AR Print Shop Opening!

Happy AR Print Shop Opening Day!!!!!

I am releasing powerful prints with personal messages for you! Why is this important? I believe in conscious visual consumption. What we focus on expands and this starts in our homes as we are spending more time within our four walls. I strategically place visual reminders for me in the home representing the growth or groundedness I strive for each day.

Today, I am releasing two series. The small print series contains my, "Love Over Fear" faucet print. I start each morning off with this view as the print is an anchor to our kitchen coffee station. It serves as a daily reminder to ensure all of my decisions are coming from a place of love rather than fear. This print is a great visual mood shifter especially on some of those mornings we find ourselves getting up on the wrong side of the bed.

The large print series offering is grounded in simplicity and back basics. This specific time in our culture, I am looking for meaning and purpose. I love artwork that echoes and achieves a sense of weathered patina and resilience. Let these pieces fill your hearts and homes with love, rootedness, substance and style. Let the light in my work inspire and guide you on your own creative journey.

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Alyssa’s debut Coffee Table book, The New Southern, Out now via Abrams!

The New Southern | Sight + Soul Valentine's Day Gift Guide

The New Southern is all about living our best life with what we have… AND we all have love and light within each of us 365 days of the year! So, let’s gently say sayonara to a 24-hour notion of celebrating love this Valentine’s Day! While red hearts and roses are symbolic this week, there’s nothing sweeter than a creative way of expressing appreciation for your loved ones each and every day with a little style and substance. As a leading photographer and stylist…. I am constantly challenging myself to think outside the box… to tap into my creativity, to extend my businesses and craft to be more of service. This mindful practice of living a creative life is an extension of self-love. For me, creativity is love… creativity is light. So, for the holidays, I love giving gifts that keep on giving throughout the year. Books are the easiest way to achieve this…. Check out a few of my favorites below with Cleo Wade’s Heart Talk and Melody Beattie’s Journey to The Heart. Also, let’s discuss art! I am leaning into color more and more for my walls (Hello Hayley Mitchell and One Kings Lane!!!!) This is one of the best ways to incorporate personality to a space. My walls are filling up with visual memories that I either aspire to achieve or take me back to a special heart filled moment. Regardless, find the pieces that will energize you, evoke emotion and inspiration for you and your loved ones.

By filling our homes and our souls with loving sentiments that we can set our sights on every morning and every night before we go to sleep, we can extend the love of Valentine’s Day far beyond February 14th. To help get you started, here is a fun New Southern gift guide for SIGHT AND SOUL. Full of substance — you can share the love with these punchy, thoughtful ideas, any day of the year!

The New Southern | Designer Spotlight: Liz Caroll + Charlotte Lucas, House of Harris

Liz Caroll and Charlotte Lucas grew up in design school — spending hours scouring antique shops, fabric stores, furniture showrooms and flea markets alongside their interior designer of a mother. Today they’ve learned how to use their lessons on mastering color and pattern as an integral tool in their shared passion turned profession. With two successful interior design businesses of their own, the duo desired another creative outlet and so they launched House of Harris, whose title pays tribute to their maiden name — collaborating to create a line of high-end textiles and wallpaper which reflect their combined style. Design certainly runs deep for these two North Carolina sisters (whose younger sister also happens to be in the industry).

Inherently Liz and Charlotte, House of Harris screams all-things The New Southern — modern, carefree and honoring its roots. The vibrant, punchy colors of the prints channel a flair for travel and eclectic taste. Visually hypnotising and cheerful with lighthearted, modernized florals and a less stuffy, more easygoing vibe. The sisters’ patterns can add an element of whimsical delight to any home. One that is ideal for entertaining enthusiasts and fellow interior designers, alike.

Recently named House Beautiful’s 2017 Next Wave Designer, Charlotte has a bold and daring design personality that is perfectly complemented by that of Liz, whose style is grounded in tranquil, soothing colors and natural textures that reflect her seaside Carolina home. Nationally, these sisters are gaining attention for their entertaining style, recently published in Vogue, Veranda, and Domino.

