Working with architects Ballou Design Group, interior designer Chad Graci transformed a classic lakefront property creating the ultimate in an elegant indoor/outdoor lifestyle, and proving that a lake house can still be elegant and far from cliché.

Built in the early 2000’s, the house was standard Builder fare. However, the lot is truly wonderful, sited on a shallow peninsula that juts into the lake at Canebrake in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The clients are a young family that hunts, fishes, and boats regularly, and Graci and his team were engaged to transform a basic house into something more special that could serve as a stylish but durable backdrop to their everyday indoor/outdoor lifestyle. This included a total kitchen and primary bath renovation, an addition, as well as an outdoor pavilion that needed to have seating, storage, and a full outdoor kitchen. Let’s take a look at the results!

Such a beautiful lake home! Timeless and classic, it will never go out of style.

To learn more, please visit Chad Graci Interiors and follow @graciinteriors on Instagram for ongoing inspiration. You can also click here to see a beautiful historic New Orleans home he designed, and here for an elegant Mississippi beach house.