A Feast of Firsts
by“Youthful but precise” is how M. Scott Marks verbally shapes the look of Sarah Thomas-Moore and Ben Moore’s artistically modern Asheville kitchen. Scott is…
Kitchens + Baths
Sleek Escape
bySleek lines and high-contrast neutrals distinguish this full kitchen do-over in North Asheville. The homeowners’ work requires frequent international travel, “so we were tasked…
European Accent
bySome remodeling projects merely restore what was there before. Others change the entire scheme of time and place, with a requisite challenge to make…
Kitchen of the Future
byAlmost-invisible hand pulls create a “hidden pantry” in the major kitchen re-do of this Greenville home — and that magical minimalism distinguishes the entire…
Cream of the Kitchen
byIt’s hard to feel good, much less be able to whip up fancy dishes, in a dark kitchen. With this all-important space increasingly becoming…
Slam-Dunk Kitchen
byWhen a house features its own regulation-size indoor basketball court, as does this one in the Cliffs at Walnut Cove, the rest of the…
Seeing Red
byNeutrals are splendid, and certainly appropriate for the southern-mountain modern vernacular. However, a vivid interjection of color indoors acknowledges the diversity of the natural…
A New Rustic
byRustic is a gesture of respect to the past, but it doesn’t necessarily mean old-fashioned anymore. That paradox lives large in this brilliantly designed…
Farmhouse Reimagined
byThe inspiration for this warm, light-suffused space near Black Mountain came from an old-time Pennsylvania farmhouse. But despite the appointment of cherished family heirlooms,…
Folk and Spoon
byThe expected country-cute rooster printed on a dishtowel, a fat cartoon cat quilted on a potholder — these are not the animals that live…