27 02, 2017

Design Destination: The Dwell Hotel

2017-10-27T07:52:13-07:00

[gdlr_image_link type="image" image_url="" link_url="" alt="" target="_blank"]CHATTANOOGA. We had to share The Dwell Hotel, a design-savvy boutique hotel in downtown Chattanooga that opened in 2016. The lobby and each hotel suite elevates Mid-Century modern decor and includes vintage artifacts and fine art collected by owner Seija Ojanpera. She describes her hotel as "lively meets luxury," and the rooms as "retro reimagined." The Dwell Hotel

Design Destination: The Dwell Hotel2017-10-27T07:52:13-07:00
23 02, 2017

Portrait Painting Workshop with Felicia Forté

2017-10-27T07:52:13-07:00

Portrait Painting with the Zorn Palette May 19-21 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Instructor: Felicia Forte Cost:  $485 All skill levels are welcome Sign up here. Location: Townsend Atelier 301 East 11th Street | Chattanooga, TN  37403 423-266-2712 CHATTANOOGA. In this three-day workshop at Townsend Atelier, Felicia Forté will teach Alla Prima painting, or wet-into-wet painting using the Zorn Palette. This palette

Portrait Painting Workshop with Felicia Forté2017-10-27T07:52:13-07:00
3 02, 2017

Come Weed Wrangle®at Historic Glen Leven Farm: Saturday, March 4

2017-10-27T07:52:14-07:00

[gdlr_image_link type="image" image_url="" link_url="" alt="" target="_blank"]NASHVILLE. Volunteers are needed from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at the Land Trust for Tennessee's historic Glen Leven Farm. The Trust is participating in Weed Wrangle®-Nashville, the annual city-wide volunteer effort to help rescue public parks and green spaces from invasive plant species. Historic Glen Leven Farm is not regularly open to

Come Weed Wrangle®at Historic Glen Leven Farm: Saturday, March 42017-10-27T07:52:14-07:00
28 01, 2017

Drees Homes: New Design Center Welcomes You

2017-10-27T07:52:14-07:00

[gdlr_image_link type="image" image_url="" link_url="" alt="" target="_blank"]Brentwood. Drees Homes opened a new design center this summer in Brentwood that is NOT your typical design or retail experience. There are no brand names shouting at clients about what they are ‘supposed’ to prefer. Brand influence is secondary to good design. “We offer only premium products and have done the daunting brand research of

Drees Homes: New Design Center Welcomes You2017-10-27T07:52:14-07:00
5 01, 2017

Design Challenge: A Gallery-like Expanse of Wall

2017-10-27T07:52:14-07:00

A fine art commission is a meaningful holiday gift. CHATTANOOGA. Interior designer Cirsten Weldon completed the main living and dining rooms for her client in Collegedale, but faced one major design challenge that required a custom, imaginative solution.   Design team:  Interiors, Cirsten Weldon, Eurasian Designs Artist, Alex Loza Suárez, Loza Studio and Atelier   THE DESIGN CHALLENGE:

Design Challenge: A Gallery-like Expanse of Wall2017-10-27T07:52:14-07:00
2 01, 2017

Passageways: AIA TN Explores the Urban Alley

2017-10-27T07:52:14-07:00

[gdlr_image_link type="image" image_url="" link_url="" alt="" target="_blank"] CHATTANOOGA. In conjunction with the AIA Tennessee State Convention held this week in Chattanooga (Aug. 24-26), member architects partnered with River City Company to reimagine urban alleyways. "Passageways: Activating the Urban Alley through Architecture" installations will remain in place in the months ahead. AIA TN explored how alleys can connect a city with unique art and architectural elements. Each

Passageways: AIA TN Explores the Urban Alley2017-10-27T07:52:14-07:00
6 12, 2016

Maker Space: Charles Gene Horner, Tennessee’s Elder Luthier

2017-10-27T07:52:14-07:00

When you lift an instrument made by Charles Horner you sense the perfect balance of wood and air. It’s as if the key raw material isn’t the wood, but what is absent, some longing. From nearly nothing, from something others would throw on a fire—a rough-hewn core of a fallen tree—Charles Horner makes music. Charles Gene Horner, 83 Rockwood, TN. Charles Gene Horner hands me a fiddle, one that

Maker Space: Charles Gene Horner, Tennessee’s Elder Luthier2017-10-27T07:52:14-07:00
6 12, 2016

Emotional Doorways: A Dutch Start-up Manufactures Peace of Mind

2017-10-27T07:52:14-07:00

[gdlr_image_link type="image" image_url="" link_url="" alt="" target="_blank"]Amsterdam. What began as a project for an art academy student in the Netherlands, emerged as a start-up with a unique application that is heart warming and healing. True Doors, based in Amsterdam, manufactures decals of doors designed to make a generic environment have some soul.  While there are numerous practical applications for True Doors' clever products, one

Emotional Doorways: A Dutch Start-up Manufactures Peace of Mind2017-10-27T07:52:14-07:00
6 12, 2016

Velvet: The Fabric of History

2017-10-27T07:52:14-07:00

[gdlr_image_link type="image" image_url="" link_url="" alt="" target="_blank"]Italy. Velvet curtains frame the stage, and are the shawl of royalty. The touch that is inviting and the play of light on the complicated piles and loops of threads add to its sensuality and esteem. The word 'velvet' itself is rich, as the fabric. Historians believe velvet weaving began in Baghdad, as in ancient Mesopotamia, before moving

Velvet: The Fabric of History2017-10-27T07:52:14-07:00

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