decorating
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Home & Garden
Creating Personal, Budget-Friendly Spaces
Collections, color and mementos make these college bedrooms feel personal, cozy and welcoming to the University of Georgia students who call them home. Budget is top of mind for students as they start to develop their own style, which ranges from grandmillennial to coastal grandma to whimsical. Take a look…
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Home & Garden
UGA Student Turns Bedroom into Collection of Memories
A mirror from Peru hangs beside one from Morocco. Another came from Chile, and another from Colombia. Displayed around Noa Shefler’s bedroom are reminders of places she has visited, people she loves and memories she wants to keep close. For Shefler, decorating her college room isn’t about following a particular…
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Home & Garden
Elevating Tradition: How to Make Thanksgiving Your Own with Decor
Thanksgiving decor can be easy to forget between Halloween and Christmas, but has its own place in the holiday decoration world. Two Athens store owners explain how you can elevate your Thanksgiving look this year to suit your personal taste. Give Thanksgiving Its Own Space The important part of Thanksgiving…
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Home & Garden
Pops of Color to Vintage Accents: Inside the Rooms of UGA Students
University of Georgia students bring character to their college bedrooms through artwork, accessories and other items that remind them of family, home, study abroad trips and summer travel. Finding their personal style — often on a budget — is part of the evolution from dorm room to apartments, townhomes and…
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Athens-Clarke County
Cookies During COVID-19: How One Athens Baker Adapted During the Pandemic
Baylee Marsh Thornton started her baking business, Baylee Bakes, by accident. A few candid and lighthearted posts on her “finsta” soon led Thornton to a new lifestyle — waking up at 4 a.m. to finish frosting cookies and teaching decorating classes to hundreds of people. Thornton, who received the University…