Gallerist Gregg Irby’s remodeled Buckhead home is a striking composition of color and art
Gregg Irby and her husband, Mike, didn’t hesitate to buy this 1961 cottage in a family-friendly Buckhead neighborhood, seeing beyond the mold and mildew problems and dated electrical system. Now the house is an extension of her lifelong love of color, scale, and pattern.
A 155-year-old mansion in Adair Park gets transformed into a hip new inn
When you approach the grand brick facade of the Adair Park house you’re struck by the building’s proportions and history. Atlantans aren’t used to seeing houses 160 years old in a city that was all but incinerated in 1864. “No building permits exist for it,” explains owner Tracy Galasso.
Inside the Athens cottage that inspired R.E.M.’s “Life and How to Live It”
This house in historic Cobbham inspired the R.E.M. song “Life and How to Live It,” based on a man who had outfitted the one-time duplex to suit his split personalities. Renovated by Athens interior designer Tami Ramsay, she says this is her most colorful project ever.
With a timeless design, this craftsman-style house in Howell Station is filled with surprises
When Heidi Woessner and her husband, Jason Williams, bought the Westside lot, it was just a sloping plot of weeds with a cinderblock house. But the Howell Station neighborhood, sandwiched between West Midtown shops and the future Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry, has become a hot intown haven.
Up for sale, Buckhead’s Spotswood Hall is a neoclassical beauty
Buckhead’s grand Spotswood Hall, with its pedimented portico and soaring Ionic columns, wasn’t an obvious choice for architect Frances Flautt Zook’s favorite house in the city. “I’m not a mansion kind of person,” says Zook, who is better known for transitional design. “But this is a house I really respect.”
An interior designer freshens up this Augusta Italian Renaissance–style estate in time for the Masters
In Augusta, all things somehow relate back to the Masters Tournament, and this grand house owes some credit to the golf event for its recent update. When Morgan Bundy and her husband, Justin, were looking for a house to buy last year, they loved this 1920s Italian Renaissance estate for many reasons.
House Envy: This sleek, contemporary home stands out in Morningside
In a neighborhood where even newer builds lean traditional, the circa-2007 home makes a statement with its sleek design and wide-open living space.
Designed by Neel Reid, this circa-1914 Druid Hills abode is a vibrant family home
This stately Georgian-style house with the red door often attracts the eye of architecture fans—even if they don’t realize it was designed by historic architect Neel Reid. But this Druid Hills house also gets high praise from homeowner Donna Heilman for livability.
An Atlanta family crafts a rundown ranger station in Highlands into a creative, cozy cottage
Highlands, North Carolina, is well-known among Atlantans for its rustic mountain houses, but it was a modest office building that caught Laird Memory’s eye as a potential second home. The low-slung former ranger station and law office had ugly interiors, but that didn’t deter Laird and her husband, Matt Bunting, from transforming the building into their dream mountain getaway.
This Cumming house is chic, sophisticated, and family-friendly
Design plans can be stalled by indecision, but that wasn’t an issue for Jessica and Trip Taylor. Because their Cumming house was new construction and almost everything in it was custom, this project involved more selections than most. But Interior designer Stephanie Williamson had no issue finalizing ideas with the Taylors.
