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Scope of Services
Full Service
Kaki Hockersmith Interiors is a full service design firm that offers a complete range of planning services, enabling us to execute projects small and large, in both residential and commercial spaces.
* Design and draft residential and commercial floor plans and elevations
* Electrical plans
* Reflected ceiling plans
* Interior space planning
* Design of architectural elements, i.e. fireplaces, windows, molding, doors, etc.
* Assist in coordinating and managing projects
Resources
If you need it our full service provides it!
We offer professional planning and guidance
* Furnish or specify materials to clients and contractors through our extensive
network of product resources
* Furniture, lighting, and accessory selections
* Wall, floor, appliance, and plumbing fixture specifications
*Original works of fine art
Event Planning
*We offer event planning with the uniqueness and creative energy we bring to our interior design projects. It’s all a production, and we can make yours a hit!
Custom Items
If you can imagine it, we can plan and provide it.
* Designs for custom furniture, flooring, carpeting, wall covering, lighting, and accessories
* Custom millwork designs
* Custom drapery and bedding designs
About Kaki
Kaki Hockersmith, owner of Kaki Hockersmith Interiors, has established a national client base during her 43 years in business. During Hockersmith’s career she has given lectures all over the country for corporate groups, design centers, art and cultural museums and presidential libraries. Her work has been featured in both national and local publications and she has made television appearances on various programs from HGTV to “Good Morning America.” She was honored as “Distinguished Alum” by both William Woods University and Henderson State University. She redesigned the interior of The White House during the Clinton Administration including the Oval Office, Treaty Room, Family Dining Room, Solarium, and Music Room, as well as many other family and reception areas. Acting on behalf of the Navy, Hockersmith also designed selected buildings at Camp David, including the President’s Cabin “Aspen” and his dining hall and lodge “Laurel.”
In 1993, Hockersmith was appointed as a member of the Committee for the Preservation of The White House. She played a leading role in the successful renovation of the Blue Room, Cross Hall, the Grand Entry hall and Staircase and the State Dining Room. In addition, she initiated a series of exhibitions in conjunction with major American art museums. Entitled, Twentieth Century American Sculpture, the eight total exhibitions in the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden were seen by 1.25 million tourists, visitors and guests to The White House annually. Hockersmith’s accomplishments are included in Hillary Clinton’s book An Invitation to The White House; In Celebration of American Culture, published by Simon & Schuster in November 2000.
Hockersmith was appointed to the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts for The Kennedy Center in 2010. Members of this prestigious committee serve as national ambassadors for The Kennedy Center and help communities throughout the country utilize the extensive resources and educational programs offered by The Kennedy Center. Hockersmith brought the Kennedy Center into Arkansas four times for various performances and seminars as part of her local support of arts organizations.
Hockersmith was also appointed to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) where she serves as a commissioner on the cultural Heritage Commission is responsible for determining which cultural relics and national scenery should be protected under the World Heritage Treaty. She has served on both the Arkansas Governor's Mansion Association and the Arkansas Governor's Mansion Commission during which she designed and commissioned a magnificent chandelier and wall sconces for the Great Hall of the Arkansas Governor's Mansion incorporating iconic symbols of the State.
A number of high profile projects have been completed by Hockersmith in her home state of Arkansas. She designed the Aerospace Education Center in Little Rock and refurbished the public areas of Central Flying Services. She also contributed to the design and refurbishment of the President Clinton’s boyhood home and visitor’s center complex in Hope, Arkansas. She created design plans for the refurbishment of the historic Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs. She directed the historic recreation of the Oval Office and Cabinet Room in the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library. She also created the architectural and interior designs for the executive level floor of the Clinton Presidential Center. More recently she oversaw the award winning refurbishment of the historic Packett House in Little Rock which has become the home of The 1836 Club.
She served for twelve years as a trustee of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts where she chaired the Tabriz fundraiser and served on the technical committee to select the architect for the new A/MFA.
Hockersmith has been honored by the national ASID organization as well as the Washington D.C. chapter. Her projects have won 25 regional ASID awards, including 9 gold awards. In 2015, Hockersmith was awarded a Governor's Arts Award for her contributions to the arts. She currently serves on the Little Rock Airport Arts Committee.
Hockersmith has designed numerous private residences across the country from Florida to California, and, of course, in her home state of Arkansas. Her commercial work has included retail stores such as Dillard’s and a number of banks and restaurants. She successfully executed the award-winning design of a corporate office building in Sacramento, California. The renovation of the Markham Executive Center and the Tanglewood Office Suites in Little Rock are among Hockersmith's most recent commercial projects.
Kaki Hockersmith lives with her husband, Max Mehlburger, in an Italian-style home she designed and built in the Edgehill neighborhood of Little Rock. She enjoys frequent entertaining for local charitable organizations and out of state visitors. Her years of experience in design are reflected in the creative style of both personal events, and the unique events she plans for others.
