Personal space

Christen Burke Pitts
Christen Burke Pitts

Christen Burke Pitts

Where I live: I live in Lakewood in North Little Rock with my husband, Kyle, and two children, Grace and Corbin.

Occupation: Founder and director of the Theatre Dance Program and Dance Troupe at North Little Rock High School and a teaching artist with the Arts in Education Roster at the Arkansas Arts Council.

My favorite space is: Our kitchen table.

Why? It is much more than a piece of furniture - it is the center of our house. Everything happens there, and it is where our family spends the majority of our time. We have meals together, do homework, organize our schedule,talk about our day, rehearse scenes, do art projects, entertain, enjoy family birthday parties, visit with friends, and host board meetings for some of the nonprofits for which we volunteer.

We love to have people over to entertain and everyone always congregates around the table. Our kitchen truly is the heart of our home. I love that it is round because there is no head to the table - everyone is equal. We try to spend as much time together as a family as possible. Our kitchen is one of the first rooms you come into when you enter our house, so it is the first place we reconnect after school, work, rehearsals, etc.

If I could make one change to improve the space, I would: Enlarge the kitchen.

HomeStyle, Pages 33 on 02/08/2014

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