Adornments for All
The handmade-jewelry renaissance is on full display at Saluda gallery Saluda made a name for itself starting in the late 19th century, when trains conquered…
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Promise Rings
Jewelry designer combines a modern stance on diamonds with Victorian sensibilities As a child, Stephanie Ellis made jewelry out of anything she could find:…
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Window of Shopping Opportunity
Thursday-only thrift store has been enticing collectors for a half century While the masses turn to decluttering, donating whole households to charity, savvy collectors…
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A Cutting From History
Garden event to feature an offshoot of famous Charleston spread This year’s Flat Rock garden tour picks up where the related historic-home tour stops:…
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Warming to the Cause
The power to effect change amplifies exponentially when teams collaborate. But a sensitive mission must be handled, well, sensitively. When Kaye Youngblood of artisans’…
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More Than Just a Pretty Space
The Hendersonville Designer Showcase shows shades of Petula Clark with a focus on what’s happening downtown. On tap is the transformation of a second…
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Blood, Sweat, Tears & History
Judy McKnight can’t say exactly how it started, but she and her husband Michael’s home since 2006 — the grand Italianate estate called The…
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Seeing Stars
Dr. Robert “Bob” Hayward is a semi-retired astronomer who spent three decades teaching students, teachers, and others about out-of-this-world wonders at the Fernbank Science…
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O Kitschmas Tree
Thanks to the “new homesteading” craze, cutting down one’s own tree and stringing it with hand-sewn garlands of cranberries and popcorn is the thing…
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Farm Everywoman
Thick with designations, including “Heritage Education Center” and “North Carolina Cultural Treasure,” Historic Johnson Farm is also one of only three farms in the…
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