Balancing family legacy with creative reinvention By Allie Myszka Keith Merry inherited two things from his father: a family business, and an insatiable creative bent. Merry’s father, Bill Merry, Sr., was a cofounder of Nashville-based ornamental iron business Herndon & Merry, and as such, Keith Merry has been around metalworking for most of his life. He began working alongside
Father and daughter grow, cultivate and create Photography by Gary Clark and Emily Dorio Anna Yeager Brakefield, 28, is a third-generation cotton farmer. Though it’s not what she ever thought she would be doing, it is precisely where she wants to be. With a background in design and a degree from Auburn University, Brakefield left the country of North
Country star Trisha Yearwood's Southern style inspires home accent pieces The Trisha Yearwood Collection, a line of affordable home accent pieces personally curated by the country music star and lifestyle expert, recently launched in Kirkland's stores and online for $9.99-$299.99. The collection of 23 pieces includes art, decorative accessories and accent furniture that showcase Yearwood’s sophisticated style inspired by her
Photography by Leslee Mitchell Jessica Davis, principal designer of JL Design, is a Hendersonville native whose mother and grandmother both worked in Nashville. Like any Middle Tennessee native, she’s just as impressed by the recent boom of Nashville’s neighborhoods and wishes her grandmother was alive to see how much it has changed. “She would just be blown away,” Davis
Photography by Marcelle Guilbeau and Janin Otwell Need more space than your current square footage allows? A solution could be right outside your back door, thanks to the rise in accessory buildings that are so much more than your the typical detached garage or storage shed. Today, people are building pool houses, private music studios, workout spaces, greenhouses, playhouses
Photography by Gabe FordLike so many creative people in Nashville, Tim Riffle moved here 10 years ago with one dream in mind — music. Instead, the Southern California native has succeeded in a career that is totally different but no less inspiring.One day Riffle, who was then working in the Sony Music office, wanted to give a friend flowers. He
Home design magazine launches retail popup at Keep Shop Domino, the content and commerce company rooted in home décor, has opened a new retail popup in Nashville, taking over Keep Shop at Noelle with a curated mix of products from some of Domino’s favorite designers and a slew of local makers and creatives too. This is Domino’s first retail popup
Wallpaper just the beginning for New Hat’s creative collaborative Portrait by Sanford Myers Spaces by Danielle Kirk and Heidi Ross It all started in the bathroom of a bakery. It was at Dozen Bakery in the Wedgewood-Houston part of town where Kelly Diehl was working as a pastry chef. She pulled in her longtime friend and designer Elizabeth Williams for
Eighth Avenue loft, studio evoke eclectic elegance Photography by Connie Chornuk Birmingham native and luxury leather jacket designer Savannah Yarborough ended up in Nashville by way of London, as a compromise with her former boss, designer Billy Reid. He wanted his head of menswear in Florence, and she wanted to be in New York. “Nashville was the happy medium,”
