Kitchen Contest Runner Ups Evolve the White Kitchen
How these designers brought a new interpretation to a traditional white kitchen and why our readers love it.
Why We Love It: A Mountain Brook Kitchen Refresh
Three details we couldn't stop talking about from Kelly Neely's kitchen, bar, and laundry revamp.
A House Collected Over Generations of Family and Design
Cross-stitched samplers. Half-completed needlepoints. Staffordshire figurines. An enviable china collection. In Mary Nelle Clem's Athens, Alabama home, nothing sits on a shelf by accident.
Kelly Neely is Devoted to the Details
How the Designer Injected Character into Three Utilitarian Spaces
Inside a Mountain Brook Pool House Designed to Match Its Main House
Architecture and garden become one with integrated outdoor spaces that welcome guests and unfold into a serene backyard retreat.
Finding Home with Mary Catherine Folmar in Athens
How a 1929 Georgian home keeps drawing this Birmingham designer back to her Alabama roots.
Modern Mood, Southern Warmth
Voted Birmingham’s best kitchen, this Rebecca Hawkins and Cherri Pitts collaboration trades sterile design for raw warmth and seamless flow.
How Rebecca Hawkins and Cherri Pitts Designed Birmingham’s Favorite Kitchen
Why this moody, modern earthy new-build kitchen is our contest winner.
Sumner Starling Designs the Rooms She’d Always Wanted
The designer transforms a complete blank slate into a masterclass of rich jewel tones, storied fabrics, and casual elegance.
Birmingham Georgian Home with Mountain Views
For a couple returning to Birmingham, architect Scott Carlisle and designer Sumner Starling crafted a home where every room commands a view.









