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FURNITURE: BANNERS POSTED. PARTIAL LIST OF PERSONAL PROPERTY: DIRECTIONS: 5 MILES WEST OF GLASGOW, KY. STOVALL ROAD IS ON EAST SIDE OF CUMBERLAND SALE #1: PARKWAY AND HWY 68-80 BRIDGE SALE #2: AND FURLONG ROAD IS ON WEST 584 ACRES ROW CROP SIDE OF CUMBERLAND PARKWAY AND FARM ON COX ROAD IN 112 ACRES CATTLE FARM WITH SALE #3: HWY 68-80 BRIDGE. EAST WARREN COUNTY. WONDERFUL MATURE TIMBER 32 ACRES, 1/2 MILE FROM FERTILE TILED RIVER 515,000 BOARD FEET OF ESTIMATED WARREN COUNTY, HWY BOTTOM, LEVEL TIMBER AND RIVER FRONTAGE. 68-80. TRANS PARK AND ABOUT THE HOME: TILLABLE FARMLAND. THREE FORKS ROAD, EAST NORTH INDUSTRIAL THIS HOME SITS ON A CORNER LOT IN THE ENTRY OF TALBOTT APPLIANCES: WARREN COUNTY. PARK. FRONTAGE ON 2 HOUSEHOLD ITEMS: ROADS AND RAILROAD SUBDIVISION. THIS PROPERTY HAS DRIVEWAY ENTRY OFF BOTH TALBOTT VICINITY CHECK US OUT OFFERED ON LOCATION ONLINE AT: WWW.AUCTIONZIP.COMwww.auctionzip.com orOR www.tarteronline.WWW.TARTERONLINE.COM Continued FRONTAGE. AT 10:00 AM OFFERED AT LOCATION DR. AND THE INDIAN HILLS DR AND SCOTT OF SALE #1 AT 1:30 PM OFFERED AT LOCATION LANE SIDE. THE TALBOTT DRIVE ENTRY MAP (270) 781-0001 • (270) 843-6746 (270) 781-0001 • (270) 843-6746 OF SALE #1 AT 3:00 PM TAKES YOU TO THE FRONT OF THE HOME 504 31-W BY-PASS • BoWling green, KY 504 31-W BY-PASS • BoWling green, KY WHERE YOU APPROACH THE HOME ON A Leon TarTer, Broker/aucT. OPEN VIEWING ON FARM & BUILDINGS EXPOSED AGGREGATE WALK THAT LEADS *John TarTer, Broker/aucT. TO THE FRONT PORCH AND FRONT DOOR ENTRY. THE FRONT PORCH IS CREATED TOPOGRAPHY: *DaviD TarTer, Broker/aucT. MARCH 4TH TH Sam TarTer, apprenTice aucTioneer , 18 AND 25TH BY A RAISED CENTER ROOF WITH A S OR BY APPOINTMENT, CALL DAVID (270) 791-8601 1:00 • WWW.TPM TO 6:00 PM TRIPLE DORMER DESIGN. ENTRY TO THE , TOTAL VOLUME: • HOME IS THROUGH A FRONT DOOR WITH TOOLS & EqUIPMENT: , ARTERONLINE.COM SIDE LIGHTS. THE ENTRY FOYER HAS , TERMS: 10% DOWN DAY OF SALE, BALANCEFARM ON WILL DELIVERY BE OFFERED OF DEED. IN TRACTS AND IN MULTIPLE COMBINATIONS. HARDWOOD FLOORING, TO THE RIGHT H FULL POSSESSION OF CROPLAND AND BARNSPOSSESSION: WITH DEED. POSSESSION OF HOME WITH DEED. IS A WIDE CASED A 7% BUYER’S FEE WILL BE ADDED TO THE FINAL BID TO PARTIAL POSSESSION OF CROPLAND FOR PLANTING WITH DEPOSIT, Continued ContinuedSCALE DETERMINE CONTRACT PRICE ON REAL ESTATE. ANNOUNCEME TERMS: CHECK US NTS MADE DAY OF SALE SUPERSEDE ADVERTISING. NOT RE 10% DEPOSIT PAID DOWN DAY OF SALE BALANCE DELIVERY OF DEED AND CLEAR TITLE. OUT ONLINE: PAID IN FULL DAY OF SALE BEFORE LOADING. WWW.AUCTIONZIP.COM OR WWW.TARTERONLINE. SPONSIBLE IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS. A 7% BUYER’S FEE WILL BE ADDED TO THE FINAL BID TO DETERMINE CONTRACT PRICE ON REAL ESTATE ONLY, SIzE MODELPERSONAL TRACTORS PROPERTY: AND CAR COLLECTION. ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE DAY OF SALE SUPERSEDE ADVERTISING. PERSONAL NOT RESPONSIBLE PROPERTY: IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS. POSSESSION: WITH DEED. (270) 781-0001 • (270) 843-6746 SELLING FOR THE HILL FAMILY AND HEIRS OF NOBLE AND HAZEL HILL CASH OR CHECK ONLY. PAID IN FULL DAY OF SALE. COM CHECK US OUT 10% DOWN DAY OF SALE, BALANCE ON DELIVERY OF DEED. COM ONLINE AT: TERMS: A 7% BUYER’S FEE WILL BE ADDED TO THE FINAL BIDPERSONAL TO DETERMINE PROPERTY: CONTRACT PRICE ON REAL ESTATE ONLY, 504 31-W BY-PASS • BoWling green, KY WWW.AUCTIONZIP.COM OR WWW.TARTERONLINE. ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE DAY OF SALE SUPERSEDE ADVERTISING. NOT RESPONSIBLE IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS. COM CHECK US OUT TERMS: OR WWW.AUCTIONZIP.COM OR WWW.TARTERONLINE. POSSESSION OF CROPLAND: WWW.TARTERONLINE. ONLINE AT: COM CHECK US OUT (270) 781-0001 • (270) 843-6746 ONLINE AT: WWW.AUCTIONzIP.COM (270) 781-0001 • (270) 843-6746 504 31-W BY-PASS • BoWling green, KY (270) 781-0001 • (270) 843-6746 504 31-W BY-PASS • BoWling green, KY Leon TarTer, Broker/aucT. (270) 781-0001 • (270) 843-6746 504 31-W BY-PASS • BoWling green, KY Leon TarTer, Broker/aucT. *John TarTer, Broker/aucT. 504 31-W BY-PASS • BoWling green, KY (270) 781-0001Leon • TarTer, (270) 843-6746 Broker/aucT. *John TarTer, Broker/aucT. *DaviD TarTer, Broker/aucT. Leon TarTer, Broker/aucT. *John TarTer, Broker/aucT. *DaviD TarTer, Broker/aucT. *John TarTer, Broker/aucT. 504 31-W BY-PASS*DaviD • BoWling TarTer, green, Broker/aucT. KY *DaviD TarTer, Broker/aucT. Sam TarTer, apprenTice aucTioneer Sam TarTer, apprenTice aucTioneer

