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Doorstep amenities for the new year
Cut yourself some slack this year with one of these doorstep services. From meals and laundry to compost, these easy-touse programs available in Buckhead and beyond will help take to-do’s off your 2023 list.
CompostNow
The monthly subscription-based compost pick-up service provides one clean 4-gallon bin to fill with food scraps, including meat and dairy, and picks it up weekly ($39 per month) or bi-weekly ($29 per month). The full bin is swapped with a clean container each time. Bonus: subscribers automatically earn 25% of the weight of their food scraps in finished compost for their garden or to share with local partners.
compostnow.org • @compostnow
CookUnity
Meal kit services are all the rage, but when you don’t feel like lifting a finger, a hand-crafted meal from an award-winning chef that just needs reheating is ideal. Through CookUnity’s website, choose from four, six, eight, 12 or 16 meals per week ranging in price from $10.39 to $12.69 per meal, depending on the frequency. Next, select specific
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
CompostNow makes composting easy.
meals or let CookUnity do it for you. Each delivered dish comes chilled in a recyclable container with nutritional information, macronutrient ratios and heating instructions.
cookunity.com • @cookunity Produced by the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, this Nelson Diamond Markers Clock is a piece of visual art. The sleek graphic design skips the numerals, offering two simple markers that appear to float while rotating around the dial. Available to order for $1,050 at Design Within Reach at the Westside Provisions District. dwr.com • @designwithinreach
SudShare picks up your dirty laundry and returns it clean the next day.
SudShare
Sort of like Uber, but for laundry, SudShare is an app-based service that picks up wash from your front step (make sure to separate machine-dry and hang-dry in two bags) and returns it clean and folded the following day. For $1 per pound (pick-up and delivery is free), you can say goodbye to heaps of dirty clothes. Now, if only we could find someone to put it away.
sudshare.com • @sudshare n
DESIGN & REALTY NEWS
n Travel to the Buckhead-adjacent Museum of Design Atlanta to view “Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture.” Curated by architect, urban designer and researcher Sekou Cooke, the exhibition shows the work of 34 pioneers—students, academics and practitioners—who are at the center of “the emerging architectural revolution.” The show is on view through Jan. 29. museumofdesign.org
n The New York-based Suburban Jungle Group recently launched in the Atlanta market. The real estate advisory firm offers pre-search consultation services to help homebuyers from larger U.S. cities identify the best suburbs or neighborhoods for their needs. Originally launched in New York in 2004, Suburban Jungle was acquired in 2021 by @properties, one of the nation’s largest residential brokerage firms. In Atlanta, the company will be spearheaded by Kelly Lehman, Atlanta market-lead strategist, who relocated here more than 25 years ago. suburbanjunglegroup.com
n Take in the vignettes of award-winning designers at ADAC’s Behind the Windows, on view through March 3. The year’s featured designers—including Lia Shin of C+H Interiors, Jennifer Astrop and Tim Hobby of Minotti by HA Modern and Bryan Kirkland and Lesia King of SHOWROOM 58—showcase how they use ADAC products in their installations, which are located onsite at Peachtree Hills’ ADAC and downtown at AmericasMart. adacatlanta.com/behind-the-windows
n Two well-known paint brands have released their 2023 colors of the year. Sherwin Williams’ pick is Redend Point, an earthy, neutral blush-beige tone. Benjamin Moore’s hue is the bolder Raspberry Blush, a lively shade of red orange. Happy painting!