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pring is a popular time for home improvement. May is even the national “home remodeling” month. Maybe with the warmer days and longer bouts of sunlight, we feel better prepared to tackle big projects.

Maybe the ritual of spring-cleaning leads to a renewed interest in the home.

Whatever the reason, we wanted to focus on home renovation in this issue of the magazine and our feature stories are related to local renovation and preservation home projects. Other regular features to be found inside include garden tips, an

artist spotlight and delicious recipes.

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

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MATTHEW LEE Story by Sara P. Shirley • Photos by Jason R. Terrell It was a cold, dreary day at Martyr’s Park in Downtown Memphis, and artist Matthew Lee was bundled up in a hoodie, jacket and gloves, looking out at the Mississippi River. The wind threatened to knock over the canvas Lee had perched on the tripod he uses as a mobile easel, but he worked with a steady hand, adding a few touches to his landscape before stopping to answer a few questions about his work.

Lee prefers to work “en plein air” or out in the open. On a decently lit day, one might ind him with his backpack full of art supplies at any of the local

Memphis-area parks, capturing the scene in front of him.

“Working outside is a huge part of my process,” said Lee. “My goal is to connect people with the experience of being in nature.”

Lee was born in Paris, France, to missionary parents, though he spent time traveling back and forth between France and Mississippi in his childhood. He went to college at Mississippi State University and became an architect. Yet after some 20 years in the business, Lee decided last year to put all of his eforts into his true pas-

sion: art.

Lee mostly paints landscapes, but he also does still life paintings and commissioned portraits. He’s recently begun teaching workshops. He enjoys working with a limited palette of colors, giving his works a natural low, and usually paints with oils on linen canvas. His works are loose, but realistic, and many happen during his travels around the Mid-South and abroad — where he always has a backpack of supplies at the ready.

For more information on Lee and his work, visit matthewleestudio.com.

Paris-born artist Matthew Lee prefers to work “en plein air” or out in the open. Lee mostly paints landscapes, such as “Pond in North MS,” 12x16 oil (left) and “Late sun on the fields in Franklin,” 16x20 oil.

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Setting the stage Story by Sara P. Shirley • Photos by Jason R. Terrell

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he interior of Scott Blake’s historic Victorian Village home relects his experience as a stage and museum exhibit designer. The exterior of the Italianatestyle house on Jeferson Avenue, which was built in the 1860s, features beautiful arched windows and a recessed front door topped with a square cornice.

The walls inside are lined with Blake’s eclectic collection of ecclesiastical artwork and African animal mounts. Many of the rooms in the 6,000-square-foot-space are dressed in antiques.

Dappled light lows from a courtyard into the master bedroom. Blake’s oice, where he operates the museum planning and design irm Design 500 Inc., is located in the back of the home.

The upstairs features extra living quarters and a spacious deck. A rooftop pool added in the 1970s is perfect for entertaining.

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Scott Blake, owner of Design 500, owns a 6,000-square-foot home in Midtown dating back to 1876. A collector of religious art, Blake has decorated his home with many pieces from his travels.

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Blake said he fell in love with the house the moment he walked through the doors 18 years ago. He soon fell in love with the neighborhood and has plans to bring life to the area just as he has done with his home.

As president of Victorian Village Inc. Community Development Corp., Blake is serving as master planner on a new development project for eight new homes in the area, which will relect the classical style of Victorian Village.

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A selling point for historic homes are the great “bones” — unique building material and styles — such as that seen in the living room (opposite page) of the Campbell family on Stonewall. Restoring those details can pose a challenge. Changes and renovations over many decades in historic homes often leave odd remnants such as the remains of a chimney in the attic that covered part of the window.

Renovation dedication

hen Jennifer and Glennbruce Campbell moved into their century-old home on Stonewall Avenue, they knew they had a lot of work ahead of them — something upwards of a 10-year project.

But the Campbells have a vision grander than the home itself; they plan to become an anchor in the Evergreen neighborhood, and they’re in it for the long haul.

The Campbells purchased the home last fall and for the past several months they’ve been in “triage mode,” said Glennbruce.

