By Tracy Courage When it comes to buying a house, the number one real estate rule still rings true: “location, location, location.” Central Arkansas’ housing market offers some of everything – from riverfront condos to historic homes to quaint cottages and estates with large acreage. Home sales in 2018 mostly kept pace with 2017’s sales…
By Lisa Fischer | Photos by Nancy Nolan When nationally recognized designer Tobi Fairley hired Richard Harp of Richard Harp Homes for a remodel of her home, one would assume it would turn out to be magazine-worthy. Those are two names with impressive pedigrees in their respective fields. Fairley is a published author and has been…
It’s almost time for a new AY issue! This Friday, you can pick up the February issue of AY Magazine at a newsstand near you. In February, we look at the great places to live in Arkansas. We’re profiling the best spots to live in throughout Central Arkansas, and we hope our guide can help you. AY Publisher…
Congo Fireplace & Patio, located at 19650 Interstate 30 in Benton, is the premier hearth and patio store in Central Arkansas. With over 20,000 square feet of showroom space, they are able to display the largest (and best) selection of wood and pellet stoves, wood and gas fireplaces, gas logs, grills, smokers, fire pits and…
Besides the proverbial gym membership and weight loss goals, another common New Year’s resolution is getting organized. I have an “in”for you here to accomplish all of these goals: call Molly Maid. Yup, because of Molly Maid’s every-two-week visits to my home, I have MORE TIME to do the things we all say we are…
I recently worked on a commercial move project where I had the pleasure of helping nearly 100 employees move from one location to another. It was a joyful time for all, sarcastically speaking. After three decades of being in one location, they learned they were downsizing when it comes to using and collecting paper. The…
I recently received a frantic message from a Facebook friend regarding what color to paint her front door. She wanted her front door to “pop.” She gave me two paint options: cobalt blue or canary yellow. The “body” color of her home is a brownish taupe, with a light tan trim. To me, the blue…
by Caleb Talley | Photography by Meredith Mashburn When HGTV executives went searching for their next home-makeover “it couple,” they looked to Northwest Arkansas. The region’s vibrant and growing, an appreciable admixture of the historic and the contemporary. There’s hardly a better example of small-town America. And that was exactly what the network was looking…
By Joe David Rice On average, some 60,000 vehicles pass through Conway every day on Interstate 40. If you’re one of those drivers and haven’t taken a local exit in recent years, it’s time to do so. You’ll find that this centrally-located town isn’t the sleepy little burg it was a couple of decades ago,…
By Lisa Fischer | Photos by David Yerby If you read last month’s AY magazine you saw the conundrum publisher Heather Baker was facing when interior designer/stylist Larry West, Jr., was giving her bedroom a makeover. Baker’s husband, Joel, was all for the fancy redo if, and only if, his Papa Bear chair remained. It…
