Steals & Deals: West Elm
Like a good discount on home furnishings? Here's my top 5 list of what's currently on sale at West Elm, plus a bonus sixth:
As Seen in Round Top
A couple of weeks ago, Claire hit me up with a spontaneous invite to head out to Round Top for the antiques fair. To which I answered, "Hells yeah!" With the absence of a good flea market here in Austin, [...]
Fab Finds: New FLOR Designs
I can hear it now, you're thinking, "She's pushing FLOR tiles...again?" Ummm, yes. And all without an endorsement contract. (Note to FLOR: I am open.) If you're new to Room Fu / Fu For Thought, FLOR tiles are 19.7" square [...]
Fab Finds: New Iron Thread Seating
Those of you who've been with me for a while may be aware of my total lust for Iron Thread Design's awesome button-tufted ottomans and headboards: So imagine how superpsyched I am about their new chairs and sofas! [...]
HGTV’s Design Star Season 5 Episode 8: Dine with Dash
Hello, four remaining designers, welcome to Design Star--it’s about time the season started! Love this challenge. Love how impossible and daunting it seems, to make anything that even remotely resembles modern or upscale out of rooms that scream [...]
Fab Finds: New Bedding @ West Elm
Although I'm not digging their new Web site, I am loving some of the new bedding at West Elm:
HGTV Design Star Season 5: Convo with Castoff Dan Faires
Earlier this morning, I chatted with Dan Faires, the most recent castoff from HGTV’s fifth season of Design Star, and got the lowdown from this season’s Mr. Nice. There’s a little surprise for the ladies out there, too, although I’m [...]
Modular Homes Go Mainstream
I was driving past the mobile home dealerships near the airport recently, when this bit of orange boxy cuteness caught my eye: It turns out that Clayton Homes in Austin is now selling these fun, modular structures that work like [...]
Patio Daddy-O: Solar Lighting
Solar outdoor lighting is pretty cheap in general, but I've never seen anything this cheap and sleek before. Available at Walmart.
Review: HGTV’s The Antonio Treatment
If you've been following HGTV's Design Star over the past four seasons, you've seen them pick a standout who's become a total star (David Bromstad, Season 1), a poised professional whose show kind of fizzled out (Kim Myles, Season 2), [...]