Inspired by their new season of life, designer Kim Biggs and her husband, Brian, build a personality-filled abode in Jonesboro

For Kim and Brian Biggs, the opportunity to sell became the opportunity to build. As an interior designer and owner of The Vibe Interiors in Jonesboro, Kim designed their previous two-story home with large, open living spaces, but this time around she craved something more intimate. “I’ve always loved midcentury modern design. It’s what I’m drawn to and come back to,” she says. “I wanted to have a low-pitch roof and to feel cozy, but still have more of an open floor plan.” Coupled with that inspiration, she and Brian are now empty nesters, prompting them to lean toward a one-level home built for easy living. “I think people’s tastes change in different seasons of life, and your needs shift,” she says. With these ideas in mind she reached out to architect Jim Little, who helped bring the vision to life.

However, once the process started, there was a hiccup: the exterior of the home, with its unique roofline, mix of materials, and artful installation of steel beams, did not fall in line with the design codes of the neighborhood where they planned to live. “They wanted us to revise the plans more and more, and the president of that neighborhood committee said, Let us buy your lot back, we don’t want to keep you from building your dream home,” she says. Fate led them to the land where their house now stands, and Kim says the change of plans likely worked out for the best. “I was a little hesitant because I’ve never not lived in a neighborhood, but it worked out so beautifully. We just decided this is where it was meant to be all along,” she says.

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