By Donna Cornelius In years past, most folks furnished their lake houses and camp houses in attic style. They found unused stuff in the attic, loaded it up in the back of the station wagon and carted it off to their weekend retreats. As long as that old, chintz-covered couch was serviceable, it didn’t matter that it was more shabby than chic.Today, second home owners … [Read more...]
A Curated Culinary Concept: Market Table Has Café, Food to Go – Plus a Butcher
By Donna Cornelius It’s five o’clock. Do you know where your dinner is? Market Table, which opened in Homewood last month, wants to help you find a tasty answer to that question. The combination café-market has food that’s ready for you to take home, heat and eat. It also has ingredients for those who want to cook at home. What’s more, the store serves breakfast and lunch … [Read more...]
Small World: Tiny Home Community Opens on Lake Martin
By Donna Cornelius Herb Winches is offering a way to make a small change to your vacation plans – literally. The former Birmingham sportscaster opened Lake Martin’s first tiny home community, Eagles Landing, May 19. Eagles Landing is along the lake’s Parker Creek shoreline. “Tiny homes are an up-and-coming trend in real estate and design, and these cabin-style tiny homes are … [Read more...]
Grocery Store Guru: Full Pantry Offers Personalized Supermarket Shopping
By Donna Cornelius Watch Madison Murphy navigate Whole Foods Market, and you’ll see a supermarket specialist at work. Murphy started Full Pantry, a boutique grocery store shopping and delivery service, in January 2016. A year and a half later, the 24-year-old has a customer base that includes singles, young married couples and even one family with 10 children. “I thought I … [Read more...]
Room With a View: Perry Umphrey Puts the Living Room in Perspective
Story By Donna Cornelius • Photos by Lee Walls Jr. The living room at this year’s Decorators’ ShowHouse is a room with a view in more ways than one. Architecturally, the expansive space has a two-story-tall wall of windows that provide a stunning perspective of the patio and gardens. Design-wise, Perry Umphrey has injected the room with his own brand of creative energy. The … [Read more...]