The Nesting Instinct
Debra Prince Slosman, owner and creative director of Porter & Prince in Biltmore Village, was indelibly influenced by her grandmother’s style. She also inherited…
Beyond the Mackintosh Rose
Some book clubs involve more wine consumption than literary analysis. And then there’s the Arts and Crafts Book Club, an offshoot of the augustly…
Reminders of Love
When a group of artisans from The Garage on 25 volunteered to furnish rooms for local women and children needing affordable housing, a vendor…
“Like Playing Transformers With Sofas”
Phyllis Roberts, owner of Divine Living, says she is both creative and analytical. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, followed by an MBA,…
Market Day
Dwellings is a trove of high-end furniture, art, and home goods — but all of the earthy colors and textures give it the tone…
Accent on the South
The “makers” movement of the last decade exploded with online craft retailers such as ETSY and Artful Home, and through the DIY smorgasbord Pinterest….
Butterfly Swings and the Common Good
Joyce Moore would like folks to know that, despite the resistant cliché, there’s more to “women who garden” than just snipping roses. “We are…
How She Rolls
Tessa Eaton spent part of her childhood in her father’s native Denmark, a country practically synonymous with a fresh-and-simple aesthetic. But the interior designer…
Forever Plants
She’s a jewelry designer who grew bored with what she calls “the whole natural-gemstones thing.” Raised in tiny Newton, NC, by an assemblage-artist mother…
Jumping the Velvet Rope
A collector curates, a hoarder merely acquires. There’s a big difference between the two, insists Bruce Johnson. And, he adds, “Arts and Crafts collectors…