Period Flavor

Period Flavor

Kitchen remodel enhances usability, preserves Victorian sensibilities  Long-distance relationships are hard. Carrie Torres knows this firsthand.  In the 1980s, she fell in love with…

Fostering Flora

Fostering Flora

Gardening aficionadas offer plant-parenting advice Houseplants are nothing new — we’ve been greening up our living rooms with meandering vines and verdant leaves for millennia….

Tilling the Past

Tilling the Past

Mars Hill University collection offers an intimate look at the region’s agricultural roots In 1889, Washington M. Lance, 22, was newly married with a big…

The Mothers of Christmas 

The Mothers of Christmas 

Apple Country Woodcrafters’ women members make the decorative difference Judy Nicholson is an unlikely elf.  A retired mechanical engineer, Nicholson never studied under Santa’s tutelage,…

For Breweries and Barons

For Breweries and Barons

Chandeliers illuminate the grand potential of salvaged objects  Robert Nicholas sees promise where others don’t.  Last December, for instance, Nicholas transformed a deserted warehouse in…

The Homegrown Advantage

The Homegrown Advantage

High-profile foodie expands her palate with unusual varietals It’s not even noon, and Molly Fowler is already thinking about dinner. As she watches towhees flit…

Practical Magic

Practical Magic

How one Asheville potter brings art down to earth Some artists infuse their pieces with visual metaphor, telling a narrative with brushstrokes and backstitches….