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LIFESTYLE LETTER
FEBRUARY 2018 PUBLISHER
Brian Ihnat | Brian.Ihnat@LifestylePubs.com EDITOR
Nicolette Martin | Nicolette.Martin@LifestylePubs.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Heide Brandes, Lana Wilkens CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
The Maker Movement
Cindy Ritchie
WHEN YOU THINK OF THE WORD “MAKER,” WHAT COMES TO MIND? A quick Google search offers some ideas: a constructor, a builder, a producer, a designer, an architect, but, in its simplest terms, a person that makes or produces something. In this month's issue, you'll be immersed in articles that focus on just that: makers—people who produce things. You'll see it in the art, food and artisan goods throughout both these pages and our community. But this concept of makers is more than just the people who create unique works of art, beautiful (and tasty) cuisine, handcrafted jewelry, textiles or furniture, or goods you can find throughout local boutiques or on locally-maintained Etsy pages.
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It's also about a movement of people and ideas—hobbyists, experts and the inbetween—who form a community that works together and encourages each
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other to create new products, dream up innovative ideas and produce things unique to the OKC material landscape. With the full support of a community behind you, stay creative—and curious—OKC.
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We can't wait to see what you make next.
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INSIDE THE ISSUE FEBRUARY 2018
FEATURES 16 The Beauty of Downsizing Couple Finds Peace In Smaller Home, Open Design
20 Meet Todd Miller Customized, Stylish Wood and Metal Designs
24 Neighborhood Jam Serving up Breakfast, Coffee and Puns
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28 24 Hours with Shawn and Patrick Patterson Prairie Arts Collective Captures Beauty of Light in Glass
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DEPARTMENTS 4
Lifestyle Letter
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Around Town
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Locally Owned
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Open House
24 Hot Spot 28 Locals Only 30 Lifestyle Calendar 34 Parting Thoughts
AROUND TOWN
PRIMARY FOR MAYOR'S OFFICE TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 13 Three candidates filed to run in Oklahoma City’s mayoral election, setting up a primary election February 13. The candidates are David Holt, Randall Smith and Taylor M. Neighbors. Oklahoma City’s next mayor will succeed current Mayor Mick Cornett, who isn’t seeking re-election after four terms. He has served as mayor since 2004. If the winner of the primary election earns a majority of the votes, that candidate will be sworn in to a four-year term as mayor in April. If no candidate receives a majority, the two candidates with the most votes will stand in a decisive general election April 3. The mayor is one of nine members of the Oklahoma City Council. The other members represent each of Oklahoma City’s eight wards.
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Early voting for the primary election is 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. February 8 and 9 at your local county election board.
OKC UTILITIES TO ROLL OUT NEW TRASH COLLECTION DAYS BEGINNING FEB. 5 About half of Oklahoma City trash collection customers will have a new day for trash, recycling and bulky waste pickup beginning February 5.
privately-held hotel operator in the U.S. The Oklahoma City-Quail Springs property, located at the intersection of 138th Street and Joel McDonald Drive, will serve a thriving area of suburban Oklahoma City. The modern exterior hotel design will include an open and airy retail-like entry, a canopy, and will use the stairwell as an eye-catching red architectural feature. On the inside, guests will find vibrant, open
The change will affect about 91,000 house-
public and work areas and inviting communal
holds, which is about 45 percent of Oklahoma
spaces that allow guests to relax, work, connect
City’s utilities customers. The changes are part
or eat. Guest rooms will include sound-reducing
of a route consolidation program to provide more
features for a superior night’s sleep, a dedicated
efficient collection services.
workspace and ample open, easy-to-use stor-
Postcards were mailed on January 5 to all 195,000 customers alerting them of the upcoming changes.
age. The guest bathroom experience will re-energize guests with a fresh and bright design.
The cards let customers know whether they will have a
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VESTA FOUNDATION SOLUTION TIP: AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE. Tree roots. Water. Soil. Earthquakes.
REPAIR: WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR CURRENT PROBLEMS? When cracks, sagging ceilings or warped floors become visible or if doors stop closing well, the foundation may be compromised.
