Kathryn Lemaster

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MEET KATHRYN J. LEMASTER

Hi there! I am an interior designer and entrepreneur, and among the many things I love (coffee, yoga, red wine, the great outdoors, reading, writing, watering my plant babies, playing with my actual baby (okay he’s nearly 4) listening to and playing music – to name a few) I most especially love helping people live happily in their homes! I believe for the happiest space, where we live and work should be extension of who we are, reflecting our personalities and telling our stories. So part of my job is helping people express themselves and tell their stories through their homes while we optimize the space to function at it’s full potential! If you can’t tell by now, I absolutely love my job. Getting to know my clients on such a personal level as to accomplish this level of authenticity in their spaces means I always end up making new friends – usually that is my clients, but it is often their dogs, too.

I studied interior design at UCA here in Central AR, followed by the privilege of working at a world-renown luxury residential design firm, Tobi Fairely Interior Design. After a couple of years at the firm it was time for a change. I struck out on my own. In the middle of nowhere. Not really. But I wasn’t sure I “had what it takes” to start my own business. I believed alot of what I now identify as small-minded thinking and limiting lies that often hold us back from what we were meant to do. Nay, I was a lady of little faith.

How I ended up here is a long story for another time, but by God’s grace, here I am. 10+ years later, celebrating my company’s 8+ year anniversary with faith grown and more joy from this journey than I ever could have dreamed! It turns out I was most definitely meant to start my own business. In doing so, I’ve gotten to live out part of my purpose by using my creative gifts and professional skills to serve countless families, individuals and businesses, helping solve their interior dilemmas to create personalized spaces that serve their intended purpose. It is seriously so rewarding and makes my heart so happy! I love what my Insta-friend artist Allison recently wrote, “Our Great Creator formed us all to be artists – each one of us being given unique gifts to encourage and touch others in this life.” Yes, this is something I was meant to do.

So there’s a bit about me. I’d love to learn more about you! Please don’t leave without saying hello whether through the Connect page or connecting via social media. Thanks for dropping in!

xo – kathryn j.

THINGS THAT MAKE ME SMILE

  1 Hot coffee. All day every day.
  2 A good pun. Puns are my 2nd strongest skill.
  3 Critters of all kinds. Especially Rufus & Nellie.
  4 Liam love. My most incredible smol human.
  5 The sunshine. It reminds me of Jesus’ face.
  6 Wind. I imagine angel wings beating is the cause of wind! (See Heb. 1:7 ;))

everyone needs partners in crime

MEETEMILY PARKS

Junior Designer Genius

Emily attended the University of Arkansas where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in Social Work. She and her husband Devon (a film and television director) met at high school in Van Buren, Arkansas, attended the same college, graduated in May of 2013, got married 2 weeks later became parents to the Greatest Dane around (Scout) and moved to Los Angeles within the year. (Whew!)
With a lot of life changes happening so quickly, one “hobby” remained humbly and subtly consistent – design. Over the last decade, she found herself designing events from weddings, parties, showers, a bat mitzvah here and there, her too-small apartments, her friends’ too-small apartments, a regional Emmy Award-winning short film, short films that didn’t win anything at all – and several nationally-aired commercials. Despite numerous opportunities in the creative industry, Emily remained in her actual degree field for 5 years; working as a Behavior Interventionist for children of all abilities in a variety of settings. Yet when a friend enthusiastically said to her one day, “You should consider a career in design!”, she remembers looking at them as if they had just told a hilarious joke. Design full-time, what?! How? Where? With who?
Since finally committing to full-time design in 2017, Emily has completed 2 feature films and a 10-part television series for a major network. The answers to the whats, hows, and wheres are all stories for another time, but as for “with who?”- enter, with the sunniest soundtrack your brain can muster, Kathryn LeMaster. Emily and Kathryn met on set through a production design client, where their worlds of interior and production design met and melded in perfect design harmony. She continued to hone her creative gifts in production design and styling while expanding her design skills in to the interior design realm by training with Kathryn for a year. She recently became the company’s first Junior Designer and is continually saving the day by providing much needed design assistance in all capacities from design concepts, project development, presentation creation – essentially supporting Kathryn as her left-hand-woman (because Kathryn’s left handed) on all design fronts while also taking excellent care of our ever-growing family of clients and vendors. Emily says of her future in design, “The rest is a history still being written, but I am so blessed and excited to be a part of this special company lead by the best!”

