Story by Liesel Schmidt Photos by Jon Jeffress & Cindy McCrory “We have been asked several times, ‘What part of the home did you remodel?’ shares Israel Crocker of Crocker & Smith Custom Builders. “This is a testimony to the attention paid to the details of...
-Liesel Schmidt As Don and Sylvia Rayfield began planning their home in 2021, they enlisted the talents of Delia Pierce, owner of Lemongrass Custom Home & Design, to work with them and bring their vision to life. Having built the reputation of her firm over the...
At Home in Sweetbay -Liesel Schmidt When Prentiss and Beverly Smith look at their home, they don’t see what others do. The coastal home boasts an architectural style that sits right at home on the water, complementing the landscape with its use of brick and clapboard...
At Home in Windrose -Liesel Schmidt Based on the iconic Tara from Gone with the Wind, the stately Greek Revival home where Ashley and Britton Bonner are raising their three children in Historic Montrose may have been built in the 1990s, but it could easily pass...
When it was built in 2006, this waterfront home in Fairhope comprised 1980 square feet and eight rooms, fitting in a great deal of usage into less space than one might expect from gazing at the outside. Nearly 20 years later, the house has had some updates—both inside...
Black House/White House -Liesel Schmidt They say that not everything is black and white. But in the case of the Little home in the Verandas subdivision of Fairhope, it’s all black and white. The classic modern farmhouse stands one-story high, clad with...
The White House -Liesel Schmidt There’s not quite one defined style for the white brick house in Fairhope where Michele and Michael Strength live. Instead, it’s a fusion of Dutch Cape, modern, and Spanish revival, all somehow married together in a way that makes sense...
At Home on the Bay -Liesel Schmidt There’s a distinct feeling of escapism in the home that Robert and Renee Burroughs own in Orange Beach. It's a sense of grandeur that fits the Mediterranean architecture, which is surrounded by lush tropical plants and a landscape to...
With a moniker like “The Estate,” the Smeraglia family property sets up the expectation of grandeur—and grand, it is. Originally built in the late 1990’s, the main house boasts 4700 square feet sitting on 6.5 acres of picturesque landscape that is the embodiment of...
A Cottage with a View -Liesel Schmidt For most, the words “beach condo” conjure images of multi-story buildings with cookie-cutter units stacked side-by-side and on top of one another, all facing some glittering beach with neighboring buildings whose similar aesthetic...
This is Home -Liesel Schmidt With its white stucco and brick façade, the home that Patrick and Amanda Morel own in Fairhope is a nod to French Provincial construction, a modern take on classic design that stands proudly amid immaculately manicured landscaping. Bronze...