Inspiring your Home and Lifestyle
After years of putting clients first, the owners of a landscaping company finally get the outdoor space of their dreams
After 35 years in the home they built in west Little Rock, Ruth Ann and David Munsey, Jr.—owners of Better Lawns & Gardens—decided it was time to revamp their backyard and patio. And when you own a landscaping company, who better to call on than the family business?…
A Dallas designer helps a Northwest Arkansas couple turn an outdoor area into a comfortable, gracious interior addition with a flair for all things natural
“Comfort and beauty must go hand-in-hand,” says Dallas-based designer Vicki Crew of Vicki Crew Interiors. That was the approach she took when a Northwest Arkansas couple asked for her guidance in enclosing their existing patio to create an addition to their home. “It was an underused patio, and they wanted to make a more comfortable space between the pool and home,” Vicki says….
Designers Andrea Brooks and Ashley Cardiel team up to push the boundaries in a redesign of Brooks’s Fayetteville home
When El Dorado designer Andrea Brooks started looking for a place to call home in Northwest Arkansas, she didn’t envision taking on a large-scale project. “We were really looking at townhouses and condos, something more for going to visit,” Andrea explains, noting that she has one son at the University of Arkansas and one headed there next fall; plus, her mom and sister live in the area, as well. “After looking at a number of options that just didn’t feel right, my sister found a listing that had been under contract but was going back on the market the next day. As soon as I walked in the house the next morning, I said, ‘This is my house!’”…
High style and stunning views are hallmarks of this home on the outskirts of Fayetteville
Michelle Trumbo dreamt of looking out her windows to a distant view of the White River and its woodlands. When fate intervened in the form of a friend who knew of a piece of property with just such stunning views, she and her partner, Joe Whiteside, knew the time had come to capitalize on the dream….
Jeremy Carter uses fresh holiday décor to highlight the traditional, collected aspects of a family home
When Amanda and Trey Groce moved into their current home in Little Rock’s Heights neighborhood, it was a one-story, 1,940-square foot cottage. That suited them just fine for the first several years. However, when they found out they were expecting their second child, they started to think more long-term. The family had grown attached to their street, so rather than look for the right-sized house somewhere else, they decided to renovate….
Designer Christina Gore extends her home’s interior style to the back porch for a festive holiday scene
Designer Christina Gore describes her and her husband Sean’s style as “rustic glam,” an unexpected combination of glittering metals and natural elements. “I’m a little more glam; Sean would live in a log cabin if he could,” she laughs. “A lot of our home is a complete mix of the two of us and these styles. I think you can really see us in all the elements,” she adds….
A light palette and simple yet chic holiday décor sets the stage for a family Christmas in this recently renovated Mountain Home house
When Megan and Austin Gilliam found a 1970s foreclosure in their hometown of Mountain Home, the couple jumped at the chance to purchase and renovate it. Fueled by their creativity (Megan is a wedding photographer and Austin a videographer), the pair took the home down to its studs in many places and put in countless hours to make it reflect their style. “It was really a labor of love and a big learning process for us,” Megan says of the experience….
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.”…
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….
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….
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