Home & Garden

Great gift ideas from the Garden & Gun staff and Mercantile & Co.

Twenty-nine thoughtful presents that rise above the rest

We’re honored once again to shine a spotlight on the creativity, passion, and ingenuity of Southern artisans

From a library-perfect leather chair to a hunting vest as handsome as it is hardworking to a light, bright pecan oil, this year’s winners and runners-up prove the region is home to world-class talent

Home runner-up Moore & Giles’s 33 Chair is cut from vegetable-tanned leather at family-run tanneries in Italy

With an eye for detail and an ear for music, crafts runner-up Dean Robinson turns out beautiful instruments

The Home category and overall winner transforms downed urban trees into eye-catching planked dining tables

Home runner-up Mollie Jenkins recently added lamps to her company’s classic ceramic offerings

Crafts runner-up Johnathan McKenzie’s cutting-board-and-knife set makes an eye-catching addition to any home bar

Crafts category winner Mariana Barran Goodall’s trousseau-worthy linens make guests feel extra special

Crafts runner-up Tess Lindsey crafts handmade journals with the philosophy that every great thought needs a blank page to give it life

Home runner-up ME Speak Design’s cocktail spoon combines Southern and Japanese styles

A new documentary tells the story of John Coykendall

The Alabama-born tastemaker shares insights on soulful Southern homes in his new book, Poetry of Place

Paul Schneider’s colorful handmade lamps have made the Texas potter a design-world darling

A thoughtful renovation brings a family back to Alabama

Step inside a beautiful Birmingham home

Practical advice for creating thoughtful interiors from Atlanta designer Beth Webb’s book, An Eye for Beauty

Designer Celerie Kemble 
shares her favorite haunts along West Palm Beach’s South Dixie Highway

An antebellum home with authenticity to spare