Author: Angela E. Thomas

Home: Home for the Holidays

We spotted the gorgeous, simple elegance of Texas natives Cassidy and Brandon Lobaugh’s home last year when we sponsored the Junior League of Northwest Arkansas’ (JLNWA) Winter Dreams Tour of Homes. Photography by Janet Warlick   Lobaughs have lived in Fayetteville for nine years and in their current home for two. “I’ve supported the JLNWA […]

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ATYH: Elvis Is In the Building!

This cozy, multi-use room is awash in color and comfort, ready for guests or for work. Photography by Janet Warlick   guest bedroom/study is the work of Larry West, who has been a designer for 20 years. His portfolio includes spaces great and small, traditional and ultramodern, in homes and businesses both internationally and in […]

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Feature: Empowering Women Benefitting Orphans

A call to serve others and a chance meeting … that’s how it all began. Above photo by Niki Mangan   idea for Shop My Closet formed when Jennifer Mooney and Melody Taylor combined their two passions: shopping and benefiting others. The two met in the parking lot of Little Rock Christian Academy one afternoon […]

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Feature: A Once in a Lifetime Find

The story of Esperanza is the stuff fairy tales are made of. Photography by Cindy Momchilov and courtesy of Mike Botha   Oskarson and boyfriend Travis Dillon visited a friend in Ratcliff, Ark., this past June, and while driving home to Colorado, the two decided to try their hands at one of their hobbies: prospecting. […]

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Notables: Lassis Inn

Open for more than 100 years, Lassis Inn is a legend unto itself. Photo by Ashlee Nobel   Washington purchased the business in 1990 and continues the tradition of serving tasty fried fish and the appropriate southern accouterments, because, well, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Washington, whose friendly, to-the-point personality is softened by […]

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