Inside a Tudor House and Garden in Alabama

It wasn't until stationery designer Prentiss Douthit fell head over heels for a Birmingham garden—and the house that came with it—that he began to appreciate his family's horticultural roots.

Sweet Home Alabama

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. "My parents owned a flower shop and nursery in Decatur, Alabama," the stationery designer explains. And unlike most florists, his mother and father grew all the roses they arranged. "My brothers and I had to tend those plants until we each left for college. I hated it."

In this photo: Buddy—Douthit's "mutt from heaven"—relaxes in front of the 1937 Tudor cottage, covered in a mix of 'Veilchenblau' and 'New Dawn' climbing roses.

Den

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. "As soon as I pulled into the driveway, I loved the property so much, I would have bought it without seeing the inside of the house," Douthit recalls. "Luckily, that blew me away, too. It's the homiest home imaginable—a perfect little English cottage that just wraps its arms around you. It has a very humble soul."

In this photo: In the den, floral pillows by Louise Body dress up an estate-sale sofa. Douthit created the coffee table by topping a gilded metal base with a flagstone paver. He amassed the collection of 1950s metal fans while still in college.

Kitchen

Antique milk-glass pendant lamps illuminate the kitchen, which sports custom cabinetry and an Anthropologie rug.

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