Lowcountry / Southern

Regional / traditional

Deep porches, raised forms, and gracious shade — built for heat and hospitality.

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Overview

Deep porches, raised forms, and gracious shade — built for heat and hospitality.

The gracious vernacular of the coastal and Deep South — Charleston, Savannah, the Gulf. Raised foundations, wide wraparound porches, tall shuttered windows, and breezy, high-ceilinged rooms built to move air before air conditioning. Soft, faded colors and an unhurried, hospitable spirit. A natural Southern cousin to your Hill Country and Coastal directions.

01 Key principles

01Deep, wide porches (often double-stacked) for shade and living
02Raised foundations lifting the house off the ground
03Tall windows with operable shutters for cross-ventilation
04High ceilings and breezy, light-filled rooms
05Soft, faded, sun-washed colors
06Gracious, hospitable, unhurried proportions

Spatial direction

Raised main floor; wraparound and stacked porches; tall shuttered windows; high ceilings; rooms opening to the porch and garden.

Furniture

Gracious and relaxed — rocking chairs and porch swings, rattan and wicker, slipcovered seating, painted and antique pieces.

Textures

Beadboard porch ceilings, painted shutters, heart-pine floors, woven and linen textiles, ceiling fans, ferns and palms.

02 Materials & finishes

Painted wood siding and shutters, brick, haint-blue porch ceilings, heart pine floors, wicker and rattan, linen, wrought iron

Color palette

7 tones — the working palette for this direction.

Soft White

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Haint Blue

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Sage

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Buttery Yellow

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Faded Coral

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Weathered Brick

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Natural Wood

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