– Add these elements to improve outdoor living spaces for epic entertaining – The popularity of outdoor living spaces has been growing steadily for years, especially at Lake Oconee, where homeowners are able to capitalize on lake or golf views from these incorporated spaces. A recent study from the home remodeling and design platform Houzz…
Category: By Design
Hanging Beauties
– Steffen Thomas Museum hosts an exhibition of work by members of the Lake Oconee Quilt Guild – Written by Clare Wolfe – The history of America can be seen in the history of quilts – in the rich heritage of artisans who have painstakingly created practical and beautiful pieces of living art. This art…
Environmental Change
Renovation project blurs the lines between contemporary additions and historical integrity – STORY AND PHOTOS BY WES RYALS The quaint southern town of Barnesville lies a short drive northwest of Macon in Georgia’s historic heartland. Once heralded as the “Buggy Capital of the South” during the late 19th century, splendid manors of the “Buggy Barons” still…
Color drives design forecast for 2018
For designers, our annual pilgrimage is High Point, North Carolina, home to the largest home furnishings trade show in the world, and perhaps the best indicator of market trends in the industry. I recently returned from my visual journey through more than 10 million square feet of new and innovative designs with a glimpse into…
One thousand, and counting: Local artist marks milestone with personal creation
Bonnie Montgomery is a master weaver. Perhaps not a weaver as you’d imagine with exotic threads, but an experimenter, an adapter, who for years has taken the concept of rag rugs to new levels. She says her rugs are influenced by the Asian technique of ikat, which uses pre-dyed thread to create designs. As with…
Tee up the Technology: Golf Simulators add more than just novelty to a man cave
On an ideal spring day, you may find Dr. Peter Chapman on the green at Great Waters, his favorite local course. Any other day, he’s playing St. Andrews in the room above his garage. With his in-home golf simulator, Chapman is able to travel the world and play more than 60 different courses without ever…
Bringing modern comfort to Oconee Brewing Co.
When I was first invited to walk through the future home of Oconee Brewing Co., in downtown Greensboro, the dusty concrete and brick walls supporting the dilapidated roof, rotted by decades of neglect, wasn’t reason for pause. I only saw what the former Chero Cola plant was going to become. Since our firm had completed…