A New Leaf
It’s unusual that a self-styled “red-blooded American male” with a name like John Wayne Jackson would give props to homemaking icon Martha Stewart. Yet…
Country Chic
Over the years, Glennwood Custom Builders has grown a portfolio of splendid estates. Heirloom lodges dominate lake shorelines. Multi-tiered rooflines emulate the sweep of…
Shady Grove
In the cold light of a winter’s day, Leah Baker returned to lamps. Maybe the bitter air and waning afternoons of 2012 inspired her,…
You Can Go Home Again
Contractor Thomas Wolfe is no relation to Asheville’s rhapsodic literary giant. But overseeing the siting of Lobo Builders’ 474-square-foot micro home on a tricky…
The Primitive and the Pragmatist
En route to Gragg, an unincorporated town nestled up in Avery County, Hendersonville resident Robert Sears spotted an engine-oil-stained barn commanding the skyline, its…
Don’t Call it a Hobby
Back then — “then” loosely meaning the mid-to-late 1800s, the pioneer era of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie book series —…
Life Studies in Terra-Cotta
The beginning is nebulous for Kate Fisher. Maybe her cache of gardening pots and planters started in Kentucky. There, she grabbed armfuls of her…
Against the Current
Mountain flora defines Appalachian lore. With few pioneers dogged enough to belly through impenetrable laurel “hells” and amorphous rhododendron groves, the Blue Ridge stood…
Egypt Meets Little Switzerland
Texas-born textile designer Caitley Symons relocated to Egypt with her family at age 12; perhaps her early immersion in Egyptian culture accounts for her…
Design on the Edge
The city of Westminster’s Soho district has a gritty backstory. Shrouded by harlequin murals and subdued cafés, ’50s beatniks smoked and droned in this…