Kate Abney

LUXE Interiors + Design’s Southeast Homes Editor, Kate Abney, is a lifelong Southerner (excepting a summer stint in NYC!) who began her career working at magazines in South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia. Based in Atlanta, she joined LUXE in 2018 to help launch the Southeast edition and continues to produce the Southeast regional content for the brand, highlighting the inspiring work of design professionals, fine artists and other creatives with a distinctly Southern point of view. Her sweet spot is historically rooted, yet fresh and forward-thinking projects. Her 18-plus-year journalism career has included features with A-list designers, Grammy nominees, a knighted billionaire and an Academy Award winner.

white living room designed in Modernist and Palm Beach-style elements

This Palm Beach Home Prioritizes The Views Both Inside + Out

Suzanne Kasler prioritizes architectural sight lines to keep a home’s focus on the views—both inside and outside—while fostering spaces for gathering.
inside Design Galleria Nashville

This Showroom Spotlights Kitchen + Bath Trends In The Southeast

Senior kitchen designer Richard T. Anuszkiewicz of Design Galleria Kitchen And Bath Studio shares what’s resonating with Nashvillians.
green guest suite at a lowcountry resort

This New Resort Captures The Magic Of The Lowcountry

With 72 cottage-style guest suites appointed by designer Amanda Lindroth to evoke forlorn coastal mansions, The Dunlin is a charming South Carolina escape.
hillside wine cellar with an outdoor patio in the North Carolina mountains

In North Carolina, A Dreamy Getaway With A Hillside Wine Cellar Awaits

Accessory structures enhance a bucolic Western North Carolina compound, tied together by materials and distinguished by mood, courtesy of architect Tim Adams.
Gaggenau kitchen appliances on display at AjMadison in Sandy Springs, Georgia

AjMadison Unveils A New Georgia Showroom

Appliance leader AjMadison unveils its long-anticipated arrival to the Southeast with a new showroom in Sandy Springs, Georgia. Take a peek here.
colorful Atlanta showroom of Samuel & Sons with textile swatches around the space

Samuel & Sons Unveils A Chic New Showroom In Atlanta

Samuel & Sons taps longtime collaborator Timothy Corrigan to appoint their new Southeast headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Explore the showroom here.
contemporary mountain home living room with exposed beams, stone fireplace and neutral furnishings

An Appalachian Escape Makes The Most Of Its Mountain Setting

In Cashiers, North Carolina, Amanda Wyatt designs a distinctive property combining meadow and forest to provide one family with acres of enchantment.
exterior of Patina Home & Garden in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee

Spend A Design-Filled Day In This Charming Tennessee Town