Harper Howey Interiors helps a Fayetteville couple create a family home reflective of the Southern style they adore
Erin Henry was enchanted when, as an undergrad, she first walked into the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority house at Mississippi State University. “It felt like the pinnacle of fancy,” she says. “It was classy and classic, but still colorful and fun.”She and her husband, John, hoped to create the same milieu at their new home in Fayetteville. “That sort of old, Southern, traditional look is very much my husband’s style as well,” Erin says. John is a CPA and Erin is a tax professor at the University of Arkansas. “I started looking for a designer because I have absolutely no talent in that area whatsoever, and I’m not too proud to admit that,” she laughs. “I don’t even like watching HGTV!” Since interior design is as bewildering for her as preparing a tax return might be for others, she felt fortunate to stumble across the work of Kimberly Harper of Harper Howey Interiors. The couple immediately loved her style; and, as a bonus, her portfolio included a sorority house. “We wanted a little bit of glamour, but nothing too over the top,” Erin says. “Kimberly understood that right away.”
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