Hi Folks! Come and join us at the Blue Ridge Pride festival this Saturday. Stop by our booth where we will be selling our special designed Mountain Pride shirts and our Make Your Modern book. A portion of the proceeds will go to one of our favorite groups we support—Tranzmission. Come and support our community and let us give you a complimentary hug! Cheers!
— Troy and Kelly
Hi Folks! Yeah, Pride is here and we can't wait. Stop by our booth this Saturday and see us and everyone in this beautiful diverse community we get to call home. More to come!
— Troy and Kelly
Hi Folks! We are excited that the second season is out from one of our favorite Netflix series - Abstract | The Art of Design. It is as thought provoking as it is visual inspiring. Cheers!
Check out this brief article from our friends at Atomic Ranch on Modwalls—a tile company with a great mix of tiles for creating your midcentury kitchen or bath. And have a great Wednesday. Cheers!
1 Bedroom | 1 Bath | 693 SQFT | 360 SQFT Terrace | Parking
Cool, contemporary and upgraded condo with the best in indoor/outdoor terraced living located in the heart of walkable Five Points just one block from downtown and steps from the best coffee shop & groceries in town. Enjoy the world from a large outdoor terrace—so big you have a dining area, lounging area & covered hot tub area for versatile year round enjoyment. The open interior is upgraded with warm wood style tile floors throughout. A ventless fireplace further warms the living area. The kitchen upgrades include hand finished tiles, quartz counters, appliances and custom lighting similarly to the open spa bath. The master bedroom is spacious enough for a king bed and opens to the hot tub terrace. This condo home is efficient, luxurious and simply everything you need to live conveniently in and at the same time escape the urban setting. And don't forget the building has recreation and work out rooms with downtown views, a secured and tall storage unit and one parking space.
Want to see more? Here you go. Cheers!
— Troy and Kelly
4 Bedrooms | 3 Baths | 2883 SQFT | 8.5 Acres | 4 Lots Total
Enjoy the best panoramic views in Black Mountain from this warm and contemporary mountain home that comes with three extra lots to maintain a private buffer or investment. From the expansive deck you can see all of downtown Black Mountain and surrounding valley backed by the Seven Sisters and Mt. Mitchell. Sweet! The three level home has a main level garage, open living great room and one bedroom for main level living potential. The two story great room is anchored by a stone fireplace and expands out on to your deck on both sides for the best in indoor/outdoor living. Upper level has two bedrooms and a bathroom. Lower level has a large room for either a bedroom suite, family room or apartment conversion with full bath and laundry and separate lower level parking. Updates to roof, plumbing and electrical. Make this your mountain getaway and long term investment. Remodel this home and build your neighbors for a cool "top of the world" community.
Want to see more? Of course you do. Enjoy the tour here. Cheers!
— Troy and Kelly
Good Morning folks! Happy Wednesday. We came across this article from "Midcentury Home" one of our many inspirational feeds and wanted to share it. We love to see how people update a midcentury home for today while balancing it with the original spirit of the home. Please enjoy the article here. And as always we would love for you to share your story. Cheers!
Hi Folks! We have four new properties releasing over the next ten days so stay tuned. The first is this quality built mountain home and natural escape. A true oasis for all ages to live, play and relax in nature. Explore the vaulted screened porch for entertaining and safely listening to the sounds of nature, gather around the stone fire pit, play games in the large flat yard or wander down the stairs to the waterfall oasis from your very own viewing platform, hide away in your private hot tub or retreat to a versatile lower level for all your creative and self care needs.
The interior main floor has everything from open living, gourmet kitchen and dining (both indoor and out), office nook, laundry and master suite with soaking tub and shower. Need more? Go upstairs to two bedrooms, bath and versatile landing area or go downstairs to a kitchenette, living space, bonus room and bathroom with access to covered parking and spa garden area. While the property lives privately in the mountains this playground lives just one mile from downtown Saluda restaurants and shops.
Want to see more? Go HERE. And, as always, give us a call for more information or a private tour. Cheers!
— Troy and Kelly
Here is a great little video on the work of photography of Julius Shulman to enjoy for your weekend.
“Much of the magic that the desert utopia of Palm Springs holds has to do with its prominent mid-century aesthetic. Author Michael Stern outlines how pioneering architect William Krisel relied on the careful eye of Los Angeles photographer Julius Shulman to create the iconic photographs we know today, while also contributing to restoring Krisel's designs for the duration. Featuring an archived interview with Julius Shulman."
When James Geiger was leafing through the pages of Dwell in 2012, he made one interesting and illuminating observation. None of the stunning images he saw of beautiful modern homes included window shades or blinds. Seemingly a functional necessity, window coverings were conspicuously absent in every image. Wondering why this might be the case, Geiger realized it was undoubtedly because modern, minimal shades simply didn’t exist in the marketplace. Continue reading here.
