A high-end interior plant design company grows in Germantown post pandemic By Hollie Deese Portrait photography by Pamela Monaghan Interior photography by Erin Hines Alesha Sebie arrived in Nashville in 2015 from Wisconsin to get her master’s degree in social work. She finished, through the UT-Knoxville satellite campus, with a concentration in substance abuse, mental health and HIV, and
At Christopher Peacock’s luxury cabinetry showroom, concept, design and quality are all on display By Hollie Deese Christopher Peacock wouldn’t necessarily say he was born creative, but there’s certainly something about being an only child that bred it as he filled time playing and exploring alone in his home in Essex, just outside of London. “I had a lot
A New England Patriot invests in Columbia, with a new home and a foundation that gives back By Hollie Deese Photography by Reed Brown Shaq Mason knew his first home had to be in Columbia, Tennessee. His hometown, it’s where the New England Patriot first learned to play football, and where he now operates the Shaq Mason Foundation. The
Designer Amhad Freeman takes clients on a journey to their dream spaces By Hollie Deese Photography by Nicholas McGinn Amhad Freeman may be one of Nashville’s most sought-after designers right now—constantly being approached by bigger firms in Chicago and clients out of state—but it is not anything he could have imagined when he first arrived in Tennessee. Originally from
Katy Shah and India Mayer make moves to influence the influencers during a pandemic By Hollie Deese Photography by William DeShazer In the midst of Nashville’s exploding growth and rise as a national “It” city, Katy Shah and India Mayer had a great idea. Build a community around the area’s social media influencers by providing them a space to
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
For Kathy Sandler, a lifelong design dream became a flourishing reality By Olivia McClure Photography by Claire Cuevas, Kristen Mayfield, Kathy Sandler Kathy Sandler was introduced to interior design as a young girl watching her parents renovate their family home in Nashville, turning a two-bedroom, one-bath starter into a four-bedroom, one-bath home. “It’s the first time I can recall