MEETFORREST ADDISON

Project Manager + Resident Techspert

Hi there! Forrest here.

I am your Onboarding Specialist, Project Manager, and friendly resident Techspert for Kathryn J. LeMaster Art & Design. What had originally started out as helping her troubleshoot website issues, quickly became a smol bit more. A sort of hybrid role of sorts. Anywhere from some administrative assistance, any and all tech woes, to deliveries + installation coordination, to mock-up renderings. You could say I’m a bit of a jack-of-all-trades.

Beyond my worksphere at KJL, here’s a bit more about me! I am 33 years young, and have a full-time career in IT with 14+ years experience. I’m also a nature, landscape, food, and portrait photographer. I love to paint with watercolor and wine. Some of my other favorite funtivities include cooking, product/food styling, hiking, camping, waterfall chasing, star gazing, movies, health/fitness, Christmas – pretty much just about anything else that spells FUN. Skydiving is on my bucket list of things I want to accomplish in my life this year. I’m also a CrossFit L1 Certified Trainer aaaannnddd a proud pawrent of the wild and spunky Goldendoodle dog, Maui. 

I am super happy and grateful to be here working with Kathryn and Emily, and I look forward to working with YOU! 🙂 Have such a wonderful year!

MEETRUFUS & NELLIE

Super Receiving Supervisor and Dynamic Daily Operations Manager

Nine years ago, they were just a couple a pups in a pen. Like a pair of mismatched book ends, Rufus was the biggest of the litter while Nellie was the runt. Despite their distance in stature and difference in personality – these two couldn’t be closer.
Rufus is the life of the party around the house and office, living by the philosophy that strangers are just friends he hasn’t met yet. Meanwhile Nellie prefers to take her time getting to know you, but once you’re “in” – you’re in for life. At work, you can usually find Rufus posted up at the window watching for the FedEx and UPS trucks to drop of incoming packages, mailman Kevin to drop off the mail, and keep an eye on his porch bird frienemies, ready to sound the alarm (Ruf! His name really is so fitting) should a bird-fight break out or a package arrive.
Nellie is always the first to arrive at the office (such a long commute down 18 stairs from her bed at the end of Kathryn’s bed to her desk under Kathryn’s desk) where she stares questioningly across the room at Kathryn (usually still stirring her coffee in the Kitchen) as though to inquire, “are we going to work today?” until Kathryn finally takes her seat at the desk after sloshing Nellie’s share of coffee across the floor on her way there. Once everyone is in their place, she likes observing from Kathryn’s feet to ensure daily tasks are performed up to her high standard of excellence and the office playlist is sufficiently jammy.

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So much growth around here this spring. 🥹🌿 P So much growth around here this spring. 🥹🌿 Plantly, personally, relationally, familialy, professionally, educationally, spiritually, recreationally, socially… so many ways. 🤍 

Liam love has ached from growing pains in his legs as he’s shot up taller this year, and I can’t help but think of many points over the last year I’ve cried out over the same thing in my own way, internally. It’s been a year of repotting and acclimating, shedding withering leaves, sprouting new ones unexpectedly, and pressing through rocky soil at times. But through it all, we water and tend to - our plants, our hearts, and eachother. We received tending to and watering, from our loving Gardener and from one another. We learn what that looks and feels like. We remember, we practice, and keep adding to each new discovery of what helps us thrive. Old downtrodden pathways healing, covered over with new growth, and new pathways (in at least my nervous system and brain that so needed it) being bushwhacked (as my friend recently wished me all the grace and success with 😂🙏🏼) and becoming more familiar: a new normal. 

