Southern Cosmopolitan

Seductive interiors from the region's most sophisticated cities capture the current design trends and timeless traditions that define Southern American style. Southern Cosmopolitan takes a fresh look at the styles shaping the South's architecture and interior design today. A selection of luxurious houses from Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, Atlanta, Natchez, Georgetown and Alexandria celebrates the increasing sophistication of Southern style and the rich traditions that inform it. Featured in tantalizing colour photographs are select private residences decorated by leading southern tastemakers, including Thomas Jayne, Amelia Handegan, Rosemary James, Nancy Braithewaite and Hal Williamson. An immaculately restored mansion in Natchez and a collector's treasure trove in Alexandria reveal the South's love affair with historic European and American architecture, art and antiques. A modern mansion on the Gulf Coast with white columns and classical interiors and an urban dwelling in Atlanta marrying elegant antiques with contemporary art reveals the ease with which Southerners blend the old and the new. A Greek revival house filled with exotic textiles in Charleston and an Italianate townhouse in Savannah decorated in opulent Venetian style display the South's fascination with foreign and exotic decorative objets. This book is the ultimate resource for design and architecture lovers.