Patterns from the Past
byMaster quilter uses familial knowledge to create a contemporary look When Connie Brown arrived in Asheville with her husband and young son, in 1989,…
People
He Shows Up for Your Trees
byMobile sawyer mills wood on site to create heirloom projects It’s not uncommon for Chris Carroll’s clients to cry about a tree. It might…
If Walls Could Breathe
byPlant installations remind us to stop and smell the peperomia Some plants are bold and uncompromising. Madison Samuels knows this firsthand. As the Florist…
Love at First Pick
byAntiques dealer marries old-school and newfangled aesthetics Robert Nicholas needed a lawnmower. It was 9am on a Saturday 29 years ago, and he was wading…
Mountain History in a Bottle
byIn one of Bill Watterson’s better-known Calvin and Hobbes comic strips, the anthropomorphic tiger approaches his human counterpart in the midst of digging a…
Estate of Mind
byThe owners of this future English Country home have shown their Texan inclination for living large. For one thing, they wanted lots of chimneys….
Have Rock — Will Travel
byWriter/historian doesn’t need to leave home to take a musical journey By: Brendan Blowers Bill Kopp gets music in the mail almost every…
Framework for Fast Times
byRetired race-car driver keeps busy with nine acres in Hendersonville Sissy Owen knows fast cars. She doesn’t always know movie stars. The Hendersonville resident has…
A Toast to Travel
byRetired journalist displays shot glasses from around the world The history of the shot glass is murky, but one popular origin story says a small…
Enduring as an I-Beam
byExploring the home life of intercontinental trailblazers Jennifer Pharr Davis doesn’t say that “she” broke the Appalachian Trail’s thru-hike speed record in 2011. She says…