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COVER FEATURE 20 LIFE 24 AT HOME For more than four decades, Barbara Stewart When their builder found the location, these offered her advice on everything decorative. homeowners found their place in the world. This custom From her beginnings as a custom framer, to her home on 13 private acres just beyond the Warren legacy as a downtown businesswoman, she County line, is a relection of the father-daughter leaves a legacy that her daughters will cherish. partnership of Tim and daughter Kristen Graham. 36 VIEWPOINT DEPARTMENTS Taking the stress out of a building project and enjoying the process of fulilling your dreams. 10 PETS 38 COMMUNITY Advice on keeping your pets safe and healthy this Gingerbread Houses support the community of holiday season. artists in and around Bowling Green. The second 12 HOLIDAY annual fundraiser will help school children stay connected to the arts. Tips for setting a beautiful holiday table to delight friends and family. 40 DISH 16 BEHIND THE SCENES Chef Granville Wood shares some of his favorite, When Glen Uranis goes shopping, he has to be careful time-honored recipes to warm your holidays. not to return home with too much stuff. But if he does, he knows exactly what to do with it. His class offered 46 REFLECTIONS by WKU’s Society for Lifelong Learning offers tips on Celebrate the season with an advent calendar selling those “collectibles” online. that gives back to the community.

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t is the end of the year and let’s be honest; this feels like a good one to put behind us. Editorial Director I In November, an election that seemed to last an eon, caused a lot of anxiety. Half Mary Nestor of the people in the United States voted for the irst woman to ever head a major party, and the other half voted for a man who ran a historic campaign of his own. Copy Editors he country seemed a puzzle of red and blue. Jackie Headapohl hose divisions sometimes made strange bedfellows. Facebook “friends” were suddenly vicious in their attacks or smug in their perceived victories. Red and blue Contributing Writers didn’t it nicely into state lines either. Neighborhoods and even some families were Dayna Del Val divided over these two candidates. Many people spent hanksgiving holding their Grace Estes comments in check. Ashley Ferragut Johnson And often, it seems like those divisions are what deines us. Politics, religion, economics, and gender can cause people to stay in their lanes and look at others as a Mary Nestor threat to their personal goal of winning this so-called human race. Chef Granville Wood But, what if it’s really the intersection of red and blue that holds us together. Glen Uranis hink of it like this: We make our predictions about the future based on things we understand about the past. We expect winter to be cold and dark and we plant seeds Contributing Photographers in the spring because we know that summer is coming next. We know the young Joe Imel people will change the world and older people will use their wisdom to keep those changes from becoming chaos. It’s a balance. Creative As we unwrap the gifts and prepare for a new year, let’s remember who our friends Kelly Kosek are, who our neighbors are, and that our country is a living contradiction between Amy Pollard innovation and tradition. Michelle Sheridan And those neighbors that may not like your candidate; they still like you. hey still Susan Walker ______want to visit and talk about family and ind out about your dad, or your mom, or how your kids are doing. Because the things that bring us together have always been more Production Representative powerful than the things that set us apart. Remember: It’s the end of the year, not the end of the world. January 1, 2017 comes exactly 17 years after Y2K was supposed to crash all the 29200 Northwestern Hwy., Ste. 114 computers and catapult us back to the Stone Age (or at least the 70’s). It comes ive Southfield, MI 48034 years after Twelve Twenty 2012—recorded in the pyramids (248) 546-7070 / FAX (248) 499-1716 of Mayan Indians and prophesized as the end of time. In ______1910, Halley’s Comet blazed past and people believed its accompanying cyanogen gas would spell their doom. Bowling Green Home & Lifestyle is published by Bowling Green Daily News. Copyright © 2016 But here we are still standing. Watching the skies for News Publishing, LLC. All rights reserved. Santa Claus! Decorating our homes. Lighting candles. Reproduction in whole or part without permission Shopping for gifts, preparing for special gatherings. is prohibited. Bowling Green Home & Lifestyle is a Whether Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or any other faith— registered trademark of Bowling Green Daily News. we share in the season of light as we have ever since our While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, ancient ancestors realized that December 21st may be the Bowling Green Home & Lifestyle cannot be responsible for content, opinions, practices or shortest day, but after that, each day shines brighter than how the information herein is used. All materials the one before. submitted, including but not limited to images, Mary Nestor Clearly, we humans are better at creating the futures we logos and text that appear are assumed to be the Editorial Director dream about than hiding from the futures we fear! property of the provider and Bowling Green Home & [email protected] Happy New Year! Lifestyle is not responsible for unintentional copyright infringement. Bowling Green Home & Lifestyle reserves the right to refuse any advertisement. 8 • December 2016 Helping you build d reams your

