In El Dorado, designer Andrea Brooks maximizes a spacious bedroom’s function with defined zones and an artful aesthetic

Having grown up in the beloved South Arkansas home she now shares with her husband, David, Renee Skinner has seen the midcentury residence evolve through the years. “Her mom was a collector and very into design,” designer Andrea Brooks says. Since moving into the house in 1998, the couple had taken it through their own iterations, working with Andrea—who is also a close friend—on past decorative additions in the bedroom. Yet it had not undergone a structural change until last year. “There were pieces of the ‘recreation room’ era and past attempts at inexpensive updates. We were ready for a finished space that made sense as a bedroom,” Renee says of the decision to hire Andrea to help with a full-scale renovation.
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