By Donna Cornelius The Decorators’ ShowHouse turns 40 this year, and it’s showing no signs of aging. The Alabama Symphony Orchestra fundraiser started in 1976. The first ShowHouse was a stately Mountain Brook house modeled after George Washington’s Mount Vernon. This year’s event, set for April 9-24, opens the doors of a Mountain Brook house that was built by Katherine and … [Read more...]
Remembrance of Things Past: Libby Greene’s Living Room Holds Antiques – and Memories
By Donna Cornelius Like other designers participating in this year’s Decorators’ ShowHouse, Libby Greene has been spending a lot of time in the room she’s designing. And she’s not the first member of her family to do so. Greene had a special reason for choosing the living room as her ShowHouse space. Her grandmother, June Henderson, was in the room many times when Katherine … [Read more...]
Sweet Memories: Kate Millhouse Recalls Fun, Family Life at the McTyeire House
By Donna CorneliusVisitors to this year’s Decorators’ ShowHouse will see a stately house with notable architecture and wander through rooms artistically created by designers. For Kate Millhouse, the house was more than a beautiful place. It was home. Her parents, Katherine and Bill McTyeire, were both busy and successful business owners. Katherine McTyeire’s father, … [Read more...]
OTM Real Estate Frenzy: Association of Realtors President Talks Trends for 2016
By Sarah Kuper Dot Mash is the 2016 Birmingham Association of Realtors president and a Realtor with LAH Real Estate. She's been working in the Over the Mountain real estate market for most of her career and she has raised her kids and grandkids in Mountain Brook, where she grew up as well. "I left to go to college at Alabama but I came right back. And that's what a lot of … [Read more...]
Let the Sunshine In: Birmingham Start-Up Ready to Bring Solar Power to Homes, Businesses
By Sarah Kuper Brought together by business and then brought closer by friendship, Sam Yates and Rob Ozols have formed a company that may help change the way Alabamians power their lives. With backgrounds in engineering and law, Yates and Ozols are using skills from previous careers to pursue a passion for user-friendly energy sources. Yates and Ozols founded Vulcan Solar … [Read more...]