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…

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.,…

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…

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…

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….

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…