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

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 ...

KIAWAH RIVER, S.C. – Regina Andrew Detroit (RAD) is a national sponsor of the 2024 Southern Living Idea House, located in Kiawah River, just 20 miles from Charleston, South Carolina. This year’s Idea ...

For more than 30 years, Southern Living has partnered with talented builders, architects, and designers to produce custom houses that simultaneously celebrate the Southern lifestyle and the latest ...

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 ...

These Virginia-rooted visionaries brought our retreat to life. If you're going to successfully build a Southern Living Idea House from the ground up in just one year, you're going to need a talented ...

The 2025 Southern Living Idea House in Keswick, Virginia, invites travelers to tour a stunning Charlotte Moss–designed home surrounded by vineyards and history. Located near Charlottesville, Virginia, ...

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) — Southern Living has selected Johns Island as the location for its 2024 Idea House, and now just feet from the Kiawah River, you will find the brand-new property that ...

Chances are, if you were born anywhere below the Mason-Dixon line in the last five decades, you’re familiar with Southern Living magazine. Whether it’s a folksy essay from Rick Bragg, landscaping ...