At Home in Arkansas: This place looks as if it could be at the beach—one part classic Cape Cod and one part casual Seaside, Florida. But it also feels right at home on this hillside near Heber Springs.
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Villa with a View
At Home in Arkansas: What inspired an Italian palazzo look on Lake Hamilton?
Scott Paterek of Massimo: The homeowners [Junie and Becky Simpson of Pine Bluff] had traveled to Italy and wanted a Mediterranean look. We used exterior stucco on the interior arches for texture and weight, and the tile roof is a blend of three subtle colors to appear sun-bleached. Botanica Gardens also added herbs spilling out of the beds for a European feel.
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Winning Window Boxes
Summer-fresh window boxes instantly add curb appeal. In search of colorful new ideas, we asked Jennifer Gibson of The Good Earth Garden Center in Little Rock to update a trio of window boxes of a Heights neighborhood residence. Using only a pair of garden gloves and her hands as tools, she helped us create three easy styles. “I like any flowers that greet you at the door,” our expert says. “It’s an unexpected treat.”
We asked homeowner Margaret Kemp and her daughter, Rebecca, to choose a favorite look. The winner? A casual mix of contrasting colors and textures, including petunias, sweet potato vine and spike grass. “It adds so much to the house and my spirit to have something fresh,” Margaret says.
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Keeping It Simple
When architect Chip Chambers and his wife Susan designed a second home on Bella Vista’s Lake Windsor, they envisioned a simple yet functional kitchen with an easy-to-use layout. “We knew we wanted it to be open, bright and cheery,” says Chambers. The end result is a breakfast room positioned to take advantage of stunning lake views, and a kitchen that hosts numerous family functions.
Chambers’ philosophy on remodeling or building a kitchen is simple: “You start with something to hang your hat on, one design element you know you must have.” And whether it’s a specific color or must-have appliance, he recommends designing the rest of the room around it. “The most successful kitchens have no more than two to three main elements that keep things harmonious,” he explains.
He and Susan began the kitchen project by adhering to their motto and choosing their main element, the cabinetry, first. “We knew from the beginning that we wanted crisp, white cabinets with a simple style, so that was our jumping off point,” Chambers notes. The island, the kitchen’s second main element, required experimentation. In an effort to add character and distinction from the surrounding cabinetry, they decided to stain it and sampled a wide variety of colors. They decided on a watery blue shade to complement the home’s lakeside location.
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Rustic Re-do
Having rescued and restored six log cabins during the last three decades, Cynthia and Kirk Dupps proudly admit to “having a thing” for these rustic structures. “They’re like comfort food to us, our macaroni and cheese,” laughs Cynthia. “We both grew up in Kentucky, and they feel like part of our roots, and surely a part of history.”
From the first structure they renovated in Kentucky years ago, they progressed to resuscitating four more when they relocated to northwest Arkansas. Little surprise then that when they recently built their dream home on acreage overlooking Beaver Lake, adding a log cabin on the property soon figured into the picture.
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Second Story, Second Chance
The Sheid women have always liked to shake things up a bit. Stacy Sheid’s grandmother, Vada, was the first woman in Arkansas elected to the Senate. Now Stacy is following in her grandmother’s footsteps, not in politics but by bringing big city loft living to a small town, something her grandmother did 50 years ago.
When working in Little Rock, Vada and her husband, Carl, rented a penthouse near the Capitol. Upon her return to Mountain Home, Vada decided she missed the penthouse lifestyle and renovated the second floor of their business, Sheids Furniture, into a large loft apartment. Now Stacy, returning from Dallas to help run the family business, found she also missed big city living.
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Traditional Transformation
There’s a phenomenon that many home renovators encounter during remodeling. It’s been coined “the mushroom factor”: redo one room and the plans will mushroom into more and more projects. Such was the case when Mel and Sally Davis bought their 5,000-square-foot home in the Cammack Village area of Little Rock, and planned to make only a few changes.
“We really loved this house because it reminded us of the home we had built in Searcy,” says Sally, referring to the traditional white-brick, four-bedroom, four-bath home with hardwood floors and a circular driveway from which the couple was moving. In their new Little Rock home, the Davises thought they would simply reconfigure the master bath, enlarge a guest bathroom and convert a room used as an office into a closet for Sally. However, as Mel puts it, their renovation plans mushroomed. “The project quickly evolved,” he says.
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From Plain to Paradise
Banishing the Blahs
Basic and boring. Those are two of the terms that John and Susan Gauch relayed to interior designer Andrea Cornwell, ASID, when describing the master bathroom suite in their recently purchased Fayetteville home. Though the house was less than a decade old, the room’s beige walls and brown woodwork felt lackluster to the Gauches, and they sought Cornwell’s help in personalizing the space. “Making it lighter and airier, feminine but not fussy, were top priorities,” notes Susan, who sought a more soothing and inspiring retreat.
Cornwell assessed the suite’s strengths—a large window, a durable porcelain tile floor, plus a spacious floor plan with his-and-her vanity areas separated by a walk-in shower—and devised a plan for keeping those elements intact while updating the space with color, texture and spa-like fixtures. “We chose a subtle color palette of blue, beige and amber,” says Cornwell, “using relaxing shades that lighten the room.”
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Tropical Touch
Dr. Gary and Cindy Anzalone moved into their El Dorado home fifteen years ago, but raising three children meant that creating the master bedroom of their dreams was low on the priority list. When they decided to add on a bedroom, Cindy saw an opportunity to have the haven she wanted. She called on interior designer Kandid Scott of Ethan Allen to help complete the new space, envisioning “a beautiful retreat that’s also functional and family-friendly,” says Cindy.
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