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h by gosh by golly, it’s time for mistletoe and holly… But make Osure you keep them away from your furry family members, because they are harmful if ingested. It’s that time of year where bowls of sweets sit out on the table all day, trees are decorated with tinsel and popcorn strings, and the low light of burning candles warms homes and our hearts. To us humans, these things create ambiance and a sense of coziness, but they may pose a health risk to cats, dogs or other family pets. Dr. Amy Anderson is always happy to share important pet safety tips. he holidays keep her oice busy with pets and festivity mishaps. “he most common thing we see are sick pets with vomiting and diarrhea due to eating things they should not, such as human foods that are rich and high in fat,” she says. She once treated a dog that had eaten an entire popcorn string, including the needle used to string it. You may want to avoid using edible ornaments so your pet isn’t tempted to gobble up the Christmas décor. Dr. Anderson recommends buying

10 • December 2016 bG HOme & LIFeSTYLe • WWW.bGDAILYNeWS.cOm Traditions At Lovers Lane shatterproof tree ornaments so when the dog or cat bats at the dangling sparkly Now Introducing… adornments, there’s no risk of stepping on the broken bits of glass, causing harm featuring to the paw or face. If you’re having a lot Phase II backyard lots of holiday guests, it’s easy to overlook your four-legged friends, so they might be safest in their kennel if they happen to be starting at $249,000 crate trained. Dr. Anderson has also treated pets for injuries directly related to the Christmas tree itself, so sometimes a watchful eye is the best way to keep your animal safe. Dr. Anderson adds, “Pets commonly get corneal injuries from getting poked in the eye with pine needles. If it's a real tree, the substance in the needles is extremely irritating to the eye, which can lead to a more serious eye injury. Both cats and dogs will sometimes try to drink water from the tree stand, which can also make them quite sick.” In addition, popular holiday plants like the Christmas cactus, www.TraditionsAtLoversLane.com [email protected] amaryllis and lilies are toxic to pets if 270-846-2523 ingested. If you suspect that your pet has consumed any of these, call your veterinarian immediately. Another great tip she ofers is to eliminate real wax candles and tea lights in favor of the newer battery-powered ones. hey are a great way to enjoy the ambiance of the season without worrying about harm to pets or children. Pets can burn themselves, knock the candles over and start a ire, or become injured from the hot liquid wax. If your dog gets into the bowl of delicious dark chocolate or your cat gets into a tussle with the tinsel, it’s important to know where to turn for help, especially late at night or on a holiday. Dr. Anderson says that larger cities have 24-hour veterinary emergency care, so ind one near you, and put it on speed dial. Be thankful for the dedicated veterinarians who spend their holidays caring for any emergency that may arise. Put on some fuzzy slippers, lip the switch on your new battery-powered candelabra, hang a shatterproof ornament on your tree, and enjoy your friends, family and your pets this winter. Cheers to a safe and memorable holiday season!

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Holiday tablescapes that deine your dining experience.

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METALS Bring on the glitz and glamor, or embrace your rustic side for your table. Metallic accents come in every shape, color and size you can imagine. Choose from silver, gold, bronze, matte, shiny or sparkly additions. Incorporating metals with neutral colors will balance and integrate the table. For a fun DIY project, collect a variety of pinecones and spray-paint them gold. After drying, the golden cones could serve as place card holders, or set them in a large clear bowl as a table centerpiece.

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Turning Collectibles into Cash

BY GLEN URANIS am a reformed pack rat. take.” So I learned from him to barter I It took more than 20 years, but I for the best deal on things I wanted. went from being a borderline hoarder In addition, I have worked a few to a lean, mean, online selling machine jobs that fueled my life as a pack rat. and my class at WKU’s Society for I owned a record store. I managed an Lifelong Learning can help you antique mall, and a bookstore. But transform your trunk full of trinkets it was the ive years I spent running into cold hard cash. a storage facility that really opened It started as soon as I could walk. my eyes to the colossal problem of My father began taking me along Americans who have way too much Author Glen Uranis with him to lea markets and estate stuf. teaches “Learning to Sell Online” at WKU’s sales. Dad was a collector of coins, Watching nice people ill storage Society For Lifelong stamps, carvings, books, pocketknives, unit after storage unit with things that Learning and calls watches—you name it. He taught they should have been either selling or himself a "guy who would rather sell it than me how to identify things that were donating was a real eye opener. throw it away." undervalued and he taught me to We had a saying in the self-storage haggle. As the old saying goes, “You business: We make our money on the miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t physics of inertia.

16 • December 2016 bG HOme & LIFeSTYLe • WWW.bGDAILYNeWS.cOm Objects at rest tend to remain at rest. In the case of storage, once you put your items in the unit and drive away, it becomes easier to keep paying the bill every month than to actually decide once and for all what to do with the stuf. Hundreds of times, I watched as people illed a unit, paid the bill every month for years, and then just stopped paying only to let their stuf be sold at auction. I had one woman who paid for two separate units for eight years and inally couldn’t aford to make the payments. When she lost them, we did the math. She had paid about 14,000 dollars in storage fees over the years. he saddest thing: he contents of the units sold for 115 dollars and 95 dollars, respectively. And the people who bought her stuf told me that they barely made 250 dollars when they were inished liquidating the contents. Let that sink in for a minute and consider this advice. Using a storage unit is rarely your best course of action from a inancial standpoint, unless you are disciplined enough to use it as a short term solution (or if you have some extra money to burn and you don’t want your spouse to see all of your junk!) But what if it’s too late? What if you already have a hidden cache of random items hoarded somewhere and you need to get out from under the weight of the things you’ll never use? My best advice is to take baby steps. Initially, you might consider applying the “One Year Rule” which is to say that CATALOGS, MAGAZINES & MORE anything you have not used or even touched in the past year isn’t something Printed in Bowling Green Kentucky you need or enjoy; rather it is merely another thing you own. his “hanger trick” works well for getting rid of unused clothing: Flip all your hangers so they face the opposite direction and then as you wear something during the year, place it back in the closet the normal way. You will see very clearly that a lot of clothes are printmediapress.com never being worn and are just taking up space. (You can thank my wife for that 270.781.2536 novel solution.)

• December 2016 • WWW.bGDAILYNeWS.cOm BG HOME & LIFESTYLE • WWW.bGDAILYNeWS.cOm December 2016 • 17 It can be thrilling to realize that your old collection of silver coins is worth a grand or that your Donating items is always an option purchased every year because you junk drawer is and you get the added bonus of a tax believed they would increase in value write of for the value of the item. aren’t actually worth as much as you had hiding hundreds (Remember that this value includes hoped. depreciation.) hink about it. Some things were But sometimes it can be diicult to produced to be collected and that is of dollars. give things away because you spent your what millions of people just like you did. hard earned cash on these precious So it stands to reason that there are still items, so the question becomes: How millions of them out there. can reduce your clutter and make some Conversely, it can be thrilling to realize money at the same time? that your old collection of silver coins is And more importantly: How do you worth a grand or that your junk drawer even know the cash value of the things is hiding hundreds of dollars. you used to cherish? From my experience as a reformed Many people will start with a yard or hoarder, I have learned a lot and am garage sale. But suppose you have a coin anxious to share my knowledge. My SLL collection, rare books, vintage jewelry, or class, “Learning to Sell Online” is a great antiques. As a lifelong haggler, I learned opportunity to have fun and make some irst hand there are some items that extra money. If you don’t know what people let go of at yard sales and garage something is worth, I show you how a sales far too cheaply because they don’t few minutes of online research will help know the true value. answer that question. Ron Cummings/Broker Howard Carpenter his is where selling your items online Remember: Knowledge is power. 270-535-2191 270-791-5202 begins to really shine, because when Sites like Ebay, Amazon and Etsy, you put your stuf in front of a global have already helped millions of people market of collectors you get true market dip their toes in the online selling value for your items. In practical terms water and in my class I take the fear of this means selling a book for 20 dollars the unknown out of the equation and instead of a buck or selling an old replace it with cash in your pocket! Jim Cummings Jerri Ferrell Robin Kerrick 270-792-3140 270-776-0547 270-791-3138 yardstick for 15 dollars instead of 2. Sounds fun, doesn’t it? And don’t be scared of by the “hassle of shipping” because buyers pay the shipping costs and it takes very little time to package the item. (Besides, Kathy Lacy Jerrell Wood 270-746-2848 270-421-9777 you are being paid.) A word of caution For additional information on the though, it can be a sobering experience Society for Lifelong Learning at WKU, call 270-745-1912 1733 Campus Plaza, Suite 6 to realize that those plates you dutifully or visit www.wku.edu/sll. 270-781-4433 • www.c21bg.com

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She insisted on a “locked” snowy Christmas tree long before they became trendy. Pictured above, with her second husband, Charles Stewart at their home on College Street, where she entertained dignitaries right alongside down home folks. Her only requirement: Bring your fun! Trailblazer and Business Woman

BY MARY NESTOR Who Knew How to Have Fun

arbara Stewart’s passing two son, Steve Owen, eight grandchildren, Bmonths ago, leaves a space that and ive great grandchildren. won’t be easily illed. Told by her daughters, Barbara’s Barbara was a businesswoman, a bon adventures are a relection of her vivant, and a ixture of the downtown joy of life and her determination to landscape even before she opened overcome any obstacle. hese stories Barbara Stewart Interiors on Main are inspirational but also a realization Street almost 40 years ago. Many people that the cliché is true: hey just don’t knew her from her retail business, but make ‘em like that anymore. for those who didn’t know her, Ms. Stewart was not they had to notice a stylish, originally from Bowling white-haired woman and her Green. She grew up a tiny teacup poodle holding daddy’s girl—the only child court and sharing martini’s— of an adventurous father and her signature drink—with a more traditional mother whomever stopped in to join who wasn’t thrilled to see On a warm November evening, Susan Hoechner and Carol Owen Supplee sat the fun on the patio of 440 her young daughter working outside what had been their mother's favorite Main. the ields, breaking ponies, restaurant, toasting her achievements and She was 94 when she and driving farm equipment sharing memories of a Bowling Green style icon who knew how to celebrate life through passed. In addition to her two right alongside the men. good times and hard times daughters, she left behind a “Nothing scared mom. She

