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Text: Karen Carroll Photos courtesy of Barry Dixon Southern Home (SH): When did you first become interested in decorating? Barry Dixon (BD): I was born in Memphis, but we moved all over the world for my father’s job when I was growing up. I saw our home reinvented almost every year in places like South Africa, New Caledonia, India, and Korea. Through...

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Photos: Brie Williams When a married couple from Alabama sold their company and decided to move to the beach, they enlisted the services of Susan Bohlert Smith and Bo Massey, a mother-daughter duo, to renovate an existing home in Alys Beach built by architect Gary Justiss.  Chic Coastal Dwelling with French Inspirations Chic Coastal Dwelling with French Inspirations Chic Coastal Dwelling with French...

Text: Robert C. Martin If you’re like many homeowners, you often lament the fact that your home isn’t large enough in certain areas, or doesn’t quite meet your needs in others, particularly when entertaining guests or accommodating family. So, one solution might be to add on, but what’s the payoff if you already have space that’s being underused? Rather than...

Text: Lauren Gentry Walker Photos: Dana Hoff Host of DIY Network’s Big Beach Builds and CEO of Marnie Custom Homes, Marnie Oursler knows exactly how to bring beauty, sustainability, and brilliant design to her seaside creations. As the daughter of a home builder, Oursler grew up learning about construction and gaining firsthand knowledge of the business of building. Upon graduating from...

Text: Blake Miller Photos: Michael Blevins Kathryn Keele was ready for a fresh start. In 2012, the empty nester moved cross-country from California to Charlotte, North Carolina, to be closer to her family. She purchased a waterfront home on Lake Norman, just north of the city, and lived there until 2018, when the home-buying bug bit her once again. “I’m getting older,...

Text: Jennifer Boles Design: Alcott Interiors Photos: Emily Followill In some areas of the world, seashells have long been used for jewelry, decorative adornment, and even currency, but in much of Europe, they remained something of a rarity until the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when European explorers and merchants began traveling the globe and later returning home bearing caches of them. Initially...

Text: Charlotte Safavi Stylist: Charlotte Safavi Photos: Robert Radifera for Stylish Productions In 2016, Easton-based architect Christine Dayton received a call to visit the 7-acre site of an older second home on an inlet off the Chesapeake Bay. It was owned by a Philadelphian, whose family had enjoyed time there over the years and who was now passing the baton on to...

SMEG, the luxury Italian appliance company, is known the world over for its focus on design and its pride in its “Made in Italy” heritage. Not only does SMEG focus on building high performing ranges and built-in appliances that are safe, reliable and easy-to-use, the company also supplies a host of companion products for the kitchen. SMEG's major appliances are available...

Text: Lydia Somerville Photos: Jean Allsopp When Samantha and Tim Porter decided to renovate a house at Watercolor on Florida’s Panhandle, they enlisted the skills of designer Lisa Palmer, who had previously designed three houses for them and whose design direction they trusted thoroughly. They also tapped architect Geoff Chick, who had designed the original house in 2003 to bring it...