Callanwolde Arts Festival January 21-22, 2017
You know Atlanta loves its festivals! Spring and Fall…you can hardly catch them all! (Like that?) But who says you HAVE to wait till April for the Dogwood Festival? (Which BTW is April 7-9, 2017!)
The Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces is proud to announce the 4th Annual Callanwolde Arts Festival coming to the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center January 20th thru 22nd in Atlanta, Georgia.
What is the Callanwolde Arts Festival?
The Callanwolde Arts Festival is a two-day indoor festival located in one of the most distinctive historic properties in Atlanta. This event will feature approximately 80 painters, photographers, sculptors, metalwork, glass artists, jewelers and more! The Festival will also offer artist demonstrations, live acoustic music, plus gourmet food trucks with healthy alternatives.
The festival will also feature a VIP Reception January 20th from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. in which visitors can tour the mansion and shop before the festival opens to the public. Guests will be treated to adult beverages, live music, VIP access to the festival, and hors d’oeuvres. The 27,000 square foot mansion is centered around a large enclosed courtyard nestled in historic Druid Hills, part of metro Atlanta just minutes from major interstates and central Midtown Atlanta.
Times:
Sat., January 21, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sun., January 22, 2017 from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Music: Acoustic Music only
Attendance: $5 admission – benefits CFAC
Parking: Free
For more information about the festival, please visit www.callanwoldeartsfestival.com.
Where is the Callanwolde Mansion?
Location:
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
980 Briarcliff Rd., NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
WHAT is Callanwolde?
The following is from the Callanwolde website:
Callanwolde, the magnificent Tudor Revival style home of the Charles Howard Candler family, was completed in 1920. Howard Candler, the oldest son of Asa Griggs Candler (founder of The Coca-Cola Company), was the President of The Coca-Cola Company from 1916 to 1923. Callanwolde was the home of the family of Charles Howard Candler (1878-1957) from 1920 until 1959.
The estate is located in the Druid Hills neighborhood of Atlanta, which was planned by the firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of Central Park in New York City and the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC. Of the estate’s original 27 acres, approximately 12 remain intact. The grounds, which consist of sculptured lawns, formal gardens, nature trails and a rock garden, have been partially restored by the DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs and The Callanwolde Foundation, and are maintained by DeKalb County.
Designed by Henry Hornbostel, who also designed Emory University, Callanwolde’s plan is one of openness. Most rooms adjoin the great halls located on each floor, and the entire 27,000 square foot mansion is centered around a large, courtyard that has recently been enclosed. The attention to fine detail is evident in the excellent craftsmanship of the walnut panelling, stained glass, bronze balustrades, the artistry of the delicate ceiling and fireplace reliefs, and the pierced tracery concealing the Aeolian organ chambers.
Callanwolde remained the Candlers’ home for 39 years. In 1959, two years after Mr. Candler’s death, and nine years prior to her own death, Mrs. Candler donated the estate (including many of the original furnishings) to Emory University.
Home Renovations for the Golden Years
We never like to think about it…but face it….we all are and will get older. It’s a fact of life we can’t deny, or stop!
If you live in a home and you are at the stage in life that you think this is your “forever home” then as you remodel, you may want to think about how that home will work “forever” for you if you have health issues in the future.
Instead of just thinking about granite choices, or paint colors, think long term about choices that could help you stay in your home longer. Everything from grab bars to open kitchens to stairs are certainly a factor. A walk-in shower as well as a tub…with a wide ledge to sit on….and then get into the tub…all things to consider NOW as you make renovations.
Access in the kitchen might include a movable island for when there may be a need for wheelchair access.
And if this is not your stage in life, you might have to be assisting a parent with these choices…so some good information to help you help them.
Here is a great article in the New York Times, titled Home Renovations for The Golden Years that goes into more detail about this subject.
Condo Living Rooms
Depending on the size of condominium you may have purchased in Atlanta, you could have a large living room, or it could be part of a smaller space, combined with the dining area, and even open to the kitchen. Condo Living Rooms can be small, medium or even large!
