Kate Abney

Jul 29, 2024 | luxesource.com | Kate Abney

Photo: Courtesy Eleanor Scott DavisRaleigh artist Eleanor Scott Davis gracefully melds the domestic sphere with the creative one. After stepping away from her job as a magazine editor in 2015 to embrace parenthood full time, painting became a pursuit both balanced and enhanced by her role as a mom of three.

Jul 19, 2024 | luxesource.com | Kate Abney

For Hotel Bardo’s first location and Savannah flagship, no detail was spared. The adaptive reuse of an 1889 Victorian-Romanesque mansion became the backdrop to a new destination blending the perks of a private fraternity with resort-like comforts. Combining a 149-room boutique hotel with an exclusive neighborhood clubhouse, Hotel Bardo Savannah honors the building’s antique character while mixing styles from various eras and destinations together.

Jul 16, 2024 | luxesource.com | Kate Abney

With its lush linen cover and gleaming foil stamping, Jonathan Savage’s debut book is the embodiment of his brand: inherently luxurious, quintessentially Southern. Out August 20 from Gibbs Smith, The Savage Style reveals the designer’s contemporary philosophy while exalting classicist principles, calling them “immutable.” If these two ideas seem to be at odds, then the seven featured projects (plus a few show house spaces) should serve as a bridge between.

Jun 21, 2024 | luxesource.com | Kate Abney

Photo: Rinne AllenEleven years into founding their interstate interiors firm, coprincipals Krista Nye Nicholas and Tami Ramsay are taking Cloth & Kind to the next level. In Athens, Georgia, they’ve fused an experiential gallery with a design studio—a complement to their Ann Arbor trade showroom.

Jun 10, 2024 | luxesource.com | Kate Abney

Photo: Caroline BroomeOriginally hailing from Winter Park, seventh-generation Floridian Elizabeth Hutchinson grew up immersed in playful, colorful, tropical style. A self-described Grandmillennial and antiques devotee, Hutchinson began her business in 2020 when her grandparents sold their Palm Beach home and wanted to off-load its contents. Hutchinson and her husband soon brought it all back to Birmingham, then started selling the vintage furniture from an antiques booth.