'Tis the Season for Gratitude With our gratitude and appreciation, thank you to our clients, colleagues, vendors, family, and friends for making 2022 such an exciting and prosperous year for ACM Design. It has been our pleasure to work with our clients on their projects. It is with great optimism that we look forward to 2023....
[caption id="attachment_8042" align="alignright" width="1859"] Rendering of the completed home.[/caption] Phase One of this mountain modern home overlooking downtown Asheville is complete. The first phase included an extensive renovation of the current home. This modern cottage was originally planned to be a vacation rental due to its close proximity to downtown Asheville and its beautiful views. Upon further consideration, the couple decided...
A Personal Reflection on the Gifts We Give Although not often emphasized, design is actually about the human experience. A large part of my human experience has been my role as a mother to two wonderful daughters. As a young person, when I thought of “home,” I always pictured my great-grandmother’s house. It was the place I felt safe, loved and...
[caption id="attachment_8005" align="alignright" width="478"] A very bright spot to our visit was getting to celebrate our design colleague and friend Kathy Greeley as she launched her book “The Collected Cottage” at the Currey & Co showroom. Congrats Kathy![/caption] We're back from visiting the High Point Market this fall. It was a busy time going from booth to booth, both exploring new...
[caption id="attachment_7714" align="alignright" width="1800"] Wall of curated art from the Owner's Collection, including paintings by their father. The Lumiere House[/caption] When you think about what makes a person interesting, it often comes down to the unique experiences they have had that have brought substance and meaning to their life. In a similar way, your home environment can be the visual...
Our homes are meant to be sanctuaries; places where we can feel safe, secure, calm, and happy. Let’s face it, the last couple of years many of us have been faced with extremely stressful situations. We’ve had to pivot quickly to reorder, reorganize, or retrofit our set-ups to meet a new set of needs. While change is inevitable (and necessary),...
♫ To Everything There Is a Season ♫ With Labor Day comes the unofficial end of summer and the turning of the seasons--and for many, this marks a return to school. From grade school to high school and then off to college, the milestone events in the lives of our children often occur this time of year. This is especially true...
Reflection has been critical to my personal and professional development, so it may not surprise you to find that I encourage this kind of thinking with my clients. It is wondrous how quickly something abstract or seemingly unusual or perhaps something you've never considered before can feel so poignant when we take a moment to look inside ourselves. Throughout...
If you’ve ever driven the Blue Ridge Parkway and dreamt of living in the Smoky Mountains or the Southern Appalachians, we’ve compiled a series of complimentary guides rich with information about designing a mountain home. Informed by our decades of experience as mountain home architects, we share expert advice about topics like building on steep slopes, terrain-specific building costs, and materials suited for withstanding the mountain weather. Our passion for creating personalized and heartfelt homes is apparent in all of our work and it is our pleasure to share our expertise with you in these free and informative guides.
