

Wonderful southern living is all about beautiful homes, yummy food, and great books! Just in time for Christmas, multi million selling, award winning, Grammy nominated songwriter, producer and performer Deborah Allen taps into her poetic gift with words in her new holiday classic “The Loneliest Christmas Tree.” Deborah will be signing her book at Nashville’s
Read more »Nashville’s only Southern Living Showcase Home, opening this Friday, October 21, sponsored a search for the Ultimate Southern Cookie Contest and four finalists have been named. Miss Daisy King, WTVF Talk of the Town regular and cooking expert, was kind enough to sort through the entries to determine the finalists who will earn the newly released
Read more »A delicious chocolate chip cookie with a hint of sea salt has won the Southern Living Showcase Home’s search for The Ultimate Southern Cookie. Recipes were submitted from all over Tennessee with cooking expert Miss Daisy King declaring the four finalists. The winning entry was selected at a Southern Living Showcase Home’s sneak preview for
Read more »The search for the Ultimate Southern Living Cookie is being held by the Southern Living Showcase Home team with the new KitchenAid mixer as the grand prize, currently available at Williams-Sonoma for $549.00. “Get out your favorite cookie recipe and be sure it has a yummy southern flair or fall festivity to it,” says the
Read more »NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The charm and beauty of Southern Living magazine will be on tour this fall when Castle Homes constructs the Southern Living Showcase Home with the latest in new building products and interior finishes in southern Davidson County’s Dorset Park neighborhood with LP Building Products as presenting sponsor. Alan Looney, president of Castle Homes, said
Read more »In Nashville, a hundred-year-old Boy Scout troop congregates before every camping trip to gather gear and prepare for sleeping under the stars. Of the most memorable moments in scouting, camping trips inevitably top the list. Although these camping adventures offer education in self-sufficiency and leadership, the long-term benefits reach beyond learning how to tie knots
Castle Homes came away a big winner in Nashville Lifestyles’ Home Awards announced this month. The collection of awards garnered by Castle Homes included Best New Kitchen, Best New Bathroom and Runner Up for both Best New Home and Best Builder. “The Nashville home market keeps getting hotter, and the competition for Nashville Lifestyles’ Home
The trick is to choose the technologies you need, while ignoring those you don’t For some people, a new custom home is a chance to get the latest digital bells and whistles. The problem is that home automation can feel like a daunting topic and the wrong choices can lead to frustration. Which technologies will
How to Fight Escalating Lumber Prices The essential skill of value engineering Lumber continues to be THE big issue in homebuilding. As we write this in May 2021, costs for framing lumber and plywood are three times what they were a year ago. That’s right—they’ve tripled. It’s insane. They might go even higher. An April
Your home builder needs to navigate a maze of government regulations—homeowners can help make the process easier A successful new-home build is a predictable one, with no unpleasant surprises. Predictability comes from good planning, as well-planned projects tend to stay on budget and on schedule. Good planning includes making sure the home will meet all