Fix This Downsized Dilemma: Jenny Marrs’ Arkansas Kitchen Featuring the ILVE Nostalgie Range
In Season 7, Episode 6 of Fixer to Fabulous, titled Fix This Downsized Dilemma, Dave Marrs and Jenny Marrs prove once again that the most memorable homes aren’t born from limitless budgets or blank slates. They’re shaped by intention, creativity, and heart.
Project Details
- Bentonville, Arkansas
- Fixer to Fabulous: Season 7, Episode 6
- Featured Range: ILVE Nostalgie 30” Dual Fuel Range
Set in Bentonville, Arkansas, this episode follows the transformation of a New Orleans–inspired cottage addition designed for the Cooper family. Faced with strict city codes and spatial limitations, the Marrs team reimagined what “downsizing” could mean, not as compromise, but as refinement.
The result is a home that feels layered, soulful, and deeply personal. A space where history, artistry, and lived-in warmth coexist beautifully.
This revamped home’s kitchen got the perfect ILVE upgrade, a range Jenny selected not just for performance, but for character.
A Kitchen Designed Around Craft
For this project, ILVE USA proudly partnered with Fixer to Fabulous, gifting a range that embodies timeless design and modern precision:
the ILVE Nostalgie II 30″ Dual Fuel Range in Graphite Matte with Brass Trim.
This classic Italian handcrafted range anchors the kitchen with quiet confidence, never overpowering the space, yet impossible to overlook. Its soft graphite enamel, paired with warm brass accents, complements the home’s collected aesthetic while elevating everyday cooking into a refined experience.
More than a luxury appliance, the Nostalgie II is a statement of longevity: a range designed to age gracefully alongside the home it inhabits.
Why the ILVE Nostalgie II Was the Perfect Fit
The ILVE Nostalgie Range is known for blending heritage proportions with contemporary performance, a balance that mirrors the spirit of this renovation.
Key features include:
- Dual fuel performance for precision cooking
- Sealed black brass burners with nanotechnological non-stick coating
- Heavy cast iron grates
- 4 cu. ft. oven capacity with triple-glass door
- Soft-closing oven door system
- Handcrafted Italian construction
Every detail is purposeful. Every material chosen for durability, beauty, and daily use, not trends.
This is exactly the kind of kitchen inspiration that turns a home renovation into a lasting design story.
Design That Feels Personal, Because It Is
In her own words, Jenny Marrs described the Cooper family as “stylish, fun-loving, appreciative of art and history,” noting that the project’s most meaningful details, including oil paintings of the family’s beloved pets, gave the space its soul.
That philosophy aligns seamlessly with ILVE’s approach to kitchen design:
Appliances should serve the home, not dominate it. They should reflect the people who live there and support how they gather, cook, and connect.
As showcased on HGTV, this kitchen is proof that limitations don’t kill great design, they refine it.
Proud to Be Part of the Story
At ILVE USA, we believe the kitchen is the heart of the home: a place where architecture, craftsmanship, and daily life meet. Seeing our Italian made appliances featured on Fixer to Fabulous alongside such thoughtful design is an honor.
This episode reminds us why we do what we do: to create luxury kitchen appliances that feel timeless, personal, and built to last.