Nature eventually rules over all that mankind builds unless it is
A professional evaluation allows for an accurate assessment
properly maintained. It's a battle that always ends the same way.
of the culprit. Many variables change over the years, and every
But, with a little foresight and preventative measures, these seem-
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the natural world bends in the hands of skilled caretakers. Shelter and comfort structures are supported by caring service workers. Vesta Foundation Solutions brings clarity by offering practical
Step 1 - A Complete Soil Report: Identifying the type of soil which is under the home helps determines how well the home deals with adverse weather.
wisdom. Even the best-built homes must face the issue of founda-
"Foundation problems are often associated with the quality of
tion repair. Owner William Blake lays out two basic solution cate-
construction or type of home, but the reality is that the soil beneath
gories for consideration this season: repair and prevention.
the home is the culprit for 99 percent of the issues. It cannot bear the weight of the home," he says. Step 2 - Water Level/Laser Level: Vesta uses the laser level to determine areas of settlement in the foundation and the degree in which it may have settled. Step 3 - Load Calculation: Properly calculating the load weight of the home tells you how far apart piers need to be. Pier systems have been used for around 100 years, but it's not as simple as placing concrete or steel pieces just anywhere. "The pier has to match the home," Blake says. "Whatever steel pier is used, it needs to be an ICC (International Code Council) rated pier that goes through a series of third-party evaluations that protect consumers from having a defective product installed." Imagine rock-climbing without the assurance that the rope will hold the weight bearing down on it with each step. Each step would be a huge risk! Each step would be a guess. Similarly, "without these three steps it's a guess," Blake says. And with an investment the size of a home, guessing is foolhardy.
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PREVENTION - THREE AREAS TO MAINTAIN #1 Gutters and Downspouts: Extending them away from the home can prevent hundreds of thousands of repair in the metro. "Water runoff can soften the footing or wash away the soil that would otherwise be holding the home up," Blake says. #2 Maintaining Positive Grade: Divert runoff and high winds. "Sometimes the installation of a French drain system can capture and collect water, move it away, so it doesn't negatively affect the soil," he says. #3 - Tree Roots: Ensure that tree roots are not too close to a home. "Roots will grow outward because it's trying to acquire water and nutrients," Blake says. Trees continue to grow regardless, so paying attention to the canopy will reveal the general space the root system will mimic. And contrary to popular belief "clay soil doesn't prevent tree roots from growing down," he says. "Foundation repair is something that no homeowner wants to deal with," Blake says. "It's typically not monitored, and there aren't a lot of preliminary warning signs that would indicate there are issues." Much like bodily health, it's prevention that produces the greatest payoff. But, if Oklahomans find symptoms of current foundation issues, Vesta offers free evaluations to investigate the cause and will seek out a good fit for the homeowner and the structure. February is the perfect time of year to evaluate the cause of a sinking pool bed or driveway. It may be cold now, but Memorial Day will sneak up on Oklahoma and soon it will be time to swim and play outdoors again.
To contact Vesta Foundation Solutions go to VestaFoundationSolutions.com or call 844.861.4397.
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OPEN HOUSE
the beauty of downsizing ARTICLE HEIDE BRANDES | PHOTOGRAPHY CINDY RITCHIE
COUPLE FINDS PEACE IN SMALLER HOME, OPEN DESIGN
Kim and Nancy Kimberling at their home in the Camden Park community. 16
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With plenty of space, the Kimberlings were able to use all the furnishings from their former, larger home.
KIM AND NANCY KIMBERLING WERE
"The openness of the home really appealed
LONG-TIME RESIDENTS OF THE QUAIL
to me," Nancy says. "There is this huge living
CREEK
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area with a dining room and kitchen. It's the
3,400-SQUARE-FOOT HOME ON THE GOLF
soul of the house. I love the big ceilings, the
COURSE WHEN THEY DECIDED THEY
light, the spacious rooms. It's really cool."
COMMUNITY,
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NEEDED TO MAKE SPACE IN THEIR LIFE.
