Today I'm getting inspiration from the April issue of House Beautiful (British Edition). What I'm digging: This cute little settee upholstered in a bold print and paired with solid pillows--a little reminder that sometimes it pays to be a tad [...]
...And the winner is: Rich Plum--COME ON DOWN! Between an engineering mentor-y thing I'm taking Phoebe to tomorrow, babysitting my BFF's kiddo tomorrow night and the WEST tour on Sunday, it will be mighty hard to squeeze in a few [...]
Now that I have bright yellow doors to go with my slate blue house, I've decided to paint our patio furniture. It's your standard metal stuff--pieces that won't flip over in this supergusty wind tunnel we live in--and although I'd [...]
We're on a mission to have more fun with home decor--and a great little project that will let you stretch a bit creatively without spending a lot of money is to paint your front door a fun, contrasting color. Realtors [...]
Magazine Monday will be postponed due to a packed schedule today with clients. In the meantime, I've updated my WEST Tour list from last week with notes following my visits over the weekend. I started at the bottom of my [...]
It's about that time, folks! You look forward to the EAST tour every year, and for the second year we also have the West Austin Studio Tour to give us a big art fix. I've gone through everyone's websites and [...]
So we were on our way to Seguin last weekend when this caught my eye: High Lonesome Gallery Scrreeeeeeeech. Had to stop, you know we did. The High Lonesome Gallery--part roadside attraction, part art gallery--offers so much fun, [...]
My writing partner and I decided to get out of town to focus on the book and screenplay we're writing simultaneously. Our original idea when we booked this getaway was to come back with at least one finished product. But [...]
By now you may be aware of my recent fascination with Australian home decor magazines, so it's probably no surprise that I make a beeline at the bookstore for anything with "Australia" in the title. Vogue Living: Australia caught my [...]
As I mentioned earlier this week, we're going to focus on fun for a while. Specifically, how to incorporate more fun into your home decor and remodeling projects without shooting yourself in the foot where resale value is concerned. What's [...]