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Vases Loaded

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Vase & Vine’s Gina Taverner on how to use bunches of the same type of flower to make a statement in fresh arrangements for the home

There’s a sense of warmth to Vase & Vine, the Clarksville shop owned by florist Gina Taverner. That’s because the cottage housing this unique business is equal parts Gina’s floral studio and her home. “It’s nice because I can come in here and start supper if we’re slow, or I make casseroles and soups for lunch for everyone every once in a while,” she says. “My employees feel at home here, too.”
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State of Inspiration: Wyatt Waters

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Outside is where you’ll usually find watercolor artist Wyatt Waters. The Mississippi native has been painting en plein air since the beginning of his career; in fact, it was a chance meeting on the streets of Jackson that led to his first real show, which in turn allowed him to focus full time on his art. His work depicts scenes both everyday and extraordinary, close to home and abroad: A man walks his dog in Tuscany. Two tomatoes form a simple still life on a windowsill. A sunset in the Florida Keys casts a hazy, beautiful glow over the palm trees. Each scene rendered by Wyatt’s careful hand captures a distinct sense of place in a style all his own….

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Discover Fort Smith

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Local museums prove essential in preserving and sharing the region’s rich history and culture


A Ferris wheel from the 1935 World’s Fair is on display at the Park at West End in downtown Fort Smith. The park is open seasonally from late April through October.

Fort Smith is a community equally concerned with the past, present, and future of its city. Take for example Fort Smith Museum of History, whose mission involves sharing two centuries worth of information about the region. Founded in 1910, the museum is now housed in the Atkinson-Williams Hardware Warehouse building, a structure only slightly older than the institution itself. “We joke and call the building our biggest artifact, but it really is,” says executive director Caroline Speir. A Fort Smith native, Caroline has memories of enjoying and learning from the very museum where she’s worked for the past 15 years. She also has family ties to the role, with an aunt who once served as the museum’s director and a mother who was a Fort Smith history aficionado in her own right.

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Summer Planning Guide

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Whether you crave outdoor adventures, culture in the Capital City, or opportunities to explore a neighboring state, it’s never too early to start mapping those summer vacations

GET OUTDOORS
Mountains, rivers, lakes, and parks—no matter your landscape of choice, you’ll find a place to spend long summer days in The Natural State

Take a trip to Arkansas’s largest lake, Lake Ouachita, with a stay at Mountain Harbor Resort & Spa (mountainharborresort.com). Founded and family-owned since 1955, Mountain Harbor has served as the backdrop for generations of gatherings. For a parents retreat, make a reservation at The Lodge Restaurant and book a relaxing couples massage at the resort’s Turtle Cove Spa….

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Smart Solutions

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Designer Shayla Copas employs a creative approach to give an outdated kitchen a fresh, transitional feel

With this west Little Rock renovation, designer Shayla Copas proves you don’t have to gut a kitchen to completely transform it. Her clients, Dr. Leslie and Bart Dickinson, sought out her design services for their entire home, an early 2000s build in need of style upgrades throughout—most notably in the kitchen. “All the cabinets were dark, and things were very heavy throughout the house,” Shayla says. Their main objectives were simple: lighten the palette, imbue the home with transitional style, and stay within budget.

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Take It Outside

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Find your backyard style with inspired outdoor living pieces suited to any scene

15-inch single-tap beverage dispenser in Stainless Steel from True Residential.

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Terracotta Tones

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This clay material has been a garden favorite for centuries. Bring its earthly appeal indoors through home décor inspired by the hue

Terracotta pots and plant. Botanica Gardens, Little Rock, botanicagardens.com 

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Designer’s Dictionary

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With definitions for need-to-know design terms and expert advice from 15 local professionals, this guide makes creating a home you love as easy as ABC

DESIGNERS ON…

the one piece of advice they tell everyone to follow

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State of Inspiration: Amelia Ray Art

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“Find Your Cloud” by Amelia Ray Art
20” x 24” acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas

By day, Amelia Ray Ferguson works as a nurse practitioner specializing in spine surgeries where the majority of her time is spent in the operating room. When the pandemic began, elective surgeries were put on hold for weeks that turned into months; other than providing telemedicine from home and a few visits to the clinic here and there, she soon felt restless. “I’m such a busy body and needed something to do with my time. So I started painting,” she says.

During Amelia’s first few painting sessions upstairs in a spare bedroom-turned-studio, with a fresh brush in hand and the meandering tunes of a jam band playing in the background, she wasn’t sure what might come of her creations. All she knew is it felt right to put paint to canvas. “I just started putting happy colors down. We were all in such a crazy, uncertain time in life, and I thought, how can I make something that brings joy to other people?”

Amelia’s sense of optimism still shines through her work more than two years later. In “Find Your Cloud,” cotton candy pink and bright periwinkle peek through the fog of baby blues. While her paintings rarely veer from the abstract, she finds inspiration in the landscape around her. She and her husband, Doug, take frequent trips to the Little Red River to visit his mom, and here she snaps pictures for reminders she can return to in the studio. “I take a lot of photos out there, then zoom in on a detail to find a color I love, and that’s what I try to recreate.” See more of Amelia’s work and find out about upcoming shows on Instagram (@ameliaray_art).

Portrait courtesy of Amelia Ray Ferguson

Outside In

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In Searcy, designer Meridith Ranouil creates a warm, contemporary family home that blurs the boundary between interior and exterior


After connecting with Kirk and Kristen Smith through a past client, interior designer Meridith Ranouil began working with the couple before they broke ground on their new build in Searcy. While the plans had already been drawn, Meridith was able to consult with builder Jackie Stevens of Stevens Custom Homes to finalize layout and select materials. Together, they customized every element of the home. “I had so much fun working with Jackie,” Meridith says. “He and I really worked hand in hand. I think that contributed to this house feeling so comfortable and warm and really making sense.”

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