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Ciao Bella!

The founder of the Italianmade ceramics brand Vietri celebrates high summer with a pair of tables suited for all occasions

The Music of the Mountains

When warm weather arrives, Brevard, North Carolina's open-air concerts and cascading waterfalls fill the town with the song of summer

No Plant Sitter Required

These hardy groupings can stand up to the heat, even while you're away

A Folly Original

This young couple got scrappy to score the South Carolina beach house of their dreams

Use Your Melon

Refreshing recipes to showcase the versatile and sweet cantaloupe

From Aleppo to Za'atar

A FRESH TAKE ON SUMMER SIDES INSPIRED BY THE FLAVORS OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Grumpy's Guide to Hummingbirds

How to attract these aerial acrobats to your garden-and then enjoy the show

The FRIENDLIEST Places in the South 2024

Hospitality is a hallmark of our region, but people define it in different ways. Is it a conversation in the checkout line? A bartender who knows your order before you sit down? The way a community welcomes people who are just passing through? So we asked you, our readers, to share the places that make you feel right at home on every level. Narrowing down thousands of nominations for hotels, restaurants, stores, nonprofits, and more was no small feat, but it was very uplifting. As these 20 standouts show, Southerners go above and beyond to take care of one another.

SAVING HOPSCOTCH

Rather than parting with their much-loved Lookout Mountain home, a Tennessee family renovated the spot to suit their evolving needs

Some Like It Hot

One of America's oldest national parks is both a geothermal marvel and a refreshing getaway in Central Arkansas

FAROUT

IN THE OBSCURITY OF THE WEST TEXAS DESERT, AN UNLIKELY ART TOWN CONTINUES TO DRAW ATTENTION

Southern Living THE SOUTH'S BEST 2024

HOW MANY TIMES have you been on a road trip and realized that you must have taken a left turn where you should have made a right and ended up in what felt like the middle of nowhere?

Built To Last

A world-renowned student architecture program celebrates more than 30 years of community work in the heart of Alabama's Black Belt

The Legend of Mary Louise

After months of searching for a vintage bar cart, Melissa Smrekar hit the jackpot at a Dallas estate sale—and then she learned about the woman who loved it first

Back to the Land

Encouraged by her family, Kathleen Pourciau turned a newfound passion into a business that cultivates the earth and community

Made From Scratch

A love of passed-down pieces inspires this collection of table linens and vintage goods

A Richmond Revival

In Virginia's capital, a not-so-old house gets some new-old tricks

Think Pink

Watermelon radishes brighten dishes with their color and peppery flavor. Enjoy them while they're peaking

Baby Cakes

Make a big impression at your next party with these adorably petite desserts

HOUSE of DOODADS

Funky furnishings and sentimental keepsakes rule this Texas tastemaker's razzle-dazzle digs

SPRING TREASURES

The joys of this season are as fleeting as cherry blossoms. This is especially true at the farmers' market, where you'll find the assortment of fresh produce changing from week to week. Now if you're lucky enough to come across special ingredients like garlic scapes, fava beans, and morel mushrooms, you'll know exactly what to do with them

NO PLACE LIKE TEXAS

Matthew and Camila Alves McConaughey on home, family, and the gravitational pull of the Lone Star State

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN

One, two, three strikes,

THE MAGIC OF MAYO

SURPRISING NEW WAYS TO LOVE THE SOUTH'S FAVORITE CONDIMENT

The Beauty of an Ordinary Biscuit

RETURNING TO THE HUMBLE ROOTS OF THIS BELOVED SOUTHERN PASTRY

WILLKOMMEN TO FREDERICKSBURG!

THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY TOWN CELEBRATES MORE THAN 175 YEARS OF GERMAN HERITAGE

A PLACE in the COUNTRY

For the 2023 Southern Living Idea House, we followed winding roads to rural Tennessee, where we built a family farmhouse that embraces life in the slow lane

Texas Women on Fire

Meet the trailblazers redefining barbecue in the Lone Star State

The Glow of Bentonville

Pack your bags. Now's the best time of year to visit this Arkansas city where nature and art come together

Little House on the Lake

A California designer got serious about her crush on the South when she bought a sleepy Alabama cottage and revived it with her signature laid-back style