“We have big plans, but we need to deal with a lot of issues before we get there,” he said. “People talk about a house with good bones, but ours has osteoporosis.”

The home had plumbing and electric flaws, heating and cooling problems, and foundational issues. On top of that, a tree fell on the

W Glennbruce Campbell shows the signature of his grandfather, a furniture maker who built a table for the living room.

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house soon after they closed on the property.

As much of a headache as this might seem, the Campbells have enjoyed working together as a family to restore the home from the ground up. Glennbruce’s father was a furniture maker, and he practically grew up in a wood shop, he said. He’s called on that experience to strip all of the wood in the home to see what they really have, from the sliding French doors that once wouldn’t budge to all of the windows that had been painted shut.

Additions to the home over the last 100 years have left the Campbells with a few puzzles. There is a bedroom closet with stairs that lead to nowhere. An old chimney running from the first floor to the third was built on top of windows. An addition on the second floor leans with the slope indicative of what must have been the original roof.

At this point in the process, the Campbells have taken care of the foundation issues, but

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that soon led to problems with cracked plaster throughout the house.

Trustworthy contractors and craftsmen are key to making the vision a success, said Glennbruce, and local plaster expert Joe Brandonisio is helping the Campbells patch the damage without having to gut the place.

“A lot of people get talked into tearing down plaster when it’s not necessary,” said Brandonisio. “When it comes to plaster, you really need to find someone who knows what they’re doing.”

When all is said and done, the Campbells will have a new addition to the home with a screened-in porch, as well as a circular front drive and secret passageways for the couple’s two boys to have access to the attic, which will be converted into a playroom.

“This is a project we’ve tackled as a family,” said Glennbruce. “We’re growing something here.”

Glennbruce and his wife are renovating the century-old home on Stonewall to make it a better fit for the couple and their two boys.

The home has several bathrooms, but none with showers. Instead, the bathrooms came with clawfoot tubs.

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Restoration Story by Sara P. Shirley • Photos by Jason R. Terrell After the 2008 housing market crash, high-end furniture designer Amy Howard switched her focus to restoration rather than creation.

Bothered by the fact that about 8.5 million pieces of furniture were (and continue to be) discarded annually, Howard said she was determined to ind a way to give old pieces a “second act.”

Local lea markets and thrift stores became Howard’s haunts, and she looked for eclectic, high-quality pieces in need of love. Her friends and neighbors saw her inished work and took the products of her hands as fast as she could inish them. Soon, she became known not only for her restorations but also for her ability to teach others how to do the same. And as demand for her “upcycled” furniture and expertise grew, Howard decided to take things to the next level.

Howard recently created a line of easy-to-use paint products to rescue old furniture. Through a partnership with Ace Hardware stores, her brand is now going global. She teaches retailers and customers how to use her products through tutorials and workshops, while also mentoring budding entrepreneurs who use her products to sell restored furniture.

With 24 years of furniture design experience under her belt, Howard’s skillful eye for detailing and lawless inishes serves her well in her new role as a do-it-yourself guru.

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Furniture restoration maven Amy Howard is always looking for new ways to share her passion for creativity and making old things new again.

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GARDEN FIX Story by Sara P. Shirley

Top 5 poolside plants

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andscaping is essential to strong backyard design, especially for pool owners.

FIX asked landscape design expert E.J. Cox of Above All Custom Pool and Landscape for his advice on pool-friendly greenery.

“When landscaping in close proximity to swimming

pools, you really want to utilize plant material that isn’t going to drop a large amount of foliage or spent blooms,” Cox said. “You also want to avoid a shrub that will require a large amount of pruning or trimming, as working next to the pool can be a headache.”

Here are Cox’s top five poolside plants:

2. Purple Pixie (Genus: Loropetalum) This dwarf variety loropetalum flowers in early spring and holds its leaves year round. It grows with a soft, weeping look and won’t become overgrown.

It works well as a groundcover type shrub or an upright shrub.

1. Siskiyou Pink (Genus: Guara) This perennial can grow up to 2 feet tall. It produces light pink blooms in late summer, is drought tolerant and very low maintenance.

