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Landscape Lighting Maintenance Tips for Chattanooga Homeowners

A well-designed landscape lighting system can transform your Chattanooga home. But to keep it shining and looking great year-round, regular maintenance is essential. Seasonal weather changes, unexpected damages, and other factors can really damage your lighting. To keep your landscape lights in perfect working order, read these tips! Seasonal landscape lighting maintenance tasks SpringInspect for winter damage: Check for cracked or damaged fixtures caused by freezing temperatures or...

Home + Design

Decorating Trends for 2026

Hood Design Interiors Showcases Key Trends from the Winter Market Article by Brandon Hood BOWS & RIBBONS Bows and ribbons appeared across nearly every showroom, reimagined for every season and holiday. The trend added a playful, customizable layer to décor, especially for wreaths and entry moments.   MIXING ELEMENTS Mixing materials, finishes, and styles emerged as a defining theme. Marble, steel, linen, and whimsical wallpaper layered together to create spaces that felt curated...

Food + Beverage

Local Drinks: Reading Room Bar

Come for the Books, Stay for the Drinks Article by Kate Robertson Parrish | Photography by Brittany Skudlarek & Maeteu Reiter Linden Marno-Ferree dreamed of opening a bookstore bar years before Chattanooga was even on her radar.  A Vermont native, Marno-Ferree worked at Harvard Book Store in Boston in the early 2000s. Just down the street was a bar she and her coworkers often visited after hours. “The idea of putting drinks and books together seemed obvious,” she says, noting that used...

Home + Design

Barra’s Custom Cabinetry

Exploring Alan Barra’s Devotion to Family and Crafting Top-Quality Cabinetry Article by Eve Crabtree | Photography by Golden Hour Images & Tiffany Rector Photography Alan Barra’s career of 25 years began when the North Chattanooga native stumbled into a refinishing shop at 19 years old. “I had no idea it was there,” Alan says. “I just happened to walk in.” The business owner was looking for an employee, so Alan started the next day and began learning the basics of refinishing work. “When...