Tag: interior design

The stretch of Buckhead from Peachtree Hills Avenue to West Paces Ferry may be best known for its high-end fashion boutiques, but there are also many great home stores, from longstanding favorites like Boxwoods Gardens & Gifts and Pieces to budget finds like Nadeau.

With Serenbe’s strong focus on sustainability and organic farming, Claudia and Rod Hoxsey wanted their new cottage there to be a modern version of a classic farmhouse.

Sure, it’s impressive that Kevin O’Gara has tens of thousands of followers on social media; that he writes, produces, and takes all of the photographs for his own popular design blog, which has attracted national sponsors from Target to Home Depot; and that his room makeovers have been featured online by Apartment Therapy and House Beautiful. But did we also mention that he just turned 19?

From the street, Maurie Mintz’s house appears to be a quaint renovation in an established Decatur neighborhood. What a surprise, then, to learn that it’s actually new construction by design/build firm Terracotta.

Like many homeowners, Jessica McRae loves decorating but sometimes gets in over her head. One night she texted a photo of her bare coffee table to a designer friend. In just a few hours, her pal shot back a simple plan of what to buy and how to arrange it. Problem solved. McRae also realized she’d found a new way to deliver pro decor advice.

A simple oil painting provided unlikely inspiration for this kitchen redo in Roswell. “It was an old piece of art that I just had to have in the room,” says homeowner and interior designer Anisa Darnell.

“I am alarmed that many people think dining rooms are no longer necessary,” says Loren Taylor, who dreamed up this scheme for such a purpose. “I have wonderful memories of elaborate family celebrations, as my mother set beautiful tablescapes. A dining room should inspire everyone to engage in conversation and stop focusing on cellphones or endlessly posting photos of food."

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

James Farmer says it made his day when the cable TV technician asked, “Has this house been in your family for years?” The abode in question was actually brand new but carefully designed to look vintage.

Rosy hues don’t have to be relegated to little girls’ rooms. Interior designer Leigh Mowry of Olive Interiors was pondering a fun—and not formal—living room for Jeff and Jeannie Shaver’s Buckhead house when, kaboom!, she spotted these club chairs.