Applebury Place Hideaway
Community: Mount Sequoyah
City / State: Fayetteville, AR
This late-seventies architect-designed home, with its striking trapezoid roofline, sits on a wooded hillside that had, over time, been working against it. As part of a broader renovation led by architect David McKee, we were brought in to address stormwater funneling off the slope above, and the dry streambed, boulders, and layered stone walls that came from that solution became the character of the place. There is no lawn here, only planting and stone that ease the home back into the forest it belongs to. The result is a property that feels less renovated than settled.
Arriving Home
At dusk, the entry sequence comes into its own, stone, boulders, and soft light composing the approach one layer at a time. The house waits at the end of it, warm and inviting as the last light fades from the hill.
Found in the Details
This property reveals itself slowly, in moss and lichen, hand-placed stone, and light that guides you through it. The closer you look, the more intentional it becomes.
Where Stone Meets Stone
The dry streambed and the walls of the home rise from the same hillside, one seemingly placed by nature, one by hand, and at dusk the difference quietly disappears
Every Hour Its Own
Stone, wood, and light that read differently at dawn than at dusk, from the drive as from the hillside above. The same property, always worth a second look
Project Credits
Architect
Renovation design by David Mckee
Builder
Renovation constructed by David Mckee
Photography
Jason Wiles Photography
Masonry
Chad Ladish
Landscape Installation
Verdant Landscapes
