A Look Inside Southern Party Spaces

The Dinner Barn in Ellijay, Georgia.

The Dinner Barn
A collection of mule deer antlers that Mark Sage collected while traveling across Eastern Europe.

The Dinner Barn
A rustic arrangement brightens up the table.

The Dinner Barn
Dessert is served.

The Dinner Barn
Oyster buckets double as light fixtures over the dining table.

The Dinner Barn
A neighbor’s cows make a pastoral picture.

The Dinner Barn
Salvaged doors add charm to the already rustic structure.

The Cocktail Tower in Seabrook, South Carolina.

The Cocktail Tower
A view of Huspah Creek.

The Cocktail Tower
Both bench and beams are made of salvaged wood.

The Cocktail Tower
Frank and Gay Fowler with a friend, the Beaufort antiques dealer Mike Rainey.

The Cocktail Tower
Panoramic views of Huspah Creek.

The Cocktail Tower
A vintage cellaret lined with copper does cooler duty.

The Cocktail Tower
A rope-tied stair rail.

The Social Garden in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Social Garden
A fountain bubbles behind the walls of this Crescent City secret garden.

The Social Garden
Jane Scott Hodges with her aunt and party-planning mentor, Ruthie Frierson.

The Party Trailers in Awendaw, South Carolina
Inside a cocktail lounge/lodge setup.

The Party Trailers
Leighton and Tara Derr Webb with Scout and Almondine, two of their four dogs.

The Party Trailers
More of the Leighton/Webb crew.

The Party Trailers
The Spartanette.

The Party Trailers
The 1949 Spartan Mansion.

The Party Trailers
The dock on the couple’s four-acre farm.

The Floating Duck Camp in Golden Meadow, Louisiana
A decommissioned river barge provided the base for Tony Nelson’s luxurious floating camp.

The Floating Duck Camp
Inside Nelson’s floating camp.

The Floating Duck Camp
The camp’s chef, Hollywood, gathers ingredients for a Lowcountry boil.

The Floating Duck Camp
Mounted birds from past years’ hunts.

The Floating Duck Camp
Inside the hunt camp.

The Floating Duck Camp
Bunks.

The Floating Duck Camp
A hunter gets ready for a day on the marsh.

The Floating Duck Camp
A seafood feast.