20 • December 2016 bG HOme & LIFeSTYLe • WWW.bGDAILYNeWS.cOm was fearless,” says Susan years later. gonna go in there and ask them for a job’ But she also says the conviction of their But then, her father died suddenly of an and she did,” says Susan. “She drove her up decision didn’t come as any surprise. aneurism. Roles were reversed. Barbara there, sat in the car and waited. Two hours “hat didn’t surprise me about mom,” found herself consoling her mother— later, (Barbara’s mother) walked out of the Carol says. And as for her father, Carol and whom to hear Susan and Carol describe school with a job recruiting girls to come Susan both agree he was, “good looking.” it—took to the bed; or tried to. Apparently to the school and she was PERFECT for it,” hey draw out the word “good” as if it has sleeping it of wasn’t really an option. emphasizes her granddaughter all these four syllables. Carol cherishes a box of Susan explains, “My grandmother had years later. Susan says her grandmother, beautifully composed old letters that were always been taken care and taken care of whom both Susan and Carol simply call saved for her and she says they have given well.” When her husband died, she was “Dah,” took employment to heart. Over her great insight into the kind of marriage forced to ind employment but she didn’t the years, she widened her circle, made her mom and dad had. “He went home know how. Susan recounts the history of the circuit around the south, visiting from her irst date and told his mother, her grandmother’s predicament. “his was with debutantes and social clubs and ‘I’ve met the girl I’m gonna marry’,” Carol back in the late thirties and they had no encouraging the young ladies of means explains. money left.” to attend Belmont. She later did the same hose married years were not exactly Rousting her mother from this daze work for other regional colleges and was to smooth sailing because of the war and required that she play hardball. At 18 years her own surprise, quite good at recruiting. because Carol’s father developed Hodgkin’s old, Barbara suspended her studies, took Once she put her mother on irmer disease. Barbara was left a widow at age 30. what little money she had left, packed her footing, Barbara was able to inish her he family had been living in Florida where mother into the car and drove to the local own degree. She majored in art at UK Carol’s father worked as a golf-pro and dress shop in Franklin, Tennessee. here, after falling in love with Carol’s father and after his death, the young family settled in she insisted that her mom buy a suit of relocating to Kentucky. Carol says it was Bowling Green. clothes—a hat, gloves, purse, and shoes. love at irst sight. “hey only had ten dates,” Once again, Barbara found herself She dressed her up, dusted her of and she remembers. having to make ends meet. She leveraged directed their course. “Ten dates.” She smiles at the memory of her art degree and began work in the “’I’m gonna take you to Ward-Belmont those days before she was even born. Carol ield of portraiture and art restoration (School for Women—which is now says part of the rush was that her father before taking on framing projects for a Belmont College in Nashville) and you’re was facing the prospect of going to war. Louisville gallery. Susan says their mom, With Tidings of Comfort & Joy There’s no better location on earth, than among friends and neighbors like you! Merry Christmas to all and many thanks to those we’ve had the pleasure to serve this past year.

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• December 2016 • WWW.bGDAILYNeWS.cOm BG HOME & LIFESTYLE • WWW.bGDAILYNeWS.cOm December 2016 • 21 “…could do anything.” was to become her second husband, purchased an old Colonial on College “When she started framing, that was she was working diligently to build that Street, which Barbara quickly transformed the start of the business (that eventually framing and art restoration business so into a place where people came for all became Barbara Stewart Interiors). She that she could take care of her children. things art. She kept framing. She kept was doing their restoration work and they Susan recounts the story of a gift that her doing portrait restoration. She began to asked her if she would be interested in father gave to her mom when they irst sell art and antiques. She bought bolts of framing and by that time she had two kids began dating. “Mom did all the framing fabric to make window treatments for her and she was interested in anything, She in the attic. Of course, there was no air clients who had come to value not only needed money,” Carol says. conditioning and when my dad started her style, but also her work ethic and her She bought a miter box and a saw and dating her, he bought her an electric fan approach to life. set up shop in their little house on 13th because he felt sorry for her. It was so hot “he customer was always irst,” says Street. up there.” Susan. But her mom also knew how When she met Charlie Stewart, whom he couple married and in 1956, they to have fun. “She was a lot of fun. She was tons of fun.” he women agree that growing up, they never knew who would BOWLING GREEN be at the kitchen table, or sharing drinks FIREPLACE & GRILL in the living room. Charlie Stewart’s work meant he had clients all around the A full-service Hearth and Barbecue world, but fun was always the same in any specialty retailer. We specialize in the sales and installation of custom language. designed fireplaces and outdoor Eventually even that big Colonial kitchens that will add charm, efficiency, and value to your home. seemed small since Barbara always had a project going. “As each child left the home (270) 495-1131 she would take over a room,” remembers 1427-D Old Louisville Rd Bowling Green, KY 42103 Susan. “You never knew when somebody was Let Our Family Help Yours! www.bowlinggreen replace.com gonna come to the house because she was an antique dealer, so somebody could walk in the side door at anytime of the day for a framing project, or looking at antiques. She even had gifts that she sold out of the living room.” One evening, Charlie came home, and apparently there was a rather involved sewing project. Bolts of fabric were leaning up against the walls of the living room. Barbara’s retail business was technically born of that particular enterprise. “Daddy said, ‘I can’t get in the front door’,” Susan remembers. She says, “We were doing a design and we had bolts of wall coverings in the front room and he couldn’t get in the door so he said, ‘Barbara—it is time for you to get a business.’ So that’s when she moved down h e re .” Barbara was self-taught and she also taught her daughters well. Susan especially has taken on the role of business partner because while all three women enjoyed the purchasing trips at market, for many years Carole lived out of state and wasn’t close enough to help with day to day operations. Susan however was her mother’s right

