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Style Begins with You. INSIDE A M O DERN CRE ATIV E STU DIO INSPIRIN G CRE ATIV IT Y & CO N FIDEN CE IN KIDS .

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Fashion & Style Issue Dear neighbor, I hope this letter finds you inspired and ready to embrace the beauty of self-expression. Style is such an extraordinary part of life. It is far more than the clothes we wear or the accessories we choose. Style lives in every detail, from the way we design our homes to the places we visit, the art we admire, and the experiences that shape us. It is the unique thread that tells the story of who we are. What makes style so captivating is how personal it can be. It evolves alongside us as our interests grow and our individuality shines through. It is a language without words and a powerful way to create connection. Here in West Austin, we are surrounded by people and businesses bringing their own sense of style to our community. In this issue of West Austin City Lifestyle, we step inside Blue Door and discover the inspiration behind Little Spark Studio, a colorful space where children are encouraged to create, move, and be completely themselves. We also explore the thoughtful work of local architect David Manning and how art, the land, and everyday living influence his approach to design. This month, I encourage you to think of style as an authentic expression of yourself. The most beautiful style reflects your passions, your experiences, and your story. No one else in the world can replicate that. From refreshing your wardrobe to reimagining your home or finding inspiration in something unexpected, this issue celebrates what makes your style uniquely yours. Here’s to finding inspiration everywhere and making it entirely your own. Cheers!

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Big Imagination Begins With Little Sparks INSIDE A MODERN CREATIVE STUDIO INSPIRING CREATIVITY & CONFIDENCE IN KIDS.

Located at 13617 Fitzhugh Road in West Austin, Little Spark Studio began with something Bre wished existed for her own children. As a mother searching for activities they would truly enjoy, she imagined a place where creativity, movement, play, and celebration could all exist under one roof. Transforming that idea into reality became a family effort, from painting and designing the studio to developing its programs. Today, families can enjoy open craft sessions, movement classes, themed events, and birthday celebrations that inspire confidence, curiosity, and connection. We caught up with Bre to learn how motherhood inspired Little Spark Studio and why creating a place where children can explore, imagine, and simply be themselves has become her greatest joy. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO OPEN LITTLE SPARK STUDIO, AND WHY WAS THIS THE RIGHT TIME? Little Spark Studio was inspired by my experience as a mom and my desire to create a place where kids could be creative, active, and themselves. I wanted it to feel fun and magical for children, but also welcoming and enjoyable for parents. West Austin has so many growing families, but I felt there was a need for something that brought all these experiences together. After dreaming about the concept, the right opportunity came along. It felt like the moment to take the leap, trust the idea, and bring Little Spark Studio to life.

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TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR JOURNEY CREATING THIS SPACE FOR WEST AUSTIN FAMILIES. I am a mom of two and a business owner with a love for creativity, movement, and bringing people together. Becoming a mom changed the way I viewed community and family experiences. I was searching for activities my kids would love while imagining how those experiences could feel more thoughtful, creative, and special. Little Spark grew from those ideas. The journey has been a family effort, from designing and painting the studio to building programs and preparing for our opening. It has been exciting, challenging, and incredibly rewarding to watch something that once lived in my head become a real place for local families. WHAT MAKES LITTLE SPARK STUDIO DIFFERENT, AND WHAT CAN VISITORS EXPECT? Little Spark Studio brings creativity, movement, play, and celebration together in one colorful, playful, welcoming space. Families can enjoy crafts, our foam pit and play areas, movement classes, themed events, and birthday celebrations. We designed the studio to encourage creativity without pressure. There is no “perfect” finished project. Children are encouraged to make their own choices and create something that feels like them. During a first visit, families can expect a warm welcome, activities that can be adapted for different ages, and opportunities to create and play together. Our goal is for children to leave feeling proud and excited, and for parents to feel like the experience was easy, meaningful, and fun. WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE ACTIVITIES, PARTIES, OR EVENTS AT THE STUDIO? It is hard to choose a favorite because every experience has its own personality. I love our weekly Open Craft and Play sessions because families can stop in, create the featured craft, and enjoy time together. During themed events, we combine crafts, movement, spa glam, character appearances, sweet treats, and imaginative play to create an experience. CONTINUED >

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“Little Spark Studio was inspired by my own experience as a mom and my desire to create a space where kids could be creative, active, and completely themselves.”

