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 finds exactly what they need on 60 acres in Robertson County By Hollie Deese Photography by Julia Steele When Jenna Rummel moved into her new home on 60 acres in Greenbrier last year, it was the fulfillment of a dream they had for a while. Well, it had first been her husband, Jonathan’s, dream, but it quickly became
A 1950s East Nashville tiny cottage is reinvigorated and customized By Hollie Deese Photography by Solomon Davis After Denise Simons hosted Sean and Kim Feeney in her East Nashville Airbnb tiny house, complete with pool and indoor/outdoor living space, they were so impressed with what she had done they asked if she could help them redesign an old house
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
Wardrobe stylists, fashion bloggers and lifelong friends navigate Nashville together By Hollie Deese Photography by William DeShazer For the past 20 years, Emily Bache and Abigail Breslin have been through some of life’s most emotional moments together — from middle school to moves, growing a business together and surviving quarantine apart. In the same seventh grade gym class, they
Time at home reinforces how important the right glow can be By Hollie Deese Photography by Allison Elefante The thing about lighting is you can instantly tell when it is good, and you can really tell when it’s bad. And after months at home, we are probably all pretty tuned in to which kind of lighting we have. Lauren
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
By Hollie Deese Photography by Pamela Monaghan Betty Anne Mills and her husband, Tom, have evolved Inspired Closets from a small home organization solution company in 2006 into the newly remodeled Design District showroom they work out of today. It’s just the remodeling that’s new. The space? They’ve been there for a decade, fitting right in and working in
