Southern Living Idea House on Crane Island

This year’s home is a new build on the secluded Crane Island, a 113-home master planned community located on Amelia Island’s western edge about 5 miles south of historic Fernandina Beach. The home’s distinct Southern vernacular blends luxe Lowcountry style with historic Fernandina Beach architecture designed to encourage indoor/outdoor living with 1,400 square feet of porches. Heather Chadduck Hillegas, Southern Living’s former Style Director and now of Heather Chadduck Interiors & Textiles, is managing the design. Architects Jim Strickland and Clay Rokicki of Historical Concepts, which has mastered the art of designing the “new old” Southern home, are overseeing the home’s architecture. The finished house plans, Crane Island River House, Plan #2010, will be available for purchase online at Houseplans.SouthernLiving.com. The build is managed by Matt Roberts, Chris Wood and Matt Birdwell of Riverside Homes and developed by Jack Healan Jr., Jack Healan III and John Hillman of Crane Island. The landscape design is by Don Hooten of Hooten Land Design, Inc.