I’M STANDING IN THE DRAWING ROOM of 2 Water St. a four-story Federal-style home on the High Battery built by Nathaniel Ingraham in 1810. From here, the Charleston Harbor dominates...

FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE OBSESSED WITH luxurious hotels, coming home can feel like being exiled from paradise. The solution? Build your own resort—and that’s precisely what Ryan Butler’s...

SO, I’M TRYING TO GET out of Tehran. As required by law, I’m covered from head to toe with only my face and hands exposed. My suitcase is so heavy...

THIS IS A STORY ABOUT ONE of Charleston’s not-so-well-kept secrets: An antique and vintage furniture consignment shop called The Red Dresser. The Red Dresser opened two years ago on Mill...

NEXT TIME YOU’RE WATCHING Masterpiece Mystery or Downtown Abbey reruns, pay attention to the hearths; you’ll notice British fireplaces have a very distinct most homes in England were heated with...

IN THE 1940S, Charleston was finally pulling out of an economic slump, giving the many artists living here the freedom to create again. Renowned painters, such as Elizabeth O’Neill Verner,...

WHETHER COLLECTOR, GEOLOGIST or investor, mineral devotees are a passionate group of people. It’s easy to see why. Minerals are fascinating, one-of-a-kind sculptures created by nature. They come in vibrant...

AS ANYONE WHO’S FLIPPED THROUGH an interior design magazine already knows, there are many talented interior designers in the market to choose from, all with great vision and beautiful samples...

A QUICK CONVERSATION WITH Laura Premak illuminates her passion for her com-pany, Coastal Copper, which creates handcrafted copper lanterns and lighting. She is quick to applaud the artisans behind the...

CAPERS CAUTHEN REMEMBERS when Landrum Tables transformed from a part-time hobby into a full-time business. In his spare time, Cauthen often crafted tables from reclaimed wood and put them on...

A NATIVE OF THE FINGER LAKES REGION in upper New York state, Hilarie Lambert enjoyed a long, successful career as an illustrator and graphic designer, both in the corpo-rate world...

WHEN GARY SHAFRAN was in his 20s, he opened a store in Brooklyn, New York, and named it Gary’s Curtain Shop. “I learned a tremendous amount about business and the...

LOWCOUNTRY ARTISTS GALLERY is one of those unique places that gives Charleston its cozy charm. Warm light glows from under crisp green awnings, and something fun always seems to be...

IN HIS WILDEST DREAMS, Mick Elam never imagined he’d emerge from retirement to open a fine art gallery on Charleston’s famed Gallery Row. Yet every morning, he and his wife,...

WHEN HER MOTHER passed away in 2001, Wendy L. Jackson poured herself into her poetry. Her creativity thrived as she allowed her writing to become her therapy for dealing with...

IT’S 2010. KATHRYN AND MARK RICHARDSON are riding up the James Island Creek in their friend’s boat when they pass a neglected 1950s ranch house on Lawton Bluff. The house...

A COUPLE FROM NEW ENGLAND COULDN’T wait to begin life on Kiawah Island, one of South Carolina’s unspoiled barrier islands, where the relationship between the island’s indigenous fauna and flora...

CHARLESTON’S FAMED SOUTH OF BROAD neighborhood harbors an anomaly: one super-contemporary home nestled amidst dozens of antebellum mansions. Once merely a brick garage hidden away in the shadows of an...

LIFELONG ARTIST ISAAC MOYER has been making things since he was a kid—drawings, paintings, photography and music—so it comes as no surprise that the wooden sculptural pieces he makes in...

WHETHER IT’S A LEATHER SOFA, velveteen drapes, a silk rug or outdoor canvas furniture, Fiber-Seal has been the trusted go-to source to protect home furnishings in South Carolina for the ...

HOMEBUILDER AND RENOVATOR Buz Morris of Morris Construction figured out how to raise a historic house in downtown Charleston 7 feet off the ground out of necessity. “We were in...

LAWRENCE PERLMUTTER didn’t choose a career in antiques … it chose him. Intrigued by the fine old furniture and furnishings that surrounded him during his childhood and by the tales...

  THE ARTIST SPENDS part of most days in his McClellanville, South Carolina, studio/gallery, totally engaged in one aspect of his work or another. He starts by flipping through his...

  I AM PRODUCE. Produce is me,” Margaret De Carli Barry says. She is referring to her vibrant still life paintings and her reverence for fruits and vegetables on a...

  KATHERINE HESTER RECALLS THAT as a young girl she would sit and draw things that caught her budding artist’s eye. Her bucolic upbringing certainly afforded endless opportunities to sketch...

  OVER THE PAST decade, Charles-ton has become a hot spot for tourism, food and most recently, the art world. From 1915 to 1940, local and  visiting artists, architects and...

  PAWLEYS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, is one of America’s oldest seaside resorts. Located 70 miles north of Charleston and 25 miles south of Myrtle Beach, Pawleys Island is a barrier...

  MITCHELL HILL IS BRINGING a one-stop shopping destination for fine art and home design to Downtown Charleston this fall when it moves to a bigger and better location just...

  IF MARK REGALBUTO LOOKS FAMILIAR, it’s because you’ve seen him on This Old House, Charleston edition. Regalbuto and his business partner, Andy Meihaus, are the brains behind Renew Urban...

  IN ARCHITECTURE CIRCLES, CHRISTOPHER ROSE is known for designing homes that are carefully created for the people who will live there. Rose is so dedicated to not automatically using...

  OR 10 YEARS, A HANDCRAFTED 56-FOOT SAILBOAT  WAS the beloved second home for Trish and George Maloomian, who loved to escape their hectic lives whenever possible to glide along...

Charleston native Trey Smith has spent most of his life making music, but now it’s his art that “rocks.” The artist/owner behind Charleston Slate Works, which handcrafts hanging art and...

There are dozens of outdoor furniture companies scattered throughout the Charleston area. After all, who doesn’t want to spend time outdoors in the heady air of a gorgeous Lowcountry spring?...

Two decades ago, a visionary developer introduced a few old ideas into a new Mount Pleasant neighborhood. Achieving his vision meant putting the brakes on urban sprawl in favor of...

The white Greek Revival house sits on a hill. From this perch in the peaceful Hickory Valley, it has quietly watched 172 years of history pass by. The 5.3 acres...

For big-city dwellers, who often spend a majority of their time in the shadow of concrete and high-rises, Kiawah Island is a place of renewal, an escape to the serenity...