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CONTENTS atHome's doorstep

threshold Texture can create warmth in the home.

Layered detail adds design and, fixed or free-standing, leaves a perceptible fingerprint of its occupants.

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ART OF CRAFT Schrock's Custom Woodworking

26. ASKED & ANSWERED Glasses for Wine Drinking

35. PERISCOPE Over the River Construction 40. CHRONICLE The Meaning In Dishes

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CONTENTS Winter 2020

ON OUR COVER: Art can anchor a room; even one as lofty as our cover story, shot by Rebecca Lehde. Yellow Dormer by Ed Rice was selected from Hampton III Gallery by designer Eric Brown for the penthouse at Poinsett Plaza.

Feature Stories

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The Joy of Maximalism The vintage holiday decor at this historic home may only be topped by a renovation so deft it's nearly imperceptible to the eye.

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View at the Top When a penthouse needs a refresh, a bevy of expertise tackle the job, a coordinated braintrust of architect, builder and designer.

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“THE HOME SHOULD BE THE TREASURE CHEST OF LIVING.”

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CONTENTS Inspired Living

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93 93. ON THE TABLE Duck and Pomegranate 100. WHAT TO DRINK NOW Classic Gin Martini 102. PANTRY Kumquat Season 106. DETOURS Shopping in Beaufort 110. TREASURE Soapstone Carvings 112. NOOK Shou Sugi Ban Woodshed

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NOTES FROM HOME

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.

— Dame Edith Sitwell

days. So, we have packed this issue with ideas to help you with the comfort, good food and warmth that Dame Edith highlights.

Many of us are taking great advantage of being at home to get some long overdue tasks accomplished.

That led us to three homes that have undergone some transformation to help accommodate the needs that were deemed necessary while spending more quality time together.

Our cover-featured home, with vast city and mountain views, utilized a team of Greenville’s top talent in architecture, interior design and construction.

The results are stunning.

Another home has undergone an update of the homeowner’s most utilized spaces while maintaining the charm of the original design that had been added by its previous owners. This home is filled with art and style and has some perfect spaces for welcoming family and friends.

While we are rapidly approaching the holiday season, you will find one of our homes, owned by a local artist, Jean Wilson Freeman, to be an inspiration of holiday magic. Her mother, Millie Wilson, is a locally beloved artist who for years has provided many families with custom, hand-painted wooden holiday ornaments (she was featured in our Fall-Winter 2009 issue). Jean’s home with its renovations is filled with

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nostalgic Christmas decor that has been collected for many years. You’ll love it!

In Periscope, you’ll view a house that is quite unlike any other house we have featured. Its story is just as interesting as its setting.

Somehow, wood seems to be an appropriate topic for the approaching winter season. Two articles, the Threshold opening article and the Nook article both deal with artistically creative uses for wood.

Doing a lot of cooking and eating? Then you’ll appreciate our articles on how to prepare a fabulous duck and pomegranate dinner and some fascinating information about a little citrus fruit known as a kumquat.

Of course, this isn’t all that you have to look forward to in this issue. Forge ahead and enjoy.

Happy Holidays everyone! Look for us again in March 2021.

Lynn Greenlaw Editor-in-Chief Contact me at lgreenlaw@communityjournals.com or call 864.679.1200 and leave me a message. I always welcome your comments and suggestions.

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Winter's Allusion

P H OTO G R A P H Y BY E L I WA R R E N

The remarkable can become tangent when the season drives us back to our interiors.

Form holds import as we spend ever more time indoors and the necessary can be beautiful, simply in its function.

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The Art of Craft

A Cut Above Schrock 's Custom Woodworking elevates the boxed beam to new heights. / by Brendan Blowers / photography by Eli Warren

The son of a woodworker, Jeremy Schrock was in the shop early and often. He learned how to use a table saw at eleven years old. “I was out there running baseboards,” he says.

With uncles also in the industry and a grandfather who owned a sawmill, Schrock grew up a self-described wood nerd. “I trained under my dad back in Ohio. Cut my teeth as a trim carpenter, then got into cabinets,” Schrock says.

He didn’t intend to make a business out of it; he just wanted out of Ohio. He moved to the south with hopes of steady trim work, but he recalls sitting at Edisto beach a half dozen years ago and being struck with the epiphany to go out and do it.

He convinced his brother, Mike, to join him. Custom homes were going up at a steady clip at Lake Keowee.

Their first job was for a pair of trusses. Yoder Building Supply saw their work and spread the word. Schrock got four calls, one after the other, for custom beamwork and he recognized it as a sign, “This is where I’m supposed to be going,” he says.

They went from building beams in his driveway or on-site to moving into a really small shop, one with no office and no bathroom. Along the way, Schrock developed a signature technique.

“When I first started building box beams that were supposed to look like timber, I thought, ‘What do timbers have that three boards don’t?’ As timber dries out, it cracks. From day one, we started carving cracks in these boards.”

Other contractors do hand-hewn beams, but it’s the cracks that fool the eye. It’s what gives Schrock’s box beams their authentic look and the reason many of the best custom builders in the Upstate call them in. Creating the cracks is a trade secret that Schrock developed over

time. “I lived in an old cabin that was built in 1850. It had hewn beams,” he says. “I’d sit there at night and study the cracks in the beams to be able to replicate it.”

Last spring, Schrock moved into a new shop. This one has a couple of offices and a bathroom. It also has 1900 square feet of floor space where the brothers can continue to fine tune their craft and fill the orders that keep coming in. “I’m always looking to develop new ways of doing things,” he says.

In two years, the business has grown to need three full-time and two part-time employees. Mike runs the shop and picks the music; a familiar folk rock tune jangles out of a small stereo by the door. Even when the business faces challenges, the brothers are bound by an unspoken loyalty: they’re in it for the long-haul together.

Most of Schrock's Custom Woodworking business comes from referrals or from Instagram.

Most clients are looking to add ceiling beams and they design and build a lot of mantles. The beams are connected by a lap joint with a hidden seam. They are all glued with no mechanical fasteners. When the glue dries, it becomes stronger than the wood itself. Schrock says, “You’re guaranteed a product that’s going to last.”

Schrock picks up a hand-planed beam and holds it up against the window. Its true beauty is revealed as the texture hits the natural light.

Their box beams used to be built out of cedar, but today it’s mostly white pine from Maine and Vermont.

Clients can choose the look they’d like from four style options: a smooth surface that contains the signature cracks and a hand-hewn edge, a rougher beam or one of the premium finishes like a hand-planed beam with cracks or an entire hand-hewn one.

The hand-hewn ones are the most labor intensive.

With the board on the shop floor, Schrock stands over it, striking it in short curling motions with an old ship carpenter’s adze. “It works the back,” Schrock says.

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The hand planes Schrock employs have a cambered edge and are used to cut dish-shaped grooves into the boards. “It takes some technique getting a feel for the plane. You get a rhythm going,” Schrock says, his brown eyes widen as his hands grip the plane. “Planing wood is almost spiritual. You got all of the senses involved. The smell of the wood, the feel of it cutting through.” As he works his way down the length of the pine, little curls of cut wood break free and lightly fall around his weathered boots.

Artistry goes into every square inch of Schrock’s beams, trusses and mantles. As new orders continue to pour in, he’s preparing to expand his shop space to 4,000 square feet, more than doubling the shop and enabling them to keep more wood in inventory and have a dedicated finishing area. Schrock sits in his office across the hall from the workroom, a guitar and two fishing rods lean against the wall. They don’t get picked

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up as much these days. “When we first moved here, on the way home from jobs, we’d hit the rivers a lot,” he says.

Much of Schrock’s time is spent generating build lists and generating quotes using a custom Excel estimating program he developed with his other brother, Jason.

The company plans to move forward with more environmentally friendly stains and finishes. Box beams use 80% less lumber than solid timber and being stewards of resources is something of import to them.

With a greater footprint, Schrock is looking to team up with nonprofits to provide volunteer work and training. He hopes to use his shop as a place to teach high school kids, veterans and ex-convicts, anyone whose life could benefit from learning to craft wood.

“I don’t want to just build nice beams, I hope to impact people’s lives,” he says.

With all of the handcrafted texture and finishing that Schrock's Custom Woodworking puts into each beam, the species of wood is almost secondary.

The goal with each piece is to add character.

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Asked & Answered

Best in Show Glassware is almost as important as the wine selected says Alexandra Hackett, Beverage Director for The Cliffs. And, the correct crystal stemware can positively impact how your next bottle is experienced. With the holiday season upon us, we asked the sommelier how to upfit a wine bar with stems both beautiful in the hand and hard working.

Q. Why is an ergonomically designed crystal wine glass the new standard?

A. Using crystal stemware is best option

because they are designed for specific varietals that truly brings the wine to life.

While thinner and clearer than normal stemware, these handspun glasses maintain their strength and durability. Riedel is the best-known crystal designed for enjoying wine today. Other comparable options are Schott Zwiesel, Spiegelau and, if you are willing to splurge, Zalto.

Q. What do the new sizes and shapes offer the wine drinker? for each wine really helps the wine shine.

The way the wine swirls in the bowl affects its taste, as the wine will aerate and begin to release aromas, better known as the nose.

Red wines need room to breathe, so a larger bowl is necessary. White wines also need to breathe, but a smaller bowl is used to help maintain the proper cooler temperature and concentrate the aromas to the top of the glass. The shapes of the opening of the glass controls where on your tongue the wine gets delivered; wines with more tannins should hit the center of the tongue, while wines with higher acid should hit the tip of the tongue.

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Q. What wine glasses should a wellstocked home bar include?

