The Charleston Home

London transplants recast a sagging downtown house into an airy, liveable backdrop for contemporary art

Author and songwriter Carolyn Evans falls hard for a 19th-century gem that proves worth the wait

Throughout Charleston, the nuance and pull of history is palpable, like a sixth sense, a fifth dimension. It drapes around the city as if a mysterious swaddling cloth, both tangible and intangible, seen and unseen. It’s a thread that winds over and through and between everything, trailing down alleyways, along cobblestones, into piazzas, beneath oak groves, and sometimes even, it leads you home. At least it did for Susan and Trenholm Walker

One-Room Revamp Challenge Homeowner Runner-Up: Evita Smith, West Ashley

One-Room Revamp Challenge Homeowner Runner-Up: Annie Hamnett, West Ashley

One-Room Revamp Challenge: Designer Winner, Jennifer Mathis, Mount Pleasant

One-Room Revamp Challenge Overall Winner: Elisabeth Bova, Summerville