By Ingrid Schnader Christopher Architecture and Interiors took an outdated, one-level ranch house and transformed it into a modern farmhouse with sweeping archways and pops of color. It was open for tours last week as the CAI’s 2019 Designer Showhouse, with proceeds from the tours benefiting Lifeline Children’s Services. The nonprofit works to help vulnerable children and … [Read more...]
Witchy Women: Homewood Witches Ride Revs Up for Seventh Annual Halloween Fundraiser
By Emily Williams Witches of Homewood will reunite again this year on Oct. 27, taking flight through city streets to celebrate Halloween. Hundreds of women decked out in witchy attire will take a two-mile bike ride through the streets of Homewood, throwing candy to children in specified zones. a For the seventh year, event founder Janie Ford Mayer will mount her … [Read more...]
‘The Pink House Found Its Savior’: Holley Ellis and Her Family Plan to Make the Historic Homewood House Their Home
By Ingrid Schnader After more than a year of raising money and awareness to save the Homewood “Pink House,” the community can finally rest easy knowing the historic home is not being demolished. Holley Ellis and her family bought the house and will be restoring it to its 1920s splendor. When the house is finished, they will move in and live in it. “I couldn’t be happier that … [Read more...]
Brewing in Bluff Park: Bluff Park Mothers Plan Second Annual Community Witches Ride, Raise Funds for United Ability
Any Hoover-based witches looking to join in on pre-All Hallow’s Eve festivities need look no farther than the Bluff Park Witches Ride on Oct. 20. For the second year, Bluff Park mothers Laura Powell and Katie Dixon are coordinating a Witches Ride for their neighborhood as a means to give back. “We had seen it done in other communities and thought it would be a fun … [Read more...]
New Witches on the Block: Liberty Park Witches to Take Flight in Inaugural Community Witches Ride
The Liberty Park community will welcome its first witches ride Oct. 20, inviting kids to come catch candy as it is tossed by local women riding through the streets on decorated bikes and golf carts. Resident and mother Caroline LaFon was inspired to gather a group of witches together to celebrate Halloween while raising funds for Vestavia Hills High School’s Rise … [Read more...]
