The Goal:
Maintain a Southern-style shade garden on the one-acre grounds surrounding their 1905 house, which has been in Joe’s family for more than four decades.
What they did:
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Arkansas’ Best Kitchen: Leslie and Scott Bailey, Fayetteville
The Goal: Create an efficient kitchen that’s welcoming and attractive within an open great room setting, and includes cooking and work zones, ample storage, plus seating for a family of five.
What they did:
The Baileys brought kitchen designer Susan Latta into the project at the blueprint stage—a critical element, says Latta, in ensuring that “the homeowners, builder and construction team have the same vision for the space before it is actually built.”
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Arkansas’ Best Bathroom: Anita and Brent Sipe, Camden
The Goal:
Transform their outdated master bathroom into a functional and relaxing retreat. “It had a small shower, country blue whirlpool tub and the original plush carpet,” Anita says. “Our goal was to make it not only a sanctuary for evenings, but also an enjoyable place for getting ready in the morning.”
What they did:
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Pattern Power
History in Pieces
It’s not simply the quilts that North Little Rock collector Jan Smith loves. It’s the stories behind them as well. Hand stitching and unique patterns are a reminder that each is a personal expression of the woman who made it. Dating back to the late 1800s and early 1900s, each also says something about the time in which it was made. “I can just imagine a woman sitting down and working on one of my quilts after a long day of chores,” Jan says. “They didn’t believe in idle hands back then.”
Before television or radio, quilting bees served as a popular social outlet. Friends and neighbors would gather to compete against one another to finish a quilt or to join forces and complete it together, the purpose being to socialize and have fun while being productive and saving time.
Quilting bees were also an opportunity to exchange decorative quilt blocks, likely scraps from clothing, feed sacks, or any other fabric they could find. After piecing the blocks together in a desired pattern, the next step was to add cotton batting as a filling for warmth between the decorative blocks and a single backing layer. All three layers were then stitched together, which is the actual quilting process.
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Party on the Patio
Hit The Road
Easy Breezy Style
Beach-style Chic
At Home in Arkansas: This place looks as if it could be at the beach—one part classic Cape Cod and one part casual Seaside, Florida. But it also feels right at home on this hillside near Heber Springs.
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Villa with a View
At Home in Arkansas: What inspired an Italian palazzo look on Lake Hamilton?
Scott Paterek of Massimo: The homeowners [Junie and Becky Simpson of Pine Bluff] had traveled to Italy and wanted a Mediterranean look. We used exterior stucco on the interior arches for texture and weight, and the tile roof is a blend of three subtle colors to appear sun-bleached. Botanica Gardens also added herbs spilling out of the beds for a European feel.
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