Elaine Raffel
Elaine Raffel left the corporate world to become a freelance creative focused on real estate and design in Dallas.
The smartest warm-weather interiors aren’t about turning your house into a beach resort. No bowls of seashells, cabana stripes or sudden obsession with rattan required. A few strategic changes can make home feel lighter, fresher and far more inviting when it’s anything but outside.
Twenty-four hours ago, I thought I knew exactly three things about mahjong.
It involved beautiful tiles. It seemed to have developed an almost cult-like following. And suddenly, a centuries-old game had become the hottest invitation in town.
Most builders spend their careers creating homes for other families. This Father’s Day, Paul Moss is celebrating one he built himself.
As America turns 250, cities across Texas and beyond are going well beyond the standard fireworks-and-hot-dogs formula with drone shows, luxury resort weekends, historic reenactments, riverfront festivals, symphony performances, and small-town parades that feel pulled from another era.
A wall-sized mural that transports you to another place and time. A custom wallcovering inspired by family travels and personal memories. A closet or dressing room transformed into a private retreat. Increasingly, designers are treating wallcoverings less as decoration and more as artwork, architecture, and storytelling.
