Allen WestbrookSummer Classics, BirminghamAllen Westbrook, designer and outdoor specialist at Summer Classics, said the house’s loggia “spoke to me. It’s the one space I really wanted to do.”ShowHouse officials ask decorators to bid on several rooms, he said.“But I didn’t bid on any others,” Westbrook said. “I really wanted that one.”The loggia, which … [Read more...]
Mini Man Cave
Ramona GriffinG& G Interior Design, BessemerWhen Ramona Griffin of G&G Interior Design participated in the ShowHouse for the first time last year, she created with a girl’s bedroom full of flounces and other feminine touches.This year, her ShowHouse space is decidedly different. A boy’s bedroom upstairs in the house was inspired by the great … [Read more...]
Butterflies with Breakfast
Jean ClaytonChristine’s, Mountain BrookThe breakfast room, created by Jean Clayton and her team at Christine’s in Mountain Brook Village, is so bright and cheerful that even waking up to a plain bowl of Cheerios could turn into a pleasant experience.Clayton said a new line by a well-known company was behind her decision to choose the breakfast room as her … [Read more...]
Homewood Schools Spotlight Career Tech
To mark National Career and Technical Education Month, Homewood City Schools is putting the spotlight on its Career and Technical Education programs, which serve students in the sixth through 12th grades.Homewood Middle School offers the career technologies, teen connections and teen discovery programs. Homewood High School offers the food and consumer sciences and the Air … [Read more...]
Hoover Teacher, Students Earn Finley Awards
Two Hoover City Schools students and a faculty member were recently honored for exhibiting exceptional character.The school district honored its 2014 Finley Awards winners March 20 at the Finley Awards Banquet at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center on U.S. 280.Michael Zelwak, a teacher at Spain Park High School, won the faculty Finley Award. Student Finley Award … [Read more...]