A. You should have four types of glasses: ALL-PURPOSE WHITE WINE GLASS: medium in bowl

size to help preserve the aromas, maintain the proper temperature and express more acidity.

BORDEAUX GLASS: higher and larger bowl so the

wine can aerate better when swirled, allowing the tannins to soften. Ideal for Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Bordeaux, bold Italians, Shiraz/Syrah, Malbec, Grenache.

BURGUNDY GLASS: the wide bowl allows the

development of the aromas while the smaller rim collects the aromas at the top of the glass.

Ideal for Pinot Noir from all over the world, Amarone/Valpolicella and lighter styles of red wine.

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SPARKLING GLASS: the newer tulip shape allows for the proper development of bubbles and allows you to swirl the wine. These glasses also have been etched at the bottom of the bowl to help keep the bubbles dancing.

Q. How do I clean and store this crystal stemware?

A. Make sure you have room for them, and

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In Good Taste

RETURN TO ELEGANCE

The Random Readers book club pays a call to the Biltmore era. / by Lynn Greenlaw / photography by Chelsey Ashford

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ook discussion groups such as the one I belong to have been popular for quite a long time. Ours is called the Random Readers and it has been in existence for more than 25 years.

Typically, our group will read and discuss a novel, but every now and then we pick a non-fiction book for a change of pace. When we meet, we usually bring our lunch with us and the hostess provides beverages and perhaps a dessert.

However, this meeting embraced the golden age of the Vanderbilts; it was quite different from the norm and took place before this virus interrupted our ability to meet in person. The book, The Last Castle

by Denise Kiernan, is a chronicle of Biltmore, America’s largest home and the personal story of love and loss to those who built it and occupied it. Eventually it became one of the most visited homes in America.

Deborah Maybank, who welcomed us into her lovely home, and Betty Teague, our co-hostess, prepared a spectacular tea party to replicate what would have taken place in the late 1800s-early 1900s if we had been fortunate enough to receive an invitation to the Biltmore. They were creative in their presentation of the type of pastries, finger foods and, of course, tea that would have been a part of such a glamorous event. It was certainly comparable to anything that the Vanderbilts would have provided to their guests. Our hostesses thought of every detail and here’s just a sampling of what we enjoyed.

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Golden Era Reads

When hostesses think of every possible detail for a book club, it includes passing around even more books that encircle the meeting’s theme. We enjoyed perusing these titles and if you are fascinated by the Biltmore epoch too, you may wish to turn these pages as well.

• Fortune’s Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt by Arthur T. Vanderbilt II. Arthur writes of his family’s vast wealth from the industry and philanthropy of Cornelius to it’s squandering of inheritance.

• The Biltmore Estate, Garden and Grounds as well as The Biltmore Nursery, a Botanical Legacy both by Bill Alexander. These books were written by the historian and gardener extraordinaire of Biltmore, Bill Alexander, who served the great estate for more than 30 years.

• The Belly of Paris by Emile Zola. George Vanderbilt read Zola’s book when in Paris with his friend Billy Field and it left an indelible imprint on him. The library at Biltmore contains multiple volumes of Zola’s work.

• Janice Meredith, A Story of the American Revolution by Paul Leicester Ford. The novel, a sensational love story of a Tory and a Rebel, was written by George Vanderbilt’s best friend, Paul Leicester Ford, and includes a dedication to Vanderbilt.

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In Good Taste

Hummingbird Cupcakes

Recipe adapted from Southern Living Makes 24

Coronation Sandwiches

Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart Living 3 Tbsp sliced almonds 13 ounces cooked chicken breast 1/4 cup plain yogurt 1/4 cup mayonnaise 2 Tbsp curry paste (or up to 2 tsp curry powder) 2 Tbsp mango chutney Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 1 Tbsp honey 8 slices white bread Watercress leaves 1 3/4 T bsp unsalted butter, at room temperature Toast almonds in a small, dry skillet over medium-low heat for a few minutes, shaking the pan as needed. Remove from the heat.

Shred the chicken. Place in a bowl with yogurt, mayonnaise, curry paste and chutney; toss to incorporate and coat evenly. Stir in the toasted almonds.

Season with salt and pepper, then taste.

Stir in the honey, if desired.

Butter all eight slices of bread lightly on one side. Divide the chicken mixture evenly among the four slices and top with watercress leaves. Place the remaining slices buttered side down to create 4 sandwiches. Trim the crusts off the bread. Press slightly, then cut each one in half.

1 cup butter, softened 2 cups sugar 3 large eggs, room temperature 2 tsp vanilla extract 2 cups mashed ripe bananas 1/2 c up drained canned crushed pineapple 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut 1 cup chopped walnuts Frosting: 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup butter, softened 3 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In a small bowl, combine bananas and pineapple.

Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Add to the creamed mixture and beat to incorporate. Add the fruit and beat to incorporate. Fold in coconut and walnuts.

Fill paper-lined muffin cups about twothirds full. Bake at 350 degrees until a toothpick comes out clean, about 20-25 minutes. Cool the cupcakes for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add confectioners’ sugar and vanilla and beat until smooth.

Frost cooled cupcakes. Top with chopped walnuts or toasted coconut.

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Petite Quiche

Recipe adapted from Just a Pinch Makes 50 1 1/2 packages cream cheese, three ounces each 1 1/2 sticks butter 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 pound bacon, fried and crumbled 1/2 pound swiss cheese, grated 1/2 cup finely chopped green onions 3 eggs 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard 1 3/4 cups half and half 1 tsp salt 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1/4 tsp seasoned pepper Parmesan cheese, grated, as needed Soften cream cheese and butter to room temperature. Blend flour, cream cheese and butter into a mixture and form into a ball and chill. Roll dough into nut-sized balls and press into muffin tins to form pastry shells.

Beat eggs and add half and half, salt, Worcestershire, pepper and mustard.

Combine well. Place a small amount of bacon, cheese and green onion into each pastry cup. Fill each with one to one and half teaspoons of the egg mixture. Sprinkle with a bit of parmesan cheese.

Bake at 450 degrees for five minutes, then reduce heat to 300 degrees and bake for an additional 15 minutes. Cool slightly before removing from pans but best if served hot.

Components of an inspired bookthemed tea party THE TEA Offer a sampling of tea, both bagged and some loose teas for those willing to tackle the process.

Our table included Forntum and Mason Wedding Blend and other teas from Paris, a clever nod to the Paris marriage of George and Edith, and then later their daughter Cornelia to Jack Cecil.

THE SPREAD An offering at teatime must include scones and clotted cream, several types of curd, jam and honey. Tea sandwiches sit pretty on trays as well as assorted sweets. Our hostesses turned Edith Vanderbilt’s favorite hummingbird cake into cupcakes for the meeting.

THE LIBATION Serve a glass of champagne as guests arrive. Our book club was offered bubbles in the foyer to kick off the sparkling event.

THE GOODIES Nothing tops off a get together like a treat to take home. Chocolates from the Biltmore Confectionery were handed to guests as they departed. As a fun game, we had a drawing too. The prize: Vinolia botanical soap reproduced in replica to what was provided to passengers on the Titanic.

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Bridge House A simple feat of perspective was realized by treading lightly. / by Jonathan Ammons / photography by Kevin Meechan

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TUCKED AWAY IN THE MOUNTAINS near Cashiers, rather intentionally hidden, is an architectural marvel. It’s not obtrusive, rather it’s built to blend in, to tread as lightly as possible on the world around it. I’ve come to believe that part of the wonder of the Bridge House is that it was as much a project of whimsy for the owners as it was for the team that erected it.

A family in Sullivan’s Island had bought the property and filed for a conservation easement to protect the trout stream that ran through the 90 acres of mountain land. “They wanted to build a home to experience this waterfall, and waterfalls are typically hard to see when you build,” says Parker Platt, part of the father/son duo at Platt architecture and construction that designed and built the Bridge House.

“The relationship to seeing a waterfall is that you usually have to look up a river, so it takes a unique spot to be able to look effectively at a waterfall.”

After showing the owners several designs, it dawned on Parker’s father, Alfred, what they were looking for. As Parker explains “I remember Dad looked at the woman and said, ‘You want to bridge the creek, don’t you?’ And she said, ‘Oh, could I?’ We had no idea, so we spent the next seven or eight months trying to get this house permitted.”

After months of working with the permitting offices, it was given the green light as a bridge; a bridge with people living in it.

Parker says the design turned out to be a simple one. The bulk of the house -- the sleeping quarters -- sits on the bank, removed from the part of the property under the protective easement.

But the living areas stretch out as a great

hall, with the living room, dining areas and kitchen configured as a shotgun, bridging over the stream, all with a perfectly framed view of the waterfall through floor-to-ceiling windows.

“It plays well with our belief that it’s really our job to let the house kind of be quiet,” says Parker. “We get to work in really beautiful environments and it’s about just putting people in those places in a comfortable way. Letting the place be the star, because it’s not about the house, it’s about the experience of the place.”

Alfred agrees. “As architects, we were conscious of the effect we were producing and the uniqueness of the relationship of the living spaces to the bridge,” he says.

They started with a configuration where all the rooms would face out, but the homeowners set about furnishing the rooms just like they were anywhere with the expected social groupings and televisions. “They just made a home that happens to have windows on both sides overlooking a creek and a waterfall,” says Alfred. “Ultimately, the river is a pleasant addition to the house. We enjoyed having that side of things shown to us.”

The principal resonated with Platt.

Alfred says the firm runs from any whiff of clever and this project, though unique, would be no exception. There’s even a motto in the office: if something looks like an architect’s been messing around with it, then keep messing with it until it doesn’t.

