Inspiring your Home and Lifestyle
Beware! These fabrics, from the designer collaboration between Trina Turk and Schumacher, are likely to outshine even the loveliest of summer dresses. As a fashion designer, Turk is known for her colorful prints and glam cocktail/poolside party style. As a fabric designer, she’s managed to elicit the same feel, only instead of lounging around in it you lounge on it!
Which would you rather have: Trina’s cute clothes or her fabulous fabrics?
It dawned on art director Mandy Keener that our Spring Fashion Stylebook resembles work by one of her favorite artists, Rex Ray. With a few other original pieces of art, from block and concert prints to acrylics and mixed media, she shows you how to dress up your space with a little artsy flair.
Happy Valentine’s Day! For today’s room of the week, we’re celebrating a little romance. Let’s start with a glass of bubbly in a cozy, happy room with just a touch of pink.
(photography by Nancy Nolan)
To see more of this sweet house, designed by Kevin Walsh of Bear-Hill Interiors, visit here.
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I had the pleasure of attending an absolutely lovely dinner party this weekend at an unabashedly Southern home in Pine Bluff. The food and dessert (strawberry cake and Italian cream cake, hello!) were delicious, and the tablescape was even better! Our hostess lined the dining room table with live St. Augustine grass (which she later added to her yard), and down the middle she “planted” live flowers, which we each took home as party gifts. Brilliant idea, and what a nice way pay homage to the waning days of summer.
Let us know what brilliant tablescapes you have up your sleeve... Send us some pictures with your name, city and a brief description of the tablescape, and we might very well feature yours on this blog! Email me: ppearson@athomearkansas.com
Last night, the At Home team split up and headed to two grand openings. At Wilkerson Jewelers’ remodeled location in Stuttgart, we got the grand tour and enjoyed fabulous hors d’oeuvres (more on that later!), and at I.O. Metro we were greeted by an enthusiastic staff eager to show off their impressive updated space in a festive and friendly atmosphere. The square footage increased by 2,000 square feet, and there’s a room entirely dedicated to wall art. We also loved the rustic new line of furnishings and accessories, called 1492 and hand-selected in far-away places like India and China. I.O. Metro’s CEO, the young and innovative Jay Howard, was there to greet us as well. It was quite an event.
We love it when a fashion designer dabbles in home design (like Trina and Oscar). This week, we’re giddy over Marchesa’s new line for Lenox, set to debut this fall! It was obviously inspired by Marchesa’s red carpet-worthy clothing line, worn by celebrities (here) all around the world. Needless to say, we think it would look just dandy on the dinner table… here’s a little sneak peek.
Images via Lenox, Shelter Pop and style.com
At Home in Arkansas offers you a look inside the state's most inspiring homes. The magazine features monthly advice from the experts to help you plan your next remodel or redesign, entertain at home, or find Arkansas's best kept secrets. It is your definitive guide to the state's finest homes and gardens, design professionals, fashion and entertaining essentials, and premier shops and showrooms.