Skirt August 2013

Cover copy by Nikki Hardin, art by Mary Richardson

“Home is where my habits have a habitat.” Fiona Apple

Cashmere Sweater

Home is the Place

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Augusta, Aiken & Columbia

Welcome home! It’s the place you can

rewind the day and give it a happy

ending, or unwind and be yourself

without pretending. It’s the rattiest

sweats you own and the moth-eaten

you wear to bed. It’s setting the

thermostat on My Comfort Zone,

playing music you’re embarrassed

to admit you love, letting the world

go about its busy-ness without you.

you’re meaning to unclutter, the

rooms you’re thinking of repaint-

ing, the weeds still waiting for up-

rooting. It’s the place you long for

when you’re sick in a strange city, or

you failed to nail a job interview, or

you’re stuck on a date that was a big

mistake. Home is a midnight snack

standing up at the sink, a nightlight

down the hall, the flashlight by your

bed in a blackout. It’s intensive care

when life knocks you for a loop,

a place for an emergency landing,

a recovery room for your soul. And

no matter how far you roam, you

hope the key is still under the mat.

f r e e

E s c a p e t h e o r d i n a r y .

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The At Home Issue

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about skirt!Publisher

Nikki Hardin [email protected]

National Art Director Caitilin McPhillips

[email protected]

National EditorMargaret Pilarski

[email protected]

Market Manager

(Augusta/Aiken/Columbia)

Kate Cooper Metts

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Contributing Editor Columbia

Jenny Maxwell

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Contributing Editor Augusta/Aiken

Gracie Shepherd [email protected]

Sales ExecutiveColumbia/Aiken/North Augusta

Libby Salvador [email protected]

Sales ExecutivesAugusta

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Elizabeth Jones Sisson

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Maidi McMurtrie [email protected]

Mary Porter Vann

[email protected]

Graphic Designer

Michael RushbrookCher Wheeler

Meaghan Pafford

PhotographyMolly HarrellSara Caldwell

Essays

Birds Of A Feather

Nikki Hardin ................................................................................. 11

Room for Thought

Stacy Appel ................................................................................... 13

A Tale of Two Nurseries

Andrea Gallagher ...................................................................... 14

Features

Letter from the Publisher ......................................................... 6

Letter from the Editor ............................................................... 6

Feel Good ...................................................................................... 18

He’s So Original .......................................................................... 24

Meet ................................................................................................... 26

Skirt of the Month..................................................................... 29

XOXOnikki ................................................................................... 34

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The UniTed SkirTS of AmericA

The United Skirts of

America was founded

on the blood, sweat

and estrogen of our

foremothers, who

won us the freedom to

choose...to break The

Rules, to wear combat

boots or high heels, to

run for office or run a

marathon, to form our

own rock groups instead

of being groupies, to

shatter Glass Ceilings

and Glass Slippers, to

shoot hoops instead

of settling for hoop

skirts. The ones who

came before us made

it possible for our

daughters to dream

bigger, to have the

chance to grow up to

be President and turn

the Oval Office into

the Ovary Office. In

the United Skirts of

America, every day is

Independence Day!

from The ediTor

Whenever I make a new friend, I feel like we haven’t really sealed the deal until I see

their home. There’s just something about seeing a person’s living space that tells you

about who they are, where they’ve been and who they want to be. I’m always impressed

and inspired to go back to my home and paint that accent wall purple or de-clutter that

corner in the spare bedroom that I like to forget about. The women featured in this issue

work in some way to make living spaces more inviting and relaxing, and as I talked to

them it made me want to spend more time cultivating my living space into the beautiful

oasis I have visualized. I hope you love this issue as well, and that it gets your creative

juices flowing in new and exciting ways!

from The foUnder And nATionAl ediTor

Nikki [email protected]

I believe the houses we grow up in shape us just as much as our families do. Until I

was 10, my parents moved us to a series of shabby rental houses in our small town.

During those years I actually spent as much or more time with my grandparents, who

lived in an old house filled with family antiques, handmade quilts, windows with wavy

glass and wide-planked wood floors. The front room was my grandparents’ bedroom

and doubled as a sitting room because of the fireplace where everyone gathered. At

the other end of the house, the big kitchen was heated by a wood-burning stove that

turned out amazing meals I’ve never been able to duplicate. Those two sources of

heat provided the steady heartbeat of a house that was an escape from the coldness

and emotional poverty of my own family life. But I knew it wasn’t really my home,

and every visit, no matter how extended, inevitably ended in my leaving and losing

the warmth. For many years as an adult, the houses I lived in were always unfinished

and incompletely furnished in some vital way. As if I were still mentally stuck in those

barren rental houses of my childhood, never trusting in permanence or allowing myself

to get too attached. When I bought my first house long after most people have made

that commitment, I began craving texture and color in my life. I started hanging art,

painting white walls aqua, apple green and buttermilk, creating little altars of keepsakes

and photos and candles. It’s my grandmother’s house by way of Frida Kahlo with a

splash of Nikki. I finally made myself at home.

The At Home Issue

Mary Richardson

Mary Richardson lives in

Melbourne, Australia, with

her husband, two sons, and

a cat, and she has always

loved art—sketching, draw-

ing, painting. She creates

fun and colorful artwork,

mainly featuring girls in vari-

ous settings, by using acrylic

paints on canvas. Mary’s

work is reminiscent of Eu-

rope, travel, and the beach

with a vintage/retro feel.

Her inspirations include

vintage fashion, old Hol-

lywood movies and places

she has visited. Some of her

paintings are also inspired

by memories of family or

friends, and she often imag-

ines a story behind them.

You can find her paintings,

prints and cards on Etsy

at helloitsmary.etsy.com.

Gracie [email protected]



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I love home and I love away from home. What I don’t like anymore is getting

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