Tracy Thomas of Keller Williams Central OK
"My husband, Kim, was busier than he had
Real Estate says the Camden Park floor plans
ever been, and we needed to make a margin in
were strategically designed for those transi-
our life for time," Nancy says. "We came out to
tioning to floor plans more suited for a simpler
the Camden Park community to visit a friend.
lifestyle. The rooms are comparable in size to
I sat in the car to return emails, but Kim came
large homes but in an open, transitional style.
back and said he wanted to look at one of the
"Young professionals or empty nesters
model homes. We walked in, and both said,
looking to downsize want luxury amenities
'We could live here.' So we decided to do it."
like upgraded appliances, quartz counter-
For two years, the Kimberlings looked
tops and outdoor living spaces," Tracy says.
for a new, smaller home, but found it in the
"They want luxury, without the hassle of
new Camden Park community, located on
maintaining a huge home. Camden Park is
Northwest 164th in north Oklahoma City.
a 'lock-and-leave' community that's gated,
Built by Bill Roberts Custom Homes, who
so it's safe and secure as well."
is well known for the Muirfield Village com-
At 2,550 square feet, the Kimberling home
munity on May Avenue, the Kimberlings'
features two bedrooms and two flex rooms
new home not only offered the smaller,
that have been made into his-and-her stud-
lower maintenance lifestyle they sought but
ies. The open kitchen/dining/living space is
also enough open space to accommodate
the anchor of the residence, and the home-
their current furnishings in.
owners were able to work with the in-house designer, Allie Roberts, to add special touches
The open kitchen/dining/living space is the anchor of the lockand-leave home.
like French doors on the study and other custom requests, and to review 3-D images of their home before construction began. "I love having more time now. I'm not always working on the yard or cleaning and maintaining a big house," Nancy says. "It's a freeing feeling." Bill Roberts is the exclusive builder in The Camden Park addition and the upcoming neighboring Waterstone Community, east of Western Avenue between Northwest 150th and
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Meet Todd Miller CUSTOMIZED, STYLISH WOOD AND METAL DESIGNS
ARTICLE LANA WILKENS | PHOTOGRAPHY CINDY RITCHIE
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CUSTOMIZATION. Everything these days seems
out a plan of action. Often, a customer may recognize
customizable from the roast beef at the delicates-
what they don't want: a factory manufactured product.
sen to the font on your business card, to the precise
With Todd's team, customers fill the role of
number of vanilla pumps in a morning caramel mac-
co-creating artistic, useful pieces. He realizes not
chiato from Starbucks. But what does it mean to
everyone has a natural design sense.
customize? When friends and family gather around
"Very often we become surrogate designers and
the dining room table, the table is functional, but is
decorators to them in a sense," he says. "They count
it beautiful? Can it communicate "home?"
on us to help them bring their ideas to life in their home,
Todd Miller believes it can. He recognizes the difference between factory-made and custom-made. There's an "intimacy involved in a residential appli-
and we are happy to fill that gap when its necessary." Having an advocate that knows the space in which the finished product will live is powerful.
cation [to design]. People are going to live there and
Although locations in the Oklahoma City metro are
experience the work you did, up close, for perhaps,
expedient for shipping and economics, Todd recog-
decades," he says. "That’s quite a responsibility
nizes the true beauty of the state.
when you think about it in those terms."
"The people here are absolutely the best," he says.
Todd owns Vintage Reclaimed Lumber, Grain &
"In all of my travels I’ve seen, firsthand, how insulated
Grange, Old World Iron, Architectural Metal Designs
and protective so many communities and people are.
and Oklahoma Stair Parts. All utilize a customer's
It’s just somehow different in Oklahoma.
needs, desires, personality and budget to create a piece worth using and loving over the long haul. Todd nostalgically recalls pieces he's worked on
Todd is quick to recognize an extremely long list of participants and leaders within his growing crew who join to develop and run each business.
in the past, saying it might be "the crisp starkness
"It takes so long to find the right people," he says. "It
of a contemporary railing that resonates with me.
takes real commitment on their part to care enough
Other times it's .. the inconsistency, yet appreciable
about our businesses that they take ownership."
beauty of scrollwork that took weeks to forge by
And that's precisely what he's done. His
hand. It could even be the way lighting in a particu-
skilled carpenters and craftsmen provide qual-
lar home falls on a something we made."
ity, individual attention.
