The Lakeport restoration team has sought to interpret  Lakeport as a site that has evolved – not one frozen in time. Original painted surfaces have been re-created or reproduced only where they have not survived or were found to be damaged beyond reasonable restoration.  In those cases the work to be re-created has been carefully studied, documented and then reproduced in the spirit of the original samples. 

The goal in re-creating painted surfaces is to illustrate the same quality of finish and refinement the Johnsons intended for their Arkansas home.