We don’t decorate..

We refine.

We edit.

We elevate.

A wooden tray with a green Christmas wreath and a magazine featuring a woman in a red dress holding a teacup on top of a wooden table.

Our Services

  • Real Estate Staging

    Real Estate Staging

    Strategic styling designed to highlight a home's best features and attract buyers.

  • Vacant Property Styling

    Vacant Property Styling

    Transform empty homes into warm, inviting spaces that photograph beautifully.

  • Occupied Home Consultations

    Occupied Home Consultations

    Expert guidance on furniture placement, decluttering, styling adjustments, and simple updates.

  • Short-term rental styling

    Short-term Rental Styling

    Focusing on creating memorable, guest-friendly space that photograph beautifully and stand out on booking platforms.

  • Virtual design / e-design services

    Virtual Design Services

    A flexible option for professional interior design guidance from anywhere.

  • Residential interiors

    Residential Interiors

    Full residential design services for homeowners seeking thoughtfully curated interiors.

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Meet the Designer

With a natural eye for layout, balance, and detail, Cari has a unique ability to piece together furnishings and décor in a way that feels both refined and effortless.

Unlike traditional staging companies, The Southern Edit approaches every home with a designer’s eye and a strategist’s mindset.

We focus on intentional styling, refined aesthetics, and curated details that help properties stand out in competitive markets while creating spaces that feel warm, elevated, and effortless.

A woman with red hair wearing a cream-colored pleated dress with a decorative belt stands in a field of orange flowers, smiling and looking to the side.
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Open-concept living space with kitchen, dining, and sitting area, featuring white walls, wooden floors, modern lighting, and decorative accents.
A round wooden coffee table with a white leather or faux leather animal hide cloth on top. A book titled 'American' is placed on the cloth, featuring black-and-white illustrations of a cowboy on horseback. The background includes a stone fireplace, woven basket, round side table, rattan ottoman, and a grey tufted armchair with a pillow.
A dining room with white shiplap walls, a wooden table with five chairs, a chandelier, and a cowhide rug. There are large windows with blinds and a glass door leading outside.
Dining room with wooden table, six chairs (three on each side), a black pendant chandelier, two large windows showing a green outdoor space, and a small black vase with green foliage on the table.
Modern living room with a white brick fireplace, black ceiling fan, two brown leather chairs, a black velvet sofa with yellow and black-and-white patterned pillows, a round wooden coffee table, a woven rug, windows, and a door leading outside.

Projects

  • Real Estate Staging

    Hickory Hollow

  • Living room with a white brick fireplace, leather sofa with pillows, two beige armchairs, a round glass coffee table, and wooden flooring.

    Wonder Hill I

  • Modern kitchen with white cabinets, marble island counter, three hanging pendant lights, and two black barstools with woven seats.

    Wonder Hill II

  • Living room with brick fireplace, large flat-screen TV above mantel, plush chair with throw pillow, white fur-covered chair, decorative vases, books, and plants.

    Cody Haus

  • Airbnb Styling & Staging

    Keuhn

  • Short Term Rental Styling

    Hunter

  • Airbnb Home Staging

    Hilltop

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