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Garden & Gun | October / November 2015

First Look: A Sea Island Sporting Club Reopens: Situated on 5,800 acres of pristine Georgia coastline carved from the grounds of one of the South’s oldest hunt clubs, Broadfield Sporting Club & Lodge opened in November 2012 at Sea Island. The club offered pheasant and quail shoots, freshwater fishing on the property’s two lakes, a five-stand shooting course, as well as a gun range—not to mention five-star accommodations and a private chef….

Home & Architectural Trends| Volume 28 No. 1

Home & Architectural Trends| Volume 28 No. 1

Romantic Nature: With such an open feel between the inside and out of this residence, the interiors naturally had to connect to the surroundings in terms of furniture placement and wall tones. However, at the same time they also had to be exciting living spaces in their own right. Interior designer Lisa Torbett was involved in the project from the outset. A series of design phases, drawings and consultations resulted in a grand interior that directly reflected the clients’ requirements, she says…

Interiors Southeast

Interiors Southeast | July 2011

Interiors Southeast: From luxurious elegance to classically simple to strikingly modern, the magnificent body of work displayed and described through the pages of Interiors Southeast has something for every taste, including practical solutions for design challenges on a limited budget. Whether jumping into a new construction project, remodeling an existing dwelling, or simply looking for ideas, Interiors Southeast is sure to impart inspiration…

Perspectives on Design Georgia

Perspectives on Design Georgia | April 2010

Creative Ideas Shared by Leading Design Professionals: The art of pencil with sketch pad and mouse with computer have never coexisted more happily than at Lisa Torbett interiors, which have been gaining momentum and acclaim since the early 80’s. Lisa found a fast friend and design counterpart in Dee Simmons and invited her to become a partner in 2007. Their philosophies are similar enough for smooth calibration yet diverse enough to keep things interesting…

Sea Island

Sea Island | Winter 2008

A Frederica Frontier: The Family Occupying a beautifully rustic lakeside home in Frederica first visited Sea Island 35 years ago. Their regular trips from the Northeast were interrupted by a brief Florida interlude.”When we heard about Frederica,” says the family matriarch, “we couldn’t’ resist the chance to be a part of Sea Island again.” Now, each time they enter the cathedral-like foyer of their Georgia idyll, it’s a homecoming…

Travel + Leisure

Travel + Leisure | January 2008

America’s Top 100 Golf Communities: You have to hand it to the developers of America’s premier gold communities. No matter what happens to the U.S. real estate market at large, there’s no slowing these guys down. For them, the sky is always within reach…

Trends Bathroom

Bathroom Trends | Volume 24 No. 10

Mediterranean Revival: Certain design themes remain popular, no matter what is currently in vogue. With its relaxed, yet opulent colors, and details such as archways and tiled floors, Spanish Revival is a style that will always be alive and well…

Trends Home Architecture

Home & Architectural Trends| Volume 24 No. 6

Lady of Leisure: Often situated close to water or among attractive natural surroundings, resort areas call for a certain style of residence. Houses are frequently large and set on sprawling grounds, but there is a sense of relaxation reflected in the architecture…

Trends Home Apartment

Home & Apartment Trends| Volume 24 No. 6

Casa Grande: Architecture is often a direct response to its surroundings and this is particularly true when it sits on an expansive, rural estate. When architect Keith Summerour created this home on a 20-arce estate, its scenic environment impacted on the design in several ways…

Travel Leisure Golf

Travel + Leisure: Golf | February 2007

1. Sea Island, Georgia: Any of Sea Island’s eight distinctive communities would make for ideal living, but Frederica is one step beyond. Named for a Colonial fort built in 1736, the new development is on three thousand acres on Saint Simons Island, five minutes away from the hub of the resort…

Southern Distinction

Southern Distinction | January 2007

JMac’s Island Restaurant & Martini Bar: In the center of St. Simons Island Village an old standby, JMac’s, has entered a new era with a refurbished look and an old friend at the helm. After a six-year hiatus, J. Mac Mason returned to the restaurant he created in 1991 and launched an ambitious renovation project…

Spectacular Homes of Georgia

Spectacular Homes of Georgia | January 2006

An Exclusive Showcase of Georgia’s Finest Designers: Spectacular Homes is a collection of Georgia’s finest designers showcasing their most outstanding body of work. As you experience Spectacular Homes, you will agree that each home is unique in its own right and the vision of these talented designers shine through as you turn the pages…

Sea Island

Sea Island | Summer 2006

Close to Home: Like many of her neighbors, Lisa Torbett, a favorite decorator among Sea Island families, grew up playing golf. She also enjoys taking the occasional unhurried stroll along the beach. But these days, Torbett finds herself with little time for hobbies, apart from occasional trips to Palm Beach or New York City. And even those are generally for antiquing and other work…

Trends Home Architecture

Home & Architectural Trends | Volume 22 No. 1

Lisa Torbett was the interior designer on the project and explains the look required. “A central consideration was to not detract from the ever-changing panorama outside. To this end we created Spanish off-white interiors, at the same time incorporating the many objects collected by the owners on their travels.” Again not to detract from the view, colors are restricted to highlights…

Architectural Digest

Architectural Digest | November 2004

Homesteading in Georgia: Lisa Torbett, a designer for The Cloister, put together the interiors and, with Jones, furnished the porches with wood ceiling fans and a collection of hickory chair the Jones “picked up here and there,” he says. They decorated one side porch with an antique bench, a pine-straw basket, African shields, carved wood farm tools. an old canoe chair and a collection of vintage shotguns…