Ενα παραμυθένιο εξοχικό σπίτι!

When Prentiss Douthit says he was born with a green thumb, he isn't exaggerating much. Douthit has been digging in the dirt since the age of 5—not that he always enjoyed it. Straight from Prentiss Douthit's garden, peonies, petite 'Sweet Pea' roses, and dainty sprigs of beauty bush (Kolkwitzia amabilis) provide the makings for a casually lush arrangement. So you can imagine Douthit's surprise four years ago, when he found himself bidding on a 1937 brick Tudor in Birmingham because he'd fallen hard for the garden—planted with more than 25 different roses. Antique milk-glass pendant lamps illuminate the kitchen, which sports custom cabinetry and an Anthropologie rug. Bright Idea: Give a kitchen living room elegance with a wall of framed—even lighted!—art. Inside, Douthit relied upon lessons he learned as a boy. Clematis and confederate jasmine climb a brick wall adjoining the back patio. Since purchasing the place, Douthit has added yet another outdoor room. Blue, the designer's Welsh Corgi, sets off toward an arbor covered in 'New Dawn' roses.