FROM GRAND GOTHIC MANSIONS TO RUSTIC SEASIDE COTTAGES, this designers' tour of more than twenty of America's most gracious houses is full of all the romance you'd expect, and all the practical tips you need to bring Southern elegance to your own home, no matter where you live.

INTRODUCTIONS

Frances Schultz 8

Paula S. Wallace 9

THF GAINEY HOUSE

Decatur, Georgia 10

THE WALLACE RESIDFNCE

Amelia Island, Florida I6

THE BLOUNT-REYNOLDS RESIDENCE

Miami, Florida 22

THE PARKER HOUSE

Tybee Island, Georgia 28

THE JONES HOUSE

Atlanta, Georgia 34

THE TENENBAUM LOFT

Savannah, Georgia 42

THE MASON HOUSE

Savannah, Georgia 48

MONOGRAMS  53

THE RANSOM HOUSE

Nashville, Tennessee 54

THE EATON HOUSE

Nashville, Tennessee 60

DECORATOVE IRON  65

THE FAITH HOUSE

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 66

SOUTHERN KITCHENS  71

DELTA PLANTATION

Hardeeville, 5outh Carolina 74

ANTIQUE SILVER  81

THE SILLIMAN HOUSE

Sullivan's Island, 5outh Carolina

THE FINNERTY HOUSE

Cashiers, North Carolina

THE MYERS PARK HOUSE

Charlotte, North Carolina

THE CAPEL HOUSE

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

THE MEALY HOUSE

Charlotte, North Carolina

THE GROOM HOUSE

Clairborne, Maryland

THE VANDEVENDER HOUSE

Jackson, Mississippi

THE BIGELOW HOUSE

New Orleans, Louisiana

THE OGDEN HOUSE

New Orleans, Louisiana

THE ROWE HOUSE

Lafayette, Louisiana

THE SAITTA HOUSE

Lafayette, Louisiana

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