Elaine Raffel
Elaine Raffel left the corporate world to become a freelance creative focused on real estate and design in Dallas.
Construction has always carried visible risks: falls, equipment failures, and serious injuries. Entire systems and protocols exist to protect workers from the physical dangers of the jobsite. But increasingly, leaders across the construction and design world are turning their attention to a far less obvious threat — mental health.
Mother’s Day usually comes with the expected — brunch reservations and a well-timed bouquet. Here, it looks more like shared calendars, job sites, and profit-and-loss statements.
If there was a single takeaway from this year’s Dallas Art Fair, it wasn’t a specific artist or even a standout booth. It was the mood. “The vibe is very upbeat,” said Dallas Art Fair Director Kelly Cornell.
There are two ways to shop The STUDIO: decisively — or with regret.
Now in its 15th year, the newly rebranded Thrift Studio is back, transforming Dwell with Dignity’s Design District headquarters into a series of designer-created vignettes where everything you see is fair game — from major furniture to the smallest finishing details — with proceeds supporting the nonprofit’s work across North Texas.
Richard Rogers passed away last week, and it got me thinking — not just about the company he built with his mother, Mary Kay Ash, but about the homes that came along with it including the Pink Palace on Douglas Avenue.