22 • DECEMBER 2016 BG HOME & LIFESTYLE • WWW.bGDAILYNeWS.cOm hand woman for 22 years. She said she learned a lot about the value of things, but more importantly about the value of relationships. he holidays won’t be the same without their mother insisting on a white tree, or sharing the hand-made Christmas stockings detailed to look like ladies’ shoes, and men’s boots. he jeweled ornaments made from real glass are long ago broken, but the memory of them lives on in the lives of the people Ms. Stewart impacted the most; her daughters. Susan still laughs about what she calls the angel hair, which for all intents and purposes was nothing more than iberglass. Apparently nobody back then had a problem with allowing their children to drape this so-called “angel hair” across the Christmas tree despite the fact that, according to Susan, “…it would eat your hands alive.” And the shopping trips that Barbara would mount the day after Christmas to In Hartland on Scottsville Rd. what the women refer to as, “the good 1121 Wilkinson Trace shops in Nashville,” are a thing of the past. Bowling Green, KY But the memories are stronger than ever. 270-842-6211 Asked if they felt their mother’s www.natsoutdoor.com presence as they went about maintaining the business and serving their customers at the shop, they both said, absolutely. On her birthday in November, Carol says she thinks her mom may have even sent her a birthday message via her iPhone. “I gotta tell you this,” Carol says. “hursday was my birthday. I was in the shop. My phone was locked (on a black screen). I had it like that because I had been accidentally “butt dialing.” She says she was standing there talking to an employee and her phone was on the desk, but it called out to her in the voice of Siri. “My phone goes, ‘beep’ and it goes, ‘hese are the contact numbers for your mom’,” Carol recalls. It was out of the blue. It was out of the Luxurious Downtown Living Meets Historic Charm black of the screen. It was her birthday. For Sale: Gemini Homes presents 6 home sites Carol shrugs and looks at her sister. for a once-in-a-lifetime new residence From each of their expressions, it’s opportunity for the custom design / build of a in one of oldest and most historic districts. Call Kelly Arnold clear—that birthday message from mom Bowling Green’s was just another of the many gifts Barbara at 270.791.2742 to learn more about this unique opportunity. Stewart gave to her daughters. he rest of Bowling Green simply got to come along for the ride. 270.791.2742 YourGeminiHomes.com

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TOP OF PAGE: A farm sink was perfect for the space in the kitchen of this beautiful custom home. And a granite-capped working island is ideal for entertaining.

RIGHT: Alaskan white granite on the kitchen island has a gently curved bow front for a more inviting appeal.

FAR RIGHT: The open loor plan features hardwood loors in Jacobean. White Dove interior trim and Nantucket Gray on the walls give a reined feel to this farmhouse tucked into 13 acres near Smith’s Grove.

24 • December 2016 bG HOme & LIFeSTYLe • WWW.bGDAILYNeWS.cOm Full overlay custom cabinets inished in antique white with a mocha glaze help make the kitchen warm and bright A Country Home Built to Last

BY MARY NESTOR

eautiful trees and rolling hills he goal was to create a low- Bsurround this custom home on 13 maintenance infrastructure as the acres just north of the county line. foundation and then build it out with he homeowners chose builder Tim unique architectural details. He points Graham of Design Builders Inc., who out that few people want to spend their located the ideal parcel and worked retirement years working on home repairs through several revisions to help them or paying high utility bills. build their dream home. Graham ofers some examples of the To complicate the situation, Graham’s hidden features that make the home clients were living out of state when the functional. For example, he says there is project began. hey were looking toward very little real wood on the façade. Brick retirement and building their “forever” serves as the primary building element, home and often required remote viewing and even the support columns that during the process. appear to be wood are made from a highly Graham says that working through durable, low-maintenance iberglass several revisions is common in custom product. Above the porch is a standing- building whether the client is nearby or seam copper roof that Graham says could far away. “We start with the design phase last 50 to 75 years. and, as you might imagine, that evolves He also designed the home using what over time.” he calls a double-stud exterior wall. He

• December 2016 • WWW.bGDAILYNeWS.cOm BG HOME & LIFESTYLE • WWW.bGDAILYNeWS.cOm December 2016 • 25 LeFt: the master bathroom features Historic Morning Dew wall paint and custom tile work by tile trends. the shower space was designed to be low maintenance and offer easy access.

top RigHt: Relected in the oval mirror, the living room glows. The custom bookcases are inished in Antique white.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Rocking on the front porch is just one of the perks of country life.

FAR RIGHT: Just inside the large front doors, a barrel vault in the foyer was a must-have for these homeowners. The walls are Revere Pewter and the ceiling in Roosevelt Taupe contrasts perfectly. There is a formal dining room and a study on either side of the foyer.

LEFT: After several revisions, the ABOvE: Oil-rubbed bronze from homeowners decided on a pair Delta Faucets victorian Collection of sinks in the master bath. Here, pairs perfectly with the granite in Raggio De Luna granite gives a the master bath. polished inish to the vanity.

