Life + Culture

Birmingham Lifestyle Home & Design Event

Photography by Katherine Mullen Birmingham Lifestyle recently hosted a soirée to celebrate the magazine’s partners, friends in the design community, and Birminghamians featured in the November Giving Back Issue. Attendees mingled among exquisite European antiques at the newly-opened Collected for the Home, while enjoying food by Chef Jon Harrison and tunes curated by Ralph’s Listening Room. A custom “photo booth” featured the “Nantucket” rug from the English Village Lane X Heather Chadduck...

Arts + Culture

Where the Soul Finds Its Way Back

Inside The Threshold Center’s artful, human approach to well-being and community Article by Blair Moore | Photography by Ambre Amari They say art is good for the soul, but the truth is gentler and more generous: art steadies us. It slows the pulse and draws breath back into the body, reminding the mind it was made for more than just getting through the day. A single line of ink, a brushstroke, a whispered poem—these small acts have a way of loosening what’s been knotted inside us, allowing us...

Life + Culture

Longevity is the New Luxury

Pilates expert Olivia Stuart empowers every generation to move with strength and confidence Article by Blair Moore | Photography by Ambre Amari Say the word "Pilates," and most people picture a row of sleek reformers and a flexible woman in a matching set making impossible movements look effortless. What happens inside The Optimist Pilates feels entirely different. The mix of people—students of every age and ability—tells its own story, and that tone starts with founder Olivia Stuart, a former...

Beauty

A Day in the Life of Kerri Bunn

Esthetician, makeup artist, and lover of all things beautiful Article by Blair Moore | Photography by Ambre Amari You might describe Kerri Bunn as a city girl with a small-town soul. Known in the on-set makeup world as “the queen of glowing skin,” she’s earned a reputation for the luminous looks she creates—but glow just as fittingly describes the joy that shines through her conversations, her art, and the stories she tells. Here, she walks us through a day in her life. 6-7 A.M. Morning...