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Text: Lauren Gentry Walker Photos: Paige Rumore As a couple entering retirement and expecting their sixth grandchild, Phyllis and Jim Lackey knew they wanted a home that could not only accommodate their growing family but also be a comfortable space for just the two of them. The new build in Franklin, Tennessee, sits on a quiet, private cul-de-sac and backs up...

Text: Emily Jackson Every city has a well-kept secret. For Atlantans, it is their neighborhood parks—enveloped in a verdant canopy of grand oaks and Southern pines—that make the urban hustle and bustle seem like a world away. One such hidden gem, known to Buckhead area locals as the “Duck Pond,” preserves its idyllic 1922 landscape that includes a lake with...

Text: Tiffany Adams Photography: Michael Hunter We wanted a new house with old elements,” says the owners of this Houston residence. Their vision fell into place over the course of several years with the help of interior designer Brooke McGuyer Hutson of Brooke McGuyer Interiors, architect Michael Dreef of Eubanks Group Architects, and builder Andy Abercrombie of Abercrombie Custom Homes—all of...

Photos: Jeff Herr When a young couple and their children decided to make a nearly 100-year-old home their full-time residence, they knew it would require a special kind of redesign—one that would honor its unique history while also giving it a more functional layout and modern conveniences. Nestled in rural South Carolina—on land primed for producing peaches, pecans, and peppers—Stately Oaks...

Cyndy Cantley Cantley & Co. Built in the 1940s, a classic Tudor home needed a kitchen update to be functional for daily use. The kitchen and laundry room were added on in the 1970s. Although the space was dated, kitchen and bath designer Cyndy Cantley was able to use the original footprint to modernize the kitchen. A key step in this...

Text: Tiffany Adams Photography: Dustin Peck A house is not a gift you expect to find under the tree on Christmas morning. However, Jason Bingham managed to surprise his wife, Shelby, in 2018 with the deed to a house she had been eyeing for months. “We have renovated 15 or 16 homes, some for us to live in and others as...

Text: Emily Jackson Images: Hector Sanchez Exterior Image: Natalie Thompson For Yancey Seibert Shearouse, preservation has been a lifelong passion. As a native of Natchez, Mississippi, home to the nation’s most distinguished pre-Civil War residences, accessibility to such historically significant structures instilled a reverence for classic architecture. “I didn’t have a normal upbringing,” says Shearouse. “In the third grade, I was talking about...

Text by Emily Jackson Photography by Stephanie Welbourne-Steele Holidays at the home of interior designer Mark Simmons and his wife Sissy are always an elegant experience. While each season ushers in a myriad of occasions to celebrate, the revelry comes to a crescendo at Christmastime with dazzling parties and treasured family traditions. The Simmons’ Nashville home, filled with the sound of familiar...

Text by Tiffany Adams Photography by John O'Hagan Growing up in her mother’s Leeds, Alabama, antiques shop, Maison de France, was an inspiring experience for Mallory Smith. “My whole life I knew I wanted to be an interior designer. I think it’s in my blood,” she says. Days spent in the shop not only influenced her career path, but also her style,...

Text: Tiffany Adams Photos: Rett Peek After living in it for close to two decades, a central Arkansas couple still loved their home’s charm, neighborhood, and floor plan. However, they were ready for a few style updates. “It was just a different look 20 years ago,” says designer Kevin Walsh of Little Rock’s Bear Hill Interiors, who worked to refresh the house...