“Storybook Style in the Subdivision - Christie Jones Ray”
Ashley Evans
Author and illustration Christie Jones Ray has built a following for her unique pastel cozy cottage style that very much feels reminiscent of Beatrix Potter or Tasha Tudor. Her style feels like a vision straight out of the Cotswolds, but is nestled in a subdivision outside Nashville, Tennessee. Christie, along with husband Tim transformed a turn key house into a space that feels as if it is a storybook style cottage thanks to a shared vision for antiques, vintage finds, and liberally using architectural salvage from centuries old farmhouse and victorian homes to give adornments to what would be a very standard subdivision style home.
A peek inside Christie’s studio and backyard spaces transport you into the world’s she creates within her books.