Well-Planned Whimsy
byAllison Marks is no mere dabbler when it comes to the mountains. Overflowing with memories, professing a deep love for the scenery she calls…
Outdoor Living
Stone Age Splendor
byOne great shot is worth 1,000 official greetings. If this superbly situated home looks familiar, it’s because the indelible image of mountain majesty was…
Lake Allure
byFile it under “savvy people’s problems.” Interior designer Richard Fast says that after he and husband Eric Hardy had a striking, cantilevered pavilion installed…
Hillside Eden
byRob and Marianne Howard enjoy an “enormous view,” says Malcolm Morgan, who built their elegant home to meld into a Sylva-area hillside. Both love…
Hummingbird’s Choice
by“A porch should be a place where doing absolutely nothing at all is okay,” says Linda Constable of Ambiance Interiors. Naps and idle revelry…
A Thirst for Magnificence
byAmong the liquid extras designed to enhance life and leisure on this dream property are a dramatically terraced series of water features — one…
Festival Celebrates Orchids
byOrchids from around the world are getting ready for an international adventure. Nestled in cardboard boxes and surrounded by soft quilt batting, many of…
Heritage Rose
byVirtuoso gardeners and husband/wife team Rose and Michael Bartlett worked together for 28 years, and in assembling the showpiece of their professional collaboration, The…
The Moss Boss
byAsheville native “Mossin’ Annie” Martin has been enchanted and inspired by the look, feel, and unique botanical characteristics of moss since she was a…
Majestic Yet Minimal
byMatt and Tim Nichols have an exotic occupation. The brothers are co-owners of a Japanese maple-tree business, Mr. Maple, located in East Flat Rock…