Bringing Blueprints to Life
FLOOR PLANS CAN FEEL LIKE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. There are few people who can look at them printed on a piece of paper and effectively visualize what the final project will look like when it’s built. It is equally as difficult to conceptualize how the space will function when construction is complete. That task is […]
A Legacy of Style
AT FIRST GLANCE, YOU MAY THINK ATLANTA-BASED INTERIOR DESIGN firm M.A. Interiors is named after owner and lead designer Meagan Avery Ludwig. But the name is actually an homage to Ludwig’s grandmother, Mary Agnes, who shares more than her initials with Ludwig. “I was named after my grandmother, whom everyone called M.A., but I never […]
Brushstrokes of a Thousand Selves
MARK CARSON ENGLISH HAS MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES. They show themselves in the colors he uses, the brushstrokes and paint splotches, in the materials that find their way into his paintings, in the subject matter he chooses, in the mood that he emotes. As an abstract painter, he isn’t limited to the confines and rules of reality—instead, […]
Home and Fashion Fusion
MERGE HOME IS A FITTING MONIKER THAT PERFECTLY ENCAPSULATES what interior designer and entrepreneur Marty Mason has built in the West Midtown Design District. His tri-level, modern retail store is a blended showroom uniting all of Mason’s ventures from his 38-year design career under one roof on Howell Mill Road. The Merge Home building reflects […]
Built to Last
ARCHITECT CHAD MATTISON HAS SHAPED HIS PRACTICE AROUND A SIMPLE YET ENDURING belief: The best homes are designed for the people who live in them, not the magazines that might feature them. It’s an approach that earned the Atlanta-based architect a reputation for authenticity and practicality and for having a genuine interest in the lives […]
Lighting the Way Home
THE LIGHTS OF OCONEE SHOWROOM EVOKES THE FEELING OF HOME, AND THAT’S BY design. Located in the Harmony Crossing Shopping Center at Lake Oconee, the 8,000-square-foot store showcases a wide variety of eye-catching lighting fixtures, home décor, plumbing and hardware. Customers have been known to spend upward of two hours perusing the array of elegant […]
Fur-tastic Fashion
THERE’S NOTHING QUITE SO LUXURIOUS AS SLIPPING ON a fur jacket or sliding your fingers into a pair of fur-trimmed gloves. While it wraps you in warmth on a cold winter day, fur is one of the most effortless ways to elevate your look. Fourth-generation furrier Ben Griffin is redefining the future of fur fashion […]
Life in the Fast Lane
THE STORY BEHIND THAT FERRARI V12 ENGINE NOW ROARING through Atlanta traces back 40 years to Mississippi, where an American dream first took root. Today, the passion behind that dream drives every handshake and every key exchange at Ferrari of Atlanta, where clients don’t just buy cars; they join a family that lives and breathes […]
Peyton Jamison Is Notching Real Successes
PEYTON JAMISON, PRESIDENT AND PRINCIPAL OF JAMISON PRIVATE WEALTH Management (JPW) has fully embraced his leadership role while working closely with his father, Bobby Jamison, the firm’s founder. Under the younger Jamison’s guidance, JPW continues to thrive, building on the legacy his father established over the past 40 years. Headquartered in Milton, Georgia, about 30 […]
Active Life Well Lived
WITH A STORIED HISTORY IN A BREATHTAKINGLY PICTURESQUE, natural setting, Reynolds Lake Oconee serves as the perfect backdrop to a life well lived. Founded in 1988—the year George H. W. Bush was elected president of the United States and the No. 1 film was Robert Zemeckis’ hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit—Reynolds Lake Oconee (RLO) was […]
