Inside The Pink House, the Charlotte community behind Carolina BreastFriends and its celebrated Roaring in Pink gala. Images courtesy The Pink House Every day, someone walks through the doors of The Pink House for the very first time. Some arrive newly diagnosed and overwhelmed. Others are months or years beyond treatment, searching for connection with people who truly understand. Many simply need a place where they can ask questions, find encouragement, and remember they don

Join VIVANT Magazine, SERHANT. and 914PopUps on Tuesday, October 20, for an intimate shopping experience at a private Greenwich estate, featuring a curated collection of home, art and lifestyle pieces from THEMIS Z. Founded by Greek designer Themis Zouganeli, whose work includes collaborations with Dior Maison, THEMIS Z brings together expressive patterns, Greek craftsmanship and a relaxed approach to elegant living. Inspired by her upbringing in Athens and summers in Mykonos

Images courtesy of Arhaus Arhaus has given its Charlotte presence a new home. The furniture and décor brand moved from SouthPark Mall to a freestanding showroom at The Village at SouthPark, which opened July 31. At roughly 35,000 square feet, it is now the brand's second-largest traditional showroom in the country. The space gives clients far more room to explore Arhaus's collections in a design-forward setting meant to spark ideas for every room of the home. It also nods to

Interior Design by Layton Campbell, J. Layton Interiors. The experience of this home begins the moment the private elevator doors open. There are no windows in the foyer, so Layton Campbell of J. Layton Interiors chose not to fight its enclosed quality. Instead, he made it feel intimate, dramatic, and a little mysterious. A smoky blue antiqued mirror is set within the wall paneling, catching quiet reflections of the geometric marble floor below. A custom Hellman Chang console

A Reflection on Taste, Influence, and the Enduring Power of Beautiful Things Not long ago, the answer seemed relatively simple. Editors decided what books deserved attention. Critics influenced what films we watched. Curators determined what hung on museum walls. Publishers, designers, and cultural institutions acted as filters, helping society determine what was worthy of notice. Today, those filters have largely disappeared. We live in a world of endless information, endles

Why the most memorable interiors are layered, personal and never quite finished. Adam Lippes Photogrpahy | @hautebohemiansmfv What makes one beautiful room disappear from memory while another stays with us for years? It is rarely the price of the furniture. It isn't necessarily the architecture, the pedigree of the designer or even how perfectly everything works together. In fact, some of the rooms we remember best are the ones where things don't quite match. There might be a

For this year’s Holiday House, Campion Platt set out to capture something larger than decoration: the evolving identity of Wellington itself. “There’s a completely different energy happening here now,” Platt says. “Wellington has become an international community in a way people are only beginning to understand.” For decades, Palm Beach embodied a distinctly traditional vision of American luxury — polished, inherited, and rooted in old-world sensibilities. Miami, meanwhile, c

Photography by Michael Blevins The difference is rarely scale or excess. More often, it is something quieter, proportion, atmosphere, warmth, and the subtle feeling that every detail has been considered not only for how it looks, but for how it allows people to live. That philosophy defines this latest residence by Grande Custom Builders. Designed with an understated Parisian glamour, the Charlotte home balances sophistication with an ease that feels increasingly rare in mo

Stephanie Rapp Interiors Designs a Westport Home Around a Collector’s Eye When a well-traveled couple returned to Connecticut after years abroad, they weren’t looking simply to renovate a home—they wanted to create a place where their life’s collection of art could truly live. The result is Gallery Chic, a striking 10,000-square-foot Westport residence reimagined by Stephanie Rapp Interiors as both a sophisticated home and an immersive backdrop for an extraordinary collection

Photograph credit : The Chanler Newport’s most iconic mansion has turned a vibrant new page. The Chanler at Cliff Walk recently unveiled a transformation of its lobby and guest spaces that feels less like a renovation and more like a gentle awakening, blending Gilded Age bones with a spirited, modern pulse. The arrival experience centers on a reception desk of scalloped white oak, accented with hammered brass and glowing onyx. Behind it, twenty brass keys hang in a luminous d

Inside The Happy Home by Ariel Okin There’s a moment that happens in truly great homes — often before you can name why. It’s not about perfection or polish, nor about chasing a trend or a look. It’s the feeling that someone lives here. That stories have unfolded in these rooms. That joy, memory, and meaning are layered quietly into the walls. That moment is precisely what Ariel Okin has built her design philosophy — and her first book, The Happy Home — around. In the book,