Ashe-Simpson Garden Center to close this summer
When Chamblee's Ashe-Simpson Gardening Center closes this summer, it's just another sign of the uphill battle facing indie garden centers.
5 home trends for 2016 we spotted in Room & Board’s new collection
Room & Board's latest collection hints at trends to come. Here's five things we expect to see more of this year.
The Knoll Transcripts: An oral history of the furnishings brand
The story of midcentury modernism in America is inconceivable without Knoll, the furnishings and textiles company founded by Hans Knoll in 1938 and joined by Florence Knoll in 1941.
Homepolish offers hourly interior design advice
Last year Atlanta joined the dozen or so cities served by Homepolish, a New York–based interior design firm that charges by the hour. Its revolutionary fee structure (from $50) is designed “to make the luxury of having a personal interior designer accessible to a larger market,” says cofounder and CEO Noa Santos.
Atlanta’s Vern Yip weighs in on the reboot of TLC’s Trading Spaces
Nine years after the groundbreaking reality show Trading Spaces stopped production, TLC has announced a return of the series in 2018. We caught up with local cast member and designer Vern Yip on the set of the new show.
Meet the young Atlanta design leaders reinterpreting classic styles for the next generation
Clary Bosbyshell, Margaret Kirkland, Ryan and Nancy Duffey, and Lauren DeLoach explain what they like about traditional design and offer their takes on traditional staples
Atlanta design community and Dwell with Dignity team up to help local families
The Atlanta interior design community has always had close ties to Dallas-based Dwell with Dignity. But this year those collaborations are picking up momentum.
Rare Find: Quatrefoil Design
Many blogs have grown out of stores, but Quatrefoil Design is a store that grew out of a blog. Launched last October by Holly Street, author of Things That Inspire, this online venture specializes in hard-to-find intaglios—tiny, cameolike plaster engravings depicting classical scenes and characters.
Why design superstar Barry Dixon loves houses that tell stories
Barry Dixon lived all over the world as a child, but this native Southerner shares his region's passion for a good story. He chats with us about why it's more interesting to mix things up.
Room & Board’s 2015 collection is full of personality
We toured Room & Board's 2015 collection and fell in love with the Lars Lounge Chair.