Inspiring your Home and Lifestyle
Designer Kendall Jones helps the Bunting family create a timeless space for their new addition
When Lesley and Seth Bunting learned that they’d be adding baby Margot to the family, they called Kendall Jones to help design the nursery. “Her work is fresh and fun, and not too formal,” Lesley says of the designer, whom she’d enjoyed following on Instagram before reaching out. “Kendall does a good job of mixing old and new, and that’s what I was looking for.”…
Taggart Design Group creates a contemporary family home in Roland that embraces its natural surroundings
Seamless living between the interior and exterior of a residence in west Little Rock is what led the owners of this Roland home on the path that resulted in their dream build. While the particular house that served as inspiration was purchased before they could put an offer on it, the couple researched the property and decided to reach out to the home’s architect: Taggart Design Group. “They were mainly attracted to the integration of the indoor and outdoor spaces and how we let them flow in and out of each other,” says Burt Taggart, Jr., principal of the firm. After purchasing their lot, the couple called on Burt and his son, Burt Taggart, III, who works alongside his father, to design a custom home fit for their family of five….
A Fort Smith family enlists the help of designer Emily Heim to update their classic home with a modern spin
The original rock exterior of the 1940s home is complemented with a fresh coat of paint on the door and copper lantern. Jessica’s friend Sarah Garlow, who is a Sebastian County Master Gardener, created the container plantings at the base of the steps.
I have a little bit of a Zillow addiction,” admits homeowner Jessica Irgens. Over the past 10 years, she and her husband, Shane, and their two children have lived in five different houses in Fort Smith. However, when she found this 1948 charmer on a long-established street, she knew it could be a place for her family to really put down roots….
Interior Designer Sha Davari brings relaxed sophistication to a couple’s new home on Lake Hamilton
On Lake Hamilton, a newly built house caught the attention of a couple who had always dreamed of a place on the water. They originally purchased a home to renovate when they found a move-in ready new build by Carriage Custom Homes and decided to change course. “The home was almost finished when they saw it for the first time, and that’s why this house really worked for them,” says interior designer Sha Davari, whom the couple called upon to furnish and personalize the lake house. “They really liked the finishes and details in it, so it didn’t require a lot of remodeling.”…
After years of vacationing at the beach, a couple looks to their son, designer Jonathan Parkey, to create a family-friendly escape for their next chapter of life
Janet and Mike Parkey had long enjoyed summers at the Gulf Coast, even building their own home along Florida’s popular 30A stretch. However, after selling their beach house in 2020, they were eager to create a place for their growing family to make new memories. The Jonesboro couple also wanted a getaway that was a bit closer to home—for them as well as their three children and four grandchildren, all of whom live in Arkansas….
In her family’s Beaver Lake home, interior designer Casey Sarkin mixes antique and modern elements to create a year-round retreat
For interior designer Casey Sarkin, finding the right lake house for her family has been many years in the making. “We’ve been looking for a lake house for the past 10 to 15 years,” Casey says. “We were always looking for that little cabin house that we could re-do, but there aren’t that many of those. We would get involved and look, then not find anything and stop. Then we’d go back and do it again.”…
Jenny Turner calls on a dear friend to design a comfortable, classic abode with space for the whole family
The oldest of five, Jenny Turner feels blessed to belong to a large family who enjoys spending time together. So it comes as no surprise that she and two of her siblings have built homes on the same 250-acre tract of land in central Arkansas’s Scott. Their close proximity is a dream for their mother and an ideal setting to host the sort of large soirées for which the family is known. “It’s not uncommon for there to be 50 of us together,” Jenny says. “We wanted a spot to keep our family connected.”…
A Bentonville family digs into a new build on cherished family land
Ashley and Chad Goss always had an inkling they would end up on a homestead. Ashley’s mother grew up on a Virginia farm and her dad raised sheep, and she envisioned a similar life for herself. Chad’s family bought acreage in Bentonville near what is now Coler Mountain Bike Preserve and built a home there when he was just 10 years old. “His parents wanted to teach him about taking care of the land and have a place their family enjoyed,” Ashley shares….
Jill White Designs calls for modern lines and West Coast touches while highlighting a new home’s stunning views
In Roland’s Waterview Estates, sweeping views of Lake Maumelle captured the imagination of two Californians upon their move to Arkansas. Inspired to make this the visual focus of their new home, they called on interior designer Jill White to bring their dream to life when the house plans were first drawn….
Susan Walsh transforms a Little Rock home using an elegant blue-and-white palette
Several years ago, the owner of this home in Little Rock’s Heights neighborhood was looking for some help refreshing the recently purchased residence. Her daughter-in-law connected her with designer Susan Walsh, and thus began a yearslong collaboration culminating in an interior that feels dedicated to her favorite color combo….
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