We bought our first home in Charleston, South Carolina! All about why we chose Charleston & why it's the perfect place for us.

Three suitcases. That’s all Dianna and Jim Goldman brought last year when they traded a brick Colonial on Chicago’s North Shore for a townhome on the tip of the Charleston peninsula, just steps from the Ashley River. The couple came to this spot in search of a fresh start. It wasn’t about downsizing, although their new 3,000-square-foot abode is roughly 25 percent smaller than

Designer Alexandra Howard revamped the interiors with understated elegance

“You have to visit Charleston,” people say when they find out that I have a food blog and I love to travel. “Make dinner reservations in advance to go to Husk,” is the typical follow-up. “You’ll want to come back,” they end with a knowing smile. Wow, were they right. Charleston was one of the prettiest […]

Local gallery owner Ann Long Merck’s meticulously preserved and classically appointed pre-Revolutionary residence is a masterpiece unto itself

Charleston House, Sussex home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. | Photo by anne kruit.

Designer Chelsea Handegan and her husband painstakingly restored the 1884 home after it played host to local college students for 30 years.