3. Encore Azaleas (Genus: Rhododendron) A staple in the Memphis area, these beauties require little pruning and produce a wonderful bloom twice a year. They are much more sun tolerant than the non-encore varieties and come in a wide range of colors.

5. Rose of Sharon (Genus: Hibiscus)

4. Spreading Yew (Genus: Taxus) This evergreen, shade-loving shrub is very low maintenance. It grows wide as opposed to tall and keeps a nice deep green foliage year round.

Hibiscus are a wonderful annual grower around a pool. They work well in large pots and can provide a nice tropical feel for a swimming pool/patio area. They handle heat well and produce large colorful blooms.

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why we love our home

Kaye Strong, with Robert, her husband of 49 years, built their dream home in Hernando.”It is everything I’ve ever wanted in a house,” Kaye said.

Everything she ever wanted Story by Erinn Figg • Photos by Nathan W. Berry

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ight years ago, Kaye and Robert Strong of Hernando, decided it was time to build their dream home — well, it would be Kaye’s dream home, actually, but Robert, her husband of 49 years, was more than happy to let her take the reins in designing it.

“This is our fourth and what we consider to be our last home,” Kaye said. “Robert worked with the builder to customize a set of plans and make it unique to my tastes. It is everything I’ve ever wanted in a house.”

That list includes rich colors, arched doorways, a dining room with a 14-foot-tall ceiling, a spacious open floor plan, plenty of sunlight for her beloved plants, her own sewing room and the scenic surroundings of The Hills at Hernando golf course, where she and her husband are members.

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The Strongs’ back patio overlooks the fairway of The Hills at Hernando golf course.

“We overlook the fairway, so the view from my covered back porch and patio is incredible. We practically live

on the back porch when the weather is nice, and we do a lot of entertaining out there. If it’s not below freezing,

In customizing their home, the Strongs chose rich colors, arched doorways, a dining room with a 14-foot-tall ceiling and an open floor plan. Kaye’s sewing room is one of her favorite spaces. “It’s where I gather with my friends because we all end up chatting and sewing.”

you can hardly get people to come in the house,” said Strong, who recently experienced her first unexpected visit from a wayward golf ball that crashed through a window. It’s not a common occurrence though, and the view makes the risk worthwhile, she said.

Strong has enhanced that view with vibrant landscaping, courtesy of two flower beds with tiers of varying hues and vivid crepe myrtles. A majestic oak and a pond complete the scenery.

The friendly atmosphere of The Hills is an added bonus, she said. At any given time, she can look outside and usually see a fellow resident playing golf or taking in the fresh air on a neighboring porch.

“We all have back porches the way people used to have front porches,” she said.

Inside, the rooms also reflect Strong’s love of color. She’s been quilt-

ing for more than 30 years and now teaches students who range in age from 18 to 80. Her work is displayed throughout the house — “Every time you open a closet, a quilt falls out,” she said — and her sewing room, a combination of golden yellow walls and red furniture, is one of her favorite spaces.

“I’ve just got the perfect little corner in there, with a sewing machine on one side, a serger on the other side and a cutting table,” she said. “It’s where I gather with my friends because we all end up chatting and sewing.”

That particular color scheme carries through the other rooms: the guest room where her visiting granddaughters sleep is bathed in yellow and gold tones, while the walls of her dining room and kitchen are a striking orange-red shade.

“All the lighting is done in black scrollwork to accentuate the orange

tones in the dining room and the kitchen,” Strong said. “It’s all very warm and comfortable.”

Natural light is another important design element and a welcome change from the Strongs’ former Hernando home, which — although also muchloved — was surrounded by three acres of forest.

“I’m a plant person. I love that this home has lots of light that comes in through the windows in the mornings and the afternoons, so my plants are very healthy.”

Upstairs, a 28-foot-long “man cave” — complete with an 84-inch television, exercise equipment and a study — is her husband’s territory.

“I’m super neat and, well, he’s not, so he can do his own thing up there, while the downstairs is mine,” she said. “That’s how you stay married for 50 years.”

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Derby Party

HOSPITALITY FIX Recipes by Sarah Matheny Gordon

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he Kentucky Derby is perhaps one of the best-known Southern sporting events.

