Atlanta Magazine

The home is traditional yet soaked with color, and Sophie Kaufman shows off her storytelling capabilities through the decor. Sophie designed the interiors herself, documenting the process for her 134,000 followers on social media. The home’s decor is a mix of high and low. Investment pieces, including wallpaper and a custom couch for the living room, are meant to stay for the long term, while other pieces were sourced at big box stores, estate sales, and through Facebook marketplace.

Two Atlanta designers, Jessica Davis of Atelier Davis, and Laura Jenkins of Laura W. Jenkins Interiors, recently debuted a hardware collaboration for Jessica’s luxury hardware brand Nest Studio. The new eight-piece Profile collection features an interplay of shapes and craftsmanship, with customizable handles, geometric knobs, and a dangle-drop pull, all available in three finishes.

Grant Henry’s eclectic maximalism made a legend out of his Edgewood Avenue bar, Sister Louisa’s Church of the Living Room and Ping Pong Emporium (also known as Church). But at home in Chosewood Park, Henry leans into a different aesthetic: less paint-by-numbers Jesus, more modern furniture and backyard oasis.

Atlanta has a new kitchen showroom. The MUSA Kitchen Hub, located in Tucker, recently opened its doors and will host a grand opening reception on May 15. The 2,000-square-room space carries laminate countertops, cabinetry, sinks, hardware, and faucets.

Gabriella White, the parent company of the Summer Classics and Gabby furniture lines, recently hosted a grand reopening event at its north Atlanta showroom in Roswell. The store, which is the company’s largest, has received a new facade as well as interior improvements.

Swedish home furnishings company IKEA has opened a new outpost in Alpharetta that offers one-on-one consultation services for kitchen design, bath and closet solutions, and storage planning, as well as assistance with the nearly 10,000 products IKEA sells.

Kim Anderson never thought she’d return to Atlanta, where she spent much of her childhood. Her father’s job at the Atlanta Falcons brought the family to Roswell when she was in middle school. After graduating from Stanford, she headed to New York, then London, then Brooklyn for several years. Yet, she felt a pull to the city she grew up in. “I realized I hadn’t fully experienced Atlanta and how it had expanded and transitioned into what it is today,” she says. She and her husband settled in a 1930s Prairie-style craftsman bungalow in Ormewood Park with details like original picture railings and wood paneling.

James Farmer has put his trademark style on the map and is considered a fresh voice for an upcoming generation of designers and homeowners.

"This is the most diverse collection of plants found anywhere in the world outside of a tropical rainforest, and we wanted to keep it forever wild.”

From classic to bold to elegant — these Atlanta-area kitchen remodels make us excited to do some remodeling ourselves.

When designer Jessica Davis met the young owners, who bought the house to use as their second home while working in the film industry, she knew she had to showcase its lush views. The diamond in the rough came with its quirks. But when the homeowners found Jessica on Instagram and asked her to inject their home with her vibrant style and rework its layout to make it more livable, she delivered.

Home buyers sometimes realize they are in over their heads with the number of choices they need to make for new construction and call in the big guns. In the case of a five-bedroom home in Marietta, Beth Kooby of Beth Kooby Design was tapped quickly.