Homes / Private Quarters / Splurge
'Stealth wealth' with an intercontinental twist
Text: Rachel Pomerance/rpomerance@ajc.com; photo: Joey Ivansco/jivansco@ajc.com
Stan Benecki and Melanie Turner pose in their home's salon, a light and laidback room full of soft hues and varied textures. Turner, an interior designer who oversees the design staff at Benecki Homes, calls the look a mixture of French and California influences. There's a bit of Hollywood glamour, "but it's not glitzy," she says, comparingthe style to today's mode of dressing up jeans with a fine blouse. "That's how we dress so that's how we should live."