We’ve been in our home sweet 1930’s cottage for a year now, and I am so incredibly proud of the ways we’ve each branched out and up, roots sinking in deeper through the dark and sometimes rough terrain, finding eachother even there and locking arms deep in the soil as well as holding hands with leaves reaching toward the light together, be it by sun or by moon. 🌳 

“they will be known as might oaks of righteousness, planted by Yahweh as a living display of His glory.” Isa. 61:3b

“and He sees to it that each seed gets a new body of it’s own and becomes the plant He designed it to be. “ 1 Cor. 15:38b

(PS! I released a new podcast episode this week sparked from the above verse. I share how the Lord’s been speaking to me through plant imagery / terminology, things I’ve been learning about our design for consistent watering / rewatering, my heart / ways I’m learning to relate now as I’ve been overcoming some old fear based, faulty thinking, that’s made room for new and beautiful growth. You can listen to it on Spotify on the Unhindered podcast or profile link!🪴)
Part 2 of this bright and happy retro-inspired kit Part 2 of this bright and happy retro-inspired kitchen before & after, cause I’m still not over it yet… 😍 #minttobe

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In the midst of a full and challenging season, tim In the midst of a full and challenging season, time stood still for a blissful 24 hr spring break escape with my loves, March 23-24. 🌿✨ 💦 🌸 ☀️🥹💞 We took Mabel Ann the Main Line, our sweet lil 1947 vintage camper trailer out on her maiden voyage before we start the reno updates! We were so happy in her little aluminum form, we didn’t want to leave! 🤍

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An unbelievably fun, cheerful and bright kitchen b An unbelievably fun, cheerful and bright kitchen before & after, hot off the press from @forrest_addison_roberts camera. 📷 😍 🙌🏼 💐 Absolutely loved going back to see this retro-inspired kitchen design that these creative clients and our fav contractor crushed implementing! 👏🏼 

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Weather report from an Arkansas wilderness, just a Weather report from an Arkansas wilderness, just after sunrise yesterday.🕵🏻‍♀️ Lovely weather we’ve been having lately - thunderous water with a 197% chance of falling. 💦😅

Adventuring with @forrest_addison_roberts will forever be one of my favorite reasons to wake up before dawn. 🌌 🥾 ☺️ 

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It is a delight to work with Kathryn LeMaster. She is a good listener who has been able to help us transition into a smaller home while still keeping the essence of our family intact.

- CINDI C.

My husband and I decided to update our house focusing on the kitchen and bathrooms. We were so impressed from the beginning with Kathryn! She was easy to work with and took our vision and made it all come together! She was extremely professional and we highly recommend her. Thanks Kathryn!! We couldn't be happier!!!

- LAURA D.

I have been doing business with Kathryn for several years, where she had played an integral role to enhance the quality and appeal of the visual impact of our furniture in TV commercial s. She independently picks products that perfectly match each commercial. She is also an absolute pleasure to work with. She is flexible when needed, and always has a positive disposition.

- LAWRENCE ZIGERELLI, PRESIDENT/CEO, FFO HOME

We asked Kathryn to create sets for a food shoot with multiple items. She created sets with for each dish and had them passed them off with the client who was out of town. She was extremely organized and methodical about how she purchased and approved each set. Not only was her work exceptional, her presence made the client feel at ease.

- DERO SANFORD, OWNER, THINKDERO

We highly recommend Kathryn. She listened to us as her clients and executed ideas based upon our design style. We had bought a new house and asked her to help us furnish, design, and style It. We appreciated her detailed drawings and ability to "show" us the vision and plan. She is quick to respond and allows for flexibility based upon timeline needs. Once deciding together on budget, she works toward that goal. She is a lot of fun to work with!

- CHRISTY H.

Kathryn assisted me in styling and accessorizing our new home. She nailed my design ideas and style based on the questionnaire and my comments. I was amazed at how she was able to match my style exactly! It would have taken me years to accomplish what she accomplished in one day. I would highly recommend her and look forward to working with her again in the future.

- BEVERLY R.

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