The interior design of many condos offer cool spaces where you can do an accent paint color, like along the dropped ceiling that as the HVAC and vents in it.
What’s YOUR condo living room look like?
Why Does It Take You So Long to Do Market Reports?
A post of a personal nature…but a question asked. Why Does it take you so long to do Market Reports?
I’m in the process of getting Market Report posts done for September, 2016 numbers. A person who follows my blog regularly, asked the question yesterday,
“Why is it October 28 and you are still doing SEPTEMBER Market Reports? It seems like this is already old news. Why don’t we see them on September 1 or 2?”
Ok. That’s a fair question that needs an answer.
The easy answer would be, “They are a lot of work.” Well they are!
But the truth is there are several factors at play. First, I wait until the 15th of the following month, to make sure that the MLS has been updated with all the closings for the month I’m writing about. So, I don’t start on September reports until October 15.
Second, I have TWENTY-TWO, yes 22 major condo buildings in the Midtown area. I’d probably push 35 or more if I did ALL the condo buildings!!! That’s some serious buildings to pull numbers for.
Third, there is more to a market report, than just throwing numbers out there. I believe my readers expect some type of analysis of the information. Often, it’s pretty straight-forward. Not much inventory, some are Under Contract, and some have Sold…and the Days on Market are short and sweet. But not always. Take the September, 2016 Market Report for Viewpoint Midtown. One of the Sold listings had been on the market for some 110 days!!! That’s crazy in this market. So I had to take further time to look into that specific listing and be able to offer up an explanation of what happened. I can usually look at a listing and tell what the issue was. In this case, it was a Seller who had a tenant that wanted to stay in the condo, and they were looking for an investment buyer vs. an owner-occupied buyer. And that took some time.
I get a lot of great feedback on my Market Reports. These are not those “zestimates” that you hear about….this is an actual real estate agent, that works in the market on a day-to-day basis, looking at the activity, not in a high-reaching view, but building, by building. What sells down the street may have some impact on your value, but it’s more important to know what is happening right in YOUR building. As that will have a more direct impact on your value if you are planning to refinance or sell.
So, it takes time to write some 22 blog posts about all the Midtown Atlanta condo buildings. In fact, for September, I may have to condense some of the buildings into a multi-building post, just so I can get the info out there.
I hope it’s information you find helpful when YOU have a question, “How’s the real estate market?”
Now, let me get back to Market Reports!!!
Atlanta Transit News
Atlanta Transit News
I always like to talk Atlanta Transit News! No doubt, Atlanta is a MAJOR metropolitan area with a MINOR transit system. I don’t say this to scare anyone if you are looking to move to Atlanta, but you just may want to consider where you live and where you work and what your potential commute to and from work could be!
Case in point….an article I saw on Brookhaven Patch, talks about the future growth of the Atlanta area, and specifically mentions Forsyth County, which is North of Atlanta, accessible by GA400 or GA 141 (Peachtree Parkway). Cities like Johns Creek, which IS in Forsyth County (and borders North Fulton County) passed a resolution that they DON’T WANT MARTA coming to their city. Seriously? Yet this very article talks about Forsyth County being the fastest growing county in ALL of Georgia in 2014-2015! And it projects that the area will see a 58% increase in population growth between now and 2030!!!!
I’m here to tell you…all them cars are NOT going to fit on an already clogged GA400 coming in or going out during commute times!
But I subscribe to the Citizens for Progressive Transit newsletter, which always has good information about transit and what may be happening in our city.
You can read the Citizens For Progressive Transit newsletter here.
The City of Atlanta will be looking to get some new transit projects going with the legislation approved by the Georgia General Assembly this past Spring. The big challenge Atlanta is having with transit (well besides the fact that we can’t seem to get people to VOTE FOR IT….) is that to run rail lines now, will involve displacing homes and businesses. It’s a shame the routes were not laid out years ago and protected from development, but that did not happen. So now, many options are directed towards bus rapid transit as a way to get people around.
Maybe one day.
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