Laura Walker Baird

Dining area with four gray upholstered chairs around a round metal table, dark purple walls, and a large window overlooking trees.

Maximum Impact

The 2017 Home for the Holidays Designer Showhouse proved that bold is best, showcasing rich palettes and daring design

Living room with a large wooden hutch filled with plates, a white sofa with green pillows, and a long upholstered ottoman. The walls feature a scenic mural and a fireplace.

The Italian Job

At the 44th annual Decorators’ Show House & Gardens, Neel Reid and Philip Shutze’s 1926 Italian Baroque “Pink Palace” is transformed to Palazzo Rosa thanks to Atlanta’s top talents.

Antique wooden secretary desk with distressed white drawers, featuring a large green textured lamp, metal wall art with attached black and white photos, and a coral-colored vase with dried flowers.

Delight in Design

At the recent Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Christmas House, rooms created by the area’s top designers served as a harbinger of where local design in headed in 2013. The outlook is fresh and fearless.

Living room with brown leather chairs, a dark brown sofa with a white fluffy pillow, a teal vase, and wall art made of wood slices.

Inspiring Spaces

In the deft hands of twenty designers at this year’s Cathedral Antiques Show‘s Inspiration House, fine antiques, mid-century objects and vintage finds never looked as new