a do-it-yourself themed magazine. Well, you could slipcover your hepplewhites in translucent tea-stained linen, all by yourself… But Charme used the workroom of a master upholsterer. The room, by the way, was definitely intended for use. Between church groups and family gatherings, the dining room was used more days than not.
By Lynn Nesmith, page 118
The Classicist: Number Four “Residence, (deleted for privacy), Mississippi ”
From the schematic stage onward, Charme shaped this home’s interiors with Ken Tate, while Ken and Landscape architect René Fransen collaborated on the architecture of the grounds. The Tates feel particularly honored by their inclusion in this most scholarly of periodicals. Pages 42 & 43
Traditional Home, November 1997 “The Best laid plans”
Involved in the home’s design from its inception, Charme rises to the challenge of designing for Mississippi’s premier home furnishings retailers.
By Eliot Nusbaum, pages 180-187
Southern Accents, September/October 1996, “The Real Thing”
For the most gracious clients imaginable, Ken and Charme Tate worked together to shape a waterfront villa, based on those traditional in the South of France. Charme reinforces Ken’s authentic proportions and materials: interior details and furnishings flow seamlessly with the architecture.
By Philip Morris, pages 136-138
House Digest, Tenth Edition (spring, 1996) “Élan Provençal”
The philosophy and design process behind an often-published Provençal residence in Madison, Mississippi. Cover, and pages 1&2
Mississippi, March/April 1996 Mississippi Magazine’s 1996 Tour of Homes, Miskelly Home.
Charme’s interiors for a stunning young couple, who are the state’s premier home furnishings retailers. Interesting to note is that of the four houses on tour, three were designed by Ken Tate. The two photos at left, on page 37, are speculative residences that Ken designed to accommodate longtime developer clients. The Miskelly residence is at top, right.
By Brenda Ware Jones, COVER, and pages 37-41
Mississippi, March/April 1996 “Muted and Magnificent”
Brenda Ware Jones describes the design process for the Miskelly home. Charme was involved in the house’s design from project-inception.
By Brenda Ware Jones, pages 49 & 50
Better Homes and Gardens /Kitchen &Bath, Spring/Summer, 1995 “Cottage Comforts”
A cameo of Charme’s own kitchen, in her Madison, Mississippi home. Here, the cabinets are painted to make them read as furniture; in a wondrous English breakfast green the couple fell in love with, while on vacation in Bermuda. The shot illustrates a key aspect of Charme’s work. No matter how grand the house or its occupants, her interiors are not stage-sets, to be trotted-through. Her rooms are places where people live, function, and pursue objectives.
Town & Country, March, 1995 “Heaven’s Tiers”
A photo of the newly wed couple with their parents, is also a portrait of Charme’s clientele. Both families, and the new household as well, have been favorite Tate clients. The magazine devoted a page to the wedding, including the reception at the bride’s parents’ Georgian residence. The home’s interiors are by Charme, and the formal garden (tented, here, to become the ballroom) were by Ken Tate Architect.
Staff
Southern Living, May 1994, “Blue, White, and Bright”
The Tates worked together to design a Federal residence for a pair of attorneys: part of an extended family of longtime Tate clients. The clarity of the family room’s colors reflects the razor-sharp intellect of the brunette wife.
By Louis Joyner, page 16
Traditional Home, March 1994, “Southern Comfort”
This coverage of the Tates’ own Charleston-Caribbean home sparked widespread interest in that house-type. See "Grace in the Garden" for a later phase in the Garden’s evolution.
By John Rhia, CONTENTS, & pages 67-75
Mississippi, July/August 1993, “Home with a View”
This house can also be seen in the book Southern Rooms: Interior Design from Miami to Houston (P. 82, inset, & P.83), as well as Traditional Home “The Real Thing.” Expanding upon the style of the clients’ antique trumeau overmantel, the home’s boiserie was all manufactured for this job; following the firm’s drawings.