26 • DECEMBER 2016 BG HOME & LIFESTYLE • WWW.bGDAILYNeWS.cOm says these nearly 12-inch thick exterior built up the foundation with a level of base very often their plan evolves,” he says. “We walls help give the home an R-value (a rock, which allowed Graham to design put everything together. hey can spin it measure of heat retention) almost three a single step up from the garage into the around, take the top of — even put their times higher than a conventional build home, rather than the three or four steps furniture in it if they like.” and make for very low energy bills. many garages require. hese virtual revisions were essential he home also has a geothermal system Beyond the functionality of the home, for the homeowners to sort through that uses smart technology to allow Graham’s irst goal is to ind out what the the myriad of decisions required when various temperature zones throughout. client feels is aesthetically pleasing. To do building a custom home. After several he ability to control micro-climates so, he shares visual images gleaned from back-and-forth conversations, sketches means the bedroom can be cool for various magazines and websites. hen his and plans, today, the 4,200-square-foot sleeping even as common areas are kept at job becomes making sure the elements the home features two levels and lots of room higher temperatures. clients choose are fully functional and fully to relax. he clients also wanted a home where integrated. A Tour hrough the Dream Home they could age in place. Graham included Graham uses 3-D software to help Visitors walk through a pair of leaded aspects of universal living such as wide clients get a better idea of a home’s glass doors detailed with worked iron into passageways and easy access. In the circulation and functionality before a tall foyer with a beautifully constructed garage, for example, the construction crew ground is broken. “Once they see it in 3-D, barrel ceiling. On one side of the foyer is a

• December 2016 • WWW.bGDAILYNeWS.cOm BG HOME & LIFESTYLE • WWW.bGDAILYNeWS.cOm December 2016 • 27 home oice; on the other a formal dining She enlisted help from faux painter Tim room. he open concept kitchen and living Minor to customize the powder room area is the heart of the home. For privacy, and worked with Tile Trends and Winn the homeowners’ master suite is at the Electric for certain architectural details. opposite end. “We would have been lost without In the main living room, bookcases line Kristen’s help,” the homeowner says. “She one wall, and a ireplace is the focal point spent more hours than I did looking at of another. he ireplace has French doors colors and picking designs to lead me in on either side, which open to a beautiful this direction.” park-like setting where a large covered In addition to the home, the builder patio ofers a restful place to build a ire or also created a working barn for the enjoy the solitude of county living. homeowners. he basement holds two guest Graham says he doesn’t usually spend so bedrooms, a full bath and a large much focus on a workshop, but because of living area. A wide hallway leads to a its location and its purpose, the shop was pair of doors. Beyond those doors, the an essential part of the overall design and homeowners plan to add a patio where had to complement the home. guests can relax and enjoy a cup of cofee “his had to be the best shop we’ve or a glass of wine while listening to the ever built,” Graham says. “It’s aesthetically water ripple in the nearby pond. pleasing but also extremely functional for Graham’s daughter, Kristen Graham, the homeowners.” helped the homeowners choose paint While designing the shop, Graham used colors and coordinate the home’s palette. the 3-D software. Everything from the top oF page: the exterior is Mount Laural brick. Carriage doors on the Kristen’s strategy was the same as her cupolas to the trim pieces to the industrial garage are inished in Mahogany. father’s. First, she igured out what the shelving on the interior was placed in the homeowners found aesthetically pleasing, virtual world before it ever took shape in above: the doors with iron accents were and then she worked to create a uniied the real one. inished in Charcoal by Zar Stain. whole. In the end, Design Builders Inc. gave She says the main point of reference for the clients everything they were looking her suggestions was the Alaskan White for and more. As they continue to enjoy granite slab the homeowners had sourced retirement, they are happy to say they locally from the Rock Shop. couldn’t have picked a better place to age From there, Kristen guided the clients in place, and they credit their builder and toward a reined selection of pewters his daughter with making their dream paired with crisp white molding and trim. home a reality.

28 • DECEMBER 2016 BG HOME & LIFESTYLE • WWW.bGDAILYNeWS.cOm top oF page: County living is better with top RigHt: Faux painter, tim Minor inished a big shop space! Here, the builder used this powder room just off the main living area. polar White exterior paint with old town gray trim and a burnished Slate roof. MiDDLe RigHt: pull out drawers make the laundry room much more compact and much more functional. above: From the covered patio, the homeowners can enjoy the peaceful bottoM RigHt: the laundry room walls solitude of county life. are inished in Westin Flax and the laminate countertops are Smoke Quarstone.

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hildren and adults from in and Caround Bowling Green celebrated the holiday season at SKyPAC, during the second annual Gingerbread Homes for the Arts fund-raiser. Jessica Snodgrass, Marketing and Gallery Director at SKyPAC, said around 1,200 people enjoyed the 3-day program, which included a dinner, a chef cook-of, and the gingerbread display. Proceeds will help place artists in residence at schools in a 10-county region. It will also provide funding for interactive workshops for children as well as school day performances during the upcoming season.

