20 Years of Traditional Home: McBournie and Faudree(11)
20 Years of Traditional Home: McBournie and Faudree
Ask Gary McBournie to describe his style, and he'll tell you he doesn't have one. "I'm not formulaic, and I don't want to do the same design over and over," he says. But his work does have certain distinct aspects that we count on. His infectious fusion of happy palettes, charming geometrics, and fresh spins on antiques-all polished to casual perfection-consistently wow us. That livable but sophisticated approach has made McBournie such a favorite at Traditional Home that his rooms have been seen here again and again, first appearing in our May '93 editon.
In addition to the range of elegantly casual client projects and his own abodes that this Boston talent has shared with our readers, he has seamlessly bridged Traditional Home from one millennium to the next. When it came time to produce the magazine's 10th anniversary issue in 1999, we called on McBournie to introduce a fresh Y2K update to a living room re-created from our inaugural year. In 2000, when Traditional Home brought together a team of esteemed designers for our Built for Women showhouse, we chose him to design the grand entry foyer of the Manhattan residence.
