Good things come in small packages. With efficient design and strategic styling, these lovely abodes are set up for success and capture every bit of the character and livability of a larger home ...

Plan SL-1824. Glorious 9-foot vaulted ceilings feature the best of single-floor living. Three bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths round out the basics, but it’s the open kitchen and stunning ...

The three-bedroom, 2½-bathroom house he moved into in October was built using a Southern Living house plan, one of more than 1,300 architectural floor plans sold under the magazine’s name.

You can see evidence of this in the 2016 Southern Living Idea House, which opens Saturday just outside of Birmingham, Ala. Here, in a classic Southern cottage with a wrap-around porch, designers ...