CityView Magazine

24 | September/October 2015 A nnMarie is the owner of her own interior design firm, e Plantation House, which is located in down- town Fayetteville. If designing and building other's homes is her profes- sion, then one can only imagine what her humble abode looks like. e brick home tucked away behind a winding driveway is quintessentially South- ern. AnnMarie's husband, Wayne, ex- plained, "e house is a reproduction of an actual plantation home on the Natchez River located in Mississippi. e plans were purchased through the historic preservation society." e first step in this palace of a home brings you to a checkered floor of black and white tiles, like something out of Charlotte's Duke Manson. e walls are a peppy green and there is custom made art- work hanging throughout the hallway. Art is a huge component of this Eastov- er home. From giant, 5 foot canvases, to dozens of statuettes and a 10-inch palette knife painting, the house's vibes were that of a museum, but still main- tained the comfort of a home. A vase full of freshly cut hydrangeas sat in the middle of a spacious wooden table in the dining room. Chinoise- rie played a major theme in this space because the wall covering, specifically called de Gournay, was handspun silk made in England and each panel was hand-painted with scenery of oriental birds and forestry. When asked how this specific silk wallpaper was hung, AnnMarie digressed, "When I was in D.C. at a design market, I wanted this very specific type of silk. I bought it, but later found out there wasn't anyone in North Carolina who was qualified to hang the silk. ere were only two peo- ple in the South East coast who could do it. Aer looking for quite a while, I found a gentleman in Wilmington who was an ex-firefighter. He hung it in one day! Nowadays you can see it in every single home magazine." Wayne also helped design this particular room. He explained, "I installed the 4 x 4 raised paneled ceiling in the dining room, which is made from drywall material." He jokingly continued, "I always prefer wallpaper on the walls!" The Locklear home boasts handpainted wallpaper and a Dale Chuhuly glass sculpture in the dining room.

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