Love Is a Many Splintered Thing Especially between handymen and their clients By Carolyn Strickland Old houses have always spoken to me. And sadly, I tend to buy the ones that can barely put [...]
The Garden Shed Be it ever so humble or fancy, a garden shed inspires both pleasure and escape By Noah Salt Some years ago while knocking around rural England, I was invited by old family friends [...]
Katy Did It Rustic charm abounds at a historic mill house in eastern Guilford County By Nancy Oakley “Down by the old mill stream, where I first met you . . .” So goes the chorus to the old [...]
Glass Half-Full and Refilled Sunday Funday at Winston-Salem’s West End Mill Works By Amy and Peter Freeman Sure, we all love a little bubbly on New Year’s Eve, an explosion on the Fourth of July, [...]
Preservationists & Patriots The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The State of North Carolina have been leaders in the historic preservation movement for 125 years By [...]
Late Bloomer Dean Johnson’s art of seeing beauty By Jim Dodson “Flowers restore something vital in me,” says Paul Dean Johnson with a gentle smile. “I might even say they make me believe in God. [...]
You Can Go Home Again A family farmhouse in Winston-Salem is restored to its original glory By Billy Ingram Photographs by Mina von Feilitzsch Last time I caught a glimpse of Sides Mill [...]
From Traditional to Transitional A designer’s challenges in creating her own space By Nancy Oakley • Photographs by Amy Freeman Apart from the fierce barking of a protective 9-year-old [...]