HOUSE & GARDEN
Kick Off Your Holiday Decorating & Gifting with Fabulous Taste and Gorgeous Style at ABODE’s Open House This Sunday
ABODE on East Blvd is kicking off the holiday...
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,...
What is Swell this week? Decorating with Red White & Blue.
In honor of our nation's 238th birthday, we are celebrating all things Red, White and Blue! Create a Big impact by saturating your space in stoic blue or combine multiple shades and patterns for an ecclectic, casual setting. From Rustic...
Appearances Count – Getting Your House Ready to Sell
Thinking of putting your house on the market? While spring and summer months are traditionally when home sales across the country increase, in Charlotte, you can go on the market at almost any time. According to local real estate...
Summer Patio Party Pinspirations
Nothing is quite as refreshing, relaxing, and just plain sexy as the summer patio party done well.
A good patio party can unwind everyone like nothing else. It can be the best way to "shower the people you love with love"...
5 things I learned from Katie Ridder at the Room To Bloom Symposium this year.
1. She likes to upholster things, particularly box springs and headboards. Not a bedskirt or dust ruffle in sight. But also lampshades, coffee tables and walls.
2. Two of her favorite resources are Christie's and Doyle's Decorative sales -- where...
The scoop on the South End Furniture and Design District
Located just south of uptown, intersected by the light rail, bursting with new condos and trendy restaurants is Historic South End.
Once home to a thriving textile industry until that trade moved off shore and left crumbling abandoned warehouses. A...
What is Swell this week? Highpoint Furniture Market.
The interior designers at SWELL DECOR DESIGN are "scoop-ing" us some of their favorite House & Garden Tips & Finds from around Charlotte. Angie & Merrin spend so much time out & about, looking for the perfect items...
Decorating with Blue & White
Blue is one of the hot colors this year in interior decoration. Paired with white it becomes crisp, clean, and timeless. A color combo that looks good in every room. We decided to explore the many ways to add...
2014 Interior Design Trends in Charlotte
Time for scoopcharlotte's 2nd annual Interior Design Trends editorial. We love highlighting Charlotte's Home Design & Decor community by showing just how "on trend" they are. Last year the mid-century modern furniture rushed back into our lives (thanks...
Our February Find of The Month ~ Metro's Other Woman
Typically, when you hear about “the other woman†it’s not good news at all. However, we have found out about Metro’s Other Woman , and we LOVE her!
One word describes this “other woman.†PERFECT. You’ll want to get...
February Find of The Month ~ Metro’s Other Woman
Typically, when you hear about “the other woman†it’s not good news at all. However, we have found out about Metro’s Other Woman , and we LOVE her!
One word describes this “other woman.†PERFECT. You’ll want to get...
My Chalk Paint Experience: Before and After
Let me start out by saying that a quart of chalk paint ($38.95) is worth every shiny penny.
This stuff is the easiest to work with and though it might be double the price of its conventional latex counterpart, there...
How to Pick the Perfect Rug for Your Home
I have watched interior designers build an entire room around a great Oushak rug. The area rug can be the inspiration of a room or the after thought as in...."I have all this great furniture and art and now...