southern flourish

To close out my "Southern September" series, I want to introduce everyone to 'Southern Flourish'.  It's an e-magazine I stumbled across a few months ago.  It highlights what they like to call the "New" South, showcasing all the amazing talent we have here in the South.

This season's issue was particularly neat because it featured a lot of bloggers, including the couple behind Young House Love. 

My favorite article in the magazine had to be the one that featured interior designer, Beth Keim, and her Charlotte, NC home.  Like so many designers, she spends so much time making everyone else's space beautiful and welcoming, she had little time to make her own home inspiring.  So, she took on the task of repurposing everything in her home and updating her home's look.  It's so incredible what you can do with a fresh coat of paint and furniture you already have! Also, as a way to keep her budget in check, she sold what she didn't use and took the money to purchase a few key elements in the room {like that gorgeous gray sofa!}.

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So, if you haven't had the chance to read Southern Flourish, hurry up! You won't be disappointed!!

sweet stylish south

I am so excited to talk about one of my favorite topics in the world...the South! I am proud to say I am from the South and I indulge in all things Southern.  I must say the South is a hot place right now in terms of design.  There are magazines devoted to the region, the iconic Southern Living, the new Southern Flourish, and Garden and Gun, to name my favorites.  Most of my design crushes, as well as many of my favorite design bloggers, hail from the South, especially Atlanta, which holds a near and dear place in my heart..

One of my design idols, Suzanne Kasler, set up shop in Atlanta...

A new introduction but a fast favorite, Caldwell Flake, is based in Birmingham...

Of course, you can't beat the beauty of a home below the Mason-Dixon line...

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I know I could go on and on and end up with a month devoted to posts about the South!! Hmmm....not a bad idea, I might just have a Southern September :)