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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...

Having explored exotic locales around the globe, this spirited and cosmopolitan homeowner was ready to return to her Southern roots. A fine artist by trade, the Mississippi native said she wanted to literally “trade in her snow boots for flip-flops” when she moved from Denver to Charleston. Although she was brand new to the coastal Carolina mecca, she’d lived...

Text: Alice Welsh Doyle | Photography: Colleen Duffley Not everyone would consider purchasing a spec beach house in the middle of construction—not even one of very high quality in picturesque Seagrove, Florida. But when the proverbial phrases “location is everything” and “timing is everything” joined, it was an irresistible combination for one buyer. “I made an offer without even seeing...

Written by Andrea Fanning | Photography by Dustin Peck Tree-lined streets and curved driveways border the route through the historic Myers Park neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, to the residence of Beth and Kevin Smith. From the drive, the view of the front facade suggests a 1920s home with substantial character. Once inside, the notion is underscored by a traditional...

Written by Alice Welsh Doyle | Photography by Julie Soefer Instead of seeing a bland spec house languishing on the market and passing on it like many before her, one homeowner saw something else—a well-built blank slate to make her own. In addition, the home was in a very desirable location in the River Oaks neighborhood of Houston near her...

Written by Tiffany Adams | Photography by Erica George Dines “Sophisticated, functional, and comfortable.” That’s how Amy Morris describes the home she designed for a young Atlanta family. “There are a lot of nice pieces, but they’re all very welcoming,” she says. The home, nestled in the centrally located Buckhead area of town, underwent an extensive renovation, including floor plan...

By Kate Abney| Photography by Michael Hunter From the blueprints phase of the project, McBrearty teamed up with Austin architect Ryan Street of Ryan Street & Associates, allowing her to weigh in on the full gamut of finishes and architectural flourishes—from the white oak paneling to the turquoise-glazed terra-cotta tile to the Venetian plaster, which adds luminosity to nearly every...