31 Oct Ranch renovation in Brentwood
A friend of mine who's a busy mother of three young kids recently said I could finally come over and take pictures of their renovation that I'd been bugging her about for months and now...
House Tours
25 Oct Reading retreat
[caption id="attachment_19813" align="aligncenter" width="1024"][/caption] When you've lived in a place a long time, sometimes you just need a makeover. But it isn't always feasible to tackle everything at once and so you decide to tackle it...
10 Oct Luxury homes on parade in Nashville
When you go to a Parade of Homes in Nashville, you know you're going to see alot of gorgeous design but there were so many jaw dropping moments at this one at Witherspoon in Brentwood. I...
28 Sep On the boulevard
There's something about a cottage style home that has always spoken to me. Add a slate roof and flower boxes and I'm driving by drooling. This is one of those houses. And it doesn't hurt that...
08 Sep Solid “gold” home
Sanctuary. I think that's the best way to describe the back yard in Belle Meade's first LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Gold certified home. And its owner certainly feels that way....
31 Aug Not your grandma’s bungalow
Can you imagine designing a home and selecting all the decor without knowing who will live in it? If you're superstar designer Brian Patrick Flynn, it's all about "checking your own personal aesthetic at the...
23 Aug Refined Nashville cottage
When I went to visit designer Mary Follin recently, I knew she had renovated her ranch home in Nashville, but I was blown away when I drove down her street, and realized I was in...
24 Jul Not your average Victorian
On a quiet street that was once considered a "streetcar suburb" in Nashville sits a grand old Victorian. The plaque recognizes the home's architectural significance by the Metropolitan Historical Commission. Then there's a playful piece that...
14 Jul Colorful like its owner
Color is embraced in the house I'm featuring this week. But sometimes it takes a few times to get just the right shade of the color you want. Try three times in this living...
29 Jun Hamptons holiday
You know when you return from a vacation and you can't stop thinking about it that it was a good one. This was one of those. We spent nine days in the Hamptons at my...
