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Here Comes the Sun

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Inspired by the color yellow, event designer JoBeth McElhanon creates a brunch that radiates happiness

Sometimes you have to make your own sunshine. With the gray days of winter looming outside her windows, JoBeth McElhanon, the chief celebrations officer at local wedding and event planning company Lilias & Olive, imagined brighter days ahead—and so did her clients. As newlyweds, Kendall and Derek Middleton were eager to host friends and family, and a Sunday brunch seemed like the perfect way to shake the winter blues.
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A New Outlook

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Update your outdoor space with furnishings, grills, and accessories made for your style

Lloyd Flanders “Alpine” collection seating and tables. Available at Congo Fireplace & Patio, congofp.com; Ken Rash’s Arkansas, kenrashsoutdoorfurniture.com

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All About that Vase

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Artful vessels that are as eye-catching off duty as when holding a bouquet

Pink glass vase. Providence Design, Little Rock, providenceltddesign.com. “Ruffle” glass vase in Smoke. Studio West, Little Rock, shopstudiowest.com.Gold striped blown-glass vase and blue vase. Bear Hill Interiors, Little Rock, 501.907.9272.

 
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The Garden House

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Found objects and design know-how come into play in a charming Mountain Home garden retreat

The seed for Traci and Steve Burges’ garden house was planted with a trio of floor-to-ceiling windows purchased for the sum of $8. “We have an auction here in Mountain Home, and Steve buzzed in one night and bought all three giant windows,” Traci says. Too good to pass up, yet unsure of how or when they would use them, the couple began to formulate a plan after a storm took down several full-grown arbor vitae on their property. “I said, What about coming back with a garden shed? And he said, Sure, I’ll use the windows,” Traci recalls.
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Branching Out

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After an interior renovation, a Fayetteville couple turns to Daniel Keeley to follow suit outdoors

With some children leaving the nest and others joining the family through marriage, the owners of this home realized the time had come to update—both indoors and out. As the interior projects drew to a close, they evaluated their backyard. “We began to realize everything looked dated,” the homeowner says. “We also needed space to grow. Not only are we adding sons-in-law, but we all have cats and dogs; it’s a crowd when we get together,” she says.
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Vacation Inspiration

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In Little Rock, Eminent Terrain designs a beloved relaxation destination right outside a client’s back door

What’s the next best thing to waking up at the beach? Feeling like you’re on vacation in your own backyard. That was the plan when the owners of this west Little Rock home decided to upgrade their outdoors into a multipurpose living space. “We’ve been vacationing in Rosemary Beach for about the past 16 years,” the owner says. “We’ve stayed in some fabulous homes while there, and one thing that they all had in common was that the backyards were surrounded by walls, creating a courtyard effect.”
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Summer Planning Guide

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Get ahead of those summer bucket lists with ideas around Arkansas—including recommendations from the state’s travel maven herself, Sarah Heer (aka @ArkieTravels)


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Taste of Arkansas: What a Catch

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As the birthplace of commercial catfish farms, Arkansas knows a thing or two about the regionally famous filets. Long before these entrepreneurships were born, catfish were pulled from streams and rivers from the hills to the Delta as a reliable dinner for a crowd. The fish fry tradition continues today as a source of community and camaraderie that carries beyond the meal on the plate.

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Color Story

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Designer Tami Risinger turns the style all the way up at the home of dear friends in Conway

Sometimes all it takes is one spark to get the creative fire going. For designer Tami Risinger and her client Jennifer Crain, that ignition came in the form of a coffee table book: Inviting Interiors: A Fresh Take on Beautiful Rooms. Released in 2021, the book features the work of Atlanta designer Melanie Turner—and the cover ended up being just the inspiration needed for the recent refresh of Jennifer’s Conway residence. “The front cover of that book had these peaches and reds and corals all together, and I loved it. It was very edgy,” Tami says. “And Jennifer’s edgy. She’s that client who will totally step out of the box and is not afraid of pattern or color, as you can see.”
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Neutral Haven

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Katie Grace Designs works with a Benton family to create a forever home with room to grow, play, and relax

A walk through a Florida beach house led to an Arkansas dream home for Anna and Chad Hendrix. The Benton couple were vacationing along 30A when they fell in love with the design of a home they toured. As luck would have it, the designer, fellow Arkansan Katie Rees of Katie Grace Designs, lives just 20 minutes from the site where they planned to build. “We hit it off,” Anna says. “I’ve always felt so comfortable with Katie—like we had known each other forever.”
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