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Treasure It or Toss It: Organize BHAM Founder Alex Sasser Gives Tips to Declutter Your Home

January 26, 2021

By Emily Williams-Robertshaw The spaces we live in have become our quarantine zones, our classrooms, our offices, our restaurants and bars. With so many roles a home has to play in a pandemic, clutter is bound to take over. Decluttering and organizing the home can be a time-consuming and daunting task. Birmingham resident Alex Sasser knows this firsthand. It’s the reason she … [Read more...]

‘Sharing The Hope of Christmas’: Six Homes Open for Samford Legacy League’s Christmas Home Tour

November 24, 2020

Samford Legacy League’s 10th Annual Christmas Home Tour is set to be held Dec 10. The event during its tenure has raised more than $250,000 to provide transformational scholarships for students who have faced monumental challenges, including homelessness, inner city violence, the disability or death of a parent or sibling, foster care, parental job loss, abandonment, parental … [Read more...]

Double Duty: Paige Albright Is Heading up IPC Tour – and Opening Her Own House to Virtual Visitors

November 24, 2020

Story by Donna Cornelius • Photos by Lee Walls Paige Albright is truly putting her all into this year’s Independent Presbyterian Church Holiday House Tour. She’s the tour chairman, and her house is one of four that will open its doors – virtually speaking – for the 71st annual event. “I’ve been on the tour committee for a long time, but this is the first time our house has … [Read more...]

Creative Escape: Lilt Floral’s McAfee Finds Beauty Distracts From Today’s Problems

October 28, 2020

By Emily Williams Sometimes you just need to look at something beautiful. As the tenth month of 2020 rolls past, there have been countless “sometimes” so worrying that you simply needed to turn your mind away and bask in a bit of creative beauty. Creativity is like air for Brooke McAfee, a floral designer and stylist who owns and operates Birmingham-based Lilt … [Read more...]

COVID-19 Hasn’t Kept the OTM Housing Market Down

October 13, 2020

The real estate market is strong in Over the Mountain areas despite the pandemic, according to real estate professionals. With low inventory on the market and continuing low interest rates, listing prices in the area are up across-the board, according to the Birmingham Association of Realtors. Mountain Brook and Homewood lead in this measure, with prices up 37.61% and 28.78% … [Read more...]

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