Big front porches

La Dolce Vita is a design blog featuring interior design ideas & inspiration, art, travel and style curated by Paloma Contreras.

Top blogger, Monica Lavin, shares southern design inspiration from Leah Bailey.

Collect this idea Landscape design originally combines creativity and nature, with results that dazzle the mind and push the limits of aesthetics further. Seeing how popular our previous posts, “35 Lovely Pathways for a Well-Organized Home and Garden” and “38 Garden Design Ideas Turning Your Home Into a Peaceful Refuge” were, we decided to make …

Farmhouse Cottage: Come see this FABULOUS dream white farmhouse from California architect / designer Wendy Posard.

I have kitchens on my mind a lot these days and I’m pinning dozens as I round up ideas for the future and of all the spaces in a home, kitchens prove the most challenging because the cabinet, tile, and surface choices are far more permanent. The kitchen is where we cook and bake, and spend time ...

Jackson House is a Bed & Breakfast in Alton Illinois near St. Louis

Dream home - Allen Tate Company (@allentatecompany) on Instagram: “Love the fresh colors on this incredible DJF Builders home in Raleigh,NC. Check it out today! 1418…”

I have always been delighted to death by miniature things. Really, anything super tiny from animals (i.e. pygmy goats, mini horses, micro pigs, specifically). I loved my dollhouse and tiny furniture and always preferred a smaller room to a big one. I still prefer a smaller home to a huge one personally. …

So proud of the hard work @tberolz put into our yard (plus his flourishing vegetable garden not seen). Its been so fun to see it come to life over the past few months. We dont have much free time and our time at home is always a treat but Thomas would be out there at the crack of dawn any chance he got. I love how much he loves it and I love how excited he is to share it with the little lady some day #garden #athome #frontporch #southernliving #roses

How to you maximize space while creating a traditional Southern home? We've got the answers here. When Atlanta architect Brandon Ingram was tasked with designing a small cottage 30 minutes outside Tallahassee, Florida, he knew it needed to be two things: "extremely efficient and super Southern." Extremely efficient because this is the second building on the property and county laws mandated that it be no more than 800 square feet. And super Southern because of its setting, a bucolic 17 1/2…

Happy Moving Day to Ali, Pete, Emma and Abe! Inspired by the country life, here are a few exteriors we love. via Pinterest xoxo Ariana

Southern home on a hill

Traditional Front Porch exterior with gables and columns, great neutral paint colors and brick stairs.

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