This year, we’re building our dream home in the Texas Hill Country.

Southern home fans know that great design doesn’t just look pretty—it tells a story. And no one tells it better than Southern Living, whose 2025 Idea House just landed in Charlottesville, Virginia.

A guide to shopping some of our favorite finds. When it came to designing the 2025 Idea House, our team chose some of their favorite items from our Licensing Partners at Southern Living® Plant ...

Picture it now: skirted accent chairs, floral and botanical prints, and game tables for fun family nights.

This year's Southern Living Idea House is a natural beauty, nesting sweetly between two live oak trees. When The Greenville News brought up the home's staircase railing resembling a tree branch, Ben ...

Tyler O’Brien is a small-town guy. So when he sold his 20-acre home, he decided to move to small-town Comfort, where he lives kitty-corner to one of the city's oldest houses, bikes into town for a ...

Products and Designs Showcased Throughout the Home From 15 Sponsors Including James Hardie, Monogram Luxury Appliances, Pedigree®, Phantom Screens, Sherwin-Williams, Among Others NEW YORK and ...

The talented team bringing the 2026 Idea House to life includes builder Kurk Homes, architect Andrew Bray of Mustard Architects, the Frieden development team, landscape designer Melissa Gerstle of ...

For more than 35 years, Southern Living has partnered with builders, architects, and designers to produce custom houses that simultaneously celebrate the Southern lifestyle and the latest innovations ...