In This Issue

WHEN THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER BRAND IN THE WORLD OF HIGH-END appliances dominates your showroom, it’s a testament to the quality of your enterprise. NorthPoint Appliance enjoys a professional relationship of...

NATIVE ATLANTAN COURTNEY WALKER WAS BORN AND BRED TO BE an interior designer. Formally trained in design at the University of Georgia, she grew up in the industry watching her...

MOST ARTISTS AGREE THAT WATERCOLOR IS THE MOST DIFFICULT medium to master. According to artist Dennis Fulbright, mistakes are nearly impossible to overcome. “If you make a mistake in watercolor,...

THERE’S A SPECIAL TIME FRAME IN A CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL’S CAREER THAT’S difficult to capture and even harder to sustain. It arrives after the hard-won lessons of early projects, after the...

THERE’S AN OLD SAYING THAT “FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION,” meaning that any design should be primarily determined by its intended purpose. And while that purpose is important, Ashley Gentile, owner and...

KATIE MOORHOUSE, ONE OF ATLANTA’S MOST PROMISING AND innovative designers, has had a love for beautiful design as far back as she can remember. Originally from Southern California, Moorhouse and...

GROWING UP, THE WALLS OF CYNTHIA HUSTON’S BEDROOM WERE COVERED—not by the typical coming-of-age posters of the day but by her own drawings, taped from corner to corner, like a...

LMERCADO LITTLE SPAIN—A GOURMET marketplace and all-day dining experience located in the heart of New York City’s Hudson Yards—describes itself as “a love letter to Spain.” It’s a vison of...

FOUNDED IN 2015 BY SCOTT UNDERWOOD AND ALAN HOWARD, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA-based Centennial Homes has been making its mark with custom designs that are visually charming, impeccably crafted and one of...

IF YOU HAVEN’T YET EXPERIENCED THE CRAFTSMANSHIP OF one of Atlanta’s most innovative floral designers, you may have seen a couple of her installations around town or on television. Lauren...

WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE NEWLY REIMAGINED SUB-ZERO, WOLF, AND COVE Showroom in Buckhead, you’re not just stepping into a retail space. You’re entering an 11,000-square-foot testament to what happens...

THE NATURAL WORLD HAS PROVIDED INSPIRATION FOR COUNTLESS ARTISTS, EACH IN their own way, and it’s often a matter of different artists, different worlds. For Jim Afroukhteh, it was different...

WITH BOUNDLESS ENERGY, PATIENCE AND AN INNOVATIVE and creative bent, Jennifer Vaughan is spearheading the recently opened Lake Oconee office for Dwell Real Estate in Greensboro, Georgia, following her celebrated...

MANY COMPANIES USE TERMINOLOGY LIKE “QUALITY” AND “craftsmanship” as they describe their businesses. But for entrepreneur Rob Green, founder of Stonecraft Design & Build, the philosophy behind the words “quality...

MATT JOHNSON SET AN AMBITIOUS GOAL FOR ARTISANS OF Atlanta: to redefine the construction experience, not only for his clients but for his team and trade partners. There’s a whole...

WHEN DESIGNER CHRIS HOLT OPENED NOAH J. & CO., HE WASN’T chasing retail trends—he was solving a personal problem. “I was constantly running around town for that last little something...

WHEN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, NATIVE IVAN Solomon became a certified gemologist and appraiser in 1982, he decided to relocate to Atlanta. At the time, he couldn’t have known that...

WHEN LAUREN DAVENPORT MET ONE OF HER FIRST clients, they just needed help selecting a coffee table. Twenty years later, she’s still working with them, now designing their second home...

WHEN VELI SOYLEMEZ FOUNDED TURKISH RUG CO. IN 2016, HE BROUGHT with him more than just a business plan. After coming to the United States to study language, he began...

WHEN DESIGNER RONALD JONES FIRST WALKED THROUGH THE 8,000-SQUARE-foot Roswell home, he immediately recognized its potential. The home possessed exceptional architecture: soaring ceilings, generous proportions and abundant natural light, yet...

Some of the most storied fashion houses in Italy have launched vintage collections that redefine the lines between art and wine. With vineyards as their runways, fashion leaders are bringing...

IT’S A STORY ALLISON BIBLE HAS SEEN PLAY OUT TOO MANY TIMES: A HOMEOWNER FALLS in love with a designer’s vision, only to discover the budget won’t support it. Or...