Thoroughbred horses have run this 1 ¼-mile race every year consecutively since 1875 at Churchill Downs in Louisville. It is always held on the irst Saturday in May, and this year it will be held on May 2.

Many distinct culinary and fashion traditions have developed over the decades, all of them steeped with Southern inluence. Whether attendees are viewing the race from a box seat on Millionaire’s Row or the lively party that is the inield, observance of certain ine traditions are basically

required for celebrating “The Run for the Roses” — namely, fancy hats, colorful apparel and bourbon cocktails.

This year, celebrate the event and its traditions by hosting a Kentucky Derby party. Set the scene using colorful banners resembling jockeys’ jerseys, and decorate the table with roses.

Invite friends to wear fancy hats and sundresses or seersucker and bow ties, and treat them to a real Southern feast. Whether the menu consists of swanky brunch foods on silver platters, or backyard barbecue on paper plates, the following recipes deinitely deserve to be featured on your menu.

Don’t forget to ofer plenty of bourbon to go around! The oicial drink of

the Derby is a Mint Julep, as featured here, but other bourbon cocktails such as a Whiskey Sour or Bourbon Punch are delicious options as well.

Pimento cheese is a traditional Southern dish that is found at any type of gathering and in any setting.

The following recipe is an update on the Southern classic, and guests will appreciate the subtle additions to the familiar cheese-mayonnaise-pimento dish.

It is an easy make-ahead dish that will have guests asking for the recipe.

Wash it down with this classic Mint Julep recipe while rooting for your favorite horse in “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports!”

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PIMENTO & CHEESE

This recipe is best if made at least one day ahead to give flavors time to meld. It can be prepared up to three days in advance. Be sure to buy blocks of cheese to chop or grate yourself. The pre-grated vari-

ety tends to have a waxy texture and lack flavor. This recipe calls for the cheese to be diced and chopped, but feel free to use a box grater if shredded cheese is your preference.

INGREDIENTS ½ lb. (8 oz.) sharp yellow cheddar cheese, diced into ¹/8-inch cubes and then given a rough chop ½ lb. (8 oz.) Vermont sharp white cheddar cheese, diced into ¹/8-inch cubes and then given a rough chop 1 cup Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled

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Directions 2 tsp. Dijon mustard ½ tsp. white sugar — One pinch of each of the following ingredients (or more to taste): • Ground white pepper, paprika, cayenne powder • Fresh lemon juice from ¼ lemon (about 1-2 teaspoons)

FOR THE DRESSING:

FOR SERVING:

½ - ²/³ cup full-fat mayonnaise 1 (6 ½ oz.) jar of pimentos, drained and finely chopped 3 Tbs. cream cheese, softened

— Crostini or peeled celery sticks — Freshly ground black pepper and sliced green onion for garnish (optional)

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In a large bowl, combine the three types of cheese. In a smaller bowl, combine the ingredients for the dressing and stir well. Add the ingredients to the larger bowl and mix thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate for one to three days. Serve on crostini or in a bowl with celery for dipping.

Garnish with freshly ground black pepper and sliced green onion, if desired.

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CLASSIC MINT JULEP Serve these Mint Juleps in iced beaded silver julep cups or in Tom Collins or rocks glasses. If you do not have a muddler, the end of a wooden spoon works just as well.

Crushed ice is key. To make crushed ice, place ice cubes in a gallon bag, cover with a dish towel, and pound with a mallet until you achieve pebble-sized pieces.

To make the simple syrup for this recipe, combine equal parts water and granulated sugar. Heat until melted and allow to cool fully before using in the recipe.

INGREDIENTS 2 oz. good Bourbon 2 oz. simple syrup — Leaves from 4 sprigs of mint plus one whole sprig for garnish — Crushed ice — Splash of club soda (optional)

Directions In a glass, add the leaves from 3-4 sprigs of mint (12-15 leaves) and simple syrup. Muddle lightly. Add bourbon and fill the glass to the top with crushed ice. Stir until the outside of the glass becomes frosty. Garnish with a whole sprig of mint.

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