Raising the Bar(stool)

In many custom kitchens, the island barstools take a back seat — they’re necessary, of course, but usually not the main idea. In this…

By the Book

By the Book

There are few places in the world where you can learn how to shear Suffolk sheep, make mirthful marionettes, and carve statuettes of wildfowl…

Coming Home to Roost

Coming Home to Roost

Sure, the early bird wins in the avian world. But in the world of competitive mountain real estate, it’s the patient and purposeful house…

Teeing Off Tradition

When cosmetic dentists Brian and Janet Childs sold their Florida-based practice in 2019, the couple knew exactly where they wanted to go: a place…

Fired Into Perpetuity 

Fired Into Perpetuity 

Mountain ceramicist molds her legacy from clay  Weaverville potter Tori Motyl has discovered the secret to eternal life, and it involves neither sipping snake…

Embracing the Blues

Embracing the Blues

White-and-navy kitchen remodel caters to cycling couple Mountain bikers are a special breed. Addicted to dive-bombing down steep, rugged terrain on nothing more than…

Alphabetical Order

Alphabetical Order

L-shaped Asheville home affords urban seclusion In July 2020, a psychiatrist from Los Angeles approached Elihu Siegman and Michael Silverman of Siegman Associates, Inc.,…

Elevating the Tree House

Elevating the Tree House

East Asheville home towers above expectations In the mountains of Western North Carolina, “gently sloping” is open to interpretation. While some properties assigned the…