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The Home Within Us by Bobby McAlpine

Heralded by Veranda magazine as “a landmark design book,”
The Home within Us: Romantic Houses, Evocative Rooms (Rizzoli)
is well on its way to becoming a best-selling design book.

Written by architect and interior designer Bobby McAlpine with co-author Susan Sully,
this gorgeous book features work from across the South by McAlpine Tankersley Architecture and McAlpine [...]

Design Destinations: Charleston, S.C.

Run to Charleston if you can to catch this year’s Charleston International Antiques Show (starting this Friday, March 19th and ending Sunday, March 21st), organized by and benefiting Historic Charleston Foundation. If you can’t make it in time for that, then take a walk through the city with the Foundation’s annual Festival of Houses and [...]

Southern Cosmopolitan Garden Party

Being a Southern Cosmopolitan (or a Cosmopolite Southernista, which I was delighted to be dubbed by Veranda magazine in their July/August book pages) is not only about decorating with style. It is also about living with charm, elegance, a lot of individuality, and a little bit of humor. To celebrate the launch of this online [...]

The Southern Cosmopolitan:

The Southern Cosmopolitan (Rizzoli: April ’09) takes a fresh look at styles shaping the South’s architecture and interior design today. A selection of luxurious houses from Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, Atlanta, Natchez, Alexandria, and beyond celebrates the sophisticated side of Southern style with a mix of modern art, cherished antiques, and exotic textiles. Featured in [...]