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Text: Courtney duQuesnay Photos: Claudia Casbarian of Julie Soeffer Photography Styling: Walker Wright Houston, Texas, interior designer Jennifer Burgess Loh approaches each new project with a magic recipe of collaboration, conversation, and creativity. And that tactic worked again in 2019, when she was contacted by a couple who had recently moved into a luxury mid-rise condominium bordering Houston’s River Oaks neighborhood. Houston High...

Text: Lydia Somerville Photos: Richard Leo Johnson When clients decided they weren’t up for the renovation their Sea Island house required after years on the rental market, they enlisted designer Minnette Jackson to mastermind a move to a new location just 200 yards down the beach. Jackson tackled the job of giving them a new and improved getaway, situated between the...

Text: Eleanor Lynn Nesmith Photo: Jean Allsopp and Chris Luker More than a dozen years ago, a Birmingham couple wanted to purchase a place at the beach and found a 1950s concrete block house high on the bluff in Seagrove, Florida. “With a tweak here and there, the little cottage was perfect for us,” explains the homeowner. But a decade later,...

Text: Alice Welsh Doyle Photography: Emily Jenkins Followill “I wanted a house in the mountains, not a mountain house,” is what Carolyn Kendall’s client announced at the beginning of the renovation and decoration of his family’s Cashiers getaway. Nashville-based Kendall, head of Alcott Interiors, answered the call by sending the heavy references to the location packing and adding fresh paint, smart...

Text: Margaret Zainey Roux Photography: Jean Allsopp Styling: Mary Beth Jones “Welcome home.” Those were Brian Hart Hoffman’s exact words the moment he stepped into his Highland Park condo for the very first time in 2016. “The sweeping views of the downtown skyline drew us in, and instinctively we knew that this is where we belong,” Hart Hoffman says of the 2,500-square-foot penthouse...

Text: Sherry Moeller Photography: Mark Roskams Styling: Frances Bailey When designer Marissa Stokes was referred to the Vero Beach homeowners in 2019, she had just started her own firm—Marissa Stokes Interior Design. Based in New York, Stokes met with the owners, who have a primary residence on Long Island, and their design styles gelled perfectly. “The clients and I had the same...

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Charlotte, North Carolina’s The Duke Mansion bed-and-breakfast combines Southern charm and modern amenities in a beautiful setting. Built in 1915 and named after its most famous owner, James Buchanan Duke, The Duke Mansion was nearly lost in 1996 before being acquired and subsequently converted into a bed-and-breakfast by The Lynnwood Foundation,...

Text: Lydia Somerville Photos: Jeff Herr When a couple from New York decided to build a Southern getaway in Georgia’s Reynolds Lake Oconee, they sought out the talents of residential designer William T. Baker to design the retreat for gathering with their grown children and grandchildren. Baker, whose projects at the luxury property are numerous, took on the enviable site, a...

Before inviting guests to your first outdoor soirée, make sure your patio is prepped and ready for entertaining with these affordable essentials. Black & White Brands Set of 4 Turkish Beach/Pool Towels Photo: Amazon Price at time of publishing: $69.99 Lean into classic charm with these striped beach towels. Reviewers say these stylish towels can double as sarongs. Diamond Geometric Handmade Flatweave Platinum/White Indoor/Outdoor...

Text and Styling: Charlotte Safavi Photography: Darren Setlow Looking for a change of scenery, interior designer Leigh Johnson and her husband, Craig, decided to relocate from the hustle and bustle of Richmond, Virginia, to the small-town charm of nearby Charlottesville. The empty nesters share a blended family of six children, five grandkids, and a golden retriever named River. Lookout Farm Lookout Farm Lookout Farm Lookout...