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1 week ago | 
qcexclusive.com | Eleanor Merrell
“The spaces we live in shape our lives” – this is one of the powerful ideas driving Lisa Sherry’s distinctive design work. When it comes to home and design experts, Lisa, owner and principal designer of Lisa Sherry Interieurs, is always a standout creative due to her keen eye, vibrant approach, and effortless style. What is inspiring you right now? I’m completely captivated by the way classic and modern design flirt with each other.
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2 weeks ago | 
qcexclusive.com | Eleanor Merrell
With some of the city’s best restaurants, a bustling nightlife, easy walkability, chic retail, and thoughtful public art installations, it’s no wonder that South End has emerged in recent years as one of Charlotte’s most desirable neighborhoods to call home. Soon, South End residents and aspiring residents will have another option for lodging: The Campbell.
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2 weeks ago | 
qcexclusive.com | Eleanor Merrell
The story of Jetton & Meredith began when Mark Jetton and Eric Meredith first met during their initial year of law school. They quickly recognized a shared synergy in how they approached the practice of law, blending a passion for advocacy with a commitment to clients. With a clear vision in mind, they decided to open their own firm in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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3 weeks ago | 
qcexclusive.com | Eleanor Merrell
“My parents taught me everything I know about hospitality,” says Bob Peters, a Charlotte native and acclaimed mixologist who knows how to make a guest feel at home, especially at a Charlotte NC cocktail bar. Now, Peters has an opportunity to pay homage to his parents, Chief and Marmee, at Chief’s Modern Cocktail Parlor. He opened this Charlotte NC cocktail bar alongside the Built On Hospitality group earlier this year.
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3 weeks ago | 
qcexclusive.com | Eleanor Merrell
Tina Alberni’s upbringing spanned oceans. Born in New York, Alberni, one of the Charlotte NC artists, moved with her family to Puerto Rico before later settling in Bogotá, Colombia. “Growing up in Bogotá was a colorful, multifaceted experience shaped by the contrasts of joy and tragedy, beauty and ugliness, privilege and poverty,” recalls Alberni. When she was six, her mother set up an easel outside.
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1 month ago | 
qcexclusive.com | Eleanor Merrell |Liza Carrasquillo
The Blackberry Farm luxury hotel is the sort of place that makes jaws drop upon arrival. It’s the kind where would-be guests read the descriptions, shrug their shoulders, and take a drive through the Great Smoky Mountains to see it for themselves. The 4,200-acre estate is nestled in the highlands, overlooking the misty peaks below. A Chicago couple searching for the perfect area for their dream home gave Blackberry Farm its name in the 1930s.
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1 month ago | 
qcexclusive.com | Eleanor Merrell
For Hill Rondero, founder of Ro House interior design studio, the best interior design experience for a client is not about the journey. In fact, the best experiences are when the journey is smooth almost to the point of being forgettable, and yet the destination is remarkable. And for Rondero’s clients, the destination is a feeling. “I see the outcome of interior design as an emotion you’re seeking,” explains Rondero.
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2 months ago | 
qcexclusive.com | Eleanor Merrell
In 1966, Congress passed the National Historic Preservation Act, which created the National Register of Historic Places. The register is ever-growing, composed of places that have architectural, artistic, historical, or cultural significance. To earn a place on the list means earning the right to protection and preservation.
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2 months ago | 
qcexclusive.com | Eleanor Merrell
When a couple of empty nesters set their sights on a new home in Myers Park, they commissioned designer Layton Campbell of JLayton Charlotte NC interior design to bring the house to life. The house appealed to Layton’s clients in part due to its proximity to Atrium Health. After all, that’s where the husband works as a neurosurgeon. Additionally, as frequent travelers, they sought a location where they would feel comfortable leaving the house unattended, and Myers Park fit the bill.
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2 months ago | 
qcexclusive.com | Eleanor Merrell
Burnsville, North Carolina is a tiny town on the edge of Mount Mitchell in the Appalachian Mountains. Its charming downtown is home to an art gallery, coffee shop, one-screen movie theater, and a handful of local restaurants. NuWray, North Carolina’s oldest continuously operating hotel, also claims space in the heart of Burnsville. Moreover, this historic North Carolina hotel lends its charm and old school hospitality to this mountain village.
