January/February 2023

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EDITOR Lynn Lee Terry PROJECT EDITOR Lauren Gentry Walker SENIOR COPY EDITOR Rhonda Lee Lother COPY EDITOR Michele Moore CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Tiffany Adams, Jennifer Boles, Karen Carroll, Alice Welsh Doyle, Robert C. Martin, Blake Miller, Sherry Moel
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From the Editor
A Fresh Take As we welcome in a new year, we find ourselves looking forward to what’s ahead and the fresh start 2023 will bring. Our special Before and After issue serves as the perfect inspiration as it showcases designers and homeowners that visual
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Bobby McAlpine
Southern Home (SH): In the past, you’ve shared that you designed your first house when you were five, so you obviously discovered your calling at a tender age. We’re curious—if you hadn’t become an architect, what do you think you would have been? Bo
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Timeless Details
Known for her creative use of texture, light, and color, designer Suzanne Tucker presents her third book, Extraordinary Interiors. The volume features a selection of Tucker’s most recent work, including a mountain retreat dressed in natural tones, a
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Classic Made Current
The lure of the Blue Ridge Mountains had long beckoned when the now owners of this Loudoun County, Virginia, property found their forever home. “We came here from the Washington, D.C., suburbs in the early fall after searching for much smaller homes
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Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall
Part decoration and part optical curiosity, convex mirrors have a history that is as much a reflection of human ingenuity as it is artistic expression. Some of the earliest documented examples of these circular wall mirrors can be found in 15th-centu
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Breath of Fresh Air
Mary Tobias Miller loves a good design challenge. So when her clients reached out to her about their new home in the Eastover neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, Miller was not intimidated by the home’s eyesore of an interior. “The home was he
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Gerogian Gem
High style and comfort go hand in hand for North Carolina-based interior designer Gray Walker. The combination was top of mind when she began renovating a Sea Island, Georgia, vacation home for dear friends. Having worked with them on their primary r
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Luxuriously Designed
In her previous books, The Perfect Bath and The Perfect Kitchen, Waterworks cofounder Barbara Sallick took readers on a journey through her creation of stylish yet functional spaces. In her newest book, The Ultimate Bath, Sallick focuses on the impor
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The Best of Old & New
When starting a new chapter in life, letting go is part of the process, but it helps when what waits in the wings has great potential, as a client of interior designer Beth Meyer realized at full tilt. “We lived on a large equestrian farm, which had
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Nautical Nuance
A young family grows up and grows out of their home but yearns to stay where their roots are planted. It is a familiar story and one that hit close to home, quite literally, for the homeowners. The couple and their children had been experiencing grow
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Country to Coastal
Although interior designer Susan Carlson loved living in the bucolic countryside of Bedford, New York, for the last 15 years, she also had a soft spot for Palm Beach, Florida. Her parents moved there in the 1990s, and she and her husband, Gus, purcha
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Lake House Deluxe
When Margie and Barry Boan bought the 1970s house on the shore of Lake Martin, they envisioned it as a refuge for their family and friends. But first, they had to exorcize the design demons that kept it locked in ’80s limbo. Heavy, dark woodwork and
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Kitchen Resolutions
During her highly successful career of designing first-rate kitchens and baths, Birmingham’s Cyndy Cantley has seen trends come and go. That’s why, when planning a cooking space from scratch or renovating an existing one, this nationally known kitche
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Little Palm Island Resort & Spa
Situated on a 4.5-acre private island in the Lower Florida Keys, Little Palm Island Resort & Spa is a favored escape for those seeking privacy and exclusive luxury. Accessible by plane or boat, the island’s 30 thatched-roof bungalows are limited to n
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Resources
Please note that items not listed are privately owned. Design: Gray Walker, Gray Walker Interiors. Photography, Jessie Preza. Page 7: Katsura in Coral, Grand Palace Collection, Thibaut. Page 9: Photography, John O’Hagan. Design, Maridonna Rogers. Wha
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Directory of Companies
A. Tyner Antiques: swedishantiques.biz Abode Home : abodehomedesign.com Acquisitions Interiors: acquisitionsinteriors.com African Market’s Trophy Room Collection: trophyroomcollection.com AGA: agarangeusa.com Ainsworth-Noah: ainsworth-noah.com Albrig

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