By Laura McAlister Journal EditorWhen entering Lori Sours' Mountain Brook home, it's obvious this is one all about family and entertaining.The formal dining room table can seat at least 15, and the kitchen is a warm, open space where Lori said she loves spending time preparing meals for family and friends.While Lori is quick to say she's not a chef, she can cook. … [Read more...]
Inspiring Minds
By Laura McAlister Journal Editor The planners of the Birmingham Home & Garden Inspiration Home had family living in mind when they designed the 2011 home, but that doesn't mean it isn't a showstopper.Attention to detail was key in the building and decorating of the home at. From the orientation of the house on its lot in The Cove at Overton to making the decor … [Read more...]
Tribble: Take Two
By Laura McAlister Journal Editor Tribble Reese may have missed his chance for love on the first season of CMT's "Sweet Home Alabama," but the network has given him another chance.Actually, it's more like 22 chances.Mountain Brook's Tribble is the star of the second season of the reality dating show that pits contestants from the country and the city against each … [Read more...]
A Time for Everything
By Laura McAlister Journal EditorWhen Ellen Marie Edmonds met her husband, the late Frank Edmonds, he was a CEO, not a soldier. Late in his life, though, she did get to meet the soldier as well as the teenager and child that her husband once was.Frank suffered from vascular dementia, a disease similar to Alzheimer's, the last two years of his life and succumbed to the … [Read more...]
Identity Crisis
By Laura McAlisterTo describe it as a bad hair day would be an understatement.Instead, Liz DeFuniak Landgren of Homewood refers to it as "the day my hair fell out."It happened some eight years ago. The model and mother was just weeks away from the arrival of her second child."I was in the shower, and my hair just started falling out," she said. "I called my … [Read more...]