Submissions for 2020 Modern Tour

Hi Folks! We are excited to start planning our Asheville Modernism Tour for 2020. Our regional organizing partner, the Atlanta Design Festival, is hoping receive submissions of homes and commercial spaces this month. If you are an architect, builder or home owner who wants to be on the tour go here to download the application. {See pages 32-35} Our Asheville ticketed tour in 2020 will be on Saturday, May 30th from 10am to 4pm to regionally kick off the week long design festival.

Here were the homes on the Asheville tour last year. We hope you will join in the fun for our 6th year hosting the tour. Cheers! Kelly and Troy

Asheville | A Week of Art and Craft Openings

Hi Folks! November marks a banner month in Asheville for Art and Craft with at least three major events coming up in the next week. Nov 9th and 10th is the River Arts District yearly fall Studio Stroll. Get out this weekend and enjoy that and support our local artists. We, also, have two major grand re-openings at both the Asheville Art Museum and the Center for Craft downtown. Click on the links for details. Let’s celebrate and support our Asheville cultural community in downtown that is helping us retain the Asheville we know and love there. Cheers!

Beaverdam Studio Tour

Hi Folks! Just a quick note in support of our North Asheville artist community. We hope you get out and support this talented group. For details go here. Cheers!

SPLURGE and the Main Event Sale | This Week!

Hi Folks! Coming up this week is one of the largest Antique and Collectible sales of the year led by our friend’s at Splurge. Asheville’s celebrated philanthropist and entrepreneur Joe Kimmel who has been collecting Antiques and Art from around the globe. For years these collections have been admired and enjoyed by thousands. The living estate of Mr. Kimmel is now being released for sale!
Splurge has consolidated six locations into one for a NOT TO BE MISSED (once in a lifetime) SALE! Opening night is this Thursday evening from 5-8pm. Go HERE for all the details. Location given out on Wednesday. Cheers!

Asheville’s Parade of Homes

Hi Folks! Asheville’s Home Builders Association’s Home Tour is here again. It is a great opportunity to meet professionals and get some ideas for your own home. It is both this weekend and next. Go HERE for details. Hope to see you out there!

SUNDAY | Uncommon Market

Stop by the Uncommon Market this Sunday at the Asheville Outlets — Asheville’s largest market for the old, the bold, the creative and unexpected with curators of antiques, vintage decor, art, jewelry and home furnishings. Go here for details.

TODAY 12-2 | Broker Open House

49 Valle Vista Dr | 3 Bedroom | 3 Bath | 1676 SQFT | $510,000

Hello Real Estate Brokers! We welcome you to stop by and tour this great remodeled home today in North Asheville from Noon to 2pm. Light and refreshing lunch provided. Cheers! Kelly and Troy

Completely updated two level ranch home privately located on a wooded lot in desirable Lookout Valley of North Asheville. The home’s living space is open and vaulted with a new kitchen. What’s new you ask? Roof, gutters, windows, garage doors, floors, bathrooms, kitchen, heating/cooling and freshly painted of course! Functionally, the home has 3 bedrooms and 3 baths with living spaced on both levels.

TODAY | The Big Crafty

Hi Folks! Today, one of our favorite contemporary craft fairs, The Big Crafty, takes place in Pack Square from 12-6pm. It is a beautiful day so go and enjoy so “urban to mountain” crafts today. Cheers!

Broker Open House | Wednesday 4-6pm

Hi Agents! Please join us this Wednesday from 4 to 6pm for our Broker Open House. Tour this cool, urban home with mountain views and enjoy a glass of wine on us. 92 Sunset Drive. Cheers!  Troy and Kelly

3 Bedrooms | 3.5 Baths | 2,692 SQFT | .24 Acre | Apartment

This modern nest is located in both an urban and mountain setting for living the best of both worlds. This honest, creative and clean home was created using Scandinavian design principles of functionalism, versatility and openness. The home is walkable to Charlotte street amenities taking advantage of the urban corridor while being perched high within the beauty of nature. The main home has two bedroom plus other versatile spaces for sleeping, working and creating. For further flexibility and financial freedom there is a one bedroom basement apartment. The garden contains both mature flowering plants along with young fruit trees. Home accessible by streets on either side.

Want to see more? Simply go here. And give us a shout for more on this one. Cheers! Troy and Kelly

Broker Open House | Wednesday the 19th

Hi Brokers! We are hosting a Real Estate Broker Open House this Wednesday from 4 to 6pm at 39 Middlemont Ave in West Asheville. Stop by for a tour of this cool property and a glass of wine and afternoon treat. Cheers!  Troy and Kelly

2 Bedrooms | 2.5 Baths | 2,234 SQFT | .27 Acre

Hi Folks! We are hosting a Real Estate Broker Open House this Wednesday from 4 to 6pm at 39 Middlemont Ave in West Asheville. Stop by for a tour and a glass of wine and an afternoon treat. The premiere modern “loft style” home was dreamed and constructed from the bones of a former neighborhood church. With a Scandinavian sensibility the simple and smart architect driven {Brickstack Architects} space offers flexibility for live/work, along with, separate guest quarters. The open main space encompasses a dramatic vaulted and trussed ceiling, original ground and polished concrete floors, European kitchen, thoughtful and sleek accent lighting blended with original sanctuary fixtures and a floating wood burning fireplace by Fireorb.

Flanking the main space is a frosted glass partition dividing a bedroom, bathroom and walk-in closet. At the other end is a convenient half-bath and doorway leading to another bedroom en suite with built-in kitchenette and bath with a stainless Japanese soaking tub. Hansgrohe fixtures throughout. Amen! The home is located near Malvern Hill Park in West Asheville and just a few blocks from Patton Ave amenities and a few minute trip to downtown.

What to know more? You bet you do! Check out the photo tour here. After that just give us shout. Cheers! Troy and Kelly

Saturday | Asheville Art in the Park

Hi Folks! This Saturday begins Asheville Art in the Park at Pack Square Park. At this event you find find the finest in handcrafted art that Asheville Area Artists have to offer. Skilled workers of Glass, Ceramics, Wood, Jewelry, and metal make their shops open to display to the public at every market. Enjoy!

VOTE | 2019 George Matsumoto Prize

Good Morning Folks! It is that time of year again to VOTE for your favorite modernist house in North Carolina. This year Asheville has 3 homes in the running. Yeah! Prizes will be given for first, second, and third, selected by the public through online voting. You are limited to one vote per e-mail address. However, if you want to vote more than once, say from a home email and a work email, that’s fine. Voting closes Wednesday, July 3, at 5pm EST.

The award ceremony is 6-8pm, July 25 at McConnell Studios, 324 Dupont Circle, Raleigh NC. The party is free, and all are welcome! If you missed it, go HERE to vote. Cheers!