In terms of the Bridge House, the home has settled into its inimitable neighborhood and quietly become a part of community. No one involved expected anything less.

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The Meaning in Dishes An essay about the things we carry with us. / by Jennie Wakefield

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y great aunt Cora disapproved of blue dishes. Few foods are blue, she reasoned, so dishes should not be blue.

Cora had taught home economics at a women’s college in South Carolina back when women studied home economics, before she married my great uncle Jack. He had been dead for 20 years when, as a new bride, we moved to a small Upstate town near the even smaller town where she lived. In her modest but well-appointed home, she applied the sensible principles she had taught years before in her classes.

I took her pronouncements seriously. My china, being Williamsburg blue and white with accents of red, began to annoy me. It seemed artificial, as if I was waving the flag each time I set the table.

Cora’s dishes were predominately green, a color echoed in the carpet and floral wallpaper of the dining room. Even her napkins and candles were green. After Jack died, she continued to have her breakfast and mid-day dinner in the verdant room. She hosted my new family at least once a month for dinner, sometimes just the baby and me, sometimes my husband too. I deferred to her authority about a number of household matters. When we divorced a decade later, he took our blue and white dishes with no argument from me.

I inherited a set of crockery in a blue and white Currier and Ives pattern from my grandmother, one I often see in thrift stores. I used the teacups out of necessity but intended to retire the sentimental pattern as soon as possible.

Clearly, the old prejudice against blue dishes lingered but I began to see the flaw in Cora’s dish logic when a number of years later I became a devotee of hot tea. The Japanese tea ceremony had piqued my interest and I dreamed of building a humble tea house where simplicity and nature were valued.

In the books of rustic Japanese houses that I studied, I noted the use of blue in dishes and fabrics.

Cultivating my taste for tea, I experimented with new flavors. One day, I brewed a pot of Darjeeling; the name itself

made me want to try it. I poured the tea into the straight-sided crockery cup, spooned in sugar, stirred rhythmically and dropped a slice of sunny lemon into it. Before my eyes was the contradiction of Cora’s argument. The blue and white pottery was a foil for the orange-amber liquid and membranous yellow fruit, a visual suggestion of a simple but extraordinary experience to come, a suggestion that relied on contrast, contrast in color and texture. Aunt Cora was simply wrong.

Nowadays, I recreate my tea ceremony almost daily, having treated myself to new blue and white cups and saucers in a graphic pattern that pleases me.

Plates and bowls too. And a cup of tea without lemon? Never!

I revel in the juxtaposition.

I’m not sure why Cora’s color sensibility was what it was.

Maybe it was just too hot in her small southern town for anything but garden references; maybe green was the color du jour when she was making old ways new as a young woman and educator, but I often remember her green dishes in situations, utilitarian or aesthetic, that are stuck in their sameness.

There’s a lot of meaning in dishes.

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Welcome to our Winter 2020 issue of The Gallery, showcasing the Upstate’s finest properties on the market: lake houses, mountain houses, country homes, townhouses, houses in town, and everything in between. You’ll notice our covers focus on the Mountains and Lakes; as part of the Upstate, we serve those areas, too. At Joan Herlong & Associates Sotheby’s International Realty, we’re proud to publish the Upstate’s first (and only) brokerageexclusive publication dedicated to luxury real estate. We’re grateful to our publishing partners at Community Journals, and to our Associates who serve our Clients so well.

In just three years, we’ve doubled in size. We’ve solidified a reputation for setting the standard, and for groundbreaking new offerings such as our policy of Complete Client Transparency, our White Glove Concierge Service, and our Live Virtual Open House Tours (LVOT) of our listings; in fact, Inman News interviewed me about our LVOTs back in April. We’ve formed official — and exclusive — partnerships with some of the Upstate’s most exciting and innovative brands: Greenville Triumph SC, The Coleman Collection, Tom James Clothiers, Complete PR — with many more to come.

When we launched The Parlor, our goal was to produce interesting and engaging content, related to Greenville and the Upstate, and/or best practices in business and enterprise. We realized we were already having these kind of conversations, on our own time, with our friends and our clients, who happen to be the leaders, thinkers, and trend-setters of the Upstate. In the upcoming season, we have a dynamic and diverse roster of guests scheduled to appear, based not just all around the Upstate, but around the globe!

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2010 Hampton Road – Inman Country living at its finest! Over 4 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds featuring an in-ground pool, pool house with bathroom and sauna, Class-A Coach garage.

The home is a custom built featuring a fully stocked chef’s kitchen, master on main and beautiful 2 story living room. $749,349 Agent: Matthew Crider 864.444.1689 | Matt@JHA-SothebysRealty.com

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14 Finsbury Lane – Cobblestone This immaculate custom built home offers a perfect blend of quality, functional layout and outdoor entertainment.

Situated in the gated Cobblestone subdivision on a culde-sac lot this home checks all the boxes you expect in high-end homes under $800k. $794,681 Agent: Matthew Crider 864.444.1689 | Matt@JHA-SothebysRealty.com

441 Shirley Circle, Anderson – Lake Hartwell

Incredibly cozy home. Great Lake views. 3 bedrooms and 3 baths – 2 being masters.

Spa-like bathroom with roman shower & 2-person hot tub. Updated kitchen with all new appliances and custom painted cabinets painted by a local artist.

Partially finished basement.

Brand new EXTRA LARGE air-conditioned detached garage. Porch below stretches almost the entire length of the house for extra entertainment. $469,625

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NEW LISTING

This is your chance to enjoy a fabulous southern metropolitan lifestyle with this luxury single family home in Augusta Walk.

Like new construction without the wait! Built in 2017 by Rembley builders, FOUR fabulous outdoor living spaces, oversized 2 car garage with tons of storage. Walk everywhere!. $979,605 Agent: Grace Herlong Loveless 864.660.3925 Grace@JHA-SothebysRealty.com

7 Augusta Walk Avenue – Downtown Greenville

Co-listed by: Alexis Furman 864.630.3952 Alexis@JHA-SothebysRealty.com

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Stunning custom home, meticulously maintained by these original owners walking distance to GCC. Steel Frame construction, custom cabinetry throughout. 4 bedrooms all with ensuite baths, 2 car attached garage.

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33 Rock Creek Drive – Greenville Country Club Area

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10 Marshall Ct. – Greenville Country Club Area Adorable English Tudor Style home tucked into a private cul-de-sac on almost a 1/2 acre lot with a babbling brook running through. Cathedral ceilings, heart-pine floors, huge walk-out basement with in-law or Au Pair suite. Walk to GCC! $699,605

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Welcome to the Southern Charm and modern amenities at home in “Magnolia Hall.” Custom built in 2013 on nearly 50 acres, designed by Jack Thacker, and inspired by various historic mansions across the South. Less than 5 minutes to I-385, less than 30 minutes to Greenville’s dynamic Downtown, this convenient location feels far from the madding crowd. $5,250,644 Agent: Joan Herlong

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128 Rollingwood Drive – Lake Keowee

Fabulous, Better-ThanNew, FULLY FURNISHED custom home in Harbor Oaks on Lake Keowee. Three suites on main, bunk room upstairs, two more bedroom suites on Terrace Level. 55 minutes to GVL, 2 hours to ATL, 90 mins to ASHVL. 2 fireplaces, 1 fire pit.

Moving Day will just be suitcases! Perfect Lake Home TO SHARE! 6 bedrooms, 6 ½ baths with covered dock. $1,999,672

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12 Orchard Meadow Lane – Parkins Mill

608 S Parker Road – Greenville

Custom home on 1.5 acre private, level lot with Gunite POOL and spa. Impeccably maintained, beautifully decorated. The setting has been transformed by landscape architect Dabney Peeples. Five bedrooms plus multiple living & work spaces! $1,749,607

Large home on secluded 3.61 acres, 9 minutes to Downtown TR, 10 minutes to Paris Mountain State Park, and 11 minutes to Downtown Greenville—privacy and accessibility. 5 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms with option to finish 2 more beds & baths. $825,609

Agent: Michael McGreevey 864.735.0785 | Michael@JHA-SothebysRealty.com

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National Geographic named the Jocassee Gorges one of the “World’s Last Great Places.” Translated to “Place of the Lost One,” Lake Jocassee is known for its yearround clear and cool waters and its exclusivity with only 37 home sites. This extraordinary property was designed to showcase the lake and offers views of an unrivaled summer sunset from every room. $2,600,676

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17 English Ivy Ln, 29609 NORTH MAIN $675,000 515 Spaulding Lake Dr, 29615 SPAULDING FARM $664,615 Price shown is list price per GGAR MLS.

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This move in ready 4 Bed, 2.5 Bath Augusta Road home is walking distance from Augusta Circle Elementary without crossing Faris or Augusta roads, and only 1.4 miles from Prisma Health. It has a large screened porch, has been updated, and well loved over the years.

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Agent: Matt Nocks 864.906.1052 Matt.Nocks@ JHA-SothebysRealty.com

109 Sunset Drive – Augusta Circle

Custom Southern Colonial with 4 car attached garage on 1.10 acre level lot.

6200+ sqft, was home to original developer of Kilgore Plantation.

Current owners have since expanded, updated, and loved every moment here!

So comfortable, your family & friends will always feel WELCOME here. $1,225,681

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SOUTHERN MANSE!

Agent: Joan Herlong

201 Kilgore Circle – Kilgore Plantation

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Classic Service, Southern Hospitality.

Call Chris, he always calls you right back!

