Product: 1875 – Putney
Project: Murphy Custom Homes and Maggie Clarke Interiors
Location: Collierville, TN
Room: Entryway, Dining Room, Living Room, Kitchen

In Collierville’s Hidden Creek neighborhood near Memphis, builder Michael Murphy, Murphy Custom Homes, and designer Maggie Clarke craft a modern Tudor home where architectural detail and color take center stage. Anchoring it all is 1875 Putney’s warm planks that unify each space, creating continuity across a series of thoughtfully defined rooms.

Read more about this Vesta Home Show residence featured on the cover of the March 2026 issue of At Home.

Framed by graceful archways and detailed millwork, 1875 Surrey white oak flooring carries continuity from the entryway up the stairs, unifying each space with warm, natural texture. Builder Michael Murphy and designer Maggie Clarke put thoughtful attention into creating defined spaces that still harmonize from one to the next.

Rather than relying on open-concept planning, the home leans into defined spaces that still maintain a flow throughout. Attention to details like graceful archways, intentional architecture and continuous wood flooring connect the rooms.

From the entryway, you’re greeted by an expansive view up the stairs and into the main level rooms. Paneling was added up the walls to give more dimension and focal point to an otherwise empty space.

To echo the design seen further in the home, brass detail on the light fixtures and stair banister mimics the finish seen throughout the home. Large archways open into the adjoining rooms and frame the art and color in each space. 

In the At Home article, Murphy recalled of the entryway design, “No matter where you’re standing, it creates a nice framed image.”

Where the architecture defines each space, 1875 Putney underfoot quietly connects them. As the flooring carries up the staircase, its warm, natural tones reinforce a sense of visual continuity, drawing the eye effortlessly from one level to the next.

Extending into the heart of the home, the classic grain and subtle texture nod to the timeless character of the Tudor-inspired architecture. In adjoining rooms, the wide plank white oak flooring becomes a grounding canvas that allows bold color, layered furnishings, and collected details to take center stage.

To contrast the classic features like the molding, table, and sideboard, Clarke chose a fresh chartreuse to drench the walls, ceilings and trim. Adding color throughout the home gave an unexpected twist to this modern Southern show home.    

For a new custom home, most opt for a neutral design that is easy for a homeowner to see themselves live in. In this case, Clarke used color to define the rooms while still maintaining cohesion throughout the luxury design.

As she related to At Home, “In a show house like this, even if we take all of our furniture out, we want it to flow well; it doesn’t have to match and all be the same, but it has to make sense.”

From robin’s egg blue in the library-inspired snug room to the chartreuse paneled dining room, the fresh color choices are confident and imbue personality. Keeping the flooring a classic, neutral white oak like Putney balances the hues.

Echoing the fresh green in the dining room, the kitchen includes pops of green and adds in warm brown tones. The vertical shelving mimics both the flooring and adjoining scullery tones to flow from side to the next.

Continuing to the kitchen, colors are repeated in the lively green stools and warm shelving that mimics the flooring. The asymmetrical design finds balance through thoughtful repetition, with cabinetry tones carried into the scullery.

With subtle variation in grain and color, Putney’s white oak planks mirror this same attention to detail, adding texture and authenticity. Finishes in unlacquered brass and polished nickel are mixed and matched to give a lived-in feel to the space.

“It feels a little bit unexpected, like you didn’t just go to a showroom and pick out all one thing,” Clarke described.

By pairing defined architecture with a cohesive material palette, the home achieves a balance that feels both curated and livable. Underfoot, 1875 Putney’s classic, warm white oak planks ties it all together, giving a canvas for an inviting color story.

See more photos of the home on Maggie Clarke Interiors.