Tonight's episode of Design Star will feature the infamous white room challenge, where the designers will work independently on their own faux room, so I'm anxious to see if Tashica will rise to the occasion or finally meet her doom. [...]
I found out today that I'm the only blogger interviewing Design Star contestants as they're eliminated from the show. Wow, huh? Leaving shortly for Tulsa, Oklahoma...bringing joy to the 'rents. In case I'm unable to post for a couple of [...]
After Sunday night's Design Star and the resulting angst-ridden Monday, I need a good dose of happy. These are a few things that'll do the trick: Doesn't the simplicity of this dinnerware just make you go, "ahhhh." Then I read [...]
I was dying to talk to Amy Sklar today. I'd sort of taken her elimination from Design Star as some kind of personal affront and I wanted to commiserate with her about the whys and the wherefores of the inexplicable [...]
I’m incredulous. Prepare for a rant. Teflon Tashica made it through another elimination, despite her inability to contribute anything of value to the team, but Amy goes home? I’m starting to get annoyed. I realize there is a lot to [...]
It turns out that former NFL star Keyshawn Johnson has a new reality show on A&E. No, it's not a day in the life of a TV sports analyst and Super Bowl champ. He thinks he's an interior designer. I [...]
Loving these collage prints from Austin artist Melissa Gable, available thru her Etsy shop. Her descriptions are worthwhile reads in and of themselves... *Actually, I started out with three but then I added two more to the mix. Couldn't bring [...]
I can't imagine anything cuter than wallpapering your powder room with this...or better yet, an accent wall in your guest room. Let guests claim a spot on the wall (of shame?) every time they visit.
Now that it's been pounded into my head that there are readers outside my fair city of Austin (and beyond the Lone Star State, for that matter), I thought I'd take a wander around random cities' Craigslist offerings. The rule [...]