Under the oaks: At Credenhill, updates to a Gillette landscape
How to bring many layers of history together in one contemporary garden design? Credenhill, a 1938 home in Ivy, had a bit of a pedigree attached to it, in the […]
Come together: A Faber kitchen opens its arms to family
Meghan Murray’s house is a family home in a couple of different ways. She grew up in this farmhouse in Faber, built by her grandparents in 1942, on land that’s […]
Natural inclination: Art meets architecture with landscape architect Anna Boeschenstein
Where is the intersection of art and architecture? For Anna Boeschenstein, it’s in the ground. “When I was in first grade,” says the Grounded LLC founder, “I told my parents […]
Hi, tech: WillowTree’s new office promotes a friendlier workday
It used to be the place to perform a tree pose in a superheated room. Now, the one-time Bikram Yoga studio on Fifth Street SE is home to a very […]
The book look: City library addition celebrates the written word
Libraries are the repositories not only of books, but of feelings. There’s the love of a good read, of course, but bookworms harbor other associations with libraries, too: discovery, solitude […]
Rule breaker: At home with Artful Lodger’s Caroline Minsky
Caroline Minsky opened The Artful Lodger with her husband, Christopher, in 2003, in a 1,100-square-foot space on Seminole Trail. Thirteen years later, the business has grown in size and scope, […]
A bit of earth: How to buy land in the county
If you think “groundbreaking”—as in the physical act—might be one of the more thrilling words in our language, you might need to get in the market for land. Selecting a […]
The choice is doors: What’s that knocking? The opportunity to make a great impression
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards saw a red door and wanted it painted black. But if the Stones had the kind of options that are available today, who knows? Maybe […]
Collector’s addition: Wish you were here
While cleaning the office of Madison House, where he was associate director from 1997-2001, former mayor Dave Norris found an old postcard of Madison Hall in the discard pile. “I […]
March ABODE: On stands now!
This month’s issue of Abode is on stands now. Here’s what you’ll find inside. And, below, find a digital copy of the magazine. Waterstreet Studio’s Bill Mauzy on the intersection […]