Culture & Style

Get to know four local makers who have turned their creative passions into thriving businesses: Kelly Dorough, Dan Carlisle, Geoff Luke and Sarah Okinedo.

For over 125 years, Gracie has transformed walls into art with its hand-painted wallpapers, celebrated for their timeless elegance and meticulous craftsmanship.

Plenty of Over-the-Mountain communities are beloved, fiercely defended by their residents. Beyond neighborhood-centric Facebook pages and elementary school stickers emblazoned on bumpers, passions for home run deep. Some might argue that nowhere else is this more true than in Homewood.

Designer Melissa Salem shares tips for curating a meaningful art collection by selecting pieces that tell your story, evoke memories and resonate with your style.

Whether you are seeking a piece for value or purely for style, there are a few things to know before beginning the hunt.

Designer Nicole Roby invites us into her studio, Rome Curate, to share her philosophy on design and what fuels both her creative and business sides.   How did you get started...

The founders of Varnish Collection and Elliston House turned Instagram admiration into a colorful collaboration by pairing fabrics and wicker pieces for a debut home collection.   The Collaboration: House CapsuleDespite...

Annie Creech of Annie Bakes shares the joys of cookie and cake decorating at Christmas and all through the year. What started as a hobby quickly turned into a business...

Pottery has always been that thing that kind of grounds me,” says artist Katherine Tucker of the pieces she creates for her Civil Stoneware line. Classically trained, Katherine began...

Homewood-based designer Julie Terrell has always had a thing for the holidays. “When you think about it, your holiday décor is usually up for about six weeks of the...