Revival of the Chic

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Revival of the Chic

By Haskell HarrisDecember 11, 2008

I just about flipped last night when the dapper owner of Revival in Chattanooga Tennessee, Rodney Simmons, sent me these pictures of his shop. I've never been in person, but I am seriously considering booking a flight just to browse.

We met at Blackberry Farm a few weeks ago, where he was putting the finishing touches on a store (the Gallery) he helped create there.

And okay, yes, his Tennessee shop has been written up in a lot of magazines, but it's looking better than ever. Plus, he's about to launch his online shop, which will make it easy for everybody to bring the Revival look home.

Here are the things I'm in love with:

1) Everything


2) The luxe feather pillow in the foreground of this shot, the English taxidermy vitrine, the charcoal brown wool throws



3) The Mounted Deer Antlers



4) All the white dinnerware, mixed with the organic, sculptural texture of raw branches and pinecones



5) The majestic wildebeest



6) The architectural salvage, like this Swedish oak tabernacle



The entire shop has a sophisticated moodiness about it that I can't get enough of. Thanks for sending along Rodney!