Fab Finds: Serena & Lily
Thanks to a random post on Badder Homes & Gardens, I found a new site full of truly distinctive home decor products. The word "curated" comes to mind. Take a look: [...]
Fab Finds: l+j industries on Etsy
These kiddo rockers from l+j industries make me want to chuck everything in Phoebe's bedroom and start over!
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 [...]
Room Fu Featured on HGTV’s Decorating Newsletter!
Y'ALL. At the risk of getting all broken record on you, HGTV has featured my work AGAIN, this time front and center on their latest HGTV Decorating email newsletter. When it rains, it pours! Thanks to Fu For Thought readers [...]
Events: The Renegade Craft Fair
The Renegade Craft Fair is descending upon Austin May 15th and 16th at the Palmer Events Center. It's free, so yay! A sampling of the wares: [...]
The Day I Crashed Red
Those damned Novogratzes still haunt me with their supercoolness and their vintage accessories and their New Yawk flea markets. So instead of whining incessantly about how I'm a million miles away from a great flea, I'm making an [...]
Handmade Austin Women
I like the idea of there being some women in Austin who are handmade and not churned out en masse in some factory in China. And now that I've made a really poor joke, the real object of this post [...]
Damn You, Novogratzes!
When I saw recent commercials for Bravo's 9 By Design (Tuesdays at 9pm CST), a new reality show about real estate developer-designers Robert and Cortney Novogratz and their seven children, I was indifferent. The couple seemed a bit pretentious and [...]
My New Stylist
Phoebe has a problem with the way I accessorize our home. I'll arrange something and the next day she's moved things around to suit her particular aesthetic. Once I see she's pulled a switcheroo, I move things back the way [...]
Kid-Proof & Pet-Proof Fabrics
This one's for all of the parents in the world, be they the caretakers of human offspring or furry creatures alike. I've always recommended outdoor fabrics for areas of high stain traffic, like dining chairs and that sort of thing. [...]