Southern Home

Southern Home (SH): What is your earliest memory of beauty or your first endeavor at creating it? Matthew Monroe Bees (MB): Most likely my paternal grandmother’s home in rural Crenshaw County, Alabama. She always had a way of making everything beauti

1 BALBOA BAR AND COUNTER STOOL BY SERENA & LILY; Hand-woven rattan on a mahogany frame with a tailored cushion; $798–$828; serenaandlily.com 2 BAR AND COUNTER STOOL FROM THE JENS RISOM COLLECTION BY KNOLL; Maple or walnut hardwood frame with cotton o

In their first book, Finding Home, acclaimed architects Ken Pursley and Craig Dixon explore how to create gracious homes with welcoming entryways, soulful interiors, inviting porches, and ebullient gardens. Founded on the simple principle “build beau

Before & After As we have learned over the past year, customizing our homes to suit our needs and preferences is more important than ever. While living and working from home has presented challenges, it has also allowed us to view our spaces through

A cross between mobile architecture and a wall ornament, brackets are one of those rare design forms with a distinctly dual nature. Conceived for the purpose of displaying objects against a wall, they are immensely practical with their shelf-like top

What do you want? It’s a simple question, but one that often yields a complex answer. So, when interior designer Julie Dodson asked clients Sue and Paul Revere what they wanted in a second home, she was pleasantly surprised by their direct, unlikely

When working on a makeover, a seasoned interior designer knows to carefully sift through the client’s existing pieces to see what can be reimagined with a new treatment or simply a new location. For a project in North Buckhead, the process was a snap

Built in 1939 in Atlanta’s Buckhead community, a grand, classically built home fell into a near state of disrepair after sitting vacant for many years. While the house exuded an air of sadness—its Greek Doric columns, rotting cornices, and sagging sh

Historic homes were all this couple had known when they made the move from South Carolina to Blacksburg, Virginia. “We’ve always lived in older homes. Our last one was a 1930s Tudor with a lot of character,” says one of the homeowners. Upon arrival i

Sims and Mike Wachholz lived in their historic Jacksonville, Florida, house for two years before embarking on a major renovation. During that time, they absorbed the way light shifted through the rooms, the way their family used the spaces, and the i

While all Southern homes exude feelings of warmth, graciousness, authenticity, and elegance, each one is as unique as the people who live there. When a young New Orleans family of five purchased a historic house in need of some T.L.C., they didn’t en

Built in the 1950s, a French-style home on a desirable street in Mountain Brook received an addition in the 1980s, and then it remained stuck in time until new owners bought the property in 2019. They tasked designer Kate Hartmann with composing room

When Shaaron and Buzz Barlow were looking to move from their home in The Woodlands, Texas, to Fort Worth, they knew just who to call to make it happen: their daughter. “My parents are the reason I’m in this industry,” says interior designer Tori Rubi

It happens more often than you might think: A powder room or bathroom has only one exterior wall, and it’s the same wall where the sink and required cabinetry are best located. To complicate matters further, natural light is important in any room, an

Known for its bold-colored brand of luxe, the Colony Hotel Palm Beach has been an iconic destination since 1947. What was once a smart second home for statesmen, movie stars, and the town’s chicest residents, Palm Beach’s pinkest hotel resides in the

From award-winning photographer Jessica Klewicki Glynn comes Beachside, a new volume of stunning images. The book presents a wide array of houses, organized by room. Filled with photographs of bougainvillea-framed entrances, airy open-plan living and