Good & Evil in Savannah

Serenade in Savannah

One half an hour before midnight for doing good; one half hour past midnight for doing evil.

Though a few scenes and shots before the movie rolled into Sanannah, this newly renovated and expanded Savannah home is surely in no need of good or evil.

A home bought by George Eaves in 1992, featured in Architectural Digest in 2006. A new addition and renovation to an existing home featuring european elegance. Known as an infill house built in 1987 not 1887, basically an empty shell of a home jusr waiting to be transformed.

Overa two year period the house was transformed into a home overflowing with priceless antiques and handcrafted carpentry. All in all a new kitchen and diningroom was carved out of the narrow and deep lot to modernize the layout of the home and bring an American house into european elegance.

The living room designed by William Frank McCall,Jr.,

European elegance and Old World opulence.

The oppulant furnishings flank the hand carved mantle piece. Eighteenth century engravings hang above the mantlepiece. William IV demi lune tables are paired with gold gilt mirrors.Where is Shelton Williams? This layout is so similar to the movie setting, and that tabby cat could be curled up on any of these soft spots to nap.

Biedermeier cupboard and fireplace screen complement the English and French artwork.I can almost hear Jim Williams laughing as the regal "priceless" clock tick tocks in the adjoining hallway.

The newly added dining room.Once the kitchen and pantry, the layout was maximizing the space and unnoticibly an added edition. Very well planned and seemlessly blends into the existing space.Master drawings and etchings hang on the walls in this diningroom.I love the oculus around the entryway, so very regal and unique.Mahogony Willian IV chairs and Tiffany flatware.

In the library an extensive collection of Eaves Chinese porcelin lines the bookshelves.

The opulent bed is a 19th - century bed in antique purplewood finish. To the right is another Biedermeier piece; fall-front writing cabinet.

This walled courtyard walls are brdered by Japanese maple trees and ivies. Haddonstone pedestals and planters along with cast stone sculpture line the courtyard and are full of plantings.

Mercer House Museum in Savannah, setting for the home in the movie Midnight in the garden of good and evil.

Another closer view of Mercer House.

Mossy bricked backyard veranda, with Kitty.

True story and deliciously evil, don't you think?

Architectural Digest 2006 / Mercer House