At Home staffer Laura LaRue and her husband welcome their son home to a classic nursery filled with meaningful accents
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Free Spirited
Designer Andrea Brooks works with open-minded clients to breathe vibrancy and timelessness into their new construction El Dorado home
For Andrea Brooks, home design is less about achieving a particular ‘look’ and more about finding a way to, as she says, “bring a space to life and connect it with the homeowner.” Such a deeply individualized approach to each project demands compatibility and a deep trust between herself and her clients. “The relationship is such an important one,” Brooks says, because it’s “got to be the right fit, or no one will be happy with the end result.”
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All Together Now
Designer Courtney Smart Stone updates her parents’ kitchen to accommodate their evolving needs
Growing up in a home, you gain a certain level of comfort—and often a sense of nostalgia—when it comes to the space’s design and character. However, over the course of time many of the traits that endear the space to you become features that must change to continue to serve the owners’ needs. Such is the case with the El Dorado childhood home of designer Courtney Smart Stone.
Family Style
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The Layered Look
At Home in Arkansas: With one designing woman in a house full of men—your husband, Jay, and your two sons—what role did color play in creating a comfortable family home?
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