There is nothing like a home that has the feeling of being collected over time, of having a history, a sense of place and belonging,
that idea that it has come from somewhere and has something to say.
At the same time, the ease of a new house is pretty hard to beat.
(As people who have spent years redoing their fair share of old homes, we can vouch for this!)
The best of both worlds is that perfect combination of old meets new,
a feeling and sense of place with the updates and advantages that a new house can offer.
This gorgeous Atlanta home by revamped by architect T. Blake Segars and designer Phoebe Howard is the right combination of old meets new,
those touches of history that tell a story and that feeling that everything is fresh.
What a beautiful dining room!
Warm and inviting, this library is perfection.
We are all about bedding, and this bedding is absolute perfection! That neck roll is stunning.
Bathrooms are perhaps where we spend the most time agonizing–especially because we’re bath people! This one is a place we’d like to spend a lot of time!
This guest room makeover will make your friends feel like kings and queens in no time flat.
We love this back staircase!
Outdoor spaces are paramount to the way a home feels and lives.
And this one, we think it’s safe to say, feels like paradise!
Photographed by Emily Followill & Kelly Blackmon for Emily Followill Photography
With “her signature warmth and Southern charm” (E! Online), the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer of Songbirds and the Peachtree Bluff series presents a tender and touching novel about a young woman who discovers the family she has always longed for when she spends a life-changing summer in North Carolina.
Present Day: Keaton Smith is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put her childhood home in Beaufort, North Carolina, on the market—the home that Keaton didn’t know existed until now—she jumps at the chance to head south. But the moment she steps foot inside the abandoned house, she’s confronted with secrets about grandparents who died in a car accident before she was born. And as she gets to know her charming next-door neighbor, his precocious ten-year-old son, and a flock of endearingly feisty town busybodies, she soon finds she has more questions than answers.
1976: After meeting her adoring husband Townsend, Rebecca “Becks” Saint James abandoned the life she knew and never looked back. Forty years later, she’s made a name for herself as the best hostess North Carolina has ever seen. Her annual summer suppers have become the stuff of legend, and locals and out-of-towners alike clamor for an invitation to her stunning historic home. But she’s struggling behind the façade. Becks strives to make the lives of those around her as easy as possible, but this summer she is facing a dilemma that even she can’t solve. And as the end of the season looms, she is brought to a decision she never wanted to make.
As both Keaton and Becks face new challenges and chapters, they are connected through time by the house on Sunset Lane, which has protected the secrets, hopes, and dreams of the women in their family for generations. For fans of Summer of ‘69 and The Notebook, A Happier Life explores the power of family, the bonds of friendship, and the boundless nature of love.
