The elegant homes of Buckhead, Atlanta’s most exclusive residential enclave, are surrounded by the verdant nature of its historic nineteenth-century past. Amid the rolling hills, leafy forests, immaculate emerald lawns, and venerable oaks, hickories, and magnolias, there is an abundance of architectural styles — Greek and Georgian Revival, neo-Palladian, Baroque, Federal, Normandy, American Colonial—that make these homes highly coveted.
The New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin, whose novels have sold millions of copies worldwide, and her investment banker husband, Buddy Blaha, joined interior designer Beth Webb and architect Stan Dixon when searching for their new home in Atlanta. The couple was looking for charm, history, and an ample backyard for their three young children — twin sons and a daughter.
When they discovered this five-acre Buckhead property, centered on…
