This year’s Southern Living Magazine Idea House was built from the ground up in the Crane Island, Florida, 14 miles from Fernandina Beach. The house is absolutely gorgeous, Interiors designed by Heather Chadduck Hillegas, Architecture by Historical Concepts’ Jim Strickland and Clay Rokicki, and construction by Riverside Custom Homes. The decoration inside is elegant and classic but entirely livable with an emphasis on All American beauty. I can move into this house and not change a thing.
It took me more than usual to upload all these images, but they are all so worthy that I wanted to make sure I wouldn’t leave one out. The house has a resemblance to the Something’s Gotta Give’s house, but with a bit more on the classic modern side, with lots of browns, dark blue, ceiling beams, classic or antique furniture throughout and printed fabrics and wallpaper. Read more about it at Southern Living Magazine.
The living room with a blue and white palette.
A narrow hallway gets the ceiling painted blue and narrow wicker consoles.
The ceiling beams have faux paint to make them look old.
A skirted round table with Galbraith & Paul’s fabric in blue and white.
Love the art by Catherine Jones hanging on the hall near the stairs.
A fun eating and playing area with two L-shaped banquettes, striped walls, and botanical prints.
Heather, who saw a checkerboard motif used at design icon Bunny Mellon’s Antigua home and had a decorative painter create a similar look in the dining room
Heather created a focal point with a tropical-themed, sepia-toned Gracie wallpaper over the range. A thin layer of plexiglass covers the wallpaper for protection and easy care. A Venetian plaster treatment over the hood.
The laundry room with a farm sink table and wallpaper on the walls.
Two sets of built-in bunk beds. Curtains made from Schumacher’s Santa Barbara Ikat provide privacy, and Heather used the matching wallpaper on the ceiling.
The master bath features a freestanding tub between two vanities.
The master bedroom with a four poster mahogany bed. 
A sitting area in the master bedroom with floral fabric on the chairs.
The beautiful pantry which opens behind one of the cabinets in the kitchen.
The vanity was meant to look like an old-fashioned, ladylike with the same leafy fabric and wallpaper.
Soane Britain’s Dianthus Chintz in Lapis graces the walls of one of the guest bedrooms.