By Brenda Ware Jones, COVER, & four pages
House Digest, Fourth Edition, “Classical Notes”
Le style moderne and neoclassicism meet in this resort-like villa in Jackson’s Eastover district. Charme, once again, designs for a barefoot-by-the-pool way of life.
Cover, inside front cover, and page 3
House Digest, Fourth Edition, “Ken Tate, Southern Classicist”
An article on Ken Tate’s contributions to the tradition of Southern neoclassicism devotes a page (18) to a dining room by Charme, in a house she and Ken designed.
Pages 15-18
Southern Accents, March/April 1993, “Classical-Moderne Mode”
Combining imagery from the clients’ favorite vacation spots; early twentieth century villas on the Côte d’Azur, and private islands in the Caribbean; the Tates designed a primary residence for an industrialist and his wife; herself a talented designer. The home can also be seen in the fourth edition of The House Perfected
By Philip Morris, pages 134-139
The Commercial Dispatch, August 31, 1992, “Columbus Background inspires Jackson Designer”
Charme credits the City’s rich neoclassical heritage with inspiring her toward formulation of her own Abstract Classicist style.
By John Mott Coffey, Headlines, and page 5A
Southern Accents, February 1991, “The Desk Set”
Charme dresses up her Jackson office for a party. For the presskit, we include a behind-the-scenes communiqué, from the magazine.
By Mary Kay Culpepper, pages 44&46, and 52&letter page
Southern Living, November 1990, “Accent With Light”
Includes a shot of the dining room, in a home first seen in that magazine in March, 1989.
Page 26s
Southern Living, May 1990, “Warm and Welcoming”
The kitchen in a French-Caribbean residence, designed by the Tates in the late eighties. See below, “High Style, Mississippi Style”
By Linda Hallam, pages 96 & 97
Southern Living, March 1989, “High Style-Mississippi Style”
The clients here wanted a home reminiscent of those they had seen in older Caribbean towns. This was a timely request, coming as it did, just before the tide of interest in French Colonial styles, nationwide.
By Linda Hallam, pages 94-96
Southern Living, February, 1989, “Southern Home Awards”
The first significant commission for the Tates’ fledgling firm was the Canebrake development. Again departing from the then-prevalent Williamsburg-Georgian theme, the Tates designed the enclave as a fantasy on Louisiana-Colonial motifs. Ken designed the Clubhouse, as well as various shared and private pavilions and boathouses. Interior design for the Clubhouse was by Charme. The Tate Firm is the award’s only three-time recipient.
By Linda Hallam, pages 63-65
Southern Accents, November/December 1984, “Youthful Perspective”
The featured home became the project of the Tates; who were allowed free expression, by both the Owners and the architectural firm for which Ken then worked. Resultant accolades encouraged Ken to open his own office. The postmodern house’s setting, Jackson’s Eastover district, is still home to a high concentration of Tate clients.
By Robert Ivy, pages 86-97
Mississippi, September, October 1983, “Contemporary Lines”
Ken was responsible for the architectural design here. Charme, who had founded Charme Tate Interiors in 1980, was the interior designer.
By Lea Anne Brandon, pages 50-52
The Clarion-Ledger, “A Study in Regional Modernism”
First press, for a postmodern residence designed by the Tates
By Linda Hallam, 1K-2K
BOOKS
A Decade of Art & Architecture 1992-2002
This lush book celebrates the current revival of classicist design. A Decade of Art & Architecture contains essays and completed projects from many (if not most) of the world’s most distinguished architects and designers. The introduction page for the ‘South & Southwest’ portion of the book is a photo of the potager and pigeonnier of a Manoir Normande in the Upper South, for which Charme was the interior designer. The final photo in the ‘Ken Tate Architect’ subsection shows a view past the south lawn’s exedra.
2002, pages 131 & 178, The Institute of Classical Architecture
Southern Rooms: Interior Design From Miami to Houston (Hardbound Edition)
Prior to publication, for a book fair in Germany, Rockport’s catalog had one of Charme’s interiors as the proposed book’s international edition cover. At that point, she knew the editors were impressed. But when the book was published, her work occupied six pages, plus front and back covers.
