Coterie Crush: Sarah Hamlin Hastings of Charleston

We have a Coterie Crush on Charleston native Sarah Hamlin Hastings of Sarah Hamlin Hastings Interiors.  After a few decades in NYC, she and her husband Matt moved back to her beloved Low Country to raise their children in the most charming city in the South.  Sarah Hamlin is active philanthropically with the Charleston Animal Society and she satisfies her love of art through Charleston’s vibrant art scene.  She shares some of her latest greatest and most favorites here …

FABRIC COLLECTION:

Kelly Wearstler for Groundworks, Schumacher’s Strie Velvets, and the new Embroidered Collection from Holland and Sherry—it is exquisite

CHINA PATTERN:

I like the classic simplicity of Herend’s Gold Band pattern. It is easy to mix it up with other patterns, or it makes a beautiful setting on its own. For everyday, I like to use my grandmothers Blue Willow.

PAINT COLOR:

Sherwin Williams “Black Fox” It is the perfect sexy dark gray.

DESIGN BLOG:

MFAMB, Stylebeat, and LaDolceVita are daily reads

CANDLE:

for the holidays, I still love the Thymes Frasier Fir candle, otherwise Diptyque’s Verveine is a favorite

ANTIQUE SHOP:

John Pope Antiques in Charleston, Peridot in Savannah, Malachite in New Orleans

DESIGNERS:

Melissa Rufty, Steven Gambrel, Darryl Carter and Amelia Handegan are designers that I look to often for inspiration. They are all have a very different aesthetic, but the level of quality and authenticity is always there.

ARTIST:

Since I consider architecture an art form, I would say Bobby McAlpine. His taste is exquisite, and his sense of scale and proportion is incredible. But on top of all of that, he is one of the kindest and most eloquent people I have ever met. A true Southern gentleman.

COLLECTION:

art—I love and appreciate all forms

SOUTHERN ESSENTIAL:  

In no particular order: My Barbour coat, my great grandmother’s monogrammed silver goblets, my favorite flower, Camellia Japonica, my husband’s white dinner jacket, SEC football and boiled peanuts

Your style in five words:

Sarah Hamlin Hastings Interiors
7 Sayle Road, Charleston SC 29407   •  917.922.4552
www.sarahhamlinhastings.com

Links to spotlights on other interior designers and tastemakers –

• Cullen O’Steen of Cullen & Co Interior Design
• Holly Phillips of The English Room
• Anna Kristin Yarbrough and Cameron Weaver of Interior Canvas
• Lisa Mende of Lisa Mende Design
• Courtney Barnes of Stylecourt
• Joann Kandrac and Kelly Kole of Kandrac and Kole Interiors
• Roger Higgins of R. Higgins Interiors
• Haskell Harris of Haskell Harris Creative
• Tami Ramsay of Tami Ramsay Design
• Mary Bryan Peyer of Mary Bryan Peyer Designs
• Susan Hable of Hable Construction
• Shani Gilchrist of Camille Maurice
• Lauren Leonard of Lauren Leonard Designs
• Sidney Wagner of Eclectic Interior Design Group
• Angie Hranoswsky of Angie Hranowsky Design Studio
• Liz Williams of Liz Williams Designs
• Jill and Steve McKenzie of Steve McKenzie’s
• Chandos Dodson of Chandos Interiors
• Ty Larkins of Ty Larkins Interiors
• Elaine Griffin of Elaine Griffin Interior Design
• Bunny Williams of Bunny Williams Home
• Vicky Serany of Southern Studio Interior Design
• Sandra Ericksen of Sandra Ericksen Design,LLC
• Lori May of Lori May Interiors
• Tobi Fairley of Tobi Fairley Interior Design
• Leigh-Ann Sprock and Leigh Goodwyn of LeuxDeux Dorm
• Jonathan Savage of Savage Interior Design
• Cathy Austin of Catherine M. Austin Interior Design
• Camille Styles of Camille Styles
• Courtney Giles of Courtney Giles Interiors
• Jade O’Connor of Jade O’Connor Design Inc
• Melanie Turner of Melanie Turner Interiors
• Paula Mcintosh of PJM Interiors
• Dominique Delaney of Comfy Cozy Couture
• Emilie Hatch of Shells & Chinoiserie
• Anna Schwab of Adger Interiors
• Lindsey Lane of Lindsey Lane Designs