The factory mindset seeks to stamp out the unique
Because of the overuse of the word "custom,"
qualities of wood and metal works. Genuine cus-
the bar is being raised in terms of fabrication.
tomization offers the opposite. It offers authenticity.
With the heart of high-quality wood and metal
The design process begins with a meeting of the
applications, Todd's businesses are helping to
minds. Clients and design team members gather to
redefine the standard. Craftsmanship matters.
discuss, cast vision, ask effective questions and map
Style matters. Process matters.
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MEET TODD MILLER
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"I’m an Okie. My roots are here. My family is here. My heart is here."
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EVER HEARD THAT BREAKFAST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY? It is, but more importantly, breakfast is the most versatile meal. Spicy, savory, sweet, pancakes, biscuits, muffins, oatmeal, grits, eggs, potatoes, steak, bacon, sausage, vegetables, fruit, syrup, salsa, jam, the list is endless! What if a full coffee and cocktail bar had jokes and fun thrown into the mix? That's Neighborhood Jam, the latest boutique breakfast phenomenon in Edmond. Patrons frequently "eat here twice a day," owner Michael Kraft says. "They're on their way to work, or come in with their kids and head off. Then, they'll come back here for business, and it's not the same restaurant or the same taste." While everyone knows breakfast for dinner feels special, Michael has uncovered a secret: Oklahomans enjoy it all day, every day, even for lunch. The OKC metro was nailing "the nice brunch on Saturdays and Sundays, but no one was doing it full time like we do," he says, as he explains his reasons for choosing breakfast fare. "[We serve] full coffee, full cocktails and food actually made from scratch. With breakfast, you don't have to pick a cuisine like a lunch or dinner place has to." Their menu offers such a variety that anyone can locate a favorite. Three twists on plain pancakes include the Pineapple Bourbon,
Looney
and
Ya
Yas.
The
Pineapple Bourbon pancakes are fresh and light making it easy to eat several. The Looney Cakes mimic a carrot cake complete with cream cheese frosting. Ya Yas utilize the natural flavor of sweet potatoes, drizzled with a salty/sweet butter. A lover of architecture and conceptual design,
Michael's
four-month-old
gem
incorporates a modern farmhouse, industrial style. Walls are lined with humor and even walking to the bathroom brings a giggle. "The first meal of the day is supposed to be fun," he says, surrounded by puns, quotes and doublespeak. "That's just part of me." CONTINUED >
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HOT SPOT
(CON TI N U ED)
With dishes named Decadent Pig, Lazy Man and an entire Benny (eggs Benedict) section, the laughs during decision time can't be helped. One of their most popular items, the Hot Jam Biscuit, features a homemade biscuit spread with jalapeño peach jam, a perfectly spiced chicken breast and an egg with a side of hash browns. Community and eating local are imperative to the business. Michael could have opened up Neighborhood Jam in Mississippi, where he attended college and majored in hospitality, but he chose to return home because "Oklahoma is community. Oklahoma is home. We have over 30 local purveyors and are always making an effort to be local. It's not hard, and it isn't always more expensive." Neighborhood Jam meets the needs of the "breakfast elevated" genre, as he calls it and everything on the menu is elevated except the prices. "There's a massive demand, and we're trying to fill it." Because they close at 2:30 p.m., the space transforms into an event center and can be rented out for private evening events. Plans are in the works to open a second location in Norman in late spring. "Some people wake up grumpy in the morning, so we give them great coffee and puns." And one must never underestimate the power of caffeine and humor when paired together. Check out their menu online at ThatsMyJamOKC.com.
