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When Chaney DeLong of newly signed duo Emerald Blue, also comprising Bree Stevens whom she met at Belmont, was reno-vating her Berry Hill home, she turned interior designer Kendall Simmons loose on the 2,350-square-foot bungalow.

“The bed oom that became Chaney’s writing room had the prettiest light in the entire house. I wanted to take advantage of that by painting the walls a more dra-matic color than I would normally use,” the owner of Kendall Sim-mons Interiors says of her decision to implement Sherwin Williams Rainstorm in the space. “Chaney needed a comfortable place for her and Bree to retreat to and write, as well as a practical desk area to work from. Once those two functional needs were handled, the rest was a matter of incorporating their Emerald Blue concert posters and other music memorabilia. The oom is a mix of vintage findsand new pieces, which lends it a comfortable, collected feeling.” —Kristin Luna

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Th ee-time Grammy-winning blues and Americana artist Kevin “Keb’ Mo’” Moore had spent nearly 60 years in Los Angeles until he and wife Robbie Brooks Moore relocated to Tennessee three days before the flood of 2010 While their spacious, new home, built in 2005 and perched on a hill in Franklin, went untouched, most of Kevin’s instruments—which were stored at Soundcheck Nashville on the banks of the Cumberland—did not.

“This oom, situated by the front door, was originally the dining room, and we had a piano, not a dining room table. For us, it made much more sense to have a musical space as the welcome message,” the

singer-songwriter says of his front parlor room. “Theart is mostly a mix of interesting instruments, a vintage piece from my granddaddy, and a poster made to raise funds for musicians affected by Katrina. I was the hand model and I guess you call that foreshadowing. This sp ce becomes ‘The ickin’ Parlor’ when we throw our annual party, and it’s always a one-of-a kind show. We love it.”

Since relocating, Robbie has launched her own label, Kind of Blue Music, which is run mostly out of their home. The l wer level (not pictured) houses the recording studio, lounge, gym, storage, and office s ce for the label and Keb’ Mo’ Music. —KL

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Liz Rose’s Edgehill Village shop, Castilleja, has a very colorful and distinct flair ( ead more about it on page 28), which carries over into her at-home writing room. TheTexas native sourced pieces, like the blue desk and vintage Bolivian frasada, from the home décor store she co-owns with her daughter, and her original writing room sofa now has a permanent home in the boutique.

“I wanted it to feel like it’s my room, my touch, with things I love from Texas and Nashville,” says the Grammy Award winner and owner of Music Row publishing house Liz Rose Music. “It’s a little messy but that’s good for me. I love all my old vinyl records. Sometimes we have vinyl parties and just pull an album and play a favorite song!”

Rose, who co-wrote such hits as Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” and Taylor Swift’s “You Belong with Me,” designed the space herself; she was going for a “comfort homey feel with old and new photos.” The wals and shelves read like a timeline of her career, with memorabilia and platinum albums fi ling every empty space.

“I’m so proud of the Taylor plaques. Th y’re so pretty! I also recently added a new Little Big Town plaque for ‘Girl Crush,’” she shares. “The ove Junkies—me, Lori McKenna, and Hillary Lindsey—write a lot of our songs here, and the keyboard was given to me by Jody Williams. Taylor and I wrote ‘Teardrops On My Guitar’ and many others on it.” —KL

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