Personal Space

Personal Space of Mallory Brooks (anchor of KARK's morning show) in her kitchen.
Personal Space of Mallory Brooks (anchor of KARK's morning show) in her kitchen.

Mallory Brooks

Where I live: St. Charles in west Little Rock with my husband, Aaron, 3-year-old daughter Grace and a Westie named Ellie whom I adopted years ago after doing a story at the Little Rock Animal Village.

Occupation: Morning news anchor at KARK-TV. I anchor the morning news every weekday from 5 to 7 a.m. I love what I do, although the daily 2:30 a.m. alarm clock never gets any easier!

My favorite space is: my kitchen.

Why? I grew up baking and cooking with my mother and grandmother. Now I love carrying on the tradition and making recipes with my daughter. It's the place our family always gathers. It's also the spot I go to at 3 a.m. to sip coffee and scroll through news stories, trying to wake up for the day without waking up the rest of my sleeping family!

The refrigerator is lined with toddler art and family photos. My grandmother's favorite rum cake recipe, written in her own handwriting, sits in a frame on the kitchen counter. We eat every night at her round mahogany kitchen table that I inherited when she passed away four years ago.

If I could make one change to improve this space: I would remove the extended cabinets and bar and install a pretty kitchen island.

-- Jennifer Christman

HomeStyle on 07/15/2017

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