The New Southern Style : The Interiors of a Lifestyle and Design Movement

A vibrantly illustrated exploration of the creative, inclusive, and inspiring movement happening in today’s Southern interior design The American South is a place steeped in history and tradition. We think of sweet tea, thick drawls, and even thicker summer air. It is also a place with a fraught history, complicated social norms, and dated perspectives. Yet among the makers and artists of the South, there is a powerful movement afoot. Alyssa Rosenheck shines a much-needed spotlight on a burgeoning community of people who are taking what’s beloved, inherent, and honored in the South and making it their own. The New Southern Style tours more than 30 homes and includes interviews with the designers, artists, and creative entrepreneurs who are reinventing Southern design and culture. This beautifully illustrated book is sure to inspire the home and soul. A vibrantly illustrated exploration of the creative, inclusive, and inspiring movement happening in today's Southern interior design The American South is a place steeped in history and tradition. We think of sweet tea, thick drawls, and even thicker summer air. It is also a place with a fraught history, complicated social norms, and dated perspectives. Yet among the makers and artists of the South, there is a powerful movement afoot. Alyssa Rosenheck shines a much-needed spotlight on a burgeoning community of people who are taking what's beloved, inherent, and honored in the South and making it their own. The New Southern Style tours more than 30 homes and includes interviews with the designers, artists, and creative entrepreneurs who are reinventing Southern design and culture. This beautifully illustrated book is sure to inspire the home and soul. "Alyssa Rosenheck's commitment to the strong creatives shaping today's South is as beautiful and inspiring as her photography."; "The New Southern Style urges us beyond aesthetics to see a home for its depth of character and the heart that so vividly beats at its center."; "Alyssa Rosenheck and the Southern women in this book live to a rhythm that will warm your heart and then melt it."; "Alyssa Rosenheck is a shining voice for the next generation of progressive creativity and diverse, female empowerment billowing in the South. She has taken on the steadfast responsibility of bringing a voice to the voiceless and turning messages into movements through her vision and lens." Alyssa Rosenheck is Nashville-based photographer and stylist whom Southern Living magazine named one of 2017's Best New Tastemakers in the South. She's a regular contributor to numerous publications, including Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Country Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Southern Living, Domino, and Apartment Therapy Alyssa Rosenhecks commitment to the strong creatives shaping todays South is as beautiful and inspiring as her photography. Lauren Liess, host, Best House on the Block, HGTV Alyssa Rosenheck has contributed to Architectural Digest, Elle Dcor, Country Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Southern Living, Domino, and more. Now, in The New Southern Style, she takes readers on a tour of more than 30 fabulous homes and explores what the new style of the American South really is. A vibrantly illustrated exploration of the creative, inclusive, and inspiring movement happening in todays Southern interior design, Alyssa offers interviews with the designers, artists, and creative entrepreneurs who are reinventing Southern design and culture. These talks will help you to understand how designers think and how you should think when creating your own style for a home, apartment, or even a room. Built on strong foundations, laid-back new Southern dwellings feature wild greenery, plucked straight from the earth; weathered woods; and native, organic, and gorgeously basic materials, such as linen, cotton, and silk. Carefree and composed, these homes strike just the right chord between folksy and refined. Yet, more than anything, these new designers know the value of returning to Southern roots. The American South is a place steeped in history and tradition. Think of sweet tea, thick drawls, and even thicker summer air. It is also a place with a fraught history, complicated social norms, and dated perspectives. Yet among the makers and artists of the South, there is a powerful movement afoot. Alyssa Rosenheck shines a much-needed spotlight on a burgeoning community of people who are taking whats beloved, inherent, and honored in the South and making it their own. This beautifully illustrated book is sure to inspire the home and the soul. **A vibrantly illustrated exploration of the creative, inclusive, and inspiring movement happening in today’s Southern interior design**__The New Southern Style__ Explores the inclusive, inspiring lifestyle and interior design movement that is reshaping what it means to be Southern