Southern Home

Southern Home (SH): Tell us about your early memories of being in the garden. Gavin Duke (GD): I grew up in rural Arkansas, and in the summers, my parents would create a vegetable garden, which I helped tend. It wasn’t big, although it seemed so to m

Great Outdoors Travel truly opens your world and allows you to appreciate the magnificence of other cultures and nature. Last spring I had the opportunity to visit Amsterdam, and the cobblestone streets, museums, shops, and quaint little restaurants

1 COOPER TEAK DINING TABLE BY TEAK WAREHOUSE; mid-century inspired design that is beautiful and functional; shown with Rivoli Chairs; $1,399–$1,599; teakwarehouse.com 2 PRIMROSE OUTDOOR DINING TABLE BY ARHAUS; made from fiber-reinforced concrete and

In Gil Schafer’s third book, Home at Last: Enduring Design for the New American House, the award-winning architect invites readers into eight gorgeous residences, each with its own unique story and celebration of craftsmanship and creativity. From a

Trellises have been fixtures in well-appointed gardens since ancient times. Conceived as an upright support for climbing vines, whose tendrils could weave up and through the lattice design, wooden trelliswork is believed to have first been employed b

“My design philosophy is steadfast: I believe home should wholeheartedly reflect you and the story of your family. It is intimate, very personal, and a constantly evolving canvas,” says interior designer Alex Deringer of Deringer Design when speaking

When a client came to Caroline Willis in need of help with the interior of the house she had just bought in Buckhead, Caroline was delighted to discover it hadn’t been improved in years. That meant the 1940s residence retained all the quirks of an ol

An empty, lakeside lot in an established Raleigh neighborhood seemed like a too-good-to-be-true scenario, but it’s exactly where dreams began to take shape for Mary Margaret and Kade Ross and their two young children. Planning to build a forever home

Land spreading out far and wide is a luxury to be embraced, especially in a metropolitan area. Ensconced amid a pastoral six-acre setting in the outskirts of Nashville, the new home of Karla and Rafael Calderon is nothing short of a masterpiece, wher

Encouragement and compromise are essential to harmonious relationships but can be just as valuable when building a new home. With one child and another on the way, interior designer Virginia Cheek and her husband, Andrew, knew they needed more space.

Wanting a second home designed for entertaining and filled with bright tones, the owners of this new build in the resort community of Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina were introduced to Shell Neely of Kelly Caron Designs by their builder, H2 Builders

“Growing up, there was always that one house where all the kids would end up, and I wanted our home to be ‘that house’ for our twelve-year-old daughter and her friends,” says interior designer Tiffany Hinton of Lola Interiors. How could it not be? Lo

Summertime is not the only time that it’s easy to be outside. In the South, with our temperate climate and easygoing lifestyle, we can be outside year-round, and this seems to be a trend we’re seeing all over the country. In fact, outdoor living has

Set among 325 acres of rolling hills, Southall delivers a luxurious experience with a focus on renewability. Everything at Southall is in harmony with its surroundings, evoking the feeling of old farms and farmhouses across America but with contempor

Home is as much a feeling as it is a physical presence. In The Landscape of Home: In the Country, by the Sea, in the City, Edmund Hollander takes readers through richly diverse projects and shares how he seamlessly designs the landscaping to perfectl