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lounge act
One of the current trends in residential design is the open floor plan. Basically, this is a layout in which all the public spaces in a house open up and flow seamlessly one into another. This...
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anniversary giveaway
This month our little blog, “Finding Home”, celebrates it’s first anniversary. During the past year, over 40,000 pairs of eyes from 150 countries have scanned over our ramblings and images. Thanks for...
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mirror, mirror on the window
Everyone loves a pleasant, luminous bathroom. In the morning, nothing brushes away the cobwebs of sleep from the brain like a bright, sunlit room. It’s a shining precursor to the day’s first cup of...
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above and beyond
The ceiling plain. It’s often the ignored facet in a room. Floors get clothed with lavish tiles and rugs, walls are festooned with panelling and decorative papers. And what of ceilings? They’re...
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czech up
I’m currently in Eastern Europe preparing to attend the 2013 Leaders of Design Council Summit being held in Berlin, Germany. Prior to this convergence of 150 Architects, Interior Designers, Landscape...
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versammlung (assembly)
I’ve just returned home from the 2013 assembly of the Leaders of Design Council in Berlin, Germany. The LDC is an organization that regularly brings together the world’s top architects, interior...
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welcome friends
Over the years, we’ve been honored with invitations into many lives. The process of designing and building a house is an intimate affair and one we don’t take lightly. Occasionally, those...
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underfoot
A few weeks ago, I did a blog post extolling the virtues of the adorned ceiling. This week, I thought I would give an equal nod to the floor surface. The following four categories pictorially...
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a fairy tale cottage
“O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose needs are simple, whose daily life is still best...
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wall to wall
Recently, I’ve written posts examining the important roles of ceilings and floors in the well appointed room. Today, walls get their due spotlight. The wall plane is by far the most beheld of all...
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lake cabin fever
Summer has begun and many set their sails and steer to the nearest body of water. Our closest shoreline is Lake Martin, Alabama. Situated across three counties, Lake Martin is one of the largest...
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lake cabin fever – contagion
I wrote last week about a little lake cabin Bobby McAlpine built for himself which became his watery haven. After he sold it, the simple design continued to haunt his memory. This little wooden...
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the poet of place: a birthday honor
This weekend, we celebrated Bobby McAlpine’s 56th birthday as he would have it: a small group of friends gathered at a round table in his lake house. I was pondering all the words, both profound and...
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stool of thought
At it’s base, design is truly defined as taking an ordinary purposed object and, by creative rethinking, transforming and elevating it to a thing of beauty. That’s precisely why we architects and...
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NYC10
For the next month, I’ll be working out of McAlpine Booth & Ferrier’s Manhattan office. While I’m residing in the city that never sleeps, a few of my waking hours have been spent revisiting some...
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roof with a view
Dormers are the expression of windows in the roofline of a house and they can be found in variety of shapes, sizes and styles. Perched on roofs like sentinels, their watchful gaze offers witness to...
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curtain call
While I was spending my last month of the summer in Manhattan, I attended a good bit of theatre. I took in a few new shows and even revisited some offerings I had previously enjoyed for a second...
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book report
We are delighted to officially announce the upcoming release of our new book, Art of the House. Authored by Bobby and Susan Ferrier, this will be a follow-up to our best selling book, The Home Within...
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web sightseeing
Last week, we announced our upcoming new book and this week, we’re excited to reveal our newly designed website, found here at mcalpinetankersley.com. There’s a good bit of our handiwork to be seen...
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movie special affects
For inspiration, we drink from many different fonts but one that we seem to return to again and again is found in the movie theater. It often seems set designers know more about creating evocative...
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