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Who says formality and personality can’t go hand in hand? When Cindy and Warren Simpson approached designer Kevin Walsh of Little Rock’s Bear Hill Interiors to help them remodel their home, Walsh knew the clients would want some of both. “They purchased this home not long after they were married,” he says, “so I really worked to blend their...

by Lynn Nesmith | Photography by Jean Allsopp Morning arrives effortlessly on St. Simons at the vacation home of LeeAnn and Walter Muller. The sky gradually changes from a soft pink to a golden glow, and the freshwater pond glistens with the earliest hint of light. As the sun peeks above the horizon, scores of wood storks take flight over...

Text: Robert C. Martin Mountain Brook, Alabama, is acclaimed as much for its beautiful homes and pristine yards as for the congenial neighbors and village-clustered shops that comprise it. Within this amicable setting, architect Chris Reebals found a vacant house that sat on the crest of a hill and saw an opportunity for his firm, Christopher Architecture and Interiors, to...

Text by Margaret Zainey Roux For Richard Keith Langham, decorating is more than a profession—it’s a lifestyle. Over the past three decades, the Alabama-bred, New York-based interior designer has appointed some of the country’s finest homes that are now highlighted in his newly released book, About Decorating: The Remarkable Rooms of Richard Keith Langham. Written by style orbiter Sara Ruffin Costello, About Decorating offers...

For this Capitol Hill row house, Marika Meyer Interiors and Aidan Design teamed up to take dark and dingy to light and bright. And with the homeowner’s request for a space that offered them room for growth, this three-story home was just the ticket! Marika weaved her elegant and sophisticated style through each room of the home, resulting in a...

Seasoned vintage sellers Jacquie Denny and Brian Graves believe that there is a one-of-a-kind piece in every house. In 2008, the two combined their passion for antique items and began their company, Everything But The House (EBTH). EBTH is a full-service estate sale business and secondhand goods marketplace for authenticated items. They focus on driving awareness through web presence...

Text by Molly Swanson | Photography by Jessica Glynn At the client’s request for a clean and contemporary vacation home with a bit of traditional modern in the mix, Christina Roughan of Roughan Interiors freshened the face of this Palm Beach pied-à-terre. The home’s location in an Art Deco building on the water inspired a monochromatic palette of various shades...

Text: Alice Welsh Doyle | Photography: Angie Seckinger Whether he’s hiking in Rock Creek Park, reading on his screened-in porch, taking a canoe ride, playing Frisbee in the backyard with his dog Andy, or simply taking it a little easier, summer is a special time of the year for interior designer David Mitchell. He has devoted himself to keeping the...

Text by Lydia Somerville | Photography by Gordon Beall When clients approached Maria Galiani to spearhead the renovation and decoration of a historic house in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, the designer leapt at the opportunity to bring the minimally updated home, built in 1854, into the new millennium. Exquisite plasterwork, random-width heart pine floors, and Victorian details presented an irresistible opportunity...

Text: Charlotte Safavi | Photography: Michael Hunter “With four kids ranging in age from 2 to 13, I’d say my clients have all sorts of color in their lives,” laughs interior designer Ashley Goforth as she talks about her latest project, a renovated 6,100-square-foot, five-bedroom family home in Houston’s historic River Oaks neighborhood. As it turns out, one of the...