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16702 Brown Avenue – Belton

Brown Avenue is the finest street in charming Belton, and this may be the finest home on it! Just 25 minutes to Greenville, this was custom-built home in 2010 on 3 acres. These original owners ALSO did a beautiful renovation/addition in 2017! FABULOUS covered porch addition with vaulted pine ceiling, and wood burning fireplace. Grill for your guests in new outdoor kitchen – family & friends will love gathering here! $1,085,627 Agent: Joan Herlong

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110 Sorrento – Montebello

Custom built 2015 in gated Montebello. Only 12 minutes north of Greenville’s vibrant Downtown, 2 minutes to Cherrydale shopping, 5 minutes to Furman University, and 30 minutes to the mountains! Fabulous features include: gorgeous hardwoods, two covered porches, quartz kitchen with custom cabinetry and stop of the line stainless appliances, His and Her home offices, and 1st floor master with spa-like bathroom and to-die-for closets! $1,399,609

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OVER 7000 SQFT!

Agent: Joan Herlong

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201 Riverplace – Unit 704 Downtown

“Well Rounded Living” in 201 Terrace at Riverplace -- the condo building on the Reedy in the heart of Downtown with the cool glass tower!

Spectacular river views, mountain views, and city views from this 7th floor VIRTUALLY NEW completely redone condo! The perfect spot to entertain, and watch the fireworks after every Drive game. Truly a “million dollar view” from almost every room! $1,099,601

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UNDER CONTRACT in less than 12 hours, this beautiful Saluda Lake home is only 10 minutes from downtown Travelers Rest and less than 15 to Downtown Greenville.

Call Lane and Sarah Lauren for quick results. $392,617

For us, it’s not just business, it’s personal.

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Builder’s personal home, with pool & long list of features and updates.

Amazing retreat checks ALL the boxes: cul-de-sac lot, gated neighborhood, in-law/ au paire suit, 2 screened porches, 2 laundry rooms 2 bonus/rec rooms and much, much more! $1,289,650

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BEYOND AMAZING!

STUNNING. Brand new, custom-built by J. Francis Builders for these original owners, on acre lot in private, gated Manor section of Hollingsworth, just 10 minutes from Greenville’s magnetic Downtown.

10,000 square feet of COMFORTABLE LUXURY, with amazing extras! $3,349,607 Agent: Joan Herlong

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Day or night, Jay always answers his phone and is ready to be your dedicated home loan professional.

Whether you’re buying, refinancing, or renovating a home – Jay is ready to guide you.

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Even while working for one of the largest banks in her home country of Bulgaria, Ivet practiced her passion through a small home design business she ran on the side.

When her husband Lyudmil’s job brought their young family to the United States more than two decades ago, Ivet soon saw an opportunity to put her passion to work for the benefit of her new community.

BOGARI opened its doors in April 2004, showcasing Ivet’s take on mid-century modern and contemporary design. The store is home to more than 40 vendors, each carefully selected for their quality, design and sustainable practices.

“We focus primarily on manufacturers that are eco-friendly, and that don’t use harmful chemicals that may affect the health of our customers,” Ivet says.

When Ivet isn’t designing for clients, she and Lyudmil enjoy music, travel and spending time with their two children.

“I realized there was a marked absence of quality European contemporary furniture in the Upstate,” she says.

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Distinctive Character The storied home of longtime residents Janet and Steve Sumner portrays the confluence of a decisive design duo.

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B The Sumner home has been tastefully redesigned while retaining the best elements of its original charm.

eing patrons of the arts not only afforded Janet and Steve Sumner a keen and varied art collection, but also instilled a deep appreciation for the artistic process. Steve served on the board of the Greenville Art Museum and many of the couple’s pieces were purchased on trips abroad they took with the board. “We’ve done Paris and Santa Fe and New York with the art museum. They get you to meet art dealers you wouldn’t have known,” says Janet.

Steve grew up here and practices at his own Upstate law firm. Janet became ingrained in marketing for top agencies and later directed marketing for the Peace Center. Her father, James Earle Roberson, Sr, moved the family to Greenville in 1965 to work for J.E. Sirrine Company. “His name was James Earle and we used to get him to drive down his street,” Janet says, recalling an early childhood memory of the tree-lined street in North Main that begins as Earle St and changes into James St. Years later, after the Sumners married, they purchased a home on James St, one built in 1934. at Home | WINTER 2020

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These wall lamps, sourced from Gallery of Lighting, function as stylist task lighting cleverly installed over both shelves and cabinets in the library.

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Custom cabinetry with French wire-clad doors were made by Dale McDermott.

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“We played off that green of the doors by the previous owner. We saved something from someone else’s work that was perfect.

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The Sumners hired the design team of Mcelreath Bates for the interiors of the James St home. The business partners and antique dealers at The Rock House Antiques have a keen eye for period furnishings and apt installments. "It was a wonderful first experience," says Mcelreath Bates of the Sumner's first project, "They said, we trust you."

Two years ago, a different historic home caught Janet’s eye, this time on McDaniel Ave. “I was early for the open house,” Janet says, “and we weren’t really looking for a house, but I just love seeing inside older homes.”

She remembers being charmed by its potential.

She called Steve and told him to come over right away, “I stayed while everybody was coming and going,” Janet says.

The home was previously owned by Earle Hungerford, an architect, and his wife, a designer, Margaret. When it came time to make the McDaniel Ave home a place to entertain and house their growing art collection, the Sumners knew who to call: Mcelreath Bates.

“We picked right back up, just like when we met,” Mcelreath Bates says, “We walked through one afternoon and decided everything we needed to do.”

In addition to designating what art, furniture and fixtures would fit in each room, the design duo decided to edit a morning room adjacent to the kitchen and add box beams to unify a more open feeling layout. “It was a matter of balance,” says Mcelreath Bates, “We wanted that to be one room instead of two separate rooms. We balanced the heavier feel of the kitchen by putting in the island.”

They also installed a bar in one corner to further define the boundaries of what now reads all-kitchen.

“The island,” as it’s referred to, is everyone’s favorite feature in the home. It’s large enough for plenty to sit around when the Sumners entertain, plus the birch cabinetry below its massive surface provides ample storage. “It works really well with guests,” Janet says, “It

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keeps them out of the kitchen area, but allows everyone to socialize together.”

Both the island surface and the kitchen countertops were replaced with an updated quartz and the kitchen cabinets were painted Revere Pewter, a soft neutral by Benjamin Moore. Janet’s office is in a nearby alcove partitioned by double doors. The handwoven silk rug was acquired, through a bit of haggling on Steve’s part, during the couple’s trip to Turkey. “Steve loves to negotiate,” Janet says. “It was his favorite part of the trip.”

The home’s doors were painted a vibrant green, Behr’s Happy Camper, by former homeowner designer Margaret Hungerford. Mcelreath Bates picked up on the rich hue to use as unifying theme, “We played off that green of the doors by the previous owner. We saved something from someone else’s work that was perfect.

It was a nod to a fellow designer that we liked.”

The verdant color inspired elements of nature throughout the house. It features prominently in the wallpaper choices, color palate and in oversized Audubon prints in the den and stairway.

Nature takes center stage in an Andrew Wyeth painting featured in the front room known as the library. Mcelreath Bates receded built-in bookshelves into the walls to gain more floor space on either side of the fireplace. It is a handsome and unified room.

Matching wall lamps, sourced locally from Gallery of Lighting, were installed over the shelving, and additionally as task lighting over installed cabinets with French wire inset doors by Dale McDermott. A rug that the Sumners purchased on a trip to France also found its home in the library. “We were eating lunch on the sidewalk in Paris and it was draped over an iron railing,” Janet says.

“A lot of our design is based on places traveled, things we’ve seen in books,” Mcelreath Bates says. “You have to have a fairly good memory of rooms that you’ve visited or seen. New England, New Orleans, London and Paris are influences throughout the house.”

The woodland toile is Forest Lake Scenic in Green Novelty by York Wallpaper.

The 18th Century French gilt and paint mirror is from Paris, sourced from Carol Kilby at The Rock House Antiques.

Among their many talents, Mcelreath Bates are exquisite floral designers. The dining table is set with a display of local greens and dried flowers. A trail of lemons adds just the right pop of color.

Three areas in the middle of the home were reconfigured.

The compact kitchen functions beautifully while the island is a landing spot for guests as well as family. Janet loves being able to close the pocket doors to her office when concentration is needed.

“The Island” cabinetry is Down Pipe by Farrow & Ball. Quartz countertops were installed by East Coast Granite and Marble.

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Kitchen cabinets were painted Revere Pewter by Benjamin Moore.

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Attached to the kitchen is a hallway that received its touch of nature in the form of real split bamboo wallpaper. The pattern is Bamboo Weave by Thibaut and Mcelrath Bates sourced it through Carolina Furniture and Interiors. It became notoriously hard to install and required tin shears to cut through it and corner.

In the dining room, a woodland toile in a large-scale print was selected: Forest Lake Scenic in Green Novelty

by York. Two 18th-century family portraits of Janet’s ancestors, the Yanceys, hang on the papered wall.

Janet’s mother repaired them herself using an antique plaster technique learned from an Atlanta restoration specialist.

A significant 18th Century French gilt and paint mirror commands attention in this room. It’s Parisian and Mcelreath Bates purchased it from Carol Kilby, a dealer known for exquisite mirrors in her booth at Rock House Antiques. At first, Janet admits she worried it was a little over the top. “When the wallpaper went up, I loved it,” she says. “It fools the eye. It’s almost too big for that room logically, but you can’t use logic all the time in design. Visually, it makes the room,” Mcelreath Bates says.

The Sumner’s trust in their designers never wavered during the six-to-eight month project. Mcelreath Bates was afforded the freedom to source pieces and place art in a manner that gave each room distinctive character.

