Home & Garden

For Leah Bailey, the beauty of Lowcountry style begins with architecture and building materials. “To me, a typical Lowcountry home has a big front porch, lanterns, is usually white, and inside has reclaimed hardwood...

Behind a 5,029-square-foot Athens house hides a palatial outdoor area. With its deep blue pool and sparkling outdoor kitchen, you would never know the backyard was once disjointed. The homeowners, a couple with four...

Jenna Gross is the founder and principal designer at Colordrunk Designs, an Atlanta-based interior design firm known for creating vibrant, bespoke spaces. While a career in design came naturally to the Columbus, Georgia, native, who grew up around her family’s antiques and upholstery shops, she actually got her start in the fashion industry.

The lifespan of any historic home depends on the fidelity of each owner’s vision, and Kim Noland understood her role in preserving her circa 1905 house in Athens’s prominent Five Points neighborhood.

A friend sought the advice of interior designer Gabriela Eisenhart because she thought her shower was rotting. “Sure enough, I told her she was about to fall through the floor,” says Gabriela, founder of Silo Studio Design, who was hired on the spot to revamp the dated 150-square-foot primary bath in Atlanta’s Lenox Park neighborhood.

With both kids off to college and beginning a new phase of life as empty nesters, Meredith Petty’s clients were looking for a project. Although they come from the world of commercial building, the couple quickly realized they needed the help of a residential designer to transform their new build in Peachtree City, an hour south of Atlanta, into the warm modern home of their dreams.

With both kids off to college and beginning a new phase of life as empty nesters, Meredith Petty’s clients were looking for a project. Although they come from the world of commercial building, the couple quickly realized they needed the help of a residential designer to transform their new build in Peachtree City, an hour south of Atlanta, into the warm modern home of their dreams.

“When a builder designs his own home, the priorities tend to shift from simply building something attractive to creating something special,” said Jason Dove of Dove Realty in Valdosta. Such is the case at one of his recent listings—1100 Ravenwood Circle, which was built in 2019 as the personal residence of Todd Wilson and his family. Todd’s company, Wilson Design & Construction, is known for its commitment to quality workmanship and was named Southern Living’s Custom Builder of the Year in 2018.

Nothing says spring in Atlanta quite like azaleas. The fragrant blooms, ranging in color from white to pink to fiery orange, first appear in early March, transforming the Southern landscape into a blaze of color. For Atlanta gardeners, the burst of azalea blooms can seem all too quick, leaving behind a humdrum bush of green leaves. But with some thoughtful planting, it’s possible to enjoy azaleas all the way into deep summer.

Among Oakhurst's century-old bungalows, one Craftsman has long been home to a design-minded couple with two school-aged sons—time enough to fall in love with its character and curb appeal, but also to imagine new ways it could support how they gather, play, and entertain.