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24 HOURS WITH SHAWN AND PATRICK PATTERSON IN THE SMALL PRAIRIE ARTS COLLECTIVE STUDIO IN OKLAHOMA CITY’S PASEO, PATRICK AND SHAWN PATTERSON ARE CAPTURING LIGHT. Working with stained glass, the Pattersons harness the beauty of light through the traditional lead method and also the copper foil method made famous in America by Tiffany. They specialize in original designs, custom designs and historic restorations, but also offer classes and workshops at the studio to budding artists. Today, Prairie Arts Collective offers stained glass art, supplies and classes in a relaxed, creative environment. For more information, visit Zen2Go.net .
A DAY IN THE LIFE SATURDAY 12:01 AM
The beginning of the day is also the end. Patrick is finally in bed after another First Friday Gallery Walk, and his voice is raspy from talking for seven straight hours.
12:45 AM
Gracie, his 120-pound puppy, wakes Patrick up to go outside for a nightly pee and bark.
2:30 AM
With Gracie sleeping at his feet in the home office, Patrick finally feels drowsy. After “Johnny Sokko and his Giant Robot” ends, he reports back to bed.
7:30 AM
Patrick opens his eyes. Shawn Ann is awake, brushing her teeth.
8:30 AM
Shawn drinks coffee and Patrick drinks hot chocolate. She plans to work on a new commission, and Patrick will finish a small piece so he can hang it. They get ready to walk Gracie.
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10:30 AM
They take Gracie on a walk at Will Rogers Park and a power walk. Patrick takes photos.
12:30 PM
Patrick begins to meet potential customers, including a young couple who recently moved to the area from Maryland. I tell the saga of how we left Oklahoma in 1987 and returned in very late 2014. We talk about the trials of adjusting from East Coast to Oklahoma, the red light running drivers of OKC and finish with the history of Paseo.
3:00 PM
Patrick and Shawn are joined by a friend, Pam, to eat lunch, smoked salmon mousse and crackers with fake Oreos for dessert.
4:30 PM
More people visit the store. They are from Ohio. Shawn walks them through her stained glass process. Patrick greets more visitors.
5:30 PM
Patrick and Shawn are in the “den” having cabernet sauvignon straight from the box, rehashing their business day.
7:00 PM
They talk past closing time. “If the bike is out then we are open,” Patrick tells a couple from Edmond.
8:30 PM
Finally home. Gracie is happy. They eat some of their good cheese for dinner.
10:30 PM
In bed, they talk about their glass installations: tools, schedules and prospects. Within a few minutes, Shawn is asleep. Patrick watches “Idiot Abroad” on Netflix and listens to the neighbor’s thumping music.
11:59 PM
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PARTING THOUGHTS
our contributors
HEIDE BRANDES
LANA LEIGH WILKENS
Heide Brandes is an award-win-
Cindy Ritchie is a photogra-
As a wife and homeschool-
ning journalist and editor with
pher—most days anyway. But
ing mother of five, Lana Leigh
more than 18 years of experience
she really defines herself as an
Wilkens is often told she has
in publishing before starting her
athlete, an adventurer, a risk
her hands full. Lana's life is fairly
own freelance writing company in
taker, a motivator to others and
simple and primarily revolves
October 2012. She regularly con-
a positive force for those around
around her faith in Jesus Christ,
tributes to numerous state, regional
her. Cindy chooses the challeng-
family and creativity. After gradu-
and national publications and has
ing path, putting her out of her
ating from OU with an art degree
been published in Forbes, Silicon66,
comfort zone, always pushing
in 2004, Lana continued to grow
Bloomberg News, The Guardian
and testing herself.
in her love for Norman and OKC.
UK, Outdoor X 4, Pink Pangea,
As a photographer, she brings
Her insatiable desire for the truth
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Cindy grew up in OKC, left, living
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worldwide from New Zealand to
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the Oklahoma correspondent for
Scotland, and eventually came
Gates: A Foot-in-Mouth Prevention
Reuters News Service. Oklahoma
back to OKC.
Guide, can be downloaded for free
City has been Heide’s home for more than 20 years.
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