Something special happens when two artists build a space together. It stops being just a home and starts feeling like a point of view. Angela and Alverson, the duo behind The Meadows, have created exactly that: a mid-century world that feels considered, expressive, and alive in its own way.

As longtime sproos! lovers, bringing our showers into their home felt less like a shoot and more like stepping into a shared creative world. Set against the warm woods, soft light, and sculptural lines of their 1970s space, every detail clicked into place, color, form, and function working together in a way that just made sense.

We spent the day capturing sproos! inside The Meadows, and walked away a reminder of how powerful a space can be when it’s shaped with intention, and how design - at its best - doesn’t just look good, it lives and breathes alongside you.

For those just discovering you, who are you, what is The Meadows in your own words?

Hi! We are Angela and Alverson, two artists and design lovers who stumbled onto something really special. The Meadows is our 1970s mid-century home, and the best way we can describe it is, alive! It’s the kind of space that gives you energy just by being in it.



You describe discovering your 1970s home as a “hidden gem.” What was the exact moment you both realized, “Yep… this is the one”?

This home completely blind-sided us, and we still pinch ourselves wondering how we got so lucky. What makes our story a little different is that our real realization actually came after we closed. We chose this home without ever setting foot inside. We trusted our gut, leaned on the photos, and had a fantastic realtor in our corner who made us feel confident every step of the way. We knew going in that we wanted a mid-century home with rich history, large windows that flood every room with natural light, and that signature indoor-outdoor flow that mid-century homes do so well!

Your space has such a strong mid-century personality. What design details or elements were absolute non-negotiables when bringing the house to life?

The previous owner did a beautiful job honoring the home's original character, and we inherited so much of that thoughtfully intact. Our job now is to layer in our own story over time slowly, and we're loving that process. The non-negotiable is intentionality. Art and design are deeply personal to us, so the walls and surfaces aren't just decorated, they're curated. We gravitate toward work from visual artists we love and believe in, pieces that hold meaning beyond aesthetics. 

Furniture-wise, the Noguchi coffee table was non-negotiable. It's an iconic design that feels like it was made for our space: sculptural, functional, timeless. The Herman Miller Bubble pendant was equally non-negotiable, a classic. For lighting beyond that, we were intentional about sourcing from places that truly understand the aesthetic. Our pendant lights came from Keel and Company, a mid-century modern store in Raleigh, NC, and another custom pendant was sourced from Hip Haven, an MCM shop out of Texas. Every piece was chosen with purpose. From there, everything else follows a Japandi-inspired sensibility: clean lines, natural materials, warmth without clutter. The through-line for everything we bring into the space is that it has to feel considered. Every piece for us should feel like it belongs, like it was always meant to be here.

Hosting a photoshoot in your own home is a very particular kind of adventure. What was the most surprising, funny, or unexpectedly delightful moment from the day we brought sproos! into your space?

The most delightful surprise was watching the color theory come to life in real time. Seeing how the sproos! shower kits were paired with our bathrooms and the intentionality behind each color choice, the way certain tones just sang against our bathroom palette  was genuinely fascinating. As artists, that kind of thinking speaks our language, and it was exciting to see it applied to our own space. The improvised props were another highlight. Watching the team pull things together on the fly and have them land perfectly alongside the sproos! Also, witnessing how the sproos! team can walk into your space and immediately see it, see how color can live there, breathe there, tell a story there. As artists, that’s something we deeply appreciate. It was less like a photoshoot and more like a creative collaboration, and that was felt throughout the entire day.

You’re both tech-savvy artists, how does that creative background influence the way you design spaces or think about hosting?

Being artists fundamentally changes the way you see and experience the world; and that absolutely extends to how we design spaces and think about hosting. As artists, we’re intentional about everything: color, composition, gesture, meaning. Nothing is accidental. When we walk into a room we’re designing or a new space we visit, we’re not just thinking about how it looks, we’re thinking about how it feels, how it sounds, how it smells, how the light moves through it at different times of day. We engage with spaces through all of our senses, so naturally that’s how we approach it. When it comes to hosting, we think about the details, even the smallest ones.  Because we know from experience that it’s usually a small detail that makes a guest feel truly seen and taken care of. The tech-savvy side of us just makes sure all of that is executed seamlessly so the experience feels effortless for guests, even when a lot of thought went into every layer behind it. For us, hosting is just another form of making. You’re composing an experience, and every element is a deliberate choice.

Final and very important: what color should sproos! bring into the world next? No pressure 👀

 A deep terracotta or Sage would be lovely!