I have had the pleasure of visiting in person several Southern Living inspired houses and this one landed in my inbox recently, featuring the Hampstead community in Montgomery, AL.  The first ever Southern Living inspired home in Alabama.  This is a new community from the designers of Seaside, Rosemary Beach and Alys Beach and one of those community of homes combining houses, retail, schools and more.  I think it’s pretty interesting, so I thought you all might like to see it too!  It’s actually open to the public to tour through June 26, so if you are in that area, you might want to stop by and visit.
I love these type of communities and would have no problem living in one. Â This house is fresh and modern and a bit unlike most Southern Living homes, but it is inviting nonetheless.
The house, which boasts four bedrooms, three and a half baths, two sitting rooms, fully loaded kitchen, a private courtyard, arbor and balcony is dressed in local and regional artisan goods from the likes of Butch Anthony, Alabama Chanin, Flannel & Floral, Brent Smith and many, many more.
Design firm Matter Design Co, spear headed the vision on the home.
I like the exterior with all white and a little bit of a beachy feel. I can see Rosemary Beach in this one. Â I love that area in Florida.
Enjoy the tour and let me know what you think! It’s more modern than most homes associated with Southern Living, but very pretty in an understated way.
The kitchen is very modern and clean with hardly any upper cabinets.
This arbor, I could definitely enjoy on a patio like this.  What did you think?  I really like the house and  it’s a little too modern for my taste, but, I certainly think it’s a beautifully designed home!
Too modern for me, but nice to look at. The wall of tile in kitchen would give me claustrophobia! I like windows, windows, windows. Thats one thing you have to sacrifice when living in close quarters. “Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside”!!!
Love the shower wall and the tub layout. The portrait above the stove is a little freaky.
the only thing southern in this house are the pictures of the old ancestors on the walls, not a very nice house
Beautiful, but definitely not my taste
I agree…a beautifully designed home but a bit more modern for my taste….love the 2nd story porch area and that pergola!….
I hate to be so negative but there is really nothing about this house I like. It certainly, in no way, speaks Southern. It’s lack of color would have me bonkers in a heart beat. Glad I didn’t have to pay to see it. I would have wanted my money back! By the way, loved the video of you and your Daddy in his garden!
The house was different but fun to look at. I loved the light fixture above the tub…any idea where it’s from?
HI, Nicolle, no sorry I don’t have any particulars on that. You may be able to go to the website and email the designers.
I loved the bathroom and the patio, but I HATED all the pictures of the creepy ancestors thing! Blech!! It gave a really weird vibe to the whole house. I actually like modern design, a lot, but I wasn’t overly impressed with this example. But I’m still glad you shared it! I love seeing all the different decorating styles out there!
Well, Rhoda, I’m glad you showed this as I, too, would have been upset to pay money to see it. Way too modern for my Southern traditional tastes. I felt there was nothing “homey” about it at all except for possibly the outdoor areas.
I’m sure southern can mean modern for some people but it was too contemporary for my taste. The dining room was about the only thing I cared for.
Hmmmm, I’m not loving it. Too sterile, bland colors, weird tile in bathrooms. I do like the herringbone tile pattern in the kitchen, but that is about all that I really liked in the whole house.
I’ve seen so may beautiful homes from Southern Living, but sadly, this is not one of them! Thanks for sharing, though! It makes me appreciate my sweet little home even more! 🙂
Not my style. Much too sterile looking.
A gorgeous home, I love the exterior and interior but not so sure about the kitchen, maybe a little too modern for me, something looks amiss with all those tiles. I do however, love the living room furniture, it is similar to how I would like to furnish my Hamptons beach house, by the way this is now finished and I have shared it on my blog today Rhoda: http://leecarolineart.blogspot.co.nz/2016/06/my-new-build-hamptons-style-beach-house.html
I read that this is a community type house, how much would this house sell for? Is there a link to the realtors site if they still have some for sale.
Would love your feedback on my beach house but it is not furnished yet as I sadly have to tenant it for 5 years until I pay off the mortgage before I use it :(. It is more Hamptons than Southern and the exterior is a simple one level cottage look.
HI, Lee, just took a look and left a comment. Wow, wow, wow, it’s beautiful! You must be so proud!
I don’t care for this house either. By looking at the exterior, I really had high hopes. It does look like Rosemary Beach. The interior was just too cold and not at all inviting or homey. Thank you so much for showing it, Rhoda!