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• DECEMBER 2016 • 39 dish Chase off the chill Warm your holidays with family, friends “Nothing says and treasured time-honored recipes. holidays better than the aromas bY CHEF GRANVILLE WOOD drifting throughout hen I think of the render everyone comatose will be laden the house from approaching holidays, one with the season’s best—bronzed roast W the kitchen— word comes to mind that turkey, creamy sweet potato casserole, best captures the essence of the season. smothered green beans, laky biscuits the intoxicating hat word is “warmth.” he north wind and at least two—maybe three—pies, sharpens its teeth to take a bite out pumpkin for sure. smells of baking of the last of the fading warmth of the here are a few dishes that are short autumn days, yet there is still a mainstays on our holiday table— breads, roasting coziness in the colorful fall leaves and traditions, so to speak—whether it is the wisps of smoke from chimneys as hanksgiving or Christmas. hese dishes turkeys, cinnamon evening ires are lit to chase of the ooze warmth and home. Turkey goes and allspice.” chill. without saying, and there is butternut Gathering by the ire with family squash soup, a decadent sweet potato Chef Granville Wood and friends with a warming glass of casserole and a chocolate pecan tart to ine single-batch bourbon, a platter sidle in next to that silky, spicy pumpkin of cheese beignets hot from the oven pie. and an assortment of cheeses makes I ind the best way to ward of the for a perfect end to a day as it falls into autumn chill is with a warming bowl darkness much too early. Even though of soup. Utilizing the best of autumn Smoked paprika, slowly sun dried and colder winds are blowing, it is the produce, we roast butternut and acorn smoked over an open approach of our favorite holiday season squash, shallots and myriad warming ire adds warm and that engulfs us. It is the warmth as spices, all tempered by the natural complex lavors. families come together, and the joy that sweetness of pure maple syrup. his can comes with sharing the holiday season be made as follows or for vegetarians gathered around the tree that wards of by simply substituting vegetable stock. the chill. his is a rich potage that makes for a And nothing says holidays better satisfying lunch with a chunk of warm, than the aromas drifting throughout fresh-baked bread and sweet butter. the house from the kitchen—the While soup is simmering, settle down intoxicating smells of baking breads, by the ire and listen to the cracking roasting turkeys, cinnamon and ice—in your bourbon. Enjoy the warmth allspice, savory casseroles and pies. and the season! he groaning board that will soon

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ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH Method: SOUP WITH GINGER CREAM Brush all squashes lightly with melted butter. Place on a baking sheet and Ingredients: bake in a 350-degree oven until tender. 2 medium butternut squashes, Cover with foil, if necessary, to prevent split in half lengthwise, seeds browning. When soft and cool enough to removed (reserve and toast handle, scoop out the lesh and discard for a snack) the skins. Sauté shallots with butter in 2 acorn squashes, split in half, a heavy stock until soft. Add lesh of seeds removed squashes. Season with 3 tablespoons ginger cream 4 shallots, diced and freshly roasted powdered ginger, cinnamon, allspice croutons are the 4 tablespoons powdered ginger and nutmeg. Stir well to combine. Cover crowning glory 1 teaspoon cinnamon with stock. Bring to a simmer and cook to this lavorful 1 teaspoon allspice uncovered for one hour; add more stock squash soup. 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg if necessary. In small batches, puree 1 quart stock soup in a blender and place in another 4 tablespoons pure maple syrup, pot. Stir in pure maple syrup. Adjust no substitutes seasoning with kosher salt and white Kosher salt and white pepper pepper. To serve, whisk together 1 cup to taste heavy whipping cream and 1 tablespoon 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon heavy powdered ginger until thickened but still whipping cream slightly runny. Place soup in bowls, swirl Fresh-toasted small croutons in a tablespoon of cream, and serve with to garnish fresh-toasted small croutons on the side.

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Advent in Reverse? BY DAYNA DEL VAL

 hen I was little, my grandma you put in something that your local  Woften sent my brothers and food bank or homeless shelter needs:  me Advent calendars to socks, shampoo, canned goods, mittens,  celebrate the season. hey were beautifully toothpaste, etc. I would encourage painted Dickensian cityscapes with groups one item that is more of a gift than a of carolers singing on street corners and necessity. When you’ve reached the end garland strewn over all the door frames. of Advent, December 24, you drop of Twenty-four little windows opened to your illed boxes. reveal chocolates shaped like Christmas I really love this idea because, again, ornaments. I remember searching for the I’m not totally comfortable with an number and perforating that day’s window additional, expected daily present, to eat that little bite of milk chocolate. however small, at this time of year. When my son was little, I purchased a Particularly for young children, I think large wooden reindeer Advent calendar it’s important to get them thinking about that is Scandinavian-themed: bright red how they can be of service to others. with white piping and 24 little drawers If my son were still little, I would that open to reveal whatever gifts I want purchase all the supplies needed to ill to include. the 24 days and then let him pick which here’s something wonderful about a one he wanted to put into the box every small daily “task” that has a limited time day. commitment and leads up to something You could decorate the boxes together celebratory, in this case Christmas. But so that there is an added element of there’s also something a bit excessive festivity around the whole project; think about it. of the important conversations you could he holidays are already illed with have about giving and not just receiving. so much: parties, presents, decorating It’s so easy to get caught up in the and the like. Do we really need one more materialism of the season; this is such a element that is all about receiving? wonderfully simple way to help children What if Advent became about giving? remember to think about others and to I recently came across the idea of a be enthusiastic in their giving. reverse Advent calendar. he irst one I I already have my box ready and am saw used two wine boxes because they thinking about the kinds of items I am each have 12 slots, but you wouldn’t have going to put into it every day starting to get so speciic—you could use any box December 1. I hope you will join me and you wanted. that we will bring a collective and joyful 1495 Campbell Lane he idea is that every day of Advent, holiday spirit to those who need it most. (270) 781-3560

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