Designer Casey Sarkin creates a show-stopping kitchen and bath for a Fayetteville family
This contemporary home in Fayetteville was built for togetherness. “They’re a big, busy family, so they wanted their house to be a place they could all gather and be together,” says designer Casey Sarkin, who worked with the homeowners on the plans. “We also designed it to be clean with lots of built-in organization, because she doesn’t like a lot of clutter.”
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In Little Rock, designer Kathryn LeMaster helps a homeowner reimagine her cottage kitchen to meet her needs
Just over five years ago, Lynn Baker contacted designer Kathryn LeMaster to help renovate a recently inherited childhood home. However, as life goes, Lynn’s wants and needs changed soon after the project (which was featured in At Home in Arkansas in May 2015) was completed. “The house felt a little too big for me,” Lynn says. “I also got a dog and needed a fenced yard, and I took up pottery as a hobby and really needed a space dedicated to that.” All of these reasons added up to a move less than a mile down the road into a charming 1950s home.
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A couple in Roland builds a sophisticated country home fit for their family of five
For their third home built together, these homeowners were inspired by their location. They own a private equestrian facility in Roland, and after several years of driving back and forth between the facility and their home as needed, they decided to simplify by building on the property close to the barn and arena.
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In El Dorado, designer Courtney Stone transforms her home’s dated galley kitchen into a spacious, chic hub
When Courtney Smart Stone, the owner of Smart Designs, first laid eyes on the house she shares with her husband, Phillip, and their two small children, Cline, 5, and Taylor Grace, 4, she fell in love with the layout. “This house has great bones. I could see my family playing in the big great room, and I really liked how all of the bedrooms were close to one another,” she says.
However, the home’s cramped galley-style kitchen was one space that didn’t function at full capacity for the family. “My husband loves to cook, and when the two of us were in there together, we were constantly running into each other,” Courtney says. Initially, she began to remedy the situation by removing a wall between the kitchen and living room, opening up the space. But soon after, the cooktop and oven went on the fritz, leading the couple to make the jump to a full remodel.
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Paige and Ryan Ray’s new construction home is a modern take on the lakeside cabin
High above the waterline in an inlet of Beaver Lake is Paige Ray’s home, a place she has christened “Escalapia.” She credits her husband, Ryan, with introducing her to the word. “Escalapia was the name of one of the hill communities that existed outside of Rogers long before the lake existed,” Paige explains. Finding that the mystical-sounding word perfectly captured the eclectic feel she wanted her home to convey, she adopted it as the name of the house, an organic, open space filled with art and vintage finds that the two share with their 4-year-old son, Sam.
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A mix of woods paired with a neutral palette create a timeless backdrop in the kitchen and bath of this Heights family home
Not everyone is lucky enough to start a home design project with an end result in mind. Sayward and Bryant Smith were an exception to the norm, and by the time they started working with designer Jill White, they already had numerous Pinterest boards to share. “Sayward’s a nurse, so she does a lot of dictating information all day and writing things down. And Bryant is a numbers guy,” Jill says. “They’re both really organized, and at our first meeting, they already had binders of ideas.”
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Designer Kimberly Harper uses a harmonious palette and unexpected elements to punch up the style in a Northwest Arkansas kitchen and bath
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With the help of Restructure Design, a Hot Springs Village couple reinvents the kitchen and master bath of a beloved family home
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Vintage-inspired details shine in this Little Rock cottage’s master bath
An admiration for marble was the starting point for designer Kathryn LeMaster when she began renovating the master bath of Cindi and Dr. Randy Maddox’s 1930s cottage. “Cindi and I both love all the marble in the Hot Springs bathhouses,” the designer notes of their inspiration. After two home remodel phases over the span of a couple of years, this space, which was in need of both style and functional updates, was the final renovation. While desiring to have an authentic “spa” feel, Kathryn wanted to honor the era of the cottage through her design by “taking material cues from other areas of the home to create a holistic feel.” Likewise, Cindi wished to incorporate elements of Hollywood Regency, “that fabulously glitzy era from the ’20s to the ’50s,” she says.
“Marble everything was, of course, a goal from the beginning,” Kathryn says. “I was thrilled that Randy and Cindi embraced marble’s uniqueness as a ‘living material’ that can require a touch more TLC than more stain-resistant materials.” After researching several types of marble, Kathryn decided on Asian Statuary tiles. The whiter base allowed the room to have a bright and airy feel, contributing to the spa-like style.
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Architect Carolyn Lindsey and designer Brittany Nixon Brun reconfigure a Little Rock kitchen, adding modern amenities without compromising character
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