Home + Garden

CHARLOTTE HOME + GARDEN RETURNS
TO PRINT IN 2023

For the first time in six years, Charlotte magazine is producing a standalone Charlotte Home + Garden magazine. Polybagged with April’s ever-popular Real Estate issue of Charlotte magazine, this 60-page publication spotlights beautiful homes, stunning furniture, new design trends, and much more. This gorgeous annual, perfect-bound on upscale paper, will also include a resource guide highlighting Charlotte’s top interior designers! The Charlotte Home + Design annual anticipates a readership up to 160K with increased print run, longer distribution cycle and extended shelf life.

Reach Fern Howerin at fern.howerin@charlottemagazine.com to find out how to advertise in this issue!

Why We Need Charlotte's Tree Canopy

It's not just for looks.

Alyssa Ruane,

How To Keep Your House from Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot

Utilize these tips to keep your air conditioning indoors where it belongs.

Alyssa Ruane,

Room We Love: A Music Room in Dilworth

IT ALL STARTED with a piano. The owners of this modern, Craftsman-style home in Dilworth tasked interior designer Tamara Leicester, of Tamara Heather Interior Design, with a project born out of a passion. “She decided she wanted to learn to…

Alyssa Ruane,

Heat-Loving Plants

Do you have any of these in your summer lineup?

Alyssa Ruane,

Why You Need Aromatic Plants In Your Garden

POPULAR GARDEN PLANTS such as basil, lavender, chamomile, lemon balm, and mint are not just aromatic additions to your favorite foods; the heady scents also have health benefits. Planting an aromatherapy garden gives you access to flowers and herbs for…

Jodi Helmer,

Telling the Difference Between Good Bugs & Bad Bugs

A Q&A with arborist/entomologist Laurie Reid Dukes

Alyssa Ruane,

What's Making the Air Smell so Delicious Right Now?

Learn more about the horticultural culprit (and how to keep it alive).

Alyssa Ruane,

Step-by-Step: Refinishing a Jewelry Armoire

Give an old piece of furniture new life.

Alyssa Ruane,

Pass on the Popcorn (Ceilings)

ON TELEVISION SHOWS about home remodeling, the experts all offer the same advice: The popcorn ceilings have to go. Charlotte homeowners agree. “We get a ton of calls from homeowners who want the popcorn gone right away,” says Rick Smith, owner…

Jodi Helmer,

Before + After: Fresh and Bright in Waxhaw

BEFORE (COURTESY) Interior designer Marcie Padgett and general contractor Steve Melton knew they’d need to do meticulous planning on a recent Waxhaw master bathroom remodel, working with clients in Boston who wanted their new Charlotte home to have a custom…

Dawn Liles,