I'm starting two new book projects, Southern Houses in the Country and Southern Houses on the Shore, and am scouting for dwellings in inland and coastal (lake, river, marsh,...
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24th May 2022
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The Charleston Library Society launch of my new book, The Allure of Charleston, was a big success, with a sell-out of audience of 150. Buxton Books offered a pop-up shop...
10th May 2022
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Please join me for the debut lecture based on my new book, The Allure of Charleston, at the Charleston Library Society, and a festive book-signing, on Wednesday, May 18th, at...
26th April 2022
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My new book, The Allure of Charleston: Houses, Rooms, and Gardens, is out from Rizzoli International Publications! I've spent a week gazing at it the way a mother does a...
9th August 2021
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None of us want to even hear the word COVID again, but there's no denying that it has shaped our lives. Fortunately for me, the lock-down period came just as...
3rd March 2020
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Where architecture and antiques meet... 19th-Century Savannah living room of Charles Chewning and Tommy Genusso Where would antiques be without architecture? What would domestic architecture be without antiques?...
24th January 2020
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Just add antiques, stir lovingly, and deliver a heart-warming welcome. An heirloom silver tea service perched on a neoclassical sideboard offers a classic Southern invitation to partake...
4th December 2019
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That is the question I will pondering while signing books this Sunday (12/8 from 1-2 pm) at Drayton Hall as part of their annual Deck the Hall Weekend. The weekend...
18th October 2019
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Lighting is often almost an afterthought in creating a space for living, but it is one of the things that most affects the way we feel in a space, the...
17th October 2019
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It's been a busy day in and out of the office! The Southern autumn twilight is gently falling on my garden (we won't mention the tree that fell down there...
17th October 2019
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I just finished an hour-long web chat with Jura Koncius, Home and Design writer for The Washington Post, that will be published in excerpts next Thursday. I fielded great, thought...
15th October 2019
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Jura Koncius, Home and Design writer for The Washington Post, and I will be chatting online about how your home can benefit from a bit of Southern style this...
15th October 2019
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I launched Southern Hospitality at Home: The Art of Gracious Living in my beloved hometown of Charleston last week with a party at Mrs. Whaley's Garden . ....
17th September 2019
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From Southern Hospitality at Home: The Art of Gracious Living Book Launch: Thursday, September 25th, 4 pm Southern Hospitality: The Welcoming Home Panel Discussion with Norman Askins and Susan Bozeman...
8th February 2019
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There are many places in Charleston where you can go to connect with the sights, the textures, and even the fragrances of the 18th- and 19th-centuries, but it's rarer to...
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