"They were easy clients to work for," Mcelreath Bates says, "They let us do our work and if you can get that with a client, it's a dream job."

“It has been the best party house,” Janet says. She appreciates the openness and flow of this home. Like many homeowners with artistic sensibilities, the Sumners know what they like. But it always helps to have skilled designers to focus the vision. “It’s your job to take what they love, and put it together in a way that’s artistic, pleasing and cohesive,” Mcelreath Bates says, “It’s a blessing to be able to go into someone’s home and make it how they want it to be.”

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Beams from Blacks Home Services unify the back den to the new kitchen footprint.

Interior doors were painted Happy Camper by Behr by former homeowner designer Margaret Hungerford.

A den at the back of the house opens through two green doors to an outdoor terrace with a fountain and matching wood-burning fireplace.

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MA XIMALISM Artist Jean Wilson Freeman decks their renovated Dutch Colonial with vintage affection. / by Allison Walsh / photography by Inspiro 8 Studios

FOR JEAN WILSON FREEMAN IT’S NOT THE HOUSE THAT MAKES A HOME, BUT THE PEOPLE AND THINGS THAT FILL IT. AND WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS, MORE IS MORE. “I like an old house. I like a house with some quirky charm,” she says. “But I could envision myself in almost any house because I know you can just bring in a bunch of stuff, and that’s my thing.”

Wilson Freeman is quite taken, however, with the home she and her husband, Will, share with their two children, Robert and Palmer, in their downtown neighborhood of Historic East Park. The prime location and friendly neighborhood have a lot to do with her affection for the home, as does the fact that it is a smaller scale ringer for the Dutch Colonial in Overbrook where she and her two sisters grew up. “My sisters call this house ‘the mini-me,’” she says.

Wilson Freeman’s penchant for “bringing in a bunch of stuff” informs her holiday aesthetic; she and her sisters grew up in the Christmas business, accompanying their parents to craft shows where they sold handmade painted wood ornaments.

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Tindall Architecture Workshop designed a plan to add an upstairs primary bath and a downstairs art studio and mud room for the Freemans. T2 builders completed the project.

A gift of a single strand of vintage lights, each with its own tinsel collar, delights Wilson Freeman, “I didn’t want them to get lost on the tree, so I put them around this doorway for sparkly fun holiday light." The dining room is Benjamin Moore White Dove, a favorite of the artist for its tendency to lean more creamy than grey. at Home | WINTER 2020

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Wilson Freeman painted the stair risers what she calls an “oyster dot,” after removing a sisal runner during renovation, to make the home’s interiors feel connected. The pattern is five layers of paint including three layers of detail that took 14 hours to accomplish.

“Christmas was a huge deal and we always had lavish Christmases,” Wilson Freeman says. “Things were just always better in December than they were the rest of the year.”

Her childhood home was very traditionally decorated for the holiday with an abundance of live greenery and red bows and she has built on this pedigree by weaving in her own love of all things whimsical. As a young Furman graduate teaching elementary art on Hilton Head Island, Wilson Freeman didn’t have much to spend on her first independent stab at Christmas. She turned to thrift stores to bedazzle her tree and it was there that her love for vintage decorations was sown.

“I got super into glass ornaments and shiny brights and all the little putz houses, all that,” she says. “The whole palette to me was just ‘let’s mix some pink and lime green and aqua blue in with the red and the green.’ I just like a lot of color.”

Wilson Freeman’s Christmas collection is large and ever-growing. She says she never uses all of it in the same year, but always takes care to don the chandeliers and add special moments to mantels and bookshelves, but it’s the window above her kitchen sink that becomes the epicenter of the season.

Because she spends a great deal of time cooking (and washing holiday dishes), Wilson Freeman puts her most favorite doodads - bright, glittery cardboard houses and bottle brush trees, vintage snow globes and mugs stuffed with greenery - right at eye level.

“My favorite spot in my whole Christmas house is above my sink,” she says. “Whatever is my favorite thing in that moment is going to be there. I just jam pack that window.”

Live greenery is always in play, though more elaborately some years than others. At a minimum she will bring in live wreaths and stuff her collection of enamelware pitchers with cuttings. A live tree centered in the living room’s triple window is a nonnegotiable annual staple, and the tree is where Wilson Freeman’s more-is-more ethos really shines.

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Jean Wilson Freeman's favorite spot to decorate for the season is at, around and over her kitchen sink. It's an annual menagerie of flea market finds, handmade memories, groupings of little houses and general merriment.

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Antique Ironstone, collected over decades, became its own brand of tiled tub surround in the bathroom addition.

Wilson Freeman likes the variation of its neutral tones; nearly four dozen platters, plates and lids are hung in the alcove around the new pedestal tub.

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RENOVATING A HISTORIC DUTCH COLONIAL The Freemans love the footprint of their home, that it allows light to flow abundantly through every room, and as an accomplished artist Jean Wilson Freeman has a keen eye for light and how it plays in a space. When it came time to renovate - after living as a family of four with a bath and a half for 12 years - light was one thing she was not willing to compromise.

“I didn’t want to add any depth because you can look through the house end-to-end and you can look through it front-to-back, and I love that about it,” she says.

The primary bedroom is upstairs and spans the depth of the house.

Wilson Freeman likens it to a bowling alley and her original plan was to carve out a bathroom suite on one end, but an odd little space on the first floor marked the watershed in the scope of the renovation.

“I think it had been a screened porch and it just looked like a little shoebox that was on the end of our house,” she says. “It was structurally a disaster. There was very little parallel in the room.”

The Freemans consulted a number of professionals and the answer was always the same: the shoebox has to go. Mel Middleton with Tindall Architecture Workshop ultimately planned the renovation and T2 builders were contracted for the project. “Mel and I connected so quickly,” says Wilson Freeman. “She really listened to what we wanted.”

A wider foundation was laid to add a spacious bath to their bedroom upstairs (along with desperately needed storage) and paved the way for an equally necessary art studio below with a hallway that acts as a

modern mudroom. Today, Wilson Freeman spends her days in her sun-drenched home studio, surrounded by views of her garden, churning out highly sought-after botanicals on paper to designers and galleries. Her work is available locally at Art & Light and at the seasonal Wilson Girls popups Freeman hosts with her sister, Cathleen Seay.

The finished renovation created just enough elbow room to accommodate the busy family’s lifestyle. “The house is almost 100 years old and though we didn’t add that much to it, it fixed everything that was wrong with the house, at least for us,” she says. “We simply needed a little more space for all the stuff that makes it our home.”

Space for a large studio with attached mudroom was created by the upstairs addition. It's a place Wilson Freeman often references as "in the midnight kitchen" on her instagram stories via @jeanwilsonfreeman.

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There’s No Place Like Home Several of our children have had the opportunity to study abroad, which has given my wife and me the chance to tour some of Europe, at least before the current COVID shutdown of the world. Over the past few years we have visited Bruges, Glasgow, Aachen, Prague, Edinburgh, York…and have thoroughly enjoyed the chance to see classic European architecture, countryside, and streetscapes. When folks ask me my favorite destination, though, I always respond: Greenville. There is indeed something fascinating about the old cities of Europe, and something sublime about the British countryside and the old canals of Bruges, but on each trip I hear the echo of the immortal Dorothy of the ruby slippers, “There’s no place like home.” We have it pretty good here in Greenville, even during a pandemic.

But we all hope that our ability to travel returns soon. Coming home to Greenville is always nice, so we very much look forward to being somewhere else…so that we can come home! Traveling creates memories and expands our horizons in so many ways.

Different cultures, different food, different landscapes, different architecture – all help us to appreciate the wider world, and to appreciate more the blessings we have here at home in Greenville. My wife and I, like millions of tourists, try to capture the memories in photos, a task made so much easier with smart phones than it used to be with my old 35mm Nikon. In the old days, these photos would be developed and stuck in a photo album – maybe to be viewed again in a few years, or a few decades, or maybe never. Being in the Design/Build renovation business has given us another way to partake of the memories every day we’re home: by turning photos into art and hanging them on our walls. This is also an excellent way to patronize the excellent local artists we have here in Greenville. AJH Renovations, LLC takes a holistic approach to a home renovation, discussing with the homeowners just the sort of memorabilia and art that will adorn their personal gallery.

In addition to art we have purchased in the foreign locales we have visited, we have also committed some of our photos to framed art through the talents of local artists. Thus an impressionistic oil painting of West Sands, St. Andrews (think Royal & Ancient Golf Course) hangs near a watercolor of a canal in Bruges, Belgium done beautifully by a local artist. Nearby hangs another work by a different local artist: an acrylic of St. Mary’s Abbey in York, England. Even an enlarged photo of Lade Braes in St. Andrews finds a place in our homemade art gallery.

It has been a small blessing during the current pandemic to be able to continually reflect on the places we have had the privilege of seeing elsewhere in the world, while we are currently hindered from traveling far from home. There is no place like home, to be sure; but it doesn’t hurt to have a little of ‘elsewhere’ decorating the walls of home, too. Give us a call today to start the conversation about turning your walls into a gallery of memories to help you continually enjoy the places you’ve been.

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Furnishings from Verellen are clad in sumptuous solution dyed acrylic linen weave fabrics. Designer Eric Brown covered the Ferrell-Mittman chair with his favorite leather upholstery by Jerry Pair.

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pdating the nearly 5,000 square foot residence atop one of Greenville’s most iconic addresses is a tall order; but homes of good design are informed by the past while taking full advantage of contemporary materials and superior technology.

The penthouse of Poinsett Plaza, as re-envisioned by designer Eric Brown is one such property.

