Nature is All She Needs
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...
Living Beautifully in a Not So Secret Garden
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...
At Home in Kentucky
A modern farmhouse was built around log cabins for the Inn at Spring Run Farm. 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...
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...
Living Beautifully by Bringing the Natural World Inside
One of Bridget Davis’ first childhood photographs is a picture of her 4-year-old self holding a giant bouquet of daisies she’d picked from the yard. She is beaming and in her element. Years later, not much has changed. As a teenager, Bridget used to make and sell...
