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Colors in the painting of the castle on the Rhine by Mrs. Nunn's maternal
grandmother blend beautifully with the Indo-Savonnerie rug hand made in India.
Blue and white Chinese rice dishes on the mantel belonged to Mr. Nunn's mother]
a missionary to China.
Gracing the high poster bed of Stickley cherry is a
colorful spread painstakingly appliqued and quilted by
Mrs. NunnJn green and red on white background.
Francis Nunn Home Has A "Personal” Touch
BY MAXINE THOMPSON
She had to wait two years
while her Indo-Savonnerie
rugs were hand made in In
dia, but Cora Lee (Mrs.
Francis) Nunn is the kind of
woman who knows what she
wants and has the patience
to wait for it. The results
show the wisdom of waiting,
for the rugs in the Nunn liv
ing and dining rooms are a
lovely soft, muted green,
with floral border patterns
in beige, rose, gold, blue and
orchid. A pattern was even
made especially to fit under
the dining table. The rugs
are over an inch thick, with
every thread hand-knotted.
Blending with the rug in
the living room is an oil
painting of a castle on the
Rhine, painted by Mrs.
Nunn’s maternal grandmoth
er. Mr. Nunn's mother was
a missionary to China, and
they treasure the framed silk
print, teapot, blue and white
rice dishes, and silver pieces
brought back by her.
A pair of lamps are an
tique ruby glass, and the
brass fire set is old. A bowl
of Tiffany china flowers
graces a desk, each one a
gift from one of the three
Nunn children on holidays
or birthdays. When they were
at home, both of the Nunn’s
daughters played the ebony
Baldwin piano.
An apothecary hutch of
pine with cherry finish, com
pletely hand-made stands out
against the scenic print wall
paper in the dining room. A
gleaming round lazy susan
table and hunt board were
refinished by Mrs. Nunn.
This is a cheerful, sunny
room, with plenty of light
from tall windows on the
wall opposite the hutch.
In the pine-paneled den,
a cosy look is achieved with
braided rugs on gleaming
wood floors and comfortable
chairs upholstered in tweed
and plaid textured mater
ials. A sawbuck table with a
framed pheasant print above,
and a copper wash boiler
formerly used by Mrs.
Nunn’s brother for cooking
candy and now set on the
hearth and filled with mag
azines, give a definite coun
try flavor to the room that
overlooks masses of flowers
in beds across the lawn. The
TV set is hidden between
viewings in a pine cabinet
made for the Nunns by Fred
Fudge of Perry, who also
made one of the picture
frames. A portrait of their
son hangs over the mantel.
Browns, greens, black, and
brick red are the predomin
ant colors here.
Hand made Persian hall
runners show off to great
advantage against wood
floors in the bedroom area.
Both of the Nunn girls
now work in Atlanta, where
they share an apartment. In
their room at home, twin
beds with fern and daisy
print dust ruffles and white
spreads have oval-framed
pictures of each as a small
child over her bed. For a
different window treatment,
shutters are used at the bot
tom, and shades and valan
ces are of the same print as
the dust ruffles. The rug is
off-white and walls are Wil
liamsburg gold. At one side,
wall-to-wall shelves held per
sonal possessions and collec
tions of the girls through
the years.
Cora Lee Nunn spent many
hours making the bedspread
in the master bedroom, first
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The rock garden at the side of the Francis Nunn
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Definitely out of the ordinary is the graceful apothe-
appliquemg the dozens of
pieces on a white back
ground to form the floral
pattern, then quilting it by
hand; and the reds and
greens show beautifully a
gainst the green carpet and
antique white walls.
The furniture here is Stick
ley cherry collected through
the years. They have had the
poster bed and chest for a
long time; the highboy was a
more recent acquistion. In
one corner, a low chair and
table invite relaxation with
a book. Shutters on the win
dows were finished by Mrs.
Nunn, who also made the
Inserts of red print fabric.
Perhaps one reason Mrs.
Nunn stays so trim is be
cause of the hours she
spends outdoors, making
flower beds and beautifying
the grounds. Her daylily bed
and perennial bed are a riot
of summer color now, and
their unusual borders are
outlined with old railroad
crossties set in a zig-zag pat
tern on the green lawn.
A rock garden gives a rus
tic appearance to an area of
the front yard, and there arc
artistic plantings of dwarf
treat completely different from more formal plantings
in other areas.
cary hutch of pine with cherry finish, completely hand
made. Mrs. Nunn refinished the lazy susan table.
gardenias’ in corners and
blue hyderangea hedges on
each side of a stone bench.
White and salmon pink aza
leas bloom on the patio. In
a little niche, a statuette
lountain is flanked by ivy
trees and bordered with ivy
and pink and green paint
ings.
The green house is set well
back from the street and
blends completely into its
setting of tall pines, green
lawn and shrubs. There is a
sense of the tranquility of
nature here, just a couple of
blocks from the main street
of town.