It took a team of artisans to propel this luxury living space, owned by Tim and Lana Hockey, into its next chapter. Brown enlisted his frequent collaborator, architect Tom Felton to join him on the project. And, in turn, Felton brought in Larry Myers of INEO Builders to help execute their vision.

Myers hadn’t worked with Brown before, but Felton knew that INEO had the right blend of commercial experience and a creative mindset to execute.

“Larry is one of the first builders I’ve met who gravitates towards the design process. He gets excited about design,” Felton says.

The Hockeys had commissioned Brown to renovate the open plan kitchen.

“If you’re gonna do the kitchen, you could do a couple of other things,” he told them over a holiday meeting. Brown pulled out a pencil and paper and sketched out some ideas on the spot, something he’s been known to do for the past twenty-five years as head of his studio, Eric Brown Designs.

He wanted to cut into the second story walls to add Juliet balconies, taking full advantage of 30-foot ceilings and expansive views out and below.

He could see the evolution of the space and called Felton almost immediately. Brown wanted to play off the building’s Art Deco styling to give the penthouse a story of its own. Brown says, “You can create a history as if it's already there,” describing his working relationship with Felton as a ping pong match. “We come up with really great things together.”

“The way we approach a project is looking at the past and seeing how we can take older ideas and new ideas and put those together. We both have a good knowledge of art history and classical masters,” says Felton, who recalls first meeting Brown early in their careers, two decades ago in New York City.

The vision was to walk into a high-rise apartment of the 1920’s with the period cast metal that often framed signature buildings of the era. Brown found inspiration from the public and university library in Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, admired for its decorative ironwork and designed by Neo-Greco architect Henri Labrouste.

He wanted exposed metal beams with rivets to frame the massive penthouse windows. The design creates a bridge-like frame for the glass that leads out to a terrace which overlooks the Blue Ridge Mountains.

A local metal fabricator was contacted, but the scale of the project proved too labor intensive. Myers was determined to find a way to fulfill Brown’s vision. Brown, who has built a career on resourcefulness, asked Myers to pivot and consider wood instead. “I found a mineral paint from England that has metal in it,” Brown says. “It flickers like stardust when light hits it.”

One of many unique faux iron elements in the penthouse, the hood was custom designed and painted with Sydney Harbor paint, replete with metal fleck. The massive concrete island sports a six foot gallery sink. The task lighting was designed to be minimal and effective. "There's nothing worse than too many can lights or too many pendants fighting for domination," says designer Eric Brown.

[This page] Quietly nestled aside, a soaking tub completes the spainspired environment.

[Opposite] Comforts collide in the primary bath. A sauna, morning coffee bar and hisand-her vanities are mere steps from the tub and concrete shower.

THAT CONSISTENCY RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING MAKES IT COHESIVE

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Three different colors were ordered for the mock-up. The final result is not faux metal, but a complete illusion of I-beams. The INEO team embedded 7,000 real steel rivets into the wood. “We degreased those for several days,” Meyers says.

The wood trim pieces are fabricated to look and fit just like angle iron, down to the proper size and overlap. “It was Eric’s concept and Tom drew every bit of it,” Myers says, “In the world we’re in, we don’t like contrived, you don’t want something that looks inauthentic.”

There’s a concrete bond beam at the top of the windows and the columns were built out to match it. Brown mirrored the forearm of the columns to quadruple the effect of natural light. Felton says it’s an old trick from the 18th century, one they saw in the John Soane museum in London. Brown explains that without the mirrors you wouldn’t see outside, you would just see wall.

Today, with the project complete, it remains everyone’s favorite element.

Instead of giving each room its own identity, the home is a mélange of repeating elements of hickory, concrete and metal. “That consistency running throughout the whole thing makes it cohesive,” Felton says.

The hickory paneling is stained walnut and the hardwoods on the floors were also used to create the barreled ceiling above. Several jib doors, similar to ones seen at the Biltmore estate, provide concealed storage. Myers enlisted Concrete Canvas for countertop surfaces throughout the home and they produced the unique curved shower walls in the primary bath. at Home | WINTER 2020

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The penthouse is spaciously designed for entertaining with numerous cocktail, wine and coffee bars throughout. Art is by Micky Williams of Charleston.

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Overlooking the heart of Main St, the primary bedroom is home to a bespoke bed from Irionies, flanked by Christopher Spitzmiller lamps. All of the main level rugs were sourced locally from McAbee's Carpet. The oversized landscape is by Luke Allsbrook.

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I HAD A MENTAL IMAGE OF EVERY PIECE OF ART THEY OWNED

The industrial finishes of the penthouse are offset by an art collection of landscapes, birds and nature scenes that Brown helped the Hockeys amass. “I had a mental image of every piece of art they owned,” Brown says, who is used to working on multiple properties for most of his clients both as designer and curator. The fireplace in the living room was moved two feet to the left and refaced. It features a large Ed Rice painting, which graces this issue’s cover.

Brown culled works from the Hockeys’ three homes for the penthouse project and functional furnishings already at the property were reupholstered in soft solution-dyed acrylic. Even a John Saladino leather chair has a new sculptural line.

To better utilize space, a wall was added upstairs where the tv is hung. Brown says he’s okay with wall-mounted tvs and the notion of hiding everything is no longer necessary. Adjacent to the flat screen is a wood veneer wallpaper with more art hung in a salon style. An automated curtain that disappears between cast iron arches makes the space truly transitional. When not watching a movie, it can open to become one with the great room.

The completed project took 14 months and patience with the process (and each other) was crucial to bringing it home. The trio took on the fluid group dynamics of a modern-day artist guild.

Meyers says every meeting happened on site, where they could see images and drawings together and tackle problems in person. “With projects like this,” says Myers, “we’re putting together a team that can execute what the architect and the designer dreams. You want to fight for the design, not be a roadblock to it.”

Felton wanted to ensure the penthouse reflected its owners, who he describes as having a relaxed personality that’s also sophisticated. “How do you bring that out in the architecture and give it a richness? It’s gotta feel right.”

Brown says creating a home like this is very much an artistic endeavor.

“If you go on autopilot, you’re going to miss out on some opportunities.”

He appreciated the trust that both the Hockeys and Myers had in him. “It allowed for some additional magic to happen.”

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The loft was upfitted as a home theater and also provides an intimate perch to read with sweeping 30ft views of Greenville; all of which can be concealed at the press of a button by the automated curtain.

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ON THE TABLE

Duck Duck Pom! A refined winter dinner for two or four. / by Stephanie Burnette / recipes by Chef Philip Bollhoefer / Photography and styling by Chelsea Lane Photography

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here is no reason not to cook duck at home. It’s poultry, something most of us excel at cooking in our kitchens.

If you think of duck as fatty chicken, then any recipe angst should quickly abate. We asked Chef Phillip Bollhoefer, from The Montford Rooftop Bar, for some kitchen acuity; to school us on cooking duck breast.

He liked the assignment. He thinks duck is extremely versatile and goes well with rich and acidic foods alike. “Duck can go with red wine or stewed cherries with scents of vanilla and orange,” he says, “or you can lean towards duck fat rosemary potatoes and stewed white beans.”

Likewise, pomegranates are about to roar into season. The bright globes filled with ruby arils are unmatched on a plate and yet the fruit often sits untouched in the produce bin. The name alone holds a bit of mystery; linguists point to either the color ‘garnet’ or the size and shape of an antiquated ‘grenade’ for its name.

Chef finds pomegranate especially useful in savory dishes. “They bring a bright acidity and crunch to otherwise rich foods.

Pomegranate is a perfect pairing with duck preparations both roasted and braised.”

For a modern take, we offer a winter dressed salad as a plate mate for the sliced breast and a natural wine to complete what we think is a dining-out experience for the home.

Cook duck at home, no intimidation required: • SHARPEN YOUR KNIFE • SCORE THE FAT • S TART WITH A COLD PAN • RENDER THE FAT • ROAST IN THE OVEN • G LAZE ON THE STOVE STOP • USE A THERMOMETER

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Drink Carbonic Wine with Duck It’s an ancient method, not modern science, that brings us these juicy expressive red wines ideal for duck.

Natural wine is made with minimal intervention. “Nothing is added or taken away, it is pure unaltered grape juice in its most ancient form,” says Lauren Helena of Curated Selections, a SC wine distributor focused on offering small production wines made with sustainable methods.

Helena picked J. Brix ‘Défier’ Carbonic Merlot to drink with our duck and pomegranate entrée. She describes the wine as youthful, with notes of ripe plum and black cherry, velvety tannins and dried herbs.

Only 60 cases are produced each year, but Curated Selections has brought it to independent Upstate bottle shops. She describes carbonic maceration as the anaerobic fermentation of a red grape that transforms it into an irresistibly fruity, low alcohol and food-friendly wine.

Broadly, the carbonic process ferments whole clusters of grapes, stems and all, without crushing or juicing in a sealed environment deprived of oxygen.

Chef Phillip Bollhoefer likes the pick, “Duck and pomegranate both pair well with carbonic macerated wine. The process brings out the fruit flavor in the grapes by forcing the fermentation process to happen internally in each individual piece of fruit.”

Natural wines have long been considered a labor of love and Helena says the time is ripe to explore the category. “We all should be drinking more wine that tells its story the moment you pull the cork,” she says.

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Honey Lacquered Duck Breast with Winter Kale Salad and Lemon Tahini Dressing Serves 4

For the duck 2-4 Duck breasts, based on size 1 Tbsp Sourwood honey 1 Shallot, julienned 2 sprigs Fresh thyme 1 oz Red wine Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Using a sharp knife, score the fat cap of the duck breast vertically and horizontally every ¼ inch. The incisions should not go all the way through the fat, approx. 1/8” Season the fat side of the duck breast with salt and pepper. Place the duck in a cold, stainless steel sauté pan fat side down.