Birthday parties are especially meaningful because we get to celebrate a child in a way that feels personal to them. Seeing their excitement when they walk into the room is one of the best parts of what we do. WHAT ADDITIONS CAN VISITORS EXPECT FROM LITTLE SPARK STUDIO? We plan to introduce more seasonal events, workshops, movement classes, mom-and-me experiences, parents’ nights, and opportunities for instructors and small businesses to collaborate with us. I am also excited to grow our programming for different ages so children can continue coming back and experiencing something new. My hope is that Little Spark becomes a place families think of for everyday creativity, special celebrations, new friendships, and meaningful memories. Explore family events, open craft and play sessions, movement classes, and birthday celebrations at Little Spark Studio, 13617 Fitzhugh Road, Austin, TX 78736. Learn more and discover upcoming experiences at thelittlesparkstudio.com.

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David Manning creates homes shaped by art, purpose, and place. Long before David Manning began shaping homes, he learned to see like an artist. While studying painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, instructor Paul Stopforth predicted that Manning’s artistic training would one day make him a better architect. That observation still resonates in every line he draws. For Manning, architecture is not a choice between beauty and practicality. The two must work together from the beginning. A structural engineering instructor at the University of Texas at Arlington once told him that, essentially, “if it looks right, it is right.” Manning has carried that lesson into a philosophy grounded in integration. A floor plan should function intuitively, but its composition should also be visually satisfying. Even while arranging rooms and daily necessities, he is already considering the roofline and complete exterior form. That attention extends to every side of a building. Manning recalls hearing another architect suggest that an unattractive section did not matter because trees concealed it. He disagreed. His goal is to create a home so resolved that, if it could be lifted into someone’s hands and examined from every angle, it would remain beautiful. This sculptural thinking reflects Manning’s earliest creative instincts. Architecture gives those instincts a practical dimension, turning ideas about shape, proportion, light, and movement into places where life unfolds. He embraces complexity, finding satisfaction in bringing many considerations into a solution that feels complete.

That sensibility also draws Manning toward artistic collaborations. He is currently assisting a well-known glass artist with an installation featuring 503 glass objects suspended by cables above a kitchen island. The project sits naturally at the intersection of art, architecture, engineering, and domestic life, the same territory his work continually explores. Yet beauty, in Manning’s view, is never an applied finishing touch. It emerges from understanding how a structure stands, how its spaces connect, how sunlight enters, and how people move through it. Decisions build upon one another until function and aesthetics become inseparable. The result is architecture intended to reward both daily use and close observation. A room must serve its purpose, but it should also create a feeling. A roof must protect the home, but it also contributes to the composition. A floor plan organizes life, yet it can possess rhythm and grace on the page. Manning’s artistic background helps him hold these demands together, ensuring that a home works beautifully because it has been considered as a whole. His approach reflects respect for the people who will inhabit each space. Architecture becomes personal when a drawing begins anticipating morning routines, gatherings, quiet pauses, and family needs. By considering experience alongside structure, Manning turns design decisions into human ones. Beauty becomes more than appearance. It becomes the pleasure of living comfortably within a carefully composed environment. CONTINUED >

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“Every site offers opportunities to respond, adding layers, complexity, completeness, and function to a design that For David Manning, a home begins not with a predetermined style, but with the land beneath it. The slope, sunlight, breezes, trees, views, and construction realities of a property all offer direction. He prefers to have a reason behind every decision, and the site provides plenty to discover. Thoughtful siting can make a home more sustainable before materials or technology enter the conversation. Preserving shade trees, limiting cut and fill, reducing driveway length and impervious cover, and responding to natural features can improve performance while protecting the property’s character. Designing for prevailing breezes, Manning says, simply makes sense. Foundation depth and other construction costs also belong in that early conversation. He considers mature trees especially valuable, a form of personal parkland already belonging to the home. Rather than treating them as obstacles, he looks for ways architecture can preserve and celebrate them. Views deserve the same attention, even when their potential is initially overlooked. Manning once designed an addition to a cottage facing Hancock Golf Course. The existing home offered only a twelve-by-eighteen-inch window toward the landscape. Instead of simply enlarging the opening, he created a new stairway with an extended intermediate landing sized for two comfortable chairs. There, the owners could drink coffee while watching the sun rise over the trees. The moment illustrates what site-responsive architecture can achieve. A functional element became a destination, an underused view became part of a daily ritual, and the home developed a stronger relationship with its surroundings. That process adds what Manning describes as layers, complexity, completeness, and function. Each constraint becomes an invitation to think more deeply. Each natural feature creates another possibility. By incorporating meaningful information, he works toward a design that could belong nowhere else, a home connected to its owners and the particular piece of land they chose. In his hands, restraint and complexity work alongside one another.

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belongs to its surroundings and enriches the owners’ experience of home through connections with nature, light, movement, and life.”

