Pure Gold: Fay and Donald Gold have created, along with interior designer Stan Topol, one of Altanta’s only Modernist houses around one of the city’s most intriguing contemporary art collections: their own. By Travis Neighbor Ward and Brian Jay Ward Published in Atlanta Magazine’s HOME Seated in the expansive living room of Fay and Donald Gold’s home, you do …
Garden Shopping Guide Atlanta
A guide to buying the best planter pots around town, from glazed and terra cotta containers, to plastic and metal. Plus a review of the book Jim Wilson’s Container Gardening. By Travis Neighbor WARD Published in Atlanta Magazine’s HOME. To read or download the article as a PDF, click here: Pots of Gold
Smythson of Bond Street
British Invasion: Smythson of Bond Street infiltrates Atlanta’s party scene By Travis Neighbor Ward Published in Atlanta Magazine’s HOME Leave it to the British to think of everything when it comes to etiquette and entertaining. Like this Entertaining Set from Smythson of Bond Street, England’s stationer to the stars. (The company has been known to custom match note cards to the …
Stuart Pliner Home Feature
Grand Revival: Interior designer Stuart Pliner uses his versatile style to convert a dimly lit 1980s house into a sophisticated retreat By Travis Neighbor Ward Published in Modern Luxury’s Interiors Atlanta In the world of interior design, the best projects are often the least expected. Those words certainly rang true for designer Stuart Pliner, who, while at a dinner party, …
Antique Mandarin Badges
Peking Order: Collecting Mandarin badges affords a rare glimpse into the obsessively hierarchical world of the Chinese imperial court. Published in Departures magazine Like other experts in his field, James B. Godfrey, senior vice president and director of the Chinese Works of Art Department at Sotheby’s New York, is surprised. “Considering that the Chinese culture has always fascinated the West, it’s …
This Old House Weather-Proofing
With new windows, siding, and roof shingles, This Old House‘s Timeless Home takes cover from the weather. Published in This Old House magazine At the Timeless Home job site in Atlanta, the air is clacking and buzzing with the sounds of staple guns and electric drills as general contractor Jason Yowell eagerly unwraps the latest delivery: a 500-pound cardboard package wrapped …
Food Drink Party 1
Best in Show: Treat guests–and yourself–to a dramatic night of theater-going and dining. By Travis Neighbor Ward Produced by Tony Conway Published in The Atlantan magazine. Read the article here: Best in Show
Atlanta Real Estate Report
While the real estate market slumps, Atlanta is still thinking big. From Starwood Hotels & Resorts, to the Aquarius Tower, to a $19 million mansion on Tuxedo Road, these properties are making their mark on the city. Published in The Atlantan magazine. Read the full article here: Movin On Up
Green in Atlanta
Crunch Time: Who says that doing your part to help the environment has to be hard? Bah humbug! Here are four cool, new things you can do around town that make it easy to feel good about doing good. By Travis Neighbor Ward Published in The Atlantan magazine. Read the article here: Crunch Time Article
Keith Robinson Home Feature
Living Gloriously: Keith Robinson, owner of the events firm Gloriosa, brings 18th-century Paris to his Old Fourth Ward loft. Published in Atlanta magazine. Walking into the Old Fourth Ward loft where Keith Robinson has lived for the past nine years is entering another world. On the outside, the building is a typical turn-of-the-century warehouse (it was once The Highland Bakery). …