Orange and turquoise blue complement nicely in this Matthew Williamson look, as well as in this Little Rock home, featured in our Color Issue and photographed by Nancy Nolan. Not too bold, not too subtle.
At Home Friday Favorites 4.9.10
Kathy Condrey spies a beautiful kitchen with vintage details. (“Adding character with vintage details” from Parkinson Building Group’s blog)
Katie Rawlings’ fabric frenzy continues! “Such style in these fabrics, paint colors, accessories. I am love with the green printed couch and all of its surroundings!” (“Updating a breakfast nook” from Good Bones, Great Pieces)
Laura LaRue likes style and function. “I have been dying to paint chalkboard paint on something in my house for a while now! Such a great idea for a home office or a kitchen. All these photos show great ideas!” (“Re-De-Sign” from Hello Metro)
Paulette Pearson wouldn’t mind spending part (or all) of her weekend perched here. (The Old Fish House from The Essence of the Good Life)
At Home Room of the Week 6.22.10
Summer heat usually makes me want to stay out of the kitchen (send the hubby off to the hot grill while I toss a chilled salad!), but this lake view and a breeze could entice me to spend a little more time on food prep. Owners Chip and Susan Chambers (Chip’s a very talented architect and part of Chambers & Soule Design Builders) built this guest house on Lake Windsor in Bella Vista as a family gathering place.
Family breakfast would be a treat, sipping coffee, nibbling a croissant…
And after breakfast, heading over to the boat house for a cruise around the lake.
Yes, we like this place so much we’ve visited twice, photographing the kitchen for this year’s waterfront homes issues in June.
And the exterior and boat house for last year’s July issue. Take a peek at how lovely this house is on the outside too.
In case you missed them…
A few other waterfront beauties we’ve been dreaming about since the summer heat wave hit:
At Home Friday Favorites 2.25.11
From art director Mandy Keener: “Loving these vignettes. Makes me want to go home and rearrange everything!” (From The Zhush: The Designer’s Eye)
From editor in chief Diane Carroll: “One of my favorite blogs, House of Turquoise, spotlighted a feature from our March issue. Love the linkage, thank you Erin!” (From House of Turquoise: Reggie Marshall’s Garden Getaway)
From advertising coordinator and style producer Laura LaRue: “I love every single thing about this room. Those black & white greek key pillows really stand out sitting on those bright yellow chairs. Such a bright & sunny room!” (From Bear-Hill Interiors: Decorating with Greek Key)
We all seem to be gravitating to sunny yellow right now; it was this week’s pick from account executive Katie Rawlings as well. (From Fric and Frac: Y is for Yellow)
Account executive Kathy Condrey is enjoying the architectural elegance of this Little Rock home, and wishing for green grass to return soon. (From Parkinson Building Group: Looking Back–The Thompson House)
Marketing coordinator Lauren Strother is cheering for some bright colors as well: “So very ready for Spring! This little posts gets me in the outdoor styling spirit.” (From Mrs. Lillien: Mrs. Patio)
In case you missed it
More COLOR to love! From art director Mandy Keener, Just Add Color
that’s our room!
The At Home team had a fun surprise recently when we discovered that some of our local talent had been included in a new book, and a project featured in At Home had made the book as well!
It’s a gorgeous book by designer Celerie Kemble, and Arkansas’ own Bear-Hill Interiors is included, as well as work by our contributing photographer, Nancy Nolan.
So for today’s Room of the Week, here’s one of the rooms featured. It’s a favorite of ours as well, a breakfast room in a Little Rock home we featured here, designed by Kevin Walsh of Bear-Hill Interiors.
(room photography by Nancy Nolan)
Because it’s a room that gets daily use, he updated antique chairs with leather seats and white lacquer for easy upkeep. And since it’s a morning space, he added an eye-opening, cheerful wallpaper from Schumacher. Lovely spot for reading the paper and enjoying coffee and a croissant, isn’t it? Check out the gorgeous kitchen adjoining it here.
You can take a look inside the book online or check in with local booksellers to find a copy.
At Home with Architecture 8.31.09
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Labor Day weekend awaits us, a great time to try something new like a bike trek on Little Rock’s wonderful riverfront trails, culminating with a ride through this architectural icon. Originally built in 1884 so that trains could cross the Arkansas River, the Junction Bridge now offers pedestrians and cyclists a means of traveling between Little Rock’s River Market district and North Little Rock’s Riverfront Park. The nation’s only pedestrian bridge with a lift span, it reopened last year after a decade-long, $5.8 million transformation. Complete with elevators, staircases, benches and even wi-fi access, it’s ready for the next century of use.
Check out more weekend getaway ideas on our On The Road travel tips series:
https://athomearkansas.com/At-Home-Arkansas/Travel-Entertaining/On-the-Road/
At Home Room of the Week 10.6.09
At Home Bathroom Makeover Ideas 11.16.09
We’ve chosen a candidate for our bathrooom makeover ideas for the Jan/Feb At Home with Color issue! It’s Betsy Orr of Rogers, and here’s her master bath:
El Dorado-based designer Andrea Brooks, of Andrea Brooks Interiors, is coming up with colorful ideas to invigorate Betsy’s bath–paint, accessories, and more. Andrea has a flair for colorful interiors–take a peek at her own home, which we featured last spring.
Look for the colorful results in our Jan/Feb issue, which we’ll of course share here on our blog and on facebook.
Room of the Week 01-19-10
Room of the Week 2.23.10 A Cottage Preview
