HOUSE & GARDEN
Our August House of the Month is a Cotswold Modern Farmhouse
Welcome home to this stunning modern farmhouse which perfectly...
What’s New at ABODE Home Design? Lots. And We Have the Photos to Prove It.
Mary Tobias Miller is a luxury residential Interior Designer...
This Classic Myers Park Home is Our May House of the Month
This stunning home offers a luxurious living experience, in...
Our April House of the Month Is a Cotswold Gem
Nestled in the coveted Cotswold area, just moments from...
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...
Light It Up. How to Pick out the Perfect Lamp.
Darker early, longer nights, cooler temps. All send us indoors, where suddenly we look around and see all the stuff we need to buy and redo and redecorate, right?
This is the time of year to make sure the lighting...
Ideas for a new look for your Holiday Decor: Traditional with a Rustic Twist
I love nothing more than when a trend takes something comfortably old-fashioned and turns it startlingly on its head, forcing you to see with new eyes. Thus, the old Colonial tradition of using fruit as decoration (generally apples and...
Setting a Festive Holiday Table this year.
It's that time of year. The time for amazing food, scratchy Bing Crosby records playing, and big laughter-filled get-togethers. Candlelight, a holiday punch or drink, and garlands are must-haves. So are beautiful place settings. I love the luxurious yet...
OLD Lang Syne No More – Holiday Mantel Decorating Gets a Revamp
You know how you can tell the age of a movie by the shoes and purses? No? Ok maybe I've verged from SJP wannabe dangerously close into Fashion Nerd territory. Not cool, Kallah, not cool.
Well, point is, some things...
Furniture Paint and Lacquer with Amy Howard Paints at Cotswold Marketplace
Lisa Matthews, Interior Designer and owner of Adagio Antiques, went to high school with Amy Howard. If you aren't familiar with the Amy Howard Paint brand, it is an easy to use, DIY, "green" product brand. This line of...
A Creative Thanksgiving Table
Sauces simmering in small bright pans, pies cooling on the dessert table, fresh rosemary sprigs poking waftily out of the huge turkey in the oven, mashed potatoes being whipped with care and a good pound of sweet cream butter,...