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Greening Your Home: Builders have solutions
By Shandra Hill Smith When it comes to one of your most major investments, going green in your home also means saving some of that green in your wallet – in the long run. That proves one of the biggest...
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Trending to Quality: Many homeowners choose to renovate
By Kathy Vogeltanz The real estate market is no longer stalled, but homeowners are much more likely to work with what they already have. And the homebuyers that are house shopping are making more...
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Ponce City Market Amazes
By Collin Kelley Editor Amazing. I think I uttered that word 20 or 30 times last month on a tour of the mammoth Ponce City Market project. I’d only been inside the historic building, which housed...
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Lenox Square announces renovation project
Simon Property Group has announced details of multi-phase renovation project to both the interior and exterior of Lenox Square in Buckhead. The interior mall renovations will include a number of new...
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Pretty Old House: Breathing new life into a home
By Wendy Binns Publisher A crystal chandelier scored on Craigslist lights up the master bath. Two built-in corner cabinets are reconfigured to artfully flank the dining room. And tin salvaged from the...
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Real estate experts forecast 2013 market
By Kathy Dean Everyone is looking forward to the new year with hope that the economy will continue to improve. It’s particularly encouraging that Atlanta real estate professionals are predicting a...
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Decatur Old House Fair is Feb. 2
The Decatur Old House Fair returns on Saturday, Feb. 2, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Decatur Courtyard Marriott Conference Center. The event is an all-day showcase of seminars, exhibitors, and...
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Junior League Tour of Kitchens is back March 23-24
By Collin Kelley Editor The Junior League of Atlanta’s annual Tour of Kitchens will mark its “sweet 16” on March 23-24 with tours of 14 kitchens in neighborhoods around the city. Tour hours are 10 a.m....
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Design Trends: Renovators talk amenities, finishes
By Shandra Hill Smith With the housing market still making its rebound, more homeowners are staying put, choosing to renovate over relocate. For those would-be buyers, putting their money into their...
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Sign up now for Georgia Trust home owners workshop
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation will hold its inaugural Home Owners Workshop (HOW) at Atlanta’s Rhodes Hall, 1516 Peachtree Street, NW, on Saturday, May 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m....
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Outdoor Rooms Are In
Deep front and back porches are a Southern staple with Atlanta’s temperate climate, but many homeowners are looking to turn the porch into something with a bit more pizazz. Outdoor rooms – from...
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Lifecycle Building Center encourages community donations
The nonprofit Lifecycle Building Center (LBC) encourages community donations and actively salvages materials from renovation and demolition projects to sell at its retail store, 1116 Murphy Ave. It’s a...
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Historic Briarcliff Summit’s ongoing makeover
Briarcliff Summit Writing for the Virginia Highland Civic Association website, John Becker talks about the “extreme makeover” to the historic Briarcliff Summit building on Ponce de Leon Avenue at the...
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Committed to Communities home tour is Aug. 17
Angel Poventud during the renovation of his Adair Park home. By Jay Lawrence Local community activist and Atlanta BeltLine advocate Angel Poventud’s home will be part of the upcoming Committed to...
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Decatur Old House Fair is Feb. 8
The City of Decatur and Georgia Historic Preservation Division have partnered to host the sixth annual Decatur Old House Fair on Feb. 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel and...
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Shutze Awards given to architects, designers
The Patterson-Carr House The Southeast Chapter of the Institute of Classical Art & Architecture handed out the 8th annual Philip Trammell Shutze Awards last month. Named for noted Atlanta architect...
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Fundraiser to restore historic Rhodes Hall exceeds goal
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation announced today the successful completion of its $1.7 million campaign to fund the “green” rehabilitation and restoration for Midtown’s historic Rhodes Hall,...
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Colonial Homes in Buckhead gets $100 million makeover
The historic Colonial Homes community in Buckhead is undergoing a $100 million rebuild and renovation in three phases, Pollack Shores Real Estate Group announced May 21. The Jane at Colonial Homes,...
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Westin Peachtree Plaza’s $70 million renovation is complete
Photography courtesy of The Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta. Mayor Kasim Reed recently joined local leaders for the ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of the $70 million renovation of...
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Atlanta History Center begins dramatic renovations
A rendering of the new Cyclorama building. (Courtesy Atlanta History Center) By Joe Earle They want more company. To show it, they’re getting a new front door. And a lot more. The Atlanta History...
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