Renaissance Woman
Like many other creatives, Wright first came to Nashville in 1996 for work in the music industry. A Christian music songwriter, she spent time as a radio promoter while writing for Myrrh Records, a division of Word Records. But it wasn’t exactly steady money. She connected with the wife of someone she knew at Caleb […]
Standout Design
Best In Show – Commercial Retail under 10,000 Square Feet NeighborlillyDesigner: Justin Orton, Of Origin DesignPhotographer: Garett Buell Gold – Commercial retail under 10,000 Square Feet NeighborlillyDesigner: Justin Orton, Of Origin DesignPhotographer: Garett Buell Silver – Residence over 3,500 Square Feet Designer: Justin Orton, Of Origin DesignPhotographer: Garett Buell Gold – Large Bathroom Designer: Teresa […]
Paired Well
For years, Ahmad Freeman and Steve Lemley built successful design careers on their own terms, each under his own name in two different cities. Freeman established Ahmad Freeman Interiors in Nashville before expanding his residential work to Chicago, while Lemley spent 25 years building Lemley Architecture + Design into a respected architecture practice in Chicago. […]
Remembering Austin Huskey
When Thom Coghlan, one of the magazine’s most loyal supporters and now a personal friend, texted me on Friday, Feb. 13, that his boss and CEO of Huskey Building Supply, Austin Huskey, had passed away earlier that day in a plane crash, the shock was overwhelming. The grief was instant. We had just celebrated him […]
Artist Spotlight: Larry Stewart
Growing up in Laguna Beach, California, Larry Stewart was always focused on sports. Football, basketball, surfing — he excelled at it all. But the artist inside was always there. “I was always doodling in my notes,” he said. “And they looked beautiful, but I probably didn’t read back over the actual notes.” He went to […]
This Time, it’s Personal.
A 2016 to-the-studs renovation gave the Folk Victorian cottage on Russell Street a dignified new beginning — space to trace another hundred years of lazy Sundays and New Year’s toasts. It deserved an earned celebration, including a 2018 Historic Preservation Award from Nashville’s Metropolitan Historical Commission. But for the current owners, the East Nashville […]
Design in Bloom
Once Flower magazine announced Nashville would be the location for its 2025 Designer Show House — and enlisted 23 high-profile interior design firms to create inspirational interiors within the home — we knew it was going to be something out of the ordinary. And once the actual property being used was revealed, we knew […]
Making His Way
Growing up in working-class Pittsburgh, Richard Anuszkiewicz wasn’t exactly immersed in luxury materials and interior design inspiration. Still, he knew from a young age he wanted to study design professionally and pursue it as a career. And as a child, he began taking steps to make it happen. “Ever since I can remember, art, architecture […]
Let Them Cook
Maybe you cook a lot. Maybe you never cook but love to host. Maybe your kids prefer to do their homework at a breakfast bar and maybe your husband dreams of a scullery kitchen that keeps the shrimp shells and greasy sauciers safely out of sight. Every homeowner has their kitchen particulars. And once the […]
A Collected Life
From a young age Bebe Buell noticed that when her mother decorated, she would keep things grouped together in their like category. All the birds would be in one place. All the glass eggs in another. Little by little, her mother started small collections for her too, like a little shoe collection, and her Desert […]