Photos: At Home with Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southampton neighborhood
At Home with Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southampton neighborhood. Photos by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
The exterior of the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin along the 5700 block of Winona Avenue as photographed on Thursday, April 20, 2023, in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Michael Martin and Sharon Derry pose for a portrait Thursday, April 20, 2023, in their Southhampton neighborhood home. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Sharon Derry and her husband Michael Martin pose for a portrait Thursday, April 20, 2023, in their Southhampton neighborhood home. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
The fine detail work and craftsmanship shows throughout their home, as in this round-topped door and the heraldic stained-glass window in this entry. Derry likes to use large artworks for emphasis, as in this vintage wine poster.
The detail of the entry foyer light on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Derry and Martin use minimal window treatments to allow rooms to flood with light. The living room furnishings combine periods, as in the folding table with a brass tray that holds the lamp, the newer coffee table and the midcentury liquor cabinet in the background.
A detail of one of one of the stained glass windows that flank an Audubon Society crane poster above the mantle in the living room on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
A Chinese missionary poster purchased for $1.50 at a thrift store hangs above a matching pair of mid-century modern chairs in the living room on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Various items on display inside the "cabinet of curisity" in the living room on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Succulent plants adorn a Moroccan tin table in the living room on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Original stained glass windows flank an Audubon Society crane poster above the mantle in the living room on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Original leaded pane windows in the living room on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
A painting by local artist Tim McAvin in the living room on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
A view of the archway connecting the living and dining rooms on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
The dining room is a study in circles and arches, floor to ceiling.
A chess table in the dining room on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Various thrifted glassware in the dining room cabinet on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
The home bar showcases Derry’s collection of vintage glasses and barware from early carnival glass and pressed glass to tumblers with midcentury designs.
A painting by local artist Carol Carter in the dining room cabinet on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
A pair of the Knoll International Tulip Chairs in the dining room Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
A view from in the dining room table looking into the living room on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
The original stained glass window in the glow-up bathroom remodel on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
The original tile and floor in the glow-up bathroom remodel on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Derry used deepest blue paint to create a sanctuary in the primary bedroom. Snowpea the cat lounges on the matelassé bedspread and an Audubon flamingo print draws attention to a midcentury dresser.
An Audubon Society Flamingo print in the master bedroom on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
A detail of a room divider used as a bedboard in the master bedroom on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Blues with a touch a red create a homey kitchen on Thursday, April 20, 2023, inside the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
The bright sunporch is one of Derry’s favorite rooms. She and Martin both enjoy seeing through one room and into another. In this case, the view extends into the outdoors.
Derry and Martin make full use of their backyard patio space as well as the spacious veranda porch on the front of their home.
A view of their "gallery wall" of local art by family and friends photographed Thursday, April 20, 2023, in the downstairs office at the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
The second floor of their home functions as Sharon’s interior design studio. It is also the space where she creates her personal artwork for her company, Secret Leaves Paperworks.
A card created by artist Sharon Derry in the upstairs art studio photographed Thursday, April 20, 2023, in the downstairs office at the home of Sharon Derry and Michael Martin in the Southhampton neighborhood. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
They found a home with large rooms they could use their DIY skills on and enough room upstairs for studios.