What’s in a name? Everything, especially if you are talking about home design. Our Dallas housing market is robust right now, and it made us think about the words and names that builders and Realtors use to describe their homes. One of the most overused terms is “luxury,” and it’s used to describe everything from […]
Read MoreWhen architect and city councilman Vernon Smith built this Oak Cliff home in 1949, much of the features were revolutionary for the time. A double carport worked well for the growing number of two-car households. The windows and lines were clean and angular. The floorplan allowed for movement throughout the space with relative ease. And that […]
Read MoreSpring entertaining is perhaps the most fun you can have in your home, and there’s nothing quite like fresh embroidered linens to make your soiree stand out! Bernadette Schaeffler Collection in the Dallas Design District is hosting a trunk show today and March 30 featuring hand-crafted Belgian and Italian linens made from the very finest […]
Read MoreThis story has since been updated here and here. In August a dear friend was returning from weeks in Japan, stopping in Austin before returning home to New Hampshire. She alerted me and, never needing much of an excuse to bomb down to Austin, off I went for a dinner date. She’d asked me what’s […]
Read MoreIt’s going to be a who’s who of the highest end interior designers and their ilk at the Grand Ballroom inside the newly renovated Renaissance Dallas Hotel this Wednesday, from 5:30 to 9 p.m., as the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Texas Chapter holds its annual awards gala. The 2015 Legacy of […]
Read MoreEvery Christmas, my mother hauls out a box of vintage beaded balls made by my grandmother. Each of them is hung from the ceiling with clear fishing line, which gives the impression of several gilt and sparkling orbs floating in our formal living room. Each Christmas I looked forward to that ritual, and when […]
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