Home + Design

What Makes a Home, a Home?

Answers from some of Springdale City Lifestyle's valued partners to the question: "What makes a place called home?" Article and Photography by Springdale City Lifestyle Partners Sara Posey Real Estate Broker at Sara Posey Real Estate Home isn’t just a house—it’s how it makes you feel. It’s where life happens. It’s where people build stability, relationships, and long-term dreams. That’s why I believe real estate is personal—because choosing a home is really about choosing the setting for...

Home + Design

The Boutique Home Hotel

Historic Architecture Meets Modern Luxury at The Star on Spring Article by Erin Boiger | Photography by The Star on Spring At first glance, The Star on Spring feels unmistakably refined. Look closer, and something softer emerges. This is a place designed not only to impress, but to welcome. A place where luxury feels lived in, and comfort is intentional and inviting for guests. Located at 101 Spring Street, The Star on Spring occupies a restored 1920s building once home to the Star Automobile...

Home + Design

Creating Havens Through Harmony

How Amy Lee's Haven and Harmony Creates A Sanctuary Between Life and Work Article by Bo Simpson | Photography by Emma Kwasny A TV show called Severance satirizes what we often call the “work-life balance.” It imagines a near-future reality in which a procedure can “sever” a person into two separate identities: one who exists only at work, and one who exists only outside of it.  While this piece has nothing to do with Severance (though I would recommend the show to anyone who hasn’t seen...

Home Services

Faith and HGTV

What Gathered Goods Sees, and Where It’s Brought Them Article by Bo Simpson | Photography by Gathered Goods Gathered Goods, a women-owned home-goods and decor store in Springdale, believes that “home should feel like a deep breath—comfortable, intentional, and filled with the people and moments that matter most.” To help customers connect with this belief, 50 female vendors fill Gathered Goods—like an enchanted room of requirement—with a versatile collection of home decor, furniture, and...

Auto + Marine

Driven by Service and Heart

Automotive care rooted in faith, people, and community. Article by Erin Boiger | Photography by Aldrin Warrick When Rick and Mary Funderburg purchased Brad’s Tire & Automotive Center in February 2016, they were not simply acquiring a business. They saw an opportunity to raise the standard for automotive care in Northwest Arkansas through integrity, service, and genuine relationships. Rebranded as Pro Tire & Automotive Center, the company has since grown into the largest independently owned...

Entertainment

New Urbanism with Character

The Past, Present, and Future of Johnson Square and The Warehouse District Article by Bo Simpson | Photography by Emma Nelson Just east of I-49 and north of Johnson Mill Boulevard, you’ll find a cluster of buildings with contemporary, arts-centric architecture buzzing with activity. This is Johnson Square: a multi-phase, mixed-use community. If you drive by the intersection of Main St. and Johnson Mill Blvd., you’ll see a six-acre division under construction right now. This is The Warehouse...

Life + Culture

Harps, A Hometown Hero

How Harps Loves Local Article by Bo Simpson | Photography by Harps At the height of the Great Depression, our country faced more economic, political, and social volatility than ever before. What started as a whimpering finish to the Roaring Twenties only grew softer and more strained in the early 1930s. There was perhaps no worse time in American history to start a business, and perhaps no worse place than Arkansas: a heavily agrarian state extremely high in poverty and almost entirely rural. ...

Food + Beverage

Love at First Sip

Article and Photography by Carol Blanchet Lavender Love Letter 2 shots Talking Crow Coffee Roasters Ozark Goodness decaf espresso 6 oz. steamed oat milk (or milk of choice) 1-2 oz lavender-vanilla simple syrup (recipe below) 1 oz white chocolate sauce (we used Hollander brand)   • To your favorite mug, add the white chocolate syrup, the lavender-vanilla simple syrup and the freshly brewed shots of coffee.  Stir to mix. • Add steamed milk and garnish with a pinch of lavender sugar or a...

Life + Culture

Reaching Space From Springdale

And You Don't Even Need a Spaceship? at Mystic Ozark Adventures Article by Bo Simpson | Photography by Mystic Ozark Adventures It all started with a contest. $100,000 paid in increments to the winners, or those who come up with the most creative, quaint, and anti-quotidian ideas for rental properties across the globe. In the running, you see plans of Candyland, 1950s nuclear silo renovations—except without the danger of planetary disaster (one hopes)—a floating avocado in Chile, and thousands...

Wellness

The Root Cause of Functional Medicine

Northwest Arkansas Functional Health's Contribution to a Healthy Community Through Root Cause Treatment Article by Bo Simpson | Photography by Emma Kwasny Oh, medicine. The least divisive of all humanities greatest achievements. I’ve quoted Oscar Wilde before and I’ll do it again: “Let me be surrounded by luxury, I can do without the necessities.” Except, of course, this isn’t true. Necessities are by definition things we need. Wilde intended this contradiction, however, as contradiction...