E.A.S.T.: The Recap, Part 1
I missed out on the first weekend of the East Austin Studio Tour, so this weekend I'm determined to hit all of the studios on my wish list. At the risk of sounding like a total dork, I felt caffeinated [...]
Craigslist: New Tool and Fab Furniture
A couple of years ago, somebody tried to take Craigslist to the next level and created a site called Listpic, which displays Craigslist classifieds by photo rather than text list. It was such a handy tool, it was bound to [...]
Steals and Deals: Lighting
Lighting doesn't have to be superexpensive. Cases in point:
Heads-up, Sarasota: Mid-Century Gem on