Home Decor

Sarah Zubiate: The Joy of Hosting And The Power of Food

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 7, 2020 /

By Sarah ZubiateFounder and Farmer at ZUBI’s Did I really say hosting? What about COVID? Yes, I said it! I’m the kind of woman — cue my feisty, Latin blood, and personality — who loves to host family and friends. I truly get energized by planning parties whether it’s for my or my hubby’s business,…

Read More

Did You Hear? 2020 Ikea Catalog Boasts Sweet Dreams and Sweet Tunes

By Bethany Erickson / August 2, 2019 /

There doesn’t seem to be an agnostic opinion about Ikea — you either love the Swedish chain and its cinnamon rolls and meatballs, furniture names that sound like sneezes, and its labyrinth-like stores, or you still have nightmares about that Allen wrench and one bookshelf you tried to put together in your first apartment, and…

Read More

Kanju Interiors Showcases High-End African Art at SXSW

By Joanna England / March 8, 2018 /

Meg Bartos knows Africa better than most people. In a typical year, the Hockaday and SMU alum splits her time between Africa and the U.S., visiting tradesmen and artisans that supply Kanju Interiors — her Design District showroom — with myriad treasures carefully crafted by hand. But this is more of a passion project for…

Read More

A Magical 60s-Era Holiday Display Returns to Northwest Dallas

By Valerie Jarvie / December 15, 2017 /

Have you noticed the oh-so-apropos retro holiday yard décor in the Northwest Dallas neighborhood bordered by Royal Lane, Midway Road, Walnut Hill Lane, and Marsh Lane in Dallas? Dozens (actually 100) of vintage-style, six-foot-tall wooden trees punctuate the low-slung midcentury modern-style homes in the Walnut Hill neighborhood, recently featured in the Modern Mile Dallas Home…

Read More

Beware: Home Décor Jumps the Shark and Onto The Body

By Jon Anderson / June 2, 2017 /

Sure, schools are important components in educating and forming the personalities and tastes of children. And it’s common wisdom that Mommy and Daddy shouldn’t argue or smoke in front of the kiddies. It seems wisdom needs an add-on.  Apparently you shouldn’t decorate in front of the little buggers either.

Read More