Fall 2011

Features

Mix & Mystery

Richard Fast has redone and lived in no less than four dozen houses in the past 25 years. Now the self-proclaimed perfectionist prefers a relatively compact space. “I would go bankrupt in a big home,” says Fast

By Paul Clark

An Elegant Retreat

There was a time when building was a community effort. Folks would get together for a barn raising — a social event that was all about camaraderie. You can feel some of that spirit in Lynn and Ben Tribble’s house in Flat Rock.

By Kate Reynolds

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Departments

Archive » Design Talk
	15 Designers and Their Favorite Spaces Fifteen Western North Carolina designers share their favorite spaces with Carolina Home + Garden. By Melanie McGee Bianchi
Archive » Dig It
	Verdant History “Jack is a history guy,” says Millie McCandless with a smile. Her husband’s vintage-loving disposition is on full display as he shows off the newly restored garden at Hilgay, the couple’s historic home in Flat Rock. Text and Photos by Naomi Johnson
Archive » At Home With
	The House that Quilts Built Meet legendary quilter and teacher Georgia Bonesteel. The Flat Rock resident was a driving force behind the quilting revival that began in the 1970s. Text and Photos by Naomi Johnson
Archive » Obsessions
	Riding in Circles Hoyt and Gail Griffith grabbed the brass ring years ago, and for them, the merry-go-round will never stop. Their house in Mills River is full of wooden horses and other vintage carousel figures. By Paul Clark
Archive » Exhibit A
	Let the Circle be Broken Wabi-sabi, a Japanese Zen Buddhist philosophy centered on the idea that everything is transient, is also the basis of Brad Stroman’s contemporary realist paintings. By Ursula Gullow