Southern home magazine

Creation of a soothing, restorative home is on trend today. Charlotte designer Kim Mauney, founder of Kim Mauney Interiors and her boutique/studio Maison, riveted on just that formula when she downsized into a cozy Southern cottage home.

With the help of designer Elly Poston Cooper, a 70-year-old house in Charleston is transformed into a vibrant and colorful family home.

Text: Karen Carroll Photos: Photography courtesy of Jackye Lanham Interiors Southern Home (SH): Would you begin by sharing a bit about your background? Jackye Lanham (JL): I’m what we used to call an army brat. We moved every couple of years, internationally and around the South. No matter where we were, a pair of twin […]

“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 changes to the layout to improve flow, lively wallpapers, and comfortable upholstery in pretty shades of greens and blues.

Sometimes just a coat of lipstick will make a big difference in a home, while others require a more extensive face-lift to imbue them with fresh crispness. A longtime client of Mathews Design Group designers Nina Long and Don Easterling was primed for a head-to-toe reboot on the terrace level of her home. Since it connects to the pool, spectacular property views, and boat pier beyond, she was focused on rooms that would speak to welcoming comfort for entertaining, whether for friends or her…

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 aesthetic in mind,” Stokes says.

In the latest special issue from the editors of The Cottage Journal, step inside beautiful cottages steeped in Southern style and teeming with quintessential charm. Spanning from Texas to South Carolina, our featured homes showcase heirloom collections, gracious gardens, and a plethora of patterns and prints. Bold colors meet a blend of old and new in a stylish Nashville, Tennessee, abode, while a soothing blue-and-green scheme reigns supreme in a ranch-style home designed with a growing…

Warm, inviting, and gracious. Those are the words designer Cynthia Masters uses to describe the owners of this vacation home situated on the shores of Lake Keowee in the Blue Ridge Mountains. And, if homes are said to be a reflection of their owners, then it stands to reason these descriptors would apply to the residence as well. With architectural stone and wood details seen alongside thoughtfully curated finishes and furnishings, the tangible blend is also a reflection of Masters’s…

Southern Home (SH): Let’s start from the beginning. I understand you two met in college? Sandy Lucas: Yes, we were both in the design program at The University of Texas. It felt like we were instant friends. After graduation, unbeknownst to each other, we went to work for the same design firm. We were there together for […]

Ed Hollander of Hollander Design reflects on his journey to becoming a landscape architect and shares some of his beautiful landscapes.