Archive for 'Home Tour'

Monday, August 31, 2009

Home Tour: Heather Garrett Design

Heather Garrett is an interior designer with a showroom and shop in downtown Durham.

How would you describe your decorating style?
Nearly every client knows when something’s not right with their interior space.  They’d like to squeeze more life out of what they have, realize some things probably have to go, and have an image in mind [...]

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

House Tour: Rebecca Tegtmeyer, Sown

Rebecca Tegtmeyer is the talented designer behind Sown, a hip line of pillows made from recycled burlap sacks. Originally from Kansas, Rebecca calls North Carolina her home while she completes her Masters in Graphic Design at NC State.

How would you describe your decorating style?
I think others would say that my style is organized and simple. [...]

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

House Tour: Jamie Meares

How would you describe your decorating style?
Trial and error. I do and redo things 15 million times before I decide they are right. Currently, I maybe have 2-3 right things. The rest are in flux. I like texture a lot, and I like to keep the eye moving in a room. Picking out materials that [...]

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

House Tour: Casey & Rob

Tell us a little about yourselves:

I am a coffee shop manager at The Morning Times and Rob is an intern architect at Vernacular Studios. I also have a side gig as an artist painting creatures. Recently, I moved into a permanent studio at artspace. We have a chihuahua named Diablo and two small mutts, Pico [...]

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Home Tour: The Witchgers

Bob and Stephanie Witchger live just outside of downtown Raleigh in the Lockwood neighborhood. By day Stephanie is a full time Library Science grad student at UNC and a part time library assistant and Bob is a graphic/web designer. By night they are extremely talented painters/photographers/sewers/fix-it-all-ers/ukulele players.
Who is your design inspiration?
Charles and Ray Eames. They [...]

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Home Style: Vintage Charm

Bliss and Thurston Alexander-Smith live in Raleigh, NC in a nook perfectly situated between downtown and Hillsborough Street. Bliss is a graphic artist at an advertising agency and she is the talented proprietress of Sew Bliss Sew. Thurston is a graduate student studying sociology. He is also a gifted musician and can rule you in [...]

Monday, January 5, 2009

House Tour, Danielle - Durham, NC

I met Danielle this past year when she agreed to do some photography work for the Rock & Shop Market. In addition to being a great photographer, she also has an eye for decorating her home. I’d love to walk into her handsome foyer on a daily basis.
Below she shares some photos of her past [...]