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10 Lessons Southern Charm’s Patricia Altschul Has Learned After Three Marriages, a Renovation, and Becoming the Breakout Star of a Reality Show

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    The Isaac Jenkins Mikell house was built in the 1850s and is an antebellum landmark in Charleston, S.C.

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    Owner Patricia Altschul commissioned fame designer Mario Buatta to breathe new life into the home after she purchased it in 2005. In the entrance hall, a Regency mirror from Mallet is mounted above an 18th-century table from Florian Papp.

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    A Lee Jofa floral upholsters several armchairs and the love seat, and a Colefax and Fowler check covers the French bergère. Buatta took a Stark carpet from Altschul's former estate in Long Island and cut it in half, dividing it between the spaces in the living room.

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    A Manuel Canovas fabric covers almost the entirety of the blue-and-white master bedroom.

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  • A view of the pool at the Isaac Jenkins Mikell house.
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    A view of the pool at the Isaac Jenkins Mikell house.