HOUSE & GARDEN

Our House of the Month for December

Our December House of the Month is a stunning...

This Gorgeous Cotswold New Build is our House of the Month for November

Discover timeless elegance in this exquisite new construction home...

This Classic Eastover Home on Biltmore is Our October House of the Month

Exquisitely renovated from top to bottom, this 5 bed,...

Spring Cleaning and Winter Storage. Time to Get to It Girls.

One day of 70 degree weather and I'm already itching to pack away my winter clothes and break out the shorts and swimsuits. This winter has been excruciating, and I can only imagine you are all feeling the same...

Our March House of the Month

Our March House of the Month sits on a coveted corner lot at the end of a quiet street in Cotswold. It is charming and quaint, with the distinct personality and detailed millwork of an English cottage. Cotswold is a neighborhood of...

Decorating The Home Office.

Whether you are running and empire from home or managing a home empire, the office/study is indeed needed to keep up with the demands of career and household. You may have a small desk tucked in a nook or...

Talking you thru How to Hang Art

Art, like beauty "is in the eye of the beholder". Which means,  people have different ideas about what is beautiful or what is considered art. Get out there and find some ART you like. Do something about those blank...

Our February House of the Month will have you pulling out Gone with the Wind.

Quiet privacy and open space are two things we continually underestimate in life. If you ever dream of escaping the reality of tight spaces in your current home, our February House of the Month from COTTINGHAM CHALK HAYES REALTORS is for...

Save The Trees. Learn how to protect Charlotte’s unique canopy at this upcoming meeting.

Charlotte is known around the country for the beautiful and amazing high tree canopy of our close-in neighborhoods.  Tree lined streets is a realtors' selling point that you hear over and over.  Unfortunately, street life is stressful and hard...

Got the Collecting Bug? Beautiful Ways to Create and Display Your Collections

Arranged on a mantel, hung on the wall, or displayed on a console, collections can bring a room to life by expressing personality. The collection communicates individual passions and pursuits and takes a room from bland to a distinctive....

Store, Sell or Donate? What to do with ALL your stuff? Our local consignment expert weighs in.

Is it just me or is everyone’s coat closet, shoe basket and dresser drawers overflowing now that the holidays are over? I don’t know about you, but all that clutter makes me crazy and super unproductive.  Solution? Rotate, clean out...

Here’s how to create a blooming centerpiece to chase the post-holiday blues away.

It's the Day After and I am Ready for the Red & Green to Go Bye Bye. In early January I like to have pre-cooled mini daffodil bulbs blooming in a window box container as my centerpiece.  . Seriously, not hard...

Go Beyond Wine this Season with Holiday Cocktails & The Well-Stocked Bar Cart

Bar Carts are a sophisticated throw back to a time when entertaining at home was an art form.  AND they made quite a splash at the High Point, N.C. Spring Furniture Market this year. Versatile,compact and usually mobile, the bar...

Friday is Poinsettia Day. Here are some creative ways to use this Hothouse Holiday Beauty.

Brought from Mexico to the US in the 1820s by Charlestonian botanist / physician / politician Joel Roberts Poinsett, the poinsettia is the top selling potted plant in all of the US and Canada, and all that selling is...

It’s time for Perfect Holiday Decor at Elizabeth Bruns.

Holiday decorating goes into high gear in houses all over town this coming weekend, as the turkey motifs and autumn colors are packed away to make room for the red, the green, the blue, the white, the silvers and...