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Ribbons Are Having a Moment — and John Mark Sharpe Made It Happen at Dallas Market

By Joy Donovan / January 13, 2026 /

When John Mark Sharpe sauntered to the microphone at the Dallas Market Center last week, it was with all the awe-shucks attitude of a small-town Southern boy. And the ladies who had crowded the area on the 12th floor of Dallas’ iconic trade tower cheered and clapped before he uttered a word. “Hi, y’all,” he…

Dorm, Sweet, Dorm: Where Designer Touches Make the Grade

By Joy Donovan / September 23, 2025 /

Back in the day, going to JCPenney with a roommate to get a matching comforter for a dorm room was really something. Yes, there might have been a color scheme — school colors, maybe blue and yellow or pink and white — to class up the place. Anyone feeling particularly edgy could add a poster…

Don’t Miss The Talulah & Hess Warehouse Memorial Day Sale!

By Karen Eubank / May 24, 2024 /

We all know Talulah & Hess is the best neighborhood store in Dallas. What many don’t know is they have a yearly warehouse sale and it’s coming up on Memorial Day.   Talulah & Hess is not just a retail store. It’s a lifestyle boutique. Once you enter, frankly, you never want to leave. They have…

Five Inexpensive Pieces For the Midcentury Modern Enthusiast

By Bethany Erickson / September 3, 2019 /

We scoured Amazon for the best and the coolest Midcentury Modern finds, and we hope you agree. Note: CandysDirt.com may collect a small commission or other compensation from the links on this page. Items are priced correctly and in stock at the time of publication. Have Don Draper tastes but a pre-promotion Peggy budget? Not…

Trend: Broken Concept Opens Rooms While Retaining Separation of Space

By Jon Anderson / April 5, 2016 /

There’s a new design term percolating over from Europe called “broken concept.”  I think of it as open concept 2.0. If the point of open concept is to remove all dividing walls to combine multiple rooms, Broken Concept is about achieving openness while retaining some separation. Think of it as a halfway point between individual…