Custom Built Inspiration Taking Home Design's Pulse at the Parade of Homes in Rosebrooke By Karen Parr-Moody Photography by Reed Brown and Marty Paoletta The Home Builders Association of Middle Tennessee’s 2022 Parade of Homes, sponsored by Pinnacle Financial Partners, happened 60 years after the first Homearama, a self-guided tour of
Aimee Kinssies worked to pull all kinds of influences together to create the perfect mix in this recent new build. Seeing is believing Lighting takes center stage as essential, unifying element in home design Story by Joe Morris. Photography by Allison Elefante A lot must come together to create the perfect living space. Whether it’s a renovation or
A school lesson turns into a life’s work By Hollie Deese Photography by Pam Mognahan It had been 13 years since Jenna had last seen Johnathan Rummel at Lee University, where they both attended, but when he sat down next to her at a dear friend’s funeral in 2005, life was about to totally change for the single mom.
A 1960s ranch gets a total renovation in the suburbs By Hollie Deese Photography by Emily Followill Designer Mark Williams never intended to stay in Atlanta, much less put down roots in Nashville. Raised in Boston, he always assumed he would return after college. But after studying at Georgia Tech he leaned on the connections he had made in
Michelle Kraker, half of the style duo team of Interior Edit Nashville, has strong memories of her childhood Christmases and traditions that she remains faithful to today. Her mom would go all out for the holiday, cramming all the ornaments Kraker and her three siblings had made over the years onto the tree ringed with ’90s-era multicolored lights and
Autumn has arrived and the nightmare before Christmas is upon us. Halloween is probably (and most likely) the most fun and exciting holiday all year, with costumes, spooks, candy and haunted houses. But a lot of thought and planning goes into providing the perfect spooky, yet refined, setting. But that doesn’t mean decorating for this season has to be a
Home decor changes in the light of Covid With the 2020 school year starting for many at home, transforming living spaces into learning spaces is top of mind for most Middle Tennessee families. One way to make a big impact right away is with a fresh coat of paint, like the gentle ECOS Paints, an eco-friendly option that is
Family luxury bedding brand Bella Notte grows from garage business By Hollie Deese Taylor Batlin was used to her fashion designer mom Kathleen McCoy experimenting with rolls of fabrics, silks and linens and really anything luxe, in her career with Jessica McClintock back in the ’90s. McCoy began her own jacket line, but when she began taking those same
By Hollie Deese When Jessica Davis was a little girl, the most she knew about interiors design in a pre-HGTV world was what she saw on “Designing Women,” the 1980s-era sitcom centered around an Atlanta design firm. Even with a lack of real-life Sugarbakers aside, Davis still grew up hugely influence by woman in the arts. Her great-grandmother was
