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Text Mysty McLellandPhotography Robert Peterson Longing to experience the natural beauty and ease of coastal living, the homeowners searched for their dream house in an ideal location. Empty nesters with four adult children, the couple had a clear vision for this new season of life—one which reflects their shared passions for art, entertaining, and seamless alfresco living. When the couple learned...

Text: Andrea Norstrom Caughey Photos: Julia Lynn Polished, yet deeply personal. Casual, but elevated.” These are the mantras South Carolina interior designer Jenny Keenan of Jenny Keenan Design embraced in the creation of a newly constructed family home on the magical Golden Isles of Georgia. “Longtime visitors to Sea Island, this couple wanted a legacy for their family—comfortable yet elegant, with plenty...

Text Alice Welsh Doyle Photography Julie Soefer Photography Styling Jessica Holtam It really is a Champagne toast of a house,” says Courtnay Tartt Elias of Creative Tonic Design when describing the historic 1925 house designed by noted Houston architect Birdsall P. Briscoe. “It reflects a love of entertaining and my client’s effervescent personality.” The iconic Houston property, affectionally known as the “Redbird”...

Text Blake MillerPhotography Dustin Peck Designer Louise Johnson had her work cut out for her. When she proposed crisp white walls for a newly built Lake Keowee, South Carolina, retreat, the homeowners hesitated—“they were a little tentative,” she recalls with a laugh. Still, they trusted the Spartanburg-based designer’s instincts and embraced the clean slate. The payoff was immediate. A family with...

Text Jeanne de Lathouder Photography Hector Sanchez Styling Kathleen Varner Coming home again holds infinite possibilities—especially for a young newlywed couple purchasing their first dwelling. For them, it was a no-brainer to come back to Birmingham, Alabama’s charming Mountain Brook neighborhood, where the wife had grown up. Revered by locals and visitors alike, its idyllic setting offers residents one of those rare,...

Text Jeanne de Lathouder Photography Chris Luker Modesty was the order of this commission,” says Bill Curtis of the legendary Houston architectural firm, Curtis & Windham Architects, when speaking of a quaint, white-bricked residence in River Oaks known as the Wickersham House. “The owners had lived on the property for 30 years before taking their old house down and building anew....

Text: Sherry Moeller Photos: Gordon Gregory Styling: Page Mullins A spicy, cranberry pink hue greets guests at the front door and continues into other spaces, such as the dining room, taking color up a notch in this 1930s Colonial in Richmond, Virginia. “The pink color draws you through the house,” says Elly Poston Cooper, principal of Elly Poston Interiors. “It’s a happy,...

Text: Tiffany Adams Photos: Emily Followill If you keep it classic, it never gets old.” It’s a phrase that marks James Farmer’s design philosophy whether he’s working on a seaside retreat or a storied family residence. Influenced heavily by his upbringing in the small town of Perry, Georgia, and recently by British design on trips abroad, he sees the beauty that...

Text Tiffany Adams Photography Julie Soefer When this Houston couple called on friend and local designer Catherine Brooks Giuffre to update their living room, they already had a future project in mind. Desiring more space and a location closer to their children’s school, the pair were keeping their eyes open for a piece of property where they could build a practical,...

Text and styling: Charlotte Safavi Photography: Julie Soefer My husband Jerry and I were high school sweethearts, and we grew up in this area,” says Shelli Smith, a stay-at-home Houston mom of three. “The Woodlands is our home. It is so nice to have found the perfect site and built our forever home here.” This journey home began in 2021, after the...