Turn the heat on medium to medium low to slower render the duck fat, the process should take 6-8 minutes.

Once the fat has reduced by 2/3 and the skin is beginning to look golden brown, drain all but a thin layer of the fat out of the pan, season the flesh side with salt and pepper and place the duck still skin side down in the oven for approx. 8 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 115 degrees.

Remove the duck from the oven, flip the breast and drain additional excess fat leaving only a thin layer to coat the pan.

Return to stove over medium high heat.

Add shallots and thyme and cook for 45 seconds. Add honey and wine and simmer for 30 seconds and then baste the top of the duck breasts multiple times until the internal temperature has reached 130 degrees.

Remove from pan and allow to rest for at least five minutes. Slice the duck and serve immediately.

Lemon Tahini Dressing 2 Tbsp Shallot, raw 1/4 cup Lemon juice 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 tsp Honey 1/2 tsp Lemon zest 1/2 tsp Orange zest [Note: Reserve the rest of this orange for the salad. ] 1/4 cup Tahini 1/4 cup Olive oil 1/8 tsp Ground cardamom Salt and pepper, to taste Combine all ingredients except tahini and olive oil in a blender and puree until smooth.

With the blender still running add the tahini and olive oil and blend until incorporated.

For the Salad 1 bunch Green curly kale, washed and julienned 1 Pomegranate 2 Oranges, peeled and cut into orange segments 2 oz Aged gouda, shaved 1/2 cup Toasted almonds Lemon tahini dressing Using a paring knife, cut the peel of the pomegranate starting at the top making a circle all the way around.

The cut should just piece the skin without cutting into the seeds inside.

Pull the pomegranate in half to expose the seeds.

Using your fingers, gently pull the seeds out of the fruit. Place the seeds in a bowl of cold water and all of the yellow flesh will float to the top to easily strain any mixed in with the seeds.

Combine kale, half the pomegranate seeds, orange segments, almonds and dressing in a large mixing bowl and mix well.

Add remaining pomegranate seeds & the shaved gouda to finish.

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SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED My ideal martini in five steps. / Story and photography by Pete Martin

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ames Bond still loves a martini.

And, “Mad Men” reminded us just how distinguished the drink is, although the three-martini lunches of the era are mostly a distant memory.

The traditional martini, which traces its origins to the late 1800s, is a simple cocktail, made with gin, vermouth and an olive or lemon twist. In the 1920s, the recipe became somewhat standardized on a 2-to-1 ratio of ginto-vermouth, but today’s martini generally uses much less vermouth for a drier drink.

Despite being such a simple concoction, it’s surprisingly easy to make a bad martini. As a good friend once told me, with so few ingredients, a small mistake has a huge impact. But with the right ingredients and a little know-how, anyone can mix the perfect martini. Like Mr. Bond, I like my martinis very cold, so I opt for shaken, not stirred. I’m also very traditional in my gin choices: Plymouth navy strength is my favorite, followed closely by Bombay Sapphire and Tanqueray.

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What you need

STEP ONE

• Top-quality gin, Plymouth navy strength

Chill the glass by filling it with ice and water.

Set it aside. Use the olive pick to skewer two olives; set those aside as well.

• Vermouth, in a mister

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• Ice cubes • Jigger, 1.5 ounces • Shaker • Strainer • Olives; Sclafani pimento stuffed are my choice, but sometimes I stuff their martini olives with fresh blue cheese for an additional upgrade • Olive pick • Martini glass

Half-fill the shaker with ice and add one (or two) jiggers of gin. Shake vigorously for 30 to 45 seconds, until mixture is very cold. Shaking will chill the gin, and the agitation will help release the liquor’s botanicals.

STEP THREE

Discard the ice and water from the glass. If you don’t have a vermouth mister, now is the time to add a small amount of vermouth to the glass and swirl it around. Discard the excess, keeping as much vermouth as you prefer. The more vermouth that remains, the sweeter the martini will be.

STEP FOUR

Strain the gin from the shaker into the glass.

If you did not add vermouth in the previous step, use the mister to add one to three sprays across the top of the martini at this time.

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Little Orbs of Sunshine Say kumquat three times and try not to smile (and then stock up for the winter season).

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t is a fruit as quirky as its name, and one that has been criminally underutilized for centuries, the kumquat. Hailing from southeast Asia, the Chinese name for the tart ball of flavor literally translates as “golden orange”. This strange offshoot of the citrus family has become a regular crop for our Floridian farmers, and once you get a taste for its flavor, you’ll crave it. There's even a celebrated Kumquat Festival in Dade City, Florida coming up in March 2021. It’s a slice of Americana that’s hard to replicate.

Perhaps the most fun part about the kumquat — other than the name of course — is that it functions the opposite of how we normally think of citrus fruits, in that the edible peel is the most appealing part. The inner meat of the fruit is sharp, sour and bitter, resembling a lemon, while the oils in the peel afford it well-rounded sweetness.

Kumquats contain an incredible amount of limonene, the naturally occurring botanical chemical often used in perfumes, which makes them perfect for infusing into your favorite liquors for liqueurs, or one might consider brining them with salt to make preserves, an ideal for substituting preserved lemon for a twist on a Moroccan tagine. They also make a mighty fine marmalade, particularly since their seeds are a great natural source of pectin, which can be released by boiling and used to thicken the emulsion.

Wash them as you would all fruits and slicing one across the waist, pop the entire half in your mouth.

With the other half, slip off the peel and try it to see how differently they play, the sweet peel and the bitter fruit. Before you know it, you’ll be gobbling them whole, like grapes, which should make you feel good, since they are rich in fiber, vitamin C and antioxidants.

But do be sure to save a few for our fun recipes.

Unlike a lot of citrus fruits, kumquats do not continue to ripen after being harvested, so they should be eaten relatively quickly. To store, keep them in a moist crisper and they should last a few weeks.

Kumquats originally came to the US through Jacksonville, Florida in the mid-to-late 1800s.

They developed a good deal of demand throughout the east coast for decorating mantles and tables during the holiday season.

Immigrants from China and Japan created more demand for the fruit and the areas just outside of Tampa became an epicenter for kumquat growers. “As time went on, we really became the kumquat capital of the country,” says Greg Gude of Kumquat Growers Inc. of Dade City.

A disease outbreak of Citrus Canker in the 1980s stopped the distribution of the fruit on its branch forever. Left without the aesthetic leaves that had sustained the farms for centuries, growers have come to promote the fruit itself, showcasing its uses in pies, chutneys, salsas, “I even got in touch with a couple breweries, and they started making kumquat beer,” says Gude.

We were able to shoot farm fresh kumquats with their leaves and stems intact by visiting the family farms of Dade City during the Kumquat Festival last year. What a sight to behold. Learn more at kumquatfestival.com.

Jonathan Ammons fell for the sunny little fruit while on assignment for us and developed two original recipes specifically for the home cook, Kumquat Braised Chicken and Kumquat Cordial. Pop over to athomeupstate.com for all the details.

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Beaufort ranks as one of my top towns to amble historic neighborhoods, pocket parks, cemeteries and old churches. The sheer number of restored antique homes is astounding.

Beaufort Reset

The coastal town is friendly and big-hearted, walkable, bikeable and oh so shopable. / by Stephanie Burnette

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and this trip I noticed how reset downtown feels. No longer just a picturesque village with its historic draw, Beaufort has popped with a bevy of new shops and restaurants, extended sidewalks, events and a photo opp at every turn. I catch myself telling people to get back to Beaufort, SC asap.

Bay Street anchors downtown and kudos to the city for its campaign directing visitors to wear masks, especially inside retail stores. Nearly every restaurant offers patio seats, most facing the water and the bridge, all framed with dripping Spanish moss. Bring your walkable footwear game, Beaufort is a great place to wander historic neighborhoods and parks and cemeteries between stints of shopping.

Art, antiques, design interiors, gifts, books and botanicals sit mere steps apart, peppered with coffee and tea stops, ice cream, cocktails and tapas.

I want to say it feels like a more curated Charleston, a smaller Savannah or a closer Wilmington; or maybe Beaufort is simply showing us its best day, marrying a sense of place with commerce attractive to lively residents and visitors alike.

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Shop: SCOUT SOUTHERN MARKET & SWEET TEA BAR 709 Bay St | scoutsouthernmarket.com Rattan, upscale table and bar ware, better candles, ceramics and maritime items abound.

After shopping, visit the Sweet Tea Bar at the back of the shop with its custom Scout iced tea wallpaper: scoops of sorbet topped with iced tea make a float.

COOK ON BAY 720 Bay St | cookonbay.com I think vacation is a fabulous time to shop for the kitchen without duress. This stocked store has lots of handheld utensils and local sundries to bring home, enamelware and the latest for baking.

M INTERIORS 811 Bay St One of South Carolina’s best stores for interior design, M offers chic global imports, both new and vintage, beautiful furnishings and tabletop (including books), complete with a petite lighting and fixture showroom.

Simply a fabulous store with period antiques, bachelor hill makes me fall for old all over again. Beautiful chests and armoires mix with original mid-century art, Victorian collectibles and better salvage. Don’t miss garden items out back.

NEVERMORE BOOKS 702 Craven St | nevermorebooks.com A haven for the book lover, Nevermore stocks all the expected plus a vast array of coffee table books, rare and antique books. The building alone is worth a look and the interiors will charm you with its antique curios and cabinetry.

