TAM STONE Interiors

01/22/2020

Travel of all kinds inform the designs we create for our clients. Sometimes it’s for fun & inspiration and other times it’s purely educational.

Over the past several years more of our projects have included remodeling in addition to interior decoration. So this week I’m attending the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas. And what a show it is! For current projects, I’m sourcing everything from acoustic drywall, to pavilions, to custom colored refrigerators. It’s ALL here ... and everything in between!

If you’d like to see some of the new, fantastic ideas in home design, follow along in our stories where I’ll share some of the cool things coming soon to our homes!

For now, I’m leaving you with some images from the newly opened Nomad Hotel where I am staying. It’s definitely NOT your generic hotel from the moment you walk in. The entire experience at The Nomad beckons a bygone era of European opulence. The details are amazing to this design gal ... everything from the original artwork to the two-story, library-style dining room that houses 25,000 volumes from David Rockefeller’s personal collection are extraordinary and worth a visit if you find yourself heading to Vegas
@ The NoMad Las Vegas at Park MGM

09/13/2019

What a treat today to share a project near & dear to me on my regular Better Kansas City Show interior design segment! Thank you for sharing the story about how I turned our historic family home into a wedding and special events venue ... you all are the best! .

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Interior design guru Tam Stone shares how a historic site can be transformed into the perfect spot for a wedding..

08/02/2019

This incredible Frank Lloyd Wright home in Kansas City is up for auction on August 12th (no reserve)! There is a great video and more photos on the website to walk you through the home and all of it's features. The home is very well maintained and is being auctioned with some of the original furnishings.

Country Club of Missouri friends will likely see a lot of similarities between this Sondern-Adler House and the architecture of the Club. CCMO was designed by architect E. Fay Jones. Jones was a student of Wright, and like Wright was also awarded the AIA Gold Medal. Jones was the only of Wright's students to be honored with the prestigious award.

Frank Lloyd (done alllll kinds of) Wright!

A rare opportunity to own one of Frank Lloyd Wright's early Usonian-style homes, built by Wright in 1939 and expanded by the architect in 1948. A cypress and brick exterior virtually melts into the surrounding wooded landscape. Enjoy seamless use of indoor and outdoor spaces with multiple terraces and floor to ceiling windows.

Admirers of Wright will appreciate the clerestory windows, welcoming fireplaces and intimate spaces created in and around the home with the use of local materials.

Nestled into the canopy, the home offers incredible privacy, yet is located in the heart of Kansas City, only minutes away from The Plaza, Westport, and 39th St shopping districts, as well as the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and the Crossroads Art District. Sometimes offered as a short-term rental, the Sondern-Adler house is a testament to Wright's vision.
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04/15/2019

How I’ll always remember the great Notre Dame. (photo from east facade)

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This view of the east facade of Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris with its incredible flying buttresses never disappoints. I took this photo from the Square Jean XXIII while studying design at Parsons Paris. .
We never met in a classroom for the entirety of my studies in Paris. Instead, we would meet up with our professor each morning at a quaint bistro for an espresso and spend the remainder of the day studying on location. On this day we were obviously studying French Gothic architecture, but also honing our perspective drawing skills. It was an educational experience like no other and one I won't soon forget! ... 📷 TAM

02/17/2019

INSPIRATION FOR THE CHATOL LOUNGE ... The RMS Queen Mary was a luxurious ocean liner that carried the world’s rich and famous on transatlantic journeys between the United States and Europe in the era before passenger flight. Commissioning of ultra modern ships like the Queen Mary, and the glamorous transatlantic travel lifestyle depicted in their advertising, fueled public fascination with “everything ocean liner”. Sleek, sophisticated and sexy, the ocean liner style was replicated in architecture and interiors throughout the Art Deco era.
My current project has any “ship-style” features, including horizontal banding on the walls and round port hole windows. To reinforce the ship-style elements at The Chatol, we are drawing from the iconic Queen Mary Observation Bar as a significance source of inspiration for the bar in our own Lounge. Like in the Queen Mary, our bar is being completely transformed into a semi-circle with exotic wood veneers, horizontal steel banding and high gloss finishes. I’m confident the end result will be stunning!
Over the next days I will share some of the design plans for our bar here and in Instagram Stories ... starting with an original historic photo of the current Lounge. The image in this post is the original Queen Mary Observation Bar (c. 1936), followed by a contemporary image of the bar after restorations. I think they did an amazing job with the restoration.
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@ The Queen Mary

01/28/2019

I just came across this image from Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, the “New Orient Express” ... a luxury train that whisks affluent travelers to some of the most sought after European destinations in style.

I’ve probably seen the image a hundred times before and always admired the rich woods and 1920s/1030s styling. Yesterday I spent several hours selecting fabrics for the Living Room at ... and seeing this image for the 101st time stopped me in my tracks!

I’m planning two Art Deco lounge chairs in a rich velvet for the Living Room ... a deep blue with a hint of teal and a strong contrast welt to highlight the lines of the chair. After seeing the royal blue animal print in this Orient Express image, I’m reconsidering the solid velvet... Maybe a rich blue animal print velvet would be an interesting touch. Maybe it would be too much?

What do you think of this look? I’d love to hear!
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01/16/2019

Close-up of hand painted wallpaper in the Dining Room at . The wallpaper is original to the home and serves as a launching pad for the color scheme used throughout the main level.
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The wallpaper is actually created from hand painted Japanese Shoji screen squares. Ann and Gano Chance purchased the screen panels on a trip to Japan and had them applied to the Dining Room walls. More detail images are in our Instastories today.
@ Centralia, Missouri

01/14/2019

Maurice Dufrene's Dining Room from the 1925 Paris Exposition is serving as a great source of inspiration for updates to Dining Room in our project, both in color and composition.
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The Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, as the 1925 Paris Exposition is officially known, is recognized as the birth place of Art Deco design. The exposition was dedicated to introducing a new modern style of decorative arts and architecture to the world. Multiple pavilions at the exposition were built by department and furniture stores, and decorated by prominent French designers to showcase the avant-garde interior design that would later become known as Art Deco.

01/06/2019

This is us... Me (Tam), my husband Gil and our twin daughters Ann & Abby the day we purchased The Chatol.
I get asked most everyday about our connection to The Chatol and the Chance family, so here it is ... Gil's great-grandmother is A.B. Chance's sister, Sallie Chance. We are fortunate to have many cool historic documents and personal effects from Gil's family. I look forward to sharing those along with some of the history of the home in the weeks to come.
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01/06/2019

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Design Plans Complete ✔️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Budgets Checked (and double checked 😉) ✔️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Fixtures & Furnishings Ordered ✔️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The renovation and decoration of The Chatol House & Gardens is in full force. Follow along here and for a look behind the scenes as we prepare this 10,000sf gem of a Mansion for her Grand Opening Gala later this Spring!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
We'll be posting to Instagram and Instastories on and accounts, so follow along, ask questions, let us know what you like ... and let us know what you'd like to see! We'll do our best to give you a real look inside the remodel and answer any questions you may have about The Chance Mansion! -- TAM ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

12/15/2018

Making heritage buildings sustainable is just as important as preserving their history – and they can offer energy-efficiency lessons of their own