This sitcom is centered around interior decorating company Sugarbaker Designs in Atlanta, Georgia. The business is owned and operated by four women; liberal manager Julia Sugarbaker (Dixie Carter), her self-centered sister Suzanne Sugarbaker (Delta Burke), outspoken designer Mary Jo Shively (Annie Potts), and ditsy office manager Charlene Frazier Stillfield (Jean Smart). They are assisted by former inmate Anthony Bouvier (Meshach Taylor).