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Today’s homeowners want spaces that feel open, useful, and connected. Outdoor living areas and kitchens remain popular, often joined to interiors by expansive sliding glass doors. Mudrooms continue to earn their place near the garage, while rural homes embrace wraparound porches that provide character and solar shading. Accessory dwelling units, smart technology, clean geometries, and secure delivery lockboxes reflect changing routines. For Manning, sustainability begins with fundamentals. Windows and doors should capture natural light without ignoring the heat gain created by large expanses of glass in Austin’s climate. Thoughtful shading, durable materials, skilled construction, clerestories, skylights, and active dormers can help a home feel luminous, comfortable, and lasting. His measure of success is deeply emotional. When clients first enter their completed home, Manning hopes they feel joy and immense relief after accomplishing something difficult. A well-designed home can model the courage to pursue a demanding dream. It can support everyday life while carrying a family’s story forward and, through beauty, purpose, and permanence, remind them that hard things are possible.

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From Platinum to Yacht Blonde ARTICLE BY STEVEN VALENTIN PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF JOSHUA CALHOUN For years, icy platinum defined perfect blonde. Now, Blue Door Salon is steering beauty toward warmer waters with Yacht Blonde, a collection inspired by sunlit days, golden evenings, and the effortless elegance of life on the water. Created in response to clients seeking softer, healthier, and more wearable color, Yacht Blonde trades ultracool tones for buttery dimension, luminous ribbons, and natural-looking depth. The result is bright without appearing harsh, polished without feeling overdone, and luxurious without demanding perfection.

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“We noticed clients moving away from cool, high-maintenance blondes and craving something softer, healthier, and more effortless,” the Blue Door Salon team shares. That shift became the foundation for a collection rooted in authenticity. Each shade was intentionally crafted to reflect natural light, enhance movement, and create the glowing finish of hair naturally brightened by an endless summer. Set against the Texas Hill Country, the vision comes to life through crisp whites, soft linens, nautical textures, and warm sun. Hair moves in the breeze,

Blue Door Salon reimagines blonde through sunlit warmth, natural dimension, and effortless Hill Country luxury.

revealing layers of warmth and richness. Rather than disguising dimension, Yacht Blonde celebrates it as the signature of healthy, modern color. The collection also reflects a broader evolution in beauty. It speaks to their belief that modern luxury is less about perfection and more about authenticity. It favors color that complements the wearer, grows out gracefully, and feels personal. For Blue Door Salon, the most beautiful blonde does not announce the work that went into creating it. It simply belongs. Experience the artistry behind Yacht Blonde with a personalized color consultation at Blue Door Salon. Book your appointment online at bluedoorsalon.com or visit the salon at 11905 FM 2244, Bee Cave, TX 78738.

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Meet three local studios creating elevated interiors that remain welcoming, functional, and deeply personal.

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A Woman’s Touch A Woman’s Touch brings a thoughtful, experience-driven approach to luxury interior design. Led by founder and executive designer Jalicia Carter, the consultancy serves residential, hospitality, wellness, and commercial clients nationwide. Each project begins with understanding who the space must serve and how it should support daily life. Through realistic visualizations, organized project coordination, and a structured proprietary process, clients understand their investment before major purchasing or construction decisions are made. The result is a more seamless experience with fewer costly revisions. For Carter, design goes beyond decoration, creating intentional environments that influence how people feel, think, connect, and move.

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Ashley Ferguson Interiors Ashley Ferguson Interiors is a full-service Austin design studio creating refined, expressive homes with individuality and enduring appeal. Founded by creative director Ashley Ferguson, the studio is known for blending vintage character with modern sophistication. Rather than following a predetermined formula, Ferguson approaches each interior as an opportunity to tell a personal story. With an emphasis on quality materials, thoughtful furnishings, and spaces that balance beauty with function, each project is designed to reflect the people who live there. Through its full-service approach, the studio guides clients from the earliest ideas through completion, creating homes that feel original, meaningful, and beautifully timeless.

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Design with Moxie Led by Austin interior decorator and designer Nina Grossman, the boutique firm offers services spanning soft furnishings, complete remodels and new construction. Grossman brings a discerning eye to kitchens, bathrooms, living areas, dining rooms and whole-home transformations. Her approach begins with learning how each client wants their home to look, feel and function. Through carefully considered selections and close attention to detail, she creates inviting spaces that reflect each client’s personal style and how they want to live. The result is a home that feels distinctive, practical and suited to everyday life, with details that feel intentional from room to room.

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Taste West Austin Four local destinations offering seasonal flavors and a sense of community. ARTICLE BY STEVEN VALENTIN West Austin has a way of turning a meal into something worth lingering over. Across the area, local dining destinations offer more than memorable flavors. They create places to gather, slow down and reconnect, whether the occasion calls for a hearty breakfast, an elegant dinner or a crafted cup of coffee.

