Home Home Decor Ideas The Most Popular Design Style In Every Southern State How does your dream home measure up? By Hallie Milstein Hallie Milstein Hallie Milstein is an Editorial Fellow for Southern Living covering food and culture. She has been published in Modern Luxury magazines, Our State Magazine, and Hudson Valley Magazine. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on February 15, 2023 Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Photo: ROBBIE CAPONETTO; STYLING: KENDRA SURFACE Picture your dream home. If in your mind's eye, you see a relaxed farmhouse full of warm, neutral tones that’s brought into the 21st century thanks to clean, modern touches, then you’re not alone. A new study by Encino reveals that Modern Farmhouse is by far the most popular interior design style in the country, and in the South specifically. A whopping 33 states—12 of which are in the South—chose this supreme style as their favorite. This means that most of the country swoons over carriage doors, vaulted ceilings, and apron sinks, just like you do. This research picked our design-day-dreaming brains by analyzing the number of Google searches for each style, and the results show that in every state, our tastes in homes are less seasonal but very place-based. For example, people living in seaside states like South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida are more likely to love aptly beachy homes year-round, while Arkansas seems to be in a realm of its own; its favorite didn’t place for any other state. The results also show that for the most part, Southerners think alike. (What was it Mama said about good minds?) Interior design styles including Rustic, Industrial, Feng Shui, Mediterranean, and Victorian were the top dogs in other regions but proved to lag behind in the South’s rankings. We’ll stick to our coastal retreats and modern farmhouses like Chip and Joanna, thank you very much. Here are the most-searched home design styles beloved in every Southern state. Alabama: Modern FarmhouseArkansas: EclecticDelaware: CoastalDistrict of Columbia: Mid-Century ModernFlorida: CoastalGeorgia: CoastalKentucky: Modern FarmhouseLouisiana: Modern FarmhouseMaryland: Modern FarmhouseMississippi: Modern FarmhouseMissouri: Modern FarmhouseNorth Carolina: Modern FarmhouseOklahoma: Modern FarmhouseSouth Carolina: CoastalTennessee: Modern FarmhouseTexas: Modern FarmhouseVirginia: Modern FarmhouseWest Virginia: Modern Farmhouse Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit