By Barry Wise SmithMarianne Strong grew up in Nashville a nascent designer. “I loved design growing up. I was that kid who constantly rearranged her room,” Strong says. “My parents were very supportive and encouraged my creativity. They gave me free reign to paint and do what I wanted to do. But Strong also knew that she wanted to own her own business. She went to business … [Read more...]

By Barry Wise SmithPhotos by Joan AllsoppJulie Terrell never planned on being an interior designer. She graduated from Birmingham-Southern College with a degree in Art History and went on to get her master’s degree from the University of Alabama with plans to get her PhD and be a professor. “But I saw how limiting that could be,” Terrell says. “You might spend your … [Read more...]

By Madoline Markham KoonceOne of Caroline Gidiere’s earliest memories growing up in Florence, Ala., was going to a wallpaper store with her mother while her sister was in preschool. Her mom would set her down in front of a wallpaper book and ask her to pick out a pattern for her room. No matter if they were at home or out in the world, Gidiere saw how her mom … [Read more...]

By Madoline Markham KoonceConstruction on Liz and Curt Rozzelle’s new modern Tudor home in Hollywood was completed in 2018, but in some ways that’s just when its story began. “You have to let the house and the yard and the garden tell you what it wants,” Liz says. “Is it in the right place? Where does the sun come in? What is the soil like? What does this room sound … [Read more...]

By Tally Reynolds DettlingGet to know the creative minds of Grisham Tolbert Interiors—Virginia Grisham and Eleanor Tolbert. This duo met and created their firm in a uniquely organic way, starting as work colleagues at Cantley & Company in 2016. Over the next six years, they formed a sister-like bond that has helped them become a powerhouse in the design … [Read more...]