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Color Confident
At Home in Arkansas:
What were your main design strategies for this family home in Conway?
Becky Charton:
The homeowners love the outdoors—every room has access to the outside and there are walls of windows. Because one of the stabilizers for this family of six is orderliness, I didn’t use a lot of accessories and little things. It was more about textures, and I kept the scale large because the sky and the trees are part of the background through windows in every space.
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Colorful Cooking
“I guess we’re just colorful people,” Anita Sipe says with a laugh. “We like our house to look bright and happy, and we’ve never been afraid of using color, since paint is one of the easiest things to change.”
As owners of Blann Hardware in Camden, Anita and her husband, Brent, know a thing or two about renovations and paint. So when they purchased a home with a dark, outdated kitchen—from the small island to the almond-colored appliances and the boxed florescent light fixtures overhead—the couple immediately began making plans for remodeling.
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Eco-Color
Environmentally friendly home décor can also be beautiful—a maxim that green lifestyle expert and celebrated author Danny Seo is illustrating to audiences nationwide. When the Pennsylvania-based expert visited Little Rock as part of a national tour, we asked for his help in transforming the master bedroom in a local historic home into a “green” retreat. A few simple steps like replacing the mattress, switching light bulbs and installing a recycled rug resulted in a room that’s not only stylish but also healthier and easier on the environment. “Living stylishly and going green used to be an oxymoron,” he says. “Part of my job is helping people coordinate the two.”
Here’s how the nation’s leading eco expert transformed our basic bedroom into a sustainably shabby chic space.
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Cozy and Comforting
At Home in Arkansas:
You worked with homeowners Nancy and Chad Archer and their two children, Zach and Katie, to decorate their family’s home for the holidays. What was your inspiration for the design scheme?
Designer Andrea Brooks:
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Merry and Light
At Home in Arkansas:
You’ve worked together on projects during the holidays for many years, combining your interior and exterior design expertise. How did you decide on the style of holiday décor for homeowner Jan Bolton?
Interior Designer Christopher Todd:
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Welcoming and Warm
At Home in Arkansas:
You’ve worked with Witt Stephens Jr. and his wife, Carol, since they moved into this house in mid-town Little Rock a decade ago. How would you describe the home’s style?
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Festive Fare
“Cottage style translates as cozy to me,” says designer Cynthia Smiley, who used painted cabinetry, wood floors and beadboard accents to add time-tested charm to the kitchen in the newly built Fayetteville home she shares with her husband, Dennis, and their two children.
Abundant windows keep the room bright, complemented by white walls accented with clear glass tile and dark granite counters that create “a simple palette that bounces light around the room,” says Smiley. An additional benefit of this straightforward color pairing: “I can add any accent color, and it looks great,” she says. “It’s a wonderful backdrop, especially during the holidays.”
From Everyday to Holiday:
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Holiday Help from P. Allen
“Nothing speaks to the holiday season quite like the fragrance and beauty of fresh greenery,” says renowned garden and lifestyle designer P. Allen Smith, who fills his Garden Home Retreat near Little Rock with Noble fir wreaths and boughs from his signature holiday collection, available online and at garden stores around the state. Using ribbon, ornaments and other natural elements, Smith personalizes the décor to fit his home, and offers tips to help you do the same.
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The Mix Master
At Home in Arkansas: What plans did you have for the home you and your husband, Don, built in Little Rock’s Valley Falls Estates?
Mona Thompson of Providence Ltd. Interior Design: I wanted it to feel European but not dressy; just open, warm and comfortable.
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