By Keysha DrexelJournal editorWhen Nancy Gowens was charged with creating an in-home getaway for the man of the house in this year’s Inspiration Home, the operations manager at the Pelham Issis & Sons Furniture Gallery said she was faced with a “good” problem.Gowens said the most challenging part of putting together the “man cave” for the Birmingham Home … [Read more...]
Inspiration Home Opens Nov. 13 at The Preserve
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorVisitors to Birmingham Home & Garden magazine’s Inspiration Home Tour this year will not only get a chance to get ideas from some of the Over the Mountain and Birmingham metro areas’ top retailers and manufacturers, they will also be able to do some shopping.The magazine selected a two-story home in The Preserve neighborhood in … [Read more...]
Room to Grow
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorWhen she and her business partner were approached to design a room for this year’s Inspiration Home Tour, Emily Rhodes said she immediately knew how they would go about putting together a nursery for the Birmingham Home & Garden magazine-hosted event.Rhodes, who co-owns Swaddle in Homewood with Marisa Mitchell, said she took … [Read more...]
Dorothy McDaniel Moves Flower Market
A business that called the Over the Mountain area home for almost four decades has settled into new digs in Birmingham.Dorothy McDaniel Flower Market, which was located in Homewood for 37 years, is now open at 3300 Third Ave. S. next to the Mayer Lighting Showroom.McDaniel first opened the flower market on Linden Street in Homewood in the late 1970s and moved the … [Read more...]
Less Stress for the Season
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorFor Sharon and Robert Maddox of Vestavia Hills, the approaching holiday season means even more chances to welcome family and friends to their home.But in between work, church and shuttling their four children to school and extracurricular activities, the couple has little time or energy left to decorate for every holiday on the … [Read more...]