An Acadian Cottage

Featured in this month’s Living on the Water issue (“Louisiana Inspiration”), Jan and Dave Allmendinger’s Heber Springs home boasts an exterior as stunning as its interior. The look was inspired by the Acadian cottages of Louisiana, which they learned to appreciate while their daughter, interior designer Krista Lewis, lived in the state.

Large, raised porches, or galleries, surround the home, allowing for wonderful air circulation. Not only are they essential because the home is in a floodplain, they also offer a cool spot from which to enjoy views of Sugarloaf Mountain, the Little Red River and the wildlife that frequent the area. Rough-hewn wooden beams support the hipped roof, in which all four sides slope toward a single peak.