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Color Me Pretty: Painted Floors Bring Color Home

by Kathleen Nalley You’ve seen the photos on Pinterest and Houzz: seaside cottages with wooden floors painted in soft shades of green, cream, and blue harlequin patterns. Or that NYC…

‘Tis the Season: A guide to planting holiday blooms

Boots, sweaters, hats, and driving with the top down in my convertible with the heater on full blast are some of my passions in the winter. Although I am glad for the chill in the air now, it seems the holiday season got here faster than I expected.

A visit to a couple’s garden, plus some gardening tips as temperatures dip

A little bit o’ heaven is how I would describe the garden of Bill and Evelyn Watkins. It’s packed with intensive plantings of annuals, such as cosmos, nigella, Brazilian bachelor button, milkweed, Texas sage, zinnia, coleus, and hybrid red salvia (also known as Salvia splendens). The latter reseeds itself.

23-acre retreat in Greenville County set for auction

The property is at 120 E. Round Hill Road, about 3 miles north of Furman University.

Deviled Eggs Bring a Taste of Heaven

If you grew up in the South, or even if you only arrived a few months ago, you’ve surely figured out that deviled eggs are a staple dish at events ranging from family cookouts to chic wedding receptions.

Modern mountain lodge

An Upstate team of builders, architects, and decorators bring a beautiful blend of rustic and contemporary to this Mountain Park home.

Notes From Home

"The earth laughs in flowers" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Greenville couple to appear on HGTV show

A Greenville couple’s journey to find the perfect farm in the Upstate will be featured on an upcoming episode of HGTV’s “We Bought the Farm.”

atHome Spring 2017

Spring has sprung in the first atHome issue of 2017. The Ideas Issue is filled with ideas for your home, garden and entertaining.

For Valentine’s Day, put your heart into a cake

The recipe below is for a vanilla heart inside a chocolate loaf, but the combinations are endless — pink strawberry cake hearts inside a vanilla loaf, red velvet hearts inside a vanilla loaf with pink frosting, etc.