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Archive »design talk

	A Little Sparkle Lynn Brookshire favors timeless design with a touch of Hollywood Glamour By Mackensy Lunsford
	15 Designers and Their Favorite Spaces Fifteen Western North Carolina designers share their favorite spaces with Carolina Home + Garden. By Melanie McGee Bianchi
	Interior Designer Seeks the Road Less Cluttered Talli Roberts Interior Design specializes in clean, open living and commercial spaces that reflect the lifestyles and personalities of their clients. By Mackensey Lunsford
	Details, Details “I’m an interior designer,” proclaims Asheville-born-and-raised Warren Fluharty. “I create spaces.” That’s evident from the moment you walk into the Warren Fluharty Designs 15,000-square-foot showroom in the Biltmore Village area. Mackensey Lunsford
	A Sharp Angle Bill Griffin and Michael Forde own the Asheville-based Four Corners Home (in two locations) and Mobilia. Their stores focus on furnishings with a modern but comfortable flair and design elements that run the gamut from tastefully affordable to downright show-stoppers. By Mackensey Lunsford

Archive »on the boards

	Challenge of the Century By Melanie McGee Bianchi
	A Sleek Line: A Modern Foothills Home Sitting sleek astride its topography, the planned Soto Residence in the high foothills is an example of a new breed of progressive architecture: minimalist but not cold, designed to meld with the land instead of impose upon it. Its vista takes in a lake and a grand but distant aspect of the Blue Ridge. By Melanie McGee Bianchi
	Architect Ken Gaylord Goes Back to the Drawing Board Ken Gaylord is so behind the times he’s vaulted ahead into his own renaissance. Sure, the Hendersonville architect adopted AutoCAD when it became professionally imperative to do so. But that doesn’t mean he has to like it. Melanie McGee Bianchi
	Off a Cliff, Gently Elihu Siegman, architectural designer and general contractor (Siegman Associates, Inc.), has executed a cutting-edge dream house for a potter and woodworker. His long-time building partner Michael Silverman enthuses about the lack of rules that has allowed for front-line innovation. By Melanie McGee Bianchi
	Terra Firma Fred and Marianne Weaver’s 3,700-square-foot Asheville retreat, designed by Samsel Architects, will meld into the landscape like moss on a boulder. by Melani McGee Bianchi