The New Heart of The Home While we each struggle to balance our daily workload, homeschool kiddos, and keep everyone fed, a home office has suddenly become one of the most important rooms in a house! If you don’t already have a dedicated home office…create one! Chances are that your formal dining room, formal living room, or…
When it comes to interior design, where do you find your inspiration? Does it begin with one simple object—a gorgeous piece of tile, the pattern of a pillow, or the colors found in a piece of artwork? Perhaps a beautiful element from nature, or a certain style, or era, awakens your design spirit? We asked…
TEXT Jasmine Bible + PHOTOGRAPHY Kerry Mulhern of Kerry Renee Photography “I love bringing minimal, modern design inside historic homes and spaces,” shares Fredericksburg, Virginia, interior designer Emily Webb. She’s developed a signature style that’s inspired by the modern, organic, and relaxed vibe of the west coast while maintaining the rich, historied aesthetic of the east coast. So…
TEXT Jasmine Bible + PHOTOGRAPHY Ansel Olson For interior designer Kristi Lane, no matter your design specialty—architect, interior designer, landscape—in the end, “design is design.” Utilizing this holistic approach, where each of these specialized facets are working in harmony to create a beautifully designed space, is how her firm, 3north, approaches each project. Founded in 1998 by Lane…
TEXT Jasmine Bible + PHOTOGRAPHY Kristen Elizabeth Photography For Lexi Powell, design has been a lifelong passion. Originally from Montana, she grew up watching her mother Jennifer, who is also an interior designer, work with colors and fabrics. With an innate sense of color harmonies and composition, Powell moved to Hong Kong in 2003 to work for an international product development design house.…
A historic home with textural appeal TEXT Jasmine Bible + PHOTOGRAPHY Thom Gaines, Outside In Photography After designing residential spaces, commercial spaces, optical retail, and showrooms for High Point and Las Vegas, by the time interior designer Gini Crowder- Marshall arrives home, she’s ready for a tranquil oasis. The owner and principal designer at HIVE Interior Design, based in…
DESIGN by Elana Ficken, PHOTOGRAPHY by Aaron H. Bible, TEXT by Jasmine Bible This blank foyer was ready for a dose of design! Located in the historic Montford neighborhood of Asheville, NC, this classic Arts & Crafts style home was about to hit the market and needed to make a strong first impression for potential buyers. We enlisted…
WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGNING YOUR HOME, THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX! Design inspiration can be found anywhere you look. From a chic new restaurant to a rustic wood shop, inspiration can reveal itself at every turn. Over the coming weeks, we’ll visit five shops throughout our region that sparked our interest and appealed to our interior…
A Stately Home Gets a Graceful Facelift TEXT by Jasmine Bible + PHOTOGRAPHY by Andrea Hubbell This stately home in Charlottesville, VA, beckoned for more than a facelift. When the owners decided to renovate, they enlisted interior designer Alana Woerpel of Alana’s, Ltd. to spearhead the project. Woerpel lives just down the street and had always admired the property. Her…
In our “Meet the Maker” series, we’ll introduce you to local personalities from each of the towns where Nest offices are located. In our technology driven world, it’s nice to meet people who are still physically making tactile things by hand. These makers enrich our communities and color the landscape of our towns. For this installment, we visit…