Posts by designloud

The advent of warm weather portends many great things: Grilling outdoors. Working in the yard. Lazy evenings on the back porch. Backyard gatherings. But humans aren’t the only ones who enjoy spending time outside in the spring and summer. While we dine al fresco mosquitoes are lurking nearby ready to make a meal of us.…

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Lea-Hutaff Island remains one of southeastern North Carolina’s few undeveloped barrier islands. It is a haven for nesting shorebirds sea turtles and dozens of other species including intrepid campers willing to rough it on the wild terrain.

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Sterling silver dining service sets preserve memories of a time when families sat down to Sunday dinners together dressed in their finest.

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 The mystique of the legal profession and concept of making partner is one of the entertainment industry’s obsessions. Countless novels television serials and films conjure images of power and the greedy acquisition of wealth at great cost with the road to partnership being pockmarked with seemingly impregnable obstacles including extraordinarily long hours pressure to bill…

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Janet Sessoms a North Carolina painter and lifelong learner has struck a balance between design principle and creative instinct. She paints with a combination of inborn creative impulse and an analytic edge that pushes her to learn experiment and practice. As one viewer to her studio told her “It’s obvious that you know the rules…

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“A building should appear to grow from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if nature is manifest there.”– Frank Lloyd Wright In between deep-rooted oaks and underneath the widespread branches rests a house morphed into its surrounding landscape. A long driveway extends from an unpaved road revealing a seven-acre lot with…

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We acknowledge Cinco de Mayo by taking a look at restaurants filling tortillas with overt and subtle Mexican influences.

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Local Voice on State Commission Wilmington Realtor Patrice Willetts is the newest member of the North Carolina Real Estate Commission the state agency that regulates the approximately 100 000 real estate brokers and firms in the state. Willetts was added to the commission on Oct. 12 2016 by then Gov. Pat McCrory. Her appointment was…

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Amanda Jacobs is a competitive runner always a good bet to place in her age group in anything from a 5K to a marathon. She’s also a crier. Emotions come easy to her and tears spill. “I get touched by moments ” she says. “It’s not like I’m sad. I’m touched. It’s just what I…

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Waking up before 5 a.m. on a Sunday doesn’t usually sound appealing but to the estimated 1 500 people who attend Wrightsville Beach’s community Easter sunrise service every year it’s worth it. The service draws people from all denominations — and no denomination — for a common purpose: To celebrate the central tenet of the…

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