The surprising rewards of downsizing

The surprising rewards of downsizing

Whether you call it downsizing, rightsizing, aging-in-place, or  just retiring, more Baby Boomers are creating homes that will make life easier in future years. “What we’re seeing is people making a conscious decision before it’s too late to get their stuff in order,” says designer Beverly Baribault. “It’s the difference between having to do it and choosing to do it.”

Midcentury in Marietta: Dana and Hicks Poor restore a ’50s gem

After moving back to Marietta following seven years in New York, Dana and Hicks Poor couldn’t find the right house and were starting to consider new construction. Then one day Dana went for a walk near the square and spotted a foreclosure notice on a midcentury-era house that the two native Mariettans had long admired.
Cabin

This unique hunters cabin in Ellijay is filled with abstract art instead of stuffed bucks

Atop a forested ridge in Ellijay sits a unique hunters cabin. The trophies in this board-and-batten retreat are tulip chairs and abstract art, not stuffed bucks and wildcats.
Druid Hills home

Historic architecture and transitional interiors blend in this 1920s Druid Hills house

Historic architecture and transitional interiors can be an exciting pair, bringing new energy to old bones. Case in point: this 1920s Druid Hills house, where the design-build team at HammerSmith created a comfortable, livable family home—with some modern surprises thrown in for fun.

Explore an antique- and art-filled condo located just across the street from the High Museum

A longtime art-lover left a larger family home on a quiet Buckhead street behind, eager to be part of the vibrant Midtown cultural scene, and filled her new 2,300-square-foot condo in One Museum Place with her most treasured pieces.

Views of home: 4 metro Atlanta photographers share their backyard escapes

During a season of sheltering at home, four photographers turned the lens on their own outdoor spaces and shared the ways they enjoy them.
PulteGroup Innovation Center

An inside peek at the paper village in a Norcross warehouse

PulteGroup has built an entire paper village inside a Norcross warehouse to test new house plans.
Plaza Towers in Buckhead

Jill and Steve McKenzie display artistic creativity at their Plaza Towers apartment

No space provides Jill and Steve McKenzie a better canvas for creative outlet than their own apartment at the top of the late-’60s, Brutalist-chic Plaza Towers in Buckhead. The couple bought the two-bedroom, 25th-floor unit in 2014. The apartment boasted vintage parquet floors and an astounding view of the skyline but was in need of a serious overhaul—and Steve left virtually no surface untouched.
Anna Braund

Farm to Table: Interior designer Anna Braund keeps it local with her Roswell cottage

Roswell native and interior designer Anna Braund returned to her hometown after graduating from the Univer­sity of Georgia, where she’d met her husband, Adam, a psychotherapist who’d grown up in Marietta. “We really wanted to put down roots in a place where we’ve experienced such a great sense of community,” says Anna, adding, “We like that the pace is a little slower here.”

Keith Summerour’s favorite Atlanta house: A Spanish mission in Buckhead

When we asked noted architect Keith Summerour to name his favorite house in Atlanta, he chose a mysterious Spanish mission–style stucco with a tile roof and no apparent front door.

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