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Nature is All She Needs

by Emily | Oct 19, 2019 | Living Beautifully

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...

Speaking Out and Looking Good

by Emily | Oct 18, 2019 | Work Wardrobe

Little did Cara Silletto know that singing Motown songs in her family band at age 7 would help prepare her for a career as a professional speaker on workforce solutions, especially employee retention. “For me the professional speaker world is the perfect blend of...

Before You Embark on Updating: Figure Out What You Don’t Like About Your Home

by Emily | Sep 24, 2019 | Home Decor, Interior

The Atkins family waited six years to redo their dark cherry and black granite countertop kitchen. They worked with interior designer Joan Waddell to design the home to be what they wanted. Before you spend one dime, before you drag out your paint splattered old...

Local Items To Create A Luxe Fall Home

by Jillian Jones | Sep 20, 2019 | Home Decor, Style

When achieving a luxury look in your home, each item you bring in should be deeply considered and play well with the other items you own. Don’t look at price tags to determine whether an item is “luxurious” or not, look at the elements the item embodies. Scale, sheen,...

Are You Wearing the Right Clothes to Get Ahead?

by Jillian Jones | Sep 9, 2019 | Style, Work Wardrobe

It’s Friday. Janet Lively, vice president for marketing and business development for Schaefer General Contracting, is commanding in her pastel blue and white shirt with ruffled bell sleeves over denim jeans that look like they’ve been pressed. She steps into the cafe...

We Love To Push The Envelope With Design, Not Design Cookie-Cutter [Spaces].

by Jillian Jones | Sep 1, 2019 | Home Decor, Style

This house in Norton Commons was built and decorated with an easy access to outside and even included a bar in the garage. Photo by Tim Furlong Jr. If you are an Instagram-famous interior designer and your husband is a homebuilder, you will probably move often. ...

Living Beautifully in a Not So Secret Garden

by Jillian Jones | Jul 23, 2019 | Explore Louisville, Gardening, Living, Living Beautifully, Style

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...

Outdoor Spaces and an Amazing View

by Jillian Jones | Jul 9, 2019 | Living, Style

When we went searching for outdoor spaces, we found Adam Arrington, president and general manager of Jefferson Animal Hospitals, who lives in a two-bedroom apartment in the Omni Hotel downtown. The wall of windows covering the majority of his...

What Wardrobe Brings Her Success?

by Emily | Jul 8, 2019 | Work Wardrobe

Angella Wilson wears lots of hats. She’s a management executive, a college teacher, a businesswoman, and a wife and mother.As program director for KentuckianaWorks, the workforce development board for the seven-county area, she provides strategic...

Inspiration for an Outdoor Oasis

by Jillian Jones | Jul 1, 2019 | Home Decor, Style

Get the look: Red pillows, Wendy Jane by Summer Classics; wicker chair by Kingsley Bate Furniture; blue chairs by Lane Venture; table and wood chair by Summer Classics; rug by Company C. Available at Digs Home and Garden.Colorful pillows, sleek furniture, and a little...

At Home in Kentucky

by TodaysWoman | May 18, 2019 | Living Beautifully

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 stairwell,...