By Shanna Middleton – Founder and CEO of the International Community of Interior Designers (ICID)Are you embarking on an interior design project and wondering whether hiring an interior designer is worth it? The truth is that an interior designer can offer valuable...
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The Undeniable Draw to Raleigh
By Kelly McCall Branson Featured Photo By Bryan Regan/shutterstock.com With a population approaching a half-million, Raleigh, the state’s capital, is the second largest city in North Carolina and the largest in the Triangle. And the quality-of-life big picture for...
The Start Up Ecosystem
By Erica Jevons Sizemore Featured Photo by Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock.com This is part of an ongoing series: What is Making the Triangle Area so Desirable? The Triangle, made up of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, is an innovation and technology hub where creativity...
New Homes & Ideas Spring ’23 Digital Issue
Features The Start Up Ecosystem The Top Five Reasons to Hire an Interior Designer The Undeniable Draw to Raleigh Departments Home Products, Services, and Remodeling Ideas International Community of Interior Designers New Home Directories Our new home...
Northern Exposure — New Frontiers for the Triangle
Youngsville and Franklinton Offer Room to Grow Featured Photo: Winston Ridge; Photo courtesy of The Jim Allen Group By Kelly McCall Branson We all know the Triangle is a popular place to call home. With all it has to offer — a mild climate, award-winning schools,...
Five Ways to Make your Kitchen a Winter Wonderland!
By Sandra Moncada-Mainz, Couture Haus Interior Design Photos by Cat Wilborne Photography The kitchen is the heart of any home, so this is the perfect place to bring joy and winter enthusiasm into your life! Stuck on where to start? Here are some of our favorite winter...
Is the Housing Market Making You Moody? Influencing Design Trends in 2023
By Erica Jevons Sizemore Featured Photo by mixphotos/Shutterstock.com This is part of an ongoing series: What is Making the Triangle Area so Desirable? With record-high gas prices, a housing market boom, and global uncertainty, it hasn’t been an easy transition back...
New Homes & Ideas Winter ’23 Digital Issue
Features IS THE HOUSING MARKET MAKING YOU MOODY? INFLUENCING DESIGN TRENDS IN 2023 FIVE WAYS TO MAKE YOUR KITCHEN A WINTER WONDERLAND! NORTHERN EXPOSURE - NEW FRONTIERS FOR THE TRIANGLE Departments Home Products, Services, and Remodeling Ideas Alliance of Interior...
Six Ways to Bring More Joy to Your Office
By Heather Jennings, Designer Featured Photo by Erin Comerford The office is the place where ideas and innovation happen. The workplace is at the center of where we spend the majority of our time. There is one important aspect that is very often overlooked,...
Exploring Durham: Neighborhoods and more
By Carl Johnson, Carl Johnson Real Estate Featured Photo by Sean Pavone/Shutterstock.com This issue, we explore the northern tip of our Triangle, featuring the highlights that make up Durham, North Carolina. As the middleman between smaller Chapel Hill and larger...
It’s All Here! A Visit to the Triangle
By Erica Jevons Sizemore Featured Photo: Artsplosure Art Festival in Raleigh; By Wileydoc/Shutterstock.com This is part of an ongoing series: What is Making the Triangle Area so Desirable? North Carolina is known across the country as a popular vacation spot for its...
New Homes & Ideas Fall 2022 Issue
Features IT'S ALL HERE! A VISIT TO THE TRIANGLEEXPLORING DURHAM: NEIGHBORHOODS AND MORESIX WAYS TO BRING MORE JOY TO YOUR OFFICE Departments Home Products, Services, and Remodeling IdeasAlliance of Interior Designers New Home Directories Our new home...
New Homes & Ideas Summer 2022 Digital Issue
Features THE DISTANCE TRAVELED: A LOOK AT REAL ESTATE DESTINATIONSEASTERN WAKE COUNTY – HOTTER THAN HOT: LIVING IN KNIGHTDALE, WENDELL AND ZEBULONWHAT I LEARNED FROM PURCHASING A FIXER-UPPER DURING A PANDEMICNATIVE GARDENS: SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND YOUR LOCAL...
Eastern Wake County — Hotter than Hot: Living in Knightdale, Wendell and Zebulon
By Kelly McCall Branson Featured Photo: Encore at Wendell Falls; Photo Courtesy of David Weekley Homes As more and more people flock to the Triangle and land here becomes ever more scarce, eyes are turning to Wake County’s last “frontier” — its eastern side and the...
Native Gardens: Supporting Local Businesses and Your Local Environment
By Carl Johnson, Carl Johnson Real Estate Featured Photo by Isaiah N Lilly/Shutterstock.com The Triangle is literally in bloom this time of year! Surrounded by vibrant greens, the work in the garden is just getting started and the seemingly never ending battle of...
What I Learned From Purchasing a Fixer-upper During a Pandemic
Interiors and Article By Steve Marraffino, Principal Designer, Marracar Design Photography by Catherine Nguyen The Pandemic taught us many things: How to cut our hair by watching YouTube videos, how to conserve toilet paper, contactless grocery shopping, the joy of...
The Distance Traveled: A Look at Real Estate Destinations
By Erica Jevons Sizemore Featured Photo By Gray Moeller/Shutterstock.com This is part of an ongoing series: What is Making the Triangle Area so Desirable? With more than 320 miles of coastline, dozens of lakes and the breathtaking peaks of the beautiful Blue Ridge...
New Homes & Ideas Spring 2022 Digital Issue
Features FINDING A PRICE TO CALL HOME EXPLORING OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH: GARNER & CLAYTON BE A STATEMENT MAKER Departments Home Products, Services, and Remodeling IdeasAlliance of Interior Designers New Home Directories Our new home...
Is the Open Floor Plan Going Out of Style in 2022?
By Laura Koshel, LK Design Photos by Catherine Nguyen It was very interesting to watch how home designs and interior design trends changed during the pandemic. After spending more time working or studying from home, many homeowners realized that some of the spaces in...
Go West: Exploring the Triangle’s Western Edge
By Kelly McCall Branson Featured Photo: Morehead Planetarium and Science Center; Photo Courtesy of KAD Photo/Shutterstock.com In our continuing series exploring the different regions that make up the greater Triangle, we now turn to the environs around one of its main...
Redefining the Luxury Market
This is part of an ongoing series: What is Making the Triangle Area so Desirable? By Erica Jevons Sizemore Featured Image: Montreaux; Photo courtesy of The Jim Allen Group There is a symbiotic relationship between wealth and real estate. According to a report...
New Homes & Ideas Winter 2022 Digital Issue
Features REDEFINING THE LUXURY MARKET GO WEST: EXPLORING THE TRIANGLE’S WESTERN EDGE IS THE OPEN FLOOR PLAN GOING OUT OF STYLE IN 2022? Departments Home Products, Services, and Remodeling IdeasAlliance of Interior Designers New Home Directories Our new home...
New Homes & Ideas Fall 2021 Digital Issue
Features A FRAMEWORK FOR EDUCATIONTHE MANY POINTS OF OUR TRIANGLE: CALLING SOUTHWEST WAKE COUNTY HOMEMODERN NOMADS: LIVING A MINIMALIST LIFESTYLE WHILE MAXIMIZING ADVENTURE Departments Home Products, Services, and Remodeling IdeasAlliance of Interior...
Wellness Works: The Area’s Holistic Experience
This is part of an ongoing series: What is Making the Triangle Area so Desirable? Featured Photo: Neuse River Trail; Photo by Wileydoc/Shutterstock.com Wellness is more than simply enjoying an illness-free life. It is a dynamic process of becoming aware of and making...