The Simple Life
byRattle off a list of odd jobs, and chances are Ashley English has held most of them. Between earning college degrees in sociology and…
People
Pickin’ and Pies
byBarbara Swell’s post-college crash pad after Virginia Tech was a bit unconventional: an abandoned pre-Civil War farm house with no running water, and only…
Writing Her Own Script
byThe actress and former model Patti D’Arbanville lives with her Pomeranian Bisou Marie Antoinette D’Arbanville in a shingled, white-trimmed cottage in one of Tryon’s…
Man on a Mission (chair)
byThe original Arts & Crafts movement of the early 1900s was, in part, a reaction against the perceived mechanical anonymity of the Industrial Age….
A Town of Her Own
byShe has a perfectly serviceable home office, anchored by a desk and filled with papers, books and files — all the usual writerly supplies….
At Home with Nancy Holmes
byNancy Holmes has one of the world’s great resumes. Raised in Kansas, she started out editing greeting card verse for Hallmark Cards, reading scripts…
At Home with Andy Petree
byThe ESPN anchor’s second home is his 21,000-square-foot garage