Because the Tates have honed their professional skills side-by-side since college, Ken produces residences that are very designer-friendly. Designers bring Ken their best clients. In addition to three of the Tates’ collaborations, the book shows two more of Ken’s houses; a Hays Town Creole, enlarged by Tate for designer Ann Carter; and a manoir Normande: its interiors by Annelle Primos.
1999, front cover, back cover, & pages 82-87, Rockport Publishers
Come On In
Jackson’s Junior League has long been at the forefront of important trends within the organization; from diverse membership, to profoundly successful fundraising efforts. Their two award-winning cookbooks are no exception. The second book, Come On In, is a collection of progressive Southern cooking (equal parts cornbread, Cordon Bleu, & Cuisine Minceur), anecdotes on Mississippi’s storied hospitality, and photos of Jackson’s doors and doorways. The doors range from Frank Lloyd Wright to Ken Tate. Ken’s doors illustrate the Entrées chapter, and are from a house he and Charme designed. In terms of furnishings and architecture, the house reflects the client family’s origins; from the Georgian era, through the Federal and Edwardian periods.
1991 Pages 78, 113, 121, & 233, Junior League of Jackson, Mississippi
Decorating with Southern Living
An endearing time-capsule of late-eighties interior shots, with a big surprise. The four Tate photos still look fresh! It helps that the chic clients were risk-takers, willing to follow the Tates out of the stylistic box. Ignoring then-current trends, Charme and Ken studied the clients, as cues for the house’s style. The wife had a keen eye for quirky 1920’s furnishings. The couple’s favorite haunts were old towns in the Caribbean. Together, Designer and Architect researched Caribbean town houses, and shaped a dwelling that seems to have grown over time. The result could be on Martinique or in Merida, and defies chronological dissection.
By Louis Joyner, 1990, pages 66, 78, 161, 181(top), & back cover (top, left)
AWARDS
SOUTHERN HOME AWARD, 1989, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Charme’s interiors for Canebrake’s Clubhouse married the warm joie de vivre of the Acadian style, with the fine-tuned luxury that is expected in South-Mississippi. In 1984, nestling homesites into lush forest, and building in Louisiana’s Colonial styles, were both news. The development won kind words from Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, whose master plan for Seaside, Florida has led to her current eminence in progressive urbanism.
AMERICAN SOCIETY of INTERIOR DESIGNERS, 1989 Louisiana District Chapter/Project Competition/Residential Division/Gold
Recognition for the house shown in the March, 1989 Southern Living
SHOWHOUSES/BROCHURES
THE HOUSE PERFECTED, Edition XIV
Riverwood Home Appliances uses a shot of an often-published kitchen, designed by Charme, as the first page of a four page brochure insert.
Page 9
HOUSE DIGEST , Tenth Edition (spring, 1996): three-page ad
Three monochromatic photos of A French Moderne residence in Jackson’s Eastover district. Inside back cover, and two preceding pages.
DESIGNER SHOWHOUSE, St. Andrews Episcopal School Feb.-Mar., 1994
Charme combines her own imperial Russian chandelier with fabric from one of her idols, the late Rose Cumming, in enlivening the dining room of a venerable Belhaven Colonial.
The Clarion Ledger, February 26, 1993 “Come on In”
Thirty designers swarm a small Eastover manse, for a benefit showhouse. No simple trot-through, this was a design event: showhouse options included a three-day lecture series, tastings, and brunches.
Pages 1,5&6 E
The Northside Sun, February 18, 1993 “Showcase to Benefit St. Andrews”
A proud mom and supporter of the Episcopal school since her son’s preschool days, Charme once again joins the effort to keep St. Andrews among the South’s precious few. This year, her showhouse room is centered around an astonishing papyrus-columned Mallard bed.
Page 4 B
JUDY FORD fabric art brochure
Here, a portion of her brochure from the early nineties, showing a nap-cover that Charme has had made, using a FORD velvet.
