The Art of Illumination
Lighting design is a vital element of the ambience and functionality of both homes and businesses. Whatever you choose can profoundly impact the overall experience of a space, enhance a room’s aesthetic appeal by accentuating architectural features and create a welcoming atmosphere. In residential settings, lighting influences mood, comfort and the usability of each room. […]
Visual Art Virtuoso
By his own admission, Mark Carson English wasn’t a good student during his formative years. “I didn’t even have good grades in art class because I didn’t follow the rules,” he says. That self-proclaimed unruliness, which followed him throughout a host of odd jobs over the years, may have been the characteristic that ultimately gave […]
Elevate Your Game
For years, Chris and Lizz McKay have been fighting against an idea. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say they’ve been fighting against a lack of ideas. Brilliant, thoughtful, creative interior design might be found everywhere throughout a home, but when you say the words “game room,” ideas about elevated design often stop. Game room. […]
Where Service Meets Selection
Twenty-four years ago, Allen Jones wanted a refrigerator in his garage. He found such a great deal that he decided to sell it for a profit instead. As a former stock market professional, Jones saw a larger opportunity. He started buying discounted appliances from showrooms around Atlanta and selling them on eBay from his garage. […]
All the Little Treasures
Tucked away in a quiet courtyard at Ansley Mall in Midtown is Odd McLean, an unassuming gift shop filled with chic accessories and decorative gems for the home. Tabletop displays showcase handblown glassware from Copenhagen, whimsical salt and pepper grinders, delicately stitched cloth cocktail napkins and fragrant skincare products imported from Greece. “When you walk […]
The Best of Everything
It’s not uncommon for a client to ask an interior designer to work with some of their existing furniture or décor, especially if they have heirlooms or need a bit of value engineering. And, with more and more people choosing to stay in their current homes rather than move in a difficult housing market, renovating […]
TURN THE PAGE
Alexandre Fleuren’s clients were living in Amsterdam when they contacted her about refreshing their home before their return to the United States. The six-bedroom, five-bath, 5,100-square-foot home in I’On was built in 2011 when the couple had two young sons. A decade later, the family’s lifestyle, needs and preferences had evolved significantly. With the boys […]
Meeting the Market
Shopping has become an experience that many people have foregone in favor of the quick, hassle-free ease of going online, with contactless everything and fast delivery just a click away. But we’ve lost something in the interest of convenience, that special one-on-one, interpersonal exchange that makes shopping more than simply transactional. It is in collectives […]
Room to Breathe
A surprise knock on the door led a Buckhead-area couple to the unexpected sale of their home and a chance to start over in a new family home. While they loved their traditional home with its dark wood floors and antique furniture, so did another family, who knocked on the door one day and asked […]
Passion Project
A new gallery in Atlanta, Sonny Hardman Fine Arts, brings a fresh perspective to local collectors and art lovers through a focus on Eastern European fine art paintings. This is the first time physician Sonny Hardman has opened a gallery, but it is by far not his first foray into the fine art world. His […]
