Design Notebook


Cover Photo by Emily Followill
SPRING! 
It may feel like the arctic outside, but our March issue has arrived, along with a fresh focus on outdoor living. It’s giving us a major case of Spring fever! Sign up for our e-newsletter to be the first to know when our latest issue becomes available and check out our latest features; and stay in-the-know about exciting things in the works, including our new AH&L app!  

Photo by Emily Followill
ENTER OUR BATH OF THE YEAR CONTEST
Think your master bath is magazine-worthy? Submit your recent renovation—or new-build—to our annual Bath of the Year Contest. Winners will be featured in our July 2015 issue. Accepting submissions now through March 20, 2015. For inspiration, check out last year’s winner here.

ART PAPERS photo by Raftermen Photography
OUT & ABOUT
Where you’ll catch us this week & next: 1) The NKBA Georgia Chapter meeting at Sub-Zero/Wolf; Harrison Design‘s Modern Studio director and architect Robert Tretsch will speak. 2) One of Atlanta’s can’t-miss art-world events, the Art Papers Art Auction at Bobo Intriguing Objects. 3) The ICAA-Southeast’s Phillip Trammell Shutze Awards, where the city awards architects, interior designers and other industry professionals will be honored for their excellence in the classics. 4) The Design Bloggers Conference! A can’t-miss networking opportunity for design industry professionals, movers and shakers and digital thinkers alike. Won’t you join us?

Historical Concepts photo by Peter Olson
LINK LOVE 
Editor at Large pays tribute to Veranda founder and editor Lisa Newsom, who will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, Southeastern Chapter’s, Philip Trammell Shutze Awards this Saturday evening. >> We couldn’t resist hopping on the bandwagon … Jennifer Boles of The Peak of Chic explores the design goodness behind the buzzy new 50 Shades of Grey movie (don’t miss the de Gournay wallpaper!). >> Atlanta-based architecture firm Historical Concepts unveiled a freshly redesigned website earlier this month; we could spend hours browsing its gorgeous new content. (Side note: Register for AH&L Reader Day on March 18 to hear witness founder Jim Strickland’s design genius in person.)