HOME & GARDEN
a peace of
Piedmont Two health care workers retreat to a modern oasis overlooking the Chapel Hill countryside By M ar ie M u ir | P h o to g rap hy by Jo h n Mi chael Si m pson
D
ori Baboolal and Dr. Hemanth Baboolal met and fell in love in an operating room at UNC Medical Center in 2013. Dori, a pediatric
certified registered nurse anesthetist, and Hemanth, a pediatric anesthesiologist, bonded over their shared passions for art, nature and helping children. In 2014, they tied the knot twice, with a Western wedding ceremony in Durham and an Indian wedding ceremony in South Africa, Hemanth’s home country. The newlyweds soon moved into a cookie-cutter, suburban house in Carrboro. “[Our first house] had no openness, and the utilization of space wasn’t 70
chapelhillmagazine.com
May/June 2021