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🎙️ The Best of Raleigh highlights the people, places, and businesses that make Raleigh and the surrounding North Carolina communities extraordinary.
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Yes, Permanent Makeup Is a Tattoo | Jeanette Ivey on Brows (opens the original)
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Turns out your "permanent makeup" is legally, technically, unmistakably a tattoo, and Jeanette Ivey is completely fine with that. Jeanette Ivey , owner of Ivey Artistry and one of Raleigh's most in-demand permanent makeup artists, sits down with Gretchen Coley to talk brows, lash lines, lip blushing, and the new nano machine hair stroke technique quietly replacing old-school microblading across the industry. She also gets honest about the technique she used to hate, the biggest mistake clients m
What Interior Designers Won't Tell You, with Michelle Murphy of Demi Ryan Interiors (opens the original)
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Michelle Murphy has been designing homes for the same families for over 25 years, and she says the secret is trust, not taste. Michelle is the founder of Demi Ryan , a full-service luxury interior design firm based in Chapel Hill that works with clients across the country, including professional athletes and executives who relocate and bring her with them. In this episode, she talks about her first big break at an HGTV show house, why she refuses to repeat a fabric twice, and what she thinks mos
Sold For $745K, Now Worth $1.6 Million: Mick Michael On Building Raleigh's Legacy (opens the original)
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He almost sold pharmaceuticals. Instead, Mick Michael built one of Raleigh's most talked-about home building companies. Mick Michael, co-founder of Envision Homes , sits down with Gretchen Coley to talk about trading an Army infantry officer's boots for a builder's toolbelt, why "inch wide, mile deep" became his company's model, and how a $745,000 townhome in downtown Cary is now worth $1.6 million. In this episode: • Why Mick calls home building "the greatest form of retail" most people never r
Why Raleigh's Luxury Homebuyers Are Going All In on Smart Technology - Ryan Prestel of Connesso (opens the original)
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Ryan Prestel says the biggest myth in smart home tech is that everything's wireless. Here's why that's costing homeowners. Ryan Prestel, co-founder of Connesso , joins Gretchen Coley to unpack what it actually takes to build a smart, connected luxury home in Raleigh. They cover Josh AI, app fatigue, lighting design, and why the old guard of home technology is being disrupted. In this episode: The biggest myth in the smart home industry, and why the first four letters of wireless are W-I-R-E What
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