Virtual Hosts can be tricky. I get them working on my PC, but my Mac refuses to play ball.

This a selection of sites from my extra/httpd-vhosts.conf included from the bottom of my httpd.conf

# C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName localhost
    DocumentRoot c:/Development/xampp/htdocs
</VirtualHost>

<Directory />
    AllowOverride none
    Require all granted
</Directory>

<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerName local.davestewart.co.uk
	ServerAlias local.davestewart.co.uk
	DocumentRoot "E:\03 - Personal\Dave Stewart - Portfolio\www.davestewart.co.uk"
	<Directory "E:\03 - Personal\Dave Stewart - Portfolio\www.davestewart.co.uk">
		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
		AllowOverride All
		Order allow,deny
		Allow from all
	</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerName ember.local
	DocumentRoot "E:\04 - Personal\2013-09 - Learning\Ember\laravel"
	<Directory "E:\04 - Personal\2013-09 - Learning\Ember\laravel">
		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
		AllowOverride All
		Order allow,deny
		Allow from all
	</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerName kohana.davestewart.local
	DocumentRoot "E:\05 - Commercial\Sites\Dave Stewart\www.davestewart.io\resources\kohana"
	<Directory "E:\05 - Commercial\Sites\Dave Stewart\www.davestewart.io\resources\kohana">
		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
		AllowOverride All
		Order allow,deny
		Allow from all
	</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

I don't really understand all the apache config, but these settings have worked for me for years, so I just stick with them.

Remember to add the domains to your hosts file as well:

127.0.0.1   localhost
127.0.0.1   local.davestewart.co.uk
127.0.0.1   ember.local
127.0.0.1   kohana.davestewart.local

On a site note, Homestead and Laravel is great, that's how I'm developing a few test and production sites right now.

It's a bit confusing to start with, but once you are up and running, it's great. If you don't get apache working, I can reccomend it for really lightweight setup.