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Creating Cozy

November 2, 2018 by Stephanie Maxwell Newton

A love of the outdoors and a desire for minimalist, uncluttered style led Lauren and Casey Cerrato to give this Craftsman cottage new life

“Organic modern.” That’s how At Home in Arkansas art director Lauren Cerrato describes her personal style and the vibe of the 1920s Hillcrest Craftsman cottage she shares with her husband, Casey, their pup, Hush, and the baby boy they’ll welcome this spring. However, this inspired-by-nature aesthetic is one she’s come to over time. “In our previous house, the walls were mint green and my office was yellow. It was all over the place; but I really like color. I remember talking about our dream house, and Casey would say, ‘Let’s just do gray and white and wood,’ and I would think, that sounds so boring and sad.”…

Farmhouse Fresh

November 2, 2018 by Stephanie Maxwell Newton

A Mountain Home couple relaxes into their forever-home farmhouse

The house Traci and Steve Burges call home is a “farmhouse” in more than one sense of the word. Yes, it has the comfortable, traditional appeal of the farmhouse aesthetic; more literally, though, the house sits on eight acres of Traci’s family’s farmland, with a red barn out back and miles of pastures in view….

The Comfort of Home

November 2, 2018 by Stephanie Maxwell Newton

A young family brings their love of down-to-earth style with them as they settle in to a new Northwest Arkansas home

Moving from upstate New York to Northwest Arkansas, the owners of this Fayetteville home were eager to bring a few of their favorite things to their new location—namely the style of their previous home. “We had a Craftsman house in New York, and I really wanted to stay with that style for our next home,” one of the homeowners says. However, after online real estate searches proved to be unfruitful, she and her husband realized they would need to build to get the look they desired….

The Evolution of Home

October 1, 2018 by Stephanie Maxwell Newton

As Brandy and Richard Harp settle in to the sixth home they’ve built together for their family, they reflect on how their style and needs have evolved

As a realtor and a builder, respectively, Brandy and Richard Harp are constantly surrounded by home design ideas, trends, and innovations. So, it may come as no surprise the pair had plenty of inspiration—and even a rough floor plan—when the opportunity to purchase the last lot in a highly sought-after west Little Rock subdivision presented itself….

The Space Between

October 1, 2018 by Stephanie Maxwell Newton

Debi Davis strikes a balance between new and old, modern and rustic, and form and function in this home built for entertaining

“I’m never afraid to use the word ‘pretty.’ Pretty doesn’t mean something can’t be functional,” designer Debi Davis says. “A home can be beautiful and still be functional.” It was with this mindset that Debi approached the design of this family home in Rogers, a project where she deftly wove antiques and curated collections throughout the modern bones of a new-construction home….

Escape Room

October 1, 2018 by Stephanie Maxwell Newton

Designer Mara Malcolm uses a bold color combo, mix of patterns, and eclectic accessories to turn a catchall room into a chic, feminine space

“Jill lives in a house full of boys,” designer Mara Lamb Malcolm says of her client, on-the-go real estate agent Jill Childers. “As the mother of three young men [as well as stepmother to a daughter and son], she needed a space that was only hers, a place to get away from the guys to simply read, watch TV, or enjoy a glass of wine with girlfriends,” Mara says.

Luckily, Jill and her husband, Joe, already had the space in the form of a catchall room, where Jill says she often folded laundry. The area had been a porch at one time but was enclosed in a previous renovation. Jill and Joe turned to Mara—who also happens to be responsible for introducing the now-married pair—to help revive the aesthetic and breathe new, inspired life into the room. “It was pretty bleak but had such potential because of its location right off the kitchen and the fact that it had its own adjacent half bath,” Mara says….

Neutral Shift

September 7, 2018 by Stephanie Maxwell Newton

Repairs from a leak led to a full-scale renovation that suits this Little Rock couple’s style and needs

A work by local artist Lauren Meredith hangs near the tub. “Carol loves her art and has other pieces from her throughout the house,” Leigh says.

When Carol and Mike Hulse discovered they had a leak in their home’s master bath, their first call was to Ray Lusk Plumbing. Little did they know the hard-to-detect leak—which they discovered was coming from the shower unit—would lead to a complete remodel with designer Leigh Lusk….

An Everyday Luxury

September 7, 2018 by Stephanie Maxwell Newton

A newly married couple opts for a master bath renovation rather than a big wedding

“My husband bought this house in 2014, did some remodeling, and moved in the following year,” says one of the owners of this Hot Springs Village home. Not long after he moved in, he met his now wife. “We were getting married, and I didn’t want another wedding so we said let’s spend the money on our bathroom—the one place that hadn’t been renovated—and we can enjoy it every day,” she says….

Up to the Task

September 7, 2018 by Stephanie Maxwell Newton

Kathryn LeMaster helps a family of four set the tone for their DIY dream kitchen

When Rachel and Parker Woodroof moved from the Pacific Northwest to Arkansas in 2016, they immediately got to work renovating their 1995 ranch-style home. “Moving from Tacoma, Washington, we knew we needed light and we need as much of it as we could get,” Rachel laughs. Other than that, they weren’t sure where to start. “We’d just moved in and we knew the look that we wanted, it was just a really awkward lot,” she says. “We wanted the floor plan to be open and weren’t sure the best way to do that….

Urban Influence

September 7, 2018 by Stephanie Maxwell Newton

Inspired by the family’s former Chicago loft, Massimo Interior Design transforms a traditional kitchen and master bath to suit a modern family

The couple and designers all agreed this kitchen called for a light fixture that would make a statement. Leslie found this airy, spherical pendant made of wool yarn and epoxy, which also helps to balance out the heavier materials in the room.

Relocating from a loft in Chicago to Little Rock to be closer to family, you might expect Leslie and Charley Parnell would look for a place downtown, something similar to their last residence. However, after 25 years in the city, they were excited to offer their son, Jackson, something he’d never had before—a backyard.

“We lived right downtown, and it was hard to have a place for him to ride a bike,” Leslie explains. When she and her mother first walked into this house, she immediately saw past its traditional, walled-in layout to a house they could soon call home. “The second time I saw this house, I had my designer and contractor come to make sure that what we wanted to do, we could do,” Leslie says. “What we could do in the kitchen and bathroom would make or break the decision to buy the house.”…

Creating Cozy

Farmhouse Fresh

The Comfort of Home

The Evolution of Home

The Space Between

Escape Room

Neutral Shift

An Everyday Luxury

Up to the Task

Urban Influence

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