Life + Culture

Setting Tables for Good

Charlotte Area Designers and Guests Celebrate Connection Article by Carroll Walton | Photography by Carissa Rogers As impactful as the right fabric combination can be in a newly-designed living room or the wow factor of a complete kitchen remodel, nowhere is the power of design more palpable than over a table. That’s where people come together.  Great design has always been about more than just paint color and fixtures, but a feeling. That notion, along with 14 of the most talented designers...

Education

Making Money Make Sense

Meet Brian Li, the Providence Day School Teacher Bringing Financial Literacy to the Classroom Article by Taylor Bowler After 16 years as a middle school math teacher at Providence Day School, Brian Li realized something essential was missing from the traditional curriculum: financial literacy. He set out to change that by building a finance class to equip students with tools they’d actually need in the real world. Today, Li teaches middle and upper school students about investing, debt, risk...

Arts + Culture

Rising From the Ashes

After Fire Destroyed Her Home Studio, Artist Sarah Helser Rebuilds In South End Article by Taylor Bowler | Photography by Amanda Anderson Last October, a fire tore through artist Sarah Helser’s South Charlotte home. Her husband and four boys were safe, but the interior, which housed her art studio, was devastated by smoke and water damage. Her tools, materials and works in progress were gone in an instant. As smoke poured out of the house (likely due to a candle left burning in the...

Style + Beauty

Edit + Style

Wardrobe Experts Cathy Monte and Kristen Garnett Share Favorite Spring Looks Article by Elliott Harrell | Photography by Olly Yung Cathy Monte and Kristen Garnett are on a mission to help people get the most out of their closets. Their consultation and styling service, Edit + Style, shows clients how to mix and match pieces from their current wardrobes. “It always comes back to our credo of ‘your stuff, your style,’” says Garnett, who first met Monte working together in pharmaceutical sales...