Once used as a place for women to sit and slip off shoes to slippers, slipper chairs are now a versatile seating option for any home.

Sit back and relax with our collection of must-have ottomans.

Taking the First Step

Combining mediums in art takes creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. Artist Cadence Hodes specializes in many art forms, like watercolor paintings and hand-painted stationery, but she might be best known for her incomparable vinyl records she paints freehand and individualizes for her clients.

When creating these art pieces, she takes vinyls and thinks through the person’s connection to the music before adding any designs. In other words, each piece is completely personalized. “The finished product celebrates the meaningful relationship we have with music,” Cadence notes.

In one of Kirkwood’s designated historic districts stands a new home with an old lineage.  Constructed of stone, the home embodies the spirit of a much older structure, honoring both its surroundings and the heritage of its owners. That homage to the past is deliberate, says John Vella, who owns the home with his wife Theresa.

When creative friends collaborate, their combined energy often produces something quite magical. A unique momentum evolves almost naturally—a dynamic nearly impossible to duplicate. Such was the case when a St. Louis builder and an interior designer joined forces with photographer Heidi Drexler and Troy Stehr, a dynamic, soon-to-be-married couple who were looking to construct their own little happy place. It all began one evening back in 2020 when Monte Herring, a custom home builder at Herring Design & Development, was out with the couple, who happened to be long-time friends.