AMIDST THE ALDERS 223 Scott St | Amidstthealders.com This curated gift shop has a precious tagline: the whimsical, the curious, the rare + the lovely; vintage finds, handmade jewelry, craft chocolates, a dried flower bar, garden tools and primitive antiques, repurposed items, sea charts and fossils.

CABANA22 819 Bay St | cabana22.com This new store is a mix of accessories and home goods focused on tableware, seasonal décor and smalls for entertaining. Handmade jewelry and fun pouches add to the mix with couture bedding at the back.

ATELIER ON BAY 203 West St | atelieroffbay.com Fourteen working studios and galleries, Atelier offers a broad look at working artists of the Low Country, in nearly every medium. Browse the studios and if you can land here on a First Friday, nearly every artist will be available for a chat.

TIDAL CREEK HAVEN HOME & GARDEN 200 Carteret St | tidalcreekhaven.com Plant lovers, here is your stop. Tidal Creek Haven’s displays are Insta-good so have your phone in hand. Woodland mushrooms made from driftwood stole my heart and tiny houseplants and terrariums abound.

OTIS DRY GOODS CO. 202 Carteret St This handsome store stocks upscale gifts and tabletop items along with period furnishings, inspired staging, good art and fixtures. Letterpressed cards and cocktail supplies round out the bespoke environs.

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Where to eat, drink and retreat.

HERBAN MARKET AND CAFE Every town needs a Herban Market. Coffee, breakfast, takeout lunch all freshly made in a converted gas station, now white-washed to perfection. Eat here.

SHRIMP SHACK (ST. HELENA ISLAND) Off the beaten path, the Shrimp Shack is an institution with its treehouse like location on the way to the natural beaches of Hunting Island State Park.

SALTUS RIVER GRILL Home to SC Chef Ambassador Brian Waters, Saltus is a standard when in Beaufort. A gorgeous wine list, well-informed servers and beautiful seafood specials make Saltus a must stop.

A love for the home is clear in Beaufort celebrated in its kitchen and home stores, interiors and dry goods purveyors.

OLD BULL TAVERN Don’t blink or you’ll miss the sign and you may want a reservation, even for drinks. Old Bull is the definition for modern dining with a serious craft cocktail and bar snacks game.

BREAKWATER You won’t be a stranger for long once you sip a drink at Breakwater and the cocktail program is run by Liam Galán, a serious barman with a great personality.

THE BEAUFORT INN I can’t decide if it’s the location, the colossal bathrooms, the lovely bedding, the parking, the bikes, the service or the grounds that tip The Beaufort Inn over the top. Maybe it’s all of it. Stay here.

ANCHORAGE BOUTIQUE INN If you love a B&B, then Anchorage is the place. The converted mansion is run with rapt attention and waterfront porches and rooftop make this stay extra special. Their restaurant, The Ribault Social Club, is exceptional and reservation only.

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Views of the water abound, framing a weekend trip at every turn.

One of America’s most historic places.

Beaufort was held by the Union Army as early as 1861 and it's here, in Beaufort, that a slave named Robert Smalls became a war hero by delivering a commandeered Confederate battleship. Later, Smalls was a significant landholder in Beaufort, a civic leader and an elected rep to both the SC and US House during Reconstruction.

Learn more about Beaufort’s fascinating place in history by visiting South Carolina’s first National Park: the Reconstruction Era National Historic Park, just designated a year ago in 2019. Start at the Old Beaufort Firehouse, which acts as headquarters for the significant district. Walking tours are offered to visit many historic sites and neighborhoods through the National Park as well as via the Beaufort Visitors Center, a gem of a stop, just across the block.

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Carved soapstone, from around the world, warrant addition to your collectibles. / by Lynn Greenlaw / photography by Eli Warren

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oapstone is a metamorphic rock composed dominantly of talc and a variety of other minerals. The degree of softness is important in the use of the stone and is how it got its name.

The softest grade, which is 30%, feels like soap hence soapstone.

Because of its very dense, highly heat-resistant composition, it has been used for thousands of years to produce countertops, stone fireplaces, sinks, bathtubs and even cookware. This type of soapstone is referred to as architectural. From Native Americans in the eastern areas of our country 3,000 to 5,000 years ago to west coast Native Americans as early as 8,000 years ago, people around the word have quarried the rock. Architectural soapstone comes primarily in shades of gray, sometimes with a hint of blue or green, with wide variations in its veining patterns.

Our collected examples of ornamented soapstone were sourced from The Rock House Antiques as well as from a local private collection.

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A vase with peacock, 1. butterfly and leaves.

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2. White and gray sculpture with birds, flowers and berries on a gray and black base.

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3. Yellow and white sculpture of a peacock and flowers on a gray and white base.

4. An inkwell or vase with flowers in white with hints of red and yellow.

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5. Two dragons share the front of a Chinese soapstone seal ink stamp.

6. A pair of peacock bookends.

Our interest is to highlight the incredibly artistic sculpture that has been created from soapstone for centuries. A higher density grade of around 80% is used for carving; as opposed to architectural soapstone which is available in fewer colors, artistic soapstone comes in shades of brown, red, yellow, green, blue and white.

Soapstone carving dates back to the Ming Dynasty in China (1368 to 1644). The stone was an alternative to jade, which became too expensive for many artists. Ancient Greece used it too; the Vikings fashioned it for jewelry; the Zimbabwe tribe of Africa for sculptures, India and Iran for ornaments. In the 17th century, mainland Europeans caught on to its pleasing artistic qualities and Alaska’s Inuit tribes began trading soapstone art pieces with the settlers of North America. Sculptors still use soapstone to create beautiful works of decorative art for the home.

One of the most famous soapstone faced sculptures is in Brazil. In October of 1931, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro was unveiled. Construction took nine years (from 1922 to 1931) at a cost of $200,000, the equivalent of $3,600,000 today.

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White grape vine carving on a brown base.

8. Light gray lattice-carved mother elephant with solid baby elephant inside.

9. A vase with flowers.

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Caring for soapstone:

Different oils and varnishes may have been used to finish your piece. Typically, a light dusting with a soft cloth is all it will need. Restrict the amount of handling you do as oils from your hands can leave a residue. Mineral oil or linseed oil can be lightly applied to a surface scratch. Be sure to thoroughly wipe off any excess oil with a clean cloth and buff to refresh the shine.

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Shou Sugi Ban

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The Japanese finishing technique creates a woodshed ready to stand the test of time.

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here wood burning fireplaces have begun to feel like a novelty in the home, backyard firepits continue to be installed and enjoyed at a vehement pace. Ricky Lipman commissioned environmental designer JD Harrison to design and construct a woodshed that would fit seamlessly into the landscape of his Paris Mountain home.

Tucked in a clearing of indigenous trees, Harrison created a structure that is functional, aesthetically pleasing with the mature landscape and eco-friendly to boot. Lipman wanted a simple, yet visually attractive shed that could quickly dry wood, stave off moisture and repel insects.

Harrison is an experienced hiker and has tackled a good bit of the Appalachian Trail. He designed the woodshed to mimic a classic lean-to, cherished for shade and shelter during a long trek. “The pitched roof blocks wind and keep contents relatively dry,” says Harrison. “It’s a marriage of design, utility and function.”

The post and beam construction is made entirely of cedar. Slatted facades allow for airflow and maximum surface contact with sunlight. The Japanese finishing technique Shou Sugi Ban was employed by Harrison. It naturally preserves wood with a slow steady charring eliminating the need to seal or apply varnish. The result is a black carbon finish which strengthens and protects the wood for long past its natural lifespan; it is prized in design work for its rich color and subtle luster.

A cedar dartboard was built for an aft-facing wall of the shed. “It was a fun extra,” says Harrison, “and something I knew would speak to the homeowner’s love of sports and the outdoors.”

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Start with a big piece of art A big piece of art over a mantle anchors it, but don’t be afraid to change this piece out with the seasons. Even unframed art can feel right in this spot, especially when you add pieces of framed art around it.

Use vessels of all sizes Bottles large and small, both old and new, add dimension to a mantle. Wrap lights around sticks and put blooming branches in them like quince and forsythia and mock orange.

Add books (and then small art)

Shelved by Design When you plan furnishings around a fireplace, the mantel sits center stage. Local design duo @wilsongirls believe what surrounds the hearth can become the heart of your home décor.

Mix old and new books, because even if you love old things, you don’t want it all to look old. Books create height and are good to prop framed art on. At Wilson Girls, sets are painted in patterns and botanicals.

Bring in natural elements Add lichen covered sticks and pinecones with abandon. Consider interesting stones from hikes and travel. Air plants are another way to tuck in nature and tie elements together.

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The white building, with its blue and white awning, houses a cultivated aesthetic; part select vintage, part original art, useful collectibles grouped endearingly together, and new décor picks peppered in. Their edict is to never carry anything at Wilson Girls that couldn’t happily live in their own historic homes.

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Items made by hand add warmth. Ritual Pottery ceramic houses placed on a marble slab create a snowy scene. Add whimsy with a tiny lead penguin. Little banners mark the year, simply tacked underneath.

Embrace the chair game Little chairs can be super helpful; they make a great place to sit seasonal décor right at your hearth. Think of them like a little side table; stack books or magazines on them.

Contemporary & Traditional

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Winter 2020

This is your chance to experience serenity rediscovered. Become a part of this exclusive, gated community. LeJardin is inspired by the time-honored tradition and style of French and English Estates.

DISCOVER YOUR PERFECT PLACE. WELCOME HOME, TO LEJARDIN.

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WINTER 2020

With fifty-five acres located on the Eastside of Greenville, this neighborhood offers lot sizes beginning at .4 acre to .6 acre with lots in the Enclave section at ~1 acres.

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