IKEA’s Alpharetta outpost can help you plan your next room re-do

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.

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One cool home: This Ormewood Park resident decorated her 1930s bungalow with an “eclectic mix”

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.

At Home in James Farmer’s Garden

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

Atlanta couple wins prestigious Garden Club of America award

"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.”

Regardless of your style, here are 4 kitchen remodels worth dreaming about

From classic to bold to elegant — these Atlanta-area kitchen remodels make us excited to do some remodeling ourselves.
In the family room, a low-slung sofa doesn’t hinder the view of the wooded ravine outside the windows. The rich teal color of the sofa and vibrant rainbow rug embrace the young family’s love of color. Designer Jessica Davis showcased their art collection by creating a gallery wall around the TV.

A midcentury-meets-industrial duplex in Lake Claire gets a colorful facelift

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.

Beth Kooby brings a splash of color and serenity to a Marietta bath

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.

The mecca for architecture lovers: St. Augustine

A six hour drive from Atlanta, St. Augustine is a coastal town that doesn’t feel like a typical beach destination, thanks to its Spanish Revival buildings, brick-paved streets, and historic attractions.

Georgia Design Awards Recognize Excellence and Highlight Projects

Georgia Design Awards Recognize Excellence and Highlight Projects: Top Designers Awarded Gold, Silver, and Bronze at Third Annual Gala

This “Atomic Ranch” got a colorful blast to the past

Atomic Ranch homes of the ’50s and ’60s were “a cooler, more contemporary cousin” of the popular one-story style. For the Decatur couple who renovated this midcentury modern house, the style also taps into nostalgia.

An exclusive preview of Quintessential Kitchens and Collaborations by Matthew Quinn: Volume Three

These pages are an excerpt from the third book by internationally renowned kitchen, bath, and product designer Matthew Quinn, which will be released this month: Quintessential Kitchens and Collaborations by Matthew Quinn: Volume Three presents 16 exquisite projects consisting of kitchens, baths, dressing rooms, and other treasured spaces within a uniquely curated collection of client homes and design inspiration.

This Greek-inspired villa became an accidental paradise after Hurricane Michael

This boutique neighborhood became a peaceful city escape after Hurricane Michael made landfall and cleared the area in 2018. A developer restored the dunes and regraded the entire zone to make certain that lots would be insurable and above the flood line as determined by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Lisa Frank whimsical garden Buckhead

In a world of manicured lawns, this Buckhead garden is a whimsical, green oasis

If you would have told Lisa Frank 40 years ago that the woodlands she inherited when she bought her 1950s ranch house in Buckhead would turn into a whimsical garden, she would not have believed you. Frank was a busy writer who launched public relations departments at the High Museum of Art and Atlanta Botanical Garden. In the 1990s, she started dating Terry May, the then-superintendent for grounds at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. The gardener had permission to take home rare plants that the garden could not accommodate, and he started planting in Frank’s garden on a whim.

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One cool home: This Ormewood Park resident decorated her 1930s bungalow with an “eclectic mix”

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.

Market to Table

Miller Union chef Steven Satterfield‘s cookbook is called Root to Leaf: A Southern Chef Cooks Through the Seasons—and that’s precisely what he’s doing for Atlanta Magazine’s HOME in a series of videos. Satterfield’s cookbook is divided by season, and he offers recipes that are based on the bounty of each season.

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