Decorating From the Couch
I have a brand spankin' new leg brace to add to my collection and it looks like it's going to be a daily accessory right through SXSW and well into April. Joy. As I sit on my couch trying to [...]
Design Your Own Pillows and Duvets!
Lots of great tips flooding in from clients this week! Today's tip comes from Jane, who was part of the Room Fu Block Party I held recently in a Mueller neighborhood. (Three neighbors booked back-to-back paint consultations.) She hipped me [...]
Events: Blue Genie Art Bazaar
The infamous Blue Genie Art Bazaar kicks off its tenth installment of this awesome event tomorrow. Amazing artists and mod crafters will be selling their wares. Here's a smattering of who and what's showing: [...]
Homesick Pillow
It is strange to feel homesick for New York City, considering I've spent many more years in Texas than in the Big Apple. But this pillow spied on One Kings Lane makes me mighty homesick for my Morton Street apartment [...]
Christmas Crawl: Anthropologie, West Elm
I know I said the next stop on this Christmas Catalog Crawl was going to be Anthropologie...and it is...but unfortunately, most of what they're offering by way of holiday decor is either average or out of my price range. Except [...]
Christmas Crawl: Grandin Road
This stop on our Christmas Crawl takes us to THE MOTHERLODE of supercool holiday trees off the beaten track: You know you want it...don't even pretend you don't: A more Seussian shaped, laser-lit tree: [...]
Christmas Crawl: Viva Terra
This stop on the Christmas Catalog Crawl should really be titled, "What Robin Wants For Christmas." Starting with this: We're typically sporting shorts-weather on Christmas Day here in the ATX, but I still lust after these slippers: [...]
Christmas Crawl: cb2
Our next stop on the Christmas Catalog Crawl is Crate & Barrel homie, cb2. Luv, luv, luv these ornaments, especially "Amy," who could be my cartoon alter ego: More cute ornaments: These mod nesting [...]
Christmas Crawl: Crate & Barrel
Out of all of the catalogs I received recently, Crate & Barrel leads the pack when it comes to decorating merch. I want virtually everything in the whole damn catalog. But since my purpose is to offer up the creme [...]
Is it Christmas Yet?
Every year it seems like retailers drop the holiday bomb earlier and earlier. This usually inspires a lot of moaning and groaning. "It isn't even Halloween yet!" you hear many of your friends and co-workers cry. Well, I say, BRING. [...]