By Donna CorneliusJournal features writerIndustrial, contemporary spaces are often the darlings of today’s trendy design magazines. But that doesn’t mean antiques can’t share the love.That’s the message Susan Kidd, owner of The King’s House Antiques, wants to emphasize at this year’s Antiques at The Gardens show.Kidd will be a tastemaker at the ninth annual … [Read more...]
Architect, Designer Will Team up as Tastemakers
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorWhen Pat Hiden and Hank Long make their presentation at this year's Antiques at The Gardens, it won't be the first time the interior designer and architect have teamed up to showcase the classic design sensibilities they share.Hiden, of Pat Hiden Interiors in Mountain Brook, and Long, president of Henry Sprott Long & Associates … [Read more...]
Going to Extremes
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorWhat was supposed to be a minor renovation turned into a major reconstruction project for one Hoover homeowner.But the resulting kitchen of her dreams was well worth the wait, said Beth Meadows of Bluff Park.About a year ago, Meadows and her husband of almost 51 years, Bill, bought a one-story ranch style house on Park Avenue in … [Read more...]
Dana Wolter Makes Traditional Home’s Top 10 List
A Mountain Brook interior designer has been named one of the nation's 10 up-and-coming designers by Traditional Home magazine.Dana Wolter of Dana Wolter Interiors was named by the editors of the magazine as one of this year's "New Traditionalists."Each year, 10 designers are chosen nationwide as rising stars, with a focus on one design project from each. Selected … [Read more...]
A Work in Progress
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorAlthough Margaret Shuttlesworth and her family moved into their house almost 12 years ago, the Mountain Brook woman said the decor of the Salisbury Road home is still not set in stone.Instead of quickly filling her house with furniture and art and objects just to have it look "done," Shuttlesworth has spent years discovering just … [Read more...]