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Maple Street Biscuit Company brings big personality to breakfast in Bee Cave. Scratch-made biscuits anchor a menu of hand-breaded chicken, waffles, bowls and crafted coffee. Favorites include the Food Network-featured Squawking Goat with crispy goat cheese and pepper jelly, and the Five & Dime piled with chicken, bacon, cheddar, egg and gravy. It is Southern-inspired comfort food with bold flavors, served in a welcoming space where everyone is invited to pull up a chair.

Plate by Dzintra Made From Scratch PLATEBYDZINTRA.COM | @PLATEBYDZINTRA

At Plate by Dzintra, every detail begins with fresh, unprocessed ingredients and a clear culinary point of view. Led by chef Dzintra Dzenis, the Bee Cave restaurant prepares every sauce, crust and cream from scratch while sourcing sustainably whenever possible. Relaxed lunches transition into elegant dinners complemented by handcrafted cocktails, a full bar and live music. Warm but refined, Plate delivers an elevated dining experience that remains personal, welcoming and rooted in hospitality.

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At Maple Street Biscuit Company in Bee Cave, Southern comfort arrives with a playful edge. Scratch-made biscuits become the foundation for combinations of hand-breaded chicken, pepper jelly, goat cheese and gravy. Nearby, Plate by Dzintra brings a refined perspective through fresh ingredients, imaginative presentations and a commitment to preparing every sauce, crust and cream from scratch. Coffee lovers will find plenty to enjoy farther west. Civil Goat Coffee began in Cuernavaca with Austin-roasted beans, a relaxed spirit and a desire to build community. Its original location is also home to Butters and Norm, two goats who have

become neighborhood favorites. Milk + Honey Coffee Co. takes another distinctive approach, brewing sustainably sourced, locally roasted coffee with rainwater and sweetening drinks with raw Texas honey or house-made syrups. From warm hospitality to seasonal menus, each visit offers something worth returning for. Every business brings a different personality to the table, giving residents options for busy mornings, leisurely lunches, date nights and casual conversations over coffee with friends and neighbors alike. Together, these eateries capture West Austin’s welcoming spirit.

Civil Goat Coffee Coffee and Community CIVILGOAT.COM | @CIVILGOATCOFFEE

Born in Austin’s Cuernavaca neighborhood, Civil Goat Coffee was designed as more than a caffeine stop. The team roasts its beans locally, creating balanced, approachable coffees made for slowing down and staying awhile. The original shop brings together artists, families, entrepreneurs and longtime neighbors. It is also home to Butters and Norm, two beloved goats who have become nearly as recognizable as the coffee and add playful charm to each visit.

Milk + Honey Coffee Co. Brewed by Nature MILKANDHONEYCOFFEE.CO | @MILKANDHONEY_COFFEE

Milk + Honey Coffee Co. approaches every cup with an unexpected ingredient: rainwater. Founders Michael and Mayra Gonzalez pair it with sustainably sourced coffee roasted in Dripping Springs, allowing each bean’s natural character to shine. Drinks are sweetened with raw Texas honey whenever possible, while house-made syrups use organic cane sugar and local ingredients. Created to uplift others and encourage community, this husband-and-wife venture serves prepared coffee with a distinctly local West Austin story.

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Pecan Street Festival 12700 Hill Country Blvd., Bee Cave, TX 78738 One of Central Texas' premier arts festivals returns to the Hill Country Galleria for a weekend of artisan vendors, live music, delicious food, children's activities, and family-friendly entertainment. Admission and parking are free, making it an ideal outing for all ages. Explore the event schedule at pecanstreetfestival.org. SE PT E M BE R 1 8T H

TexARTS Presents Boeing Boeing 1110 Ranch Road 620 South, Lakeway, TX 78734 | 7:30 PM Fasten your seatbelts for Boeing Boeing, the classic farce by Marc Camoletti. Set in the glamorous jet-set world of the 1960s, this fastpaced comedy follows a charming bachelor. When unexpected schedule changes disrupt his careful plans, chaos takes off. Presented by TexARTS, the production promises an evening of laughter. Reserve tickets at tex-arts.org. SE PT E M BE R 2 6T H

Taste Lake Travis 5973 Hiline Rd., Austin, TX 78734 | 12:00 PM Hosted by the Lake Travis Chamber of Commerce, this annual culinary celebration features tastings from local restaurants, wineries, breweries, distilleries, artisan vendors, live entertainment, and family activities, including the Little Taste Buds Kids Zone. Learn more and purchase tickets at laketravischamber.com.

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O h Ye ah Boutique This family-owned Bee Cave favorite brings clothing and cheerful gifts together for BFFs, sisters, mothers, grandmothers, and yourself. Learn more at ohyeahboutique.com.

B el l a Kate Friends Betsy and Carol curate timeless, flattering pieces that bring ease, versatility, and confidence to everyday dressing. See what’s new at shopbellakate.com.

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