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A Gathering Home in the Perfect Spot

[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_post_title author="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.2.2" title_font="|700|||||||" title_font_size="37px"][/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_image src="https://todayswomannow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/JohnElaineZoeller8321.jpg" force_fullwidth="on" _builder_version="3.23.3"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.23.3"]It may just be the two of them living in their Tyler Lane home, but John and Elaine Zoeller wanted the large amount of space for their 11 grandchildren who visit for dinner every Sunday with their parents. That’s why the couple says they grew out of the home around the corner on Kings Highway that they had lived in for 44 years. So unlike most of the friends their age who were downsizing, [...]

By April Allman|2020-03-10T18:57:27-04:00March 15, 2020|Home Decor, Living, Living Beautifully, Style|

This Home Holds A Beautiful Life

[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_post_title author="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.2.2" title_font="|700|||||||" title_font_size="37px"][/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_image src="https://todayswomannow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/LiveBeautifulNoelBreadKitchen5125WEB.jpg" force_fullwidth="on" _builder_version="3.23.3"][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.23.3"]This Home Holds A Beautiful Life: Complete with five kids, two businesses and lovely intention - Noel Deeb, just before she gave birth to her fifth child. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.23.3"]It is after dinner at the Deebs’ house on a Thursday. Four children under 10 are upstairs playing video games. Shoulder-to-shoulder they stare at a giant screen, controllers in their tiny hands and tongues moving in concentration. From the downstairs kitchen, you can hear their little bursts [...]

By April Allman|2019-12-05T12:07:44-05:00December 6, 2019|Living Beautifully, Style|

Nature is All She Needs

[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_post_title author="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.2.2" title_font="|700|||||||" title_font_size="37px"][/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_image src="https://todayswomannow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/LivingBeautifully4501WEB.jpg" align="center" force_fullwidth="on" align_tablet="center" align_last_edited="on|desktop" admin_label="Featured Image" _builder_version="3.23.3"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_margin="|auto|-15px|auto||" _builder_version="3.22.3" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.23.3"]When Joy Fitgerald, 72, agreed to meet me at a lavish Simpsonville farmhouse, complete with a motorized iron gate, circular driveway, outdoor pool and kitchen, firepits, a pristine pond, and a bucolic horse barn, she immediately shooed away the fanfare. “This is not my house,” she said before shaking my hand. “[My house] is beyond simplicity.” Joy’s idea of living beautifully doesn’t [...]

By April Allman|2019-10-17T18:40:13-04:00October 19, 2019|Living Beautifully|

Living Beautifully in a Not So Secret Garden

[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_post_title author="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.2.2" title_font="|700|||||||" title_font_size="37px"][/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_image src="https://todayswomannow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/LivingBeautifully27ThingsWEB9875.jpg" force_fullwidth="on" _builder_version="3.23.3"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.23.3"]From her perch just beyond the tree canopy of Cherokee Road, you might find Wendy Sirchio and her family quietly observing the happenings of their community. While birds chatter and squirrels devise plans to siege the bird feeder’s bounty that hangs from a massive magnolia, Wendy watches mothers push strollers, young lovers hold hands, and life happen. Just a block from the bustle of Bardstown Road, this urban oasis provides a sanctuary amidst the [...]

By April Allman|2019-07-22T17:30:23-04:00July 23, 2019|Explore Louisville, Gardening, Living, Living Beautifully, Style|

At Home in Kentucky

[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.21.1"][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.21.1"][et_pb_image src="https://todayswomannow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/innn.jpg" force_fullwidth="on" align_tablet="center" align_last_edited="on|desktop" _builder_version="3.23"][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.21.1"]A modern farmhouse was built around log cabins for the Inn at Spring Run Farm.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="3.21.1"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.21.1"]Inside the beautifully restored Inn at Spring Run Farm, history literally lines the walls of this bed and breakfast located on Covered Bridge Road in Prospect, Kentucky. Along the stairwell, the original exposed exterior walls boast their durability with hand-hewn logs. You can see the hatch marks of the original builders’ axes, the gable roof, and clappart siding. It is a lesson in [...]

By April Allman|2019-05-26T20:42:45-04:00May 18, 2019|Living Beautifully|

Among the Trees

If Peggy Karman’s home were a poem, it would be When I Am Among the Trees by Mary Oliver. Perched high atop the tree canopy and overlooking a dry creek bed below, you wouldn’t fathom that this home was just minutes from downtown. From every room, stunning views of the forest below are all the eye sees. It is a refuge from the hustle and bustle of life outside this Mockingbird Valley home, and it is where Peggy feels at peace. She and her husband Rob refer to this space as their “nest,” and it is where she reflects on Oliver’s poignant poetry: “[to]...never hurry through the world but walk slowly, and bow often.”

By April Allman|2019-05-26T22:25:52-04:00March 23, 2019|Living Beautifully|