by Marion Laffey Fox | Photography by Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn
When Donna Shalala became president of the University of Miami in 2001, she moved into the tropical colonial residence the school provided and enlisted the help of designer Phyllis Taylor...
By Rick Spitzmiller
After the Second World War, deliberate, well-thought-out detailing just vanished from the residential design stage. Service men, returning from the war, needed houses for their new families, and they needed them fast. Builders began putting up very...
Text by Karen Carroll
Dallas designer Cathy Kincaid combines antique textiles, custom wallpapers, dressmaker details, and pretty porcelains with her eye for practicality to create high-style interiors that exude comfort and livability. We had the honor of talking with Cathy...
Text: Karen Carroll
Photos: Images courtesy of Janie Molster
Southern Home (SH): If you weren’t a designer, what would you be?
Janie Molster (JM): An English teacher—I majored in English literature in college.
SH: When did you realize that decorating was your destiny,...
Known for creating high-style interiors instilled with her trademark down-to-earth sensibility, this Southern-born designer believes a successful room is not only about how it's decorated, but also how one lives in it. Find out more about designer Bunny Williams...
by Lydia Somerville | Photography by Karen Sachar
The houses best suited to the decorations of Christmas lie at the extremes of the design spectrum. Either they emit a warm and cozy vibe from details such as paneled walls, intricate...
Text by Karen Carroll
Southern Home (SH): Who first encouraged your creative talents?
Leta Austin Foster (LAF): I was fortunate to grow up in Florida close to my grandmother, and I used to redecorate her house all the time in my mind. Now,...
Text by Molly Swanson
Three years before they finalized the plans for their Lake Perique home in Paulina, Louisiana, Erika and Bill Guzman had built a similar home without the assistance of a design firm. The home did not meet...
photos courtesy of Huff-Dewberry
Southern Home (SH): What was your aha moment, when you knew you were destined to decorate?
Will Huff (WH): I never really had a specific one. My father was an interior decorator, and I was always interested....
