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Northern Exposure — New Frontiers for the Triangle

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,...

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Five Ways to Make your Kitchen a Winter Wonderland!

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...

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New Homes & Ideas Winter ’23 Digital Issue

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...

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Six Ways to Bring More Joy to Your Office

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,...

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Exploring Durham: Neighborhoods and more

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...

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It’s All Here! A Visit to the Triangle

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...

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New Homes & Ideas Fall 2022 Issue

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...

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New Homes & Ideas Summer 2022 Digital Issue

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...

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The Distance Traveled: A Look at Real Estate Destinations

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...

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New Homes & Ideas Spring 2022 Digital Issue

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...

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Is the Open Floor Plan Going Out of Style in 2022?

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...

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Go West: Exploring the Triangle’s Western Edge

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...

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Redefining the Luxury Market

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...

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New Homes & Ideas Winter 2022 Digital Issue

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...

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New Homes & Ideas Fall 2021 Digital Issue

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...

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Wellness Works: The Area’s Holistic Experience

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...

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New Homes & Ideas Summer 2021 Issue

New Homes & Ideas Summer 2021 Issue

Features WELLNESS WORKS: THE AREA’S HOLISTIC EXPERIENCENORTHERN EXPOSURE: LIVING, WORKING AND PLAYING NORTH OF RALEIGHGENIAL DESIGN: PROMOTING GROWTH AND LIFE IN YOUR HOME Departments Home Products, Services, and Remodeling IdeasAlliance of Interior Designers New Home...

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The People’s Collection: Art in the Triangle

The People’s Collection: Art in the Triangle

By Erica Jevons Sizemore, writer for New Homes & Ideas Featured Photo Courtesy of Shutterstock.com This is part of an ongoing series: What is Making the Triangle Area so Desirable? Built into the fabric of the Triangle area is a hub for the cultural arts. ...

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Future-Proof Your Home with Fiber Internet

Future-Proof Your Home with Fiber Internet

Contributed by Shannon McSwiney, Ting Internet - NC Markets Photos Courtesy of Ting Internet What is fiber? Fiber is the first infrastructure created specifically for the Internet. It leaves old copper networks in the dust. Fiber is fast, really reliable and has huge...

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