Category: Home & Garden

Story of a House: Charlotte Smith

More is More! At home with Charlotte Smith by Jesma Reynolds photographs by Catherine Nguyen In Charlotte Smith’s world, more is always better. More art, more accessories, more color, more furniture. The owner of Raleigh’s two-year-old Union Camp Collective sells…

Thomas Sayre’s Hidden House in Downtown

At home with Thomas Sayre by Jesma Reynolds photographs by Keith Isaacs On any given First Friday in Raleigh’s downtown Warehouse District, hundreds of art lovers stroll the corridor of West Martin Street that connects CAM to a string of…

STORY OF A HOUSE: No Place Like Om

No Place Like Om by Jesma Reynolds photographs by Catherine Nguyen When Amanda May and her family moved to the Triangle from Italy three years ago, they had a bit of cultural adjustment to do. They’d left a beloved, tiny farmhouse…

Story of a House: Revival Living: Tarboro

This Greek Revival home in Tarboro NC is timeless & vibrant with its silk curtains, lacquered walls + a light-filled kitchen with custom cabinetry & brass hardware.

Building Together — A community contributes, Boys & Girls Clubs benefits

by Liza Roberts The elegant brick house in Raleigh’s Country Club Hills rose quickly over the last several months. From initial concept to fully furnished showcase, the construction of the 6,000 square-foot, $1,999,900 residence on Granville Drive relied, as most high-end…

The Long View, A New Purpose for the Poe House

by Jessie Ammons Tucked behind WakeMed hospital at the end of an unassuming side street stands a stately stone house, a gracious counterpoint to the health care center’s sprawling clinical grounds. “It’s always  had a great spirit,” says Diane Smith, whose…

UNC President Margaret Spellings makes her historic house her home

by Liza Roberts photographs by Catherine Nguyen A little over a year ago, newly elected UNC President Margaret Spellings walked for the first time under the monumental portico of the 1907 Neoclassical house on Franklin Street that serves as the President’s home….

Art & home

by Liza Roberts photographs by Catherine Nguyen “I’m a bit of an art addict,” says Raleighite Carole Anders, “and enjoy using my home as a ‘gallery.’” Sharing her love of North Carolina painting, sculpture, glass, and ceramics – with friends, charitable organizations,…

N.C. Modernist Houses

“It’s just an easy way to hang out with people who share your same passion. How often do we get to do that?” –George Smart, founder of N.C. Modernist Houses and organizer of Thirst4Architecture by Jessie Ammons When George Smart founded…

Honolulu, N.C.

by P. Gaye Tapp photographs by Catherine Nguyen On tranquil wooded acreage north of Raleigh stands a stunning modernist house inspired by a home perched on Mount Tantalus on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, some 4,8000 miles away. That Honolulu home, designed…

Green acres

by Liza Roberts photographs by Annie Cockrill On a balmy summer evening, guests invited to a dinner for the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation followed directions to a “top secret” location in suburban Cary, where an unremarkable street led them to a magical…

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