Crazy Color at Crate & Barrel
If you know me at all, you know I'm a person who lives and breathes for color, so I couldn't be happier with some of the new stuff at Crate & Barrel. This lamp is so simple, it's genius. Take [...]
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 [...]
My Modern Home Tour House
Around 2,500 people visited the house I staged for Saturday's Modern Home Tour. I was parked on a dining chair with crutches beside me the entire day thanks to Blizzastrophe 2011 and my resulting fall on the ice, but it [...]
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, [...]
For the Birds
Thanks to BFF Karen, who forwarded this supercute airstream birdhouse to me: Love it.
HGTV’s Design Star Season 5: Patio Daddy-O
This week’s episode of HGTV’s Design Star involves designing an urban outdoor space. The designers are brought to the rooftop deck of the Trump International Hotel so that we can be reminded ad nauseam of the production company's connection to [...]
Texas Craigslist Crawl
Seems like a hundred years since I've posted a Craigslist Crawl, y'all! Let's do it Texas-style today (and if I have time, we'll branch out later). AUSTIN [...]
San Antonio: Field Trip!
My design apprentice, Claire, and I trucked it out to San Antonio yesterday to consult with a new client in the Alamo Heights area. Rather than run in and run out of town, we decided to make a day of [...]
Fab Finds: Grandin Road
My apologies for my abrupt absence this week. I tore cartilage in my right knee over the weekend--happy Mother's Day to me! While you might assume I've spent the week sitting on my butt with my leg propped up, let [...]
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 [...]