Photo: ©Treebird Photography

We applaud the two for paving the way for classic prints to be embraced with a modern, Southern twist — inspiring other creatives to bridge their past and their present.

Alyssa Rosenheck: Tell me about yourself.

Liz Carroll + Charlotte Lucas: We are sister designers from North Carolina, Liz Harris Carroll of Liz Carroll Interiors in Wilmington and Charlotte Harris Lucas of Charlotte Lucas Interior Design in Charlotte. Using our combined decades of experience building two successful interior design businesses, we have recently joined forces to launch House of Harris, a new fabric and wallpaper line.

House of Harris features whimsical patterns and vibrant colors with a decidedly modern flair. Inspired by the cities and streets we lived and grew up on, the first collection pays homage to our North Carolina roots.

These designs also reflect our eclectic styles and love for travel, taking inspiration from recent trips to France and Palm Beach. House of Harris’ first collection showcases a variety of unique and colorful patterns with interest in high quality, live-able and durable materials designed in-house and manufactured in the USA. 

Photo: ©Chris Edwards

Photo: ©Chris Edwards

AR: How are you modernizing / updating Southern style when you design?

LC + CL: We identify our Southern style being represented by designs that withstand the test of time using subtle textures, punchy colors, and modern scale.

AR: What innovative trends are you seeing with Southern style across the country?

LC + CL: Southern designers and homeowners alike are bringing new life to Southern traditions of entertaining in tablescape design. Our generation is designing and entertaining with our grandmother’s heart and our own modern eyes. Linens for dinner and cocktail parties have been revitalized with impactful color and design, china patterns and silver are being mixed and matched, and it is all so lovely and lively!

AR: What are your favorite hometown design boutiques?

LC + CL: In Wilmington, we love Protocol and Paysage. In Charlotte, our go-to’s are Darnell, Mrs. Howards, and every antique store.

Photo: ©Allison Potter Photography

Photo: ©House of Harris, Personal Collection

Photo: ©House of Harris, Personal Collection

AR: Favorite shade of white and black paint color?

LC + CL: “Simply White” by Benjamin Moore and “Pitch Black” by Farrow and Ball.

AR: The key to making a house a home? What does a home need more of and less of?

LC + CL: Making a house a home is achieved by surrounding yourself with belongings that hold memories—they are yours, your great grandmother’s, or a stranger’s. Homes need less overhead lighting and more entertaining spaces.

AR: What’s the best piece of design advice you could provide for creative entrepreneurs starting out?

LC + CL: The best business advice we would offer is to be 100% proud of your product, as well as being patient in the developing stage—that’s crucial. Leverage your skills to optimize your success. Realizing your strengths helps you in the fundamental stages to learn where you need help from outside sources, partners, or team members.

Photo: ©Chris Edwards

AR: What’s your advice for mixing old with new?

LC + CL: Vintage furniture can take on a completely new life upholstered in a bold pattern or fun color. Look at the lines of the furniture as the attractive feature and ignore all the rest.

AR: Your momma always said…

LC + CL: Measure twice, make once.

AR: What’s your favorite housewarming gift?

LC +  CL: A Bonnie + Bud Box! Local to Charlotte, the Bonnie + Bud boxes are filled with personalized specialties and can be shipped anywhere in a beautiful presentation. 

AR: What’s your dream project/client?

LC + CL: We would adore to do a luxury yacht! The industry renovated outdoor fabrics so that every space can be both beautiful and functional. 

Photo: ©Allison Potter Photography

Photo: ©Treebird Photography

Photo: ©Treebird Photography

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Sneak Peek in the Studio Today | Etsy Love

My job is made easy when I work with such talented people. Here is a sneak peek of some test shots with one of my new favorite Etsy Shops. More to come soon. Grateful. Xx Check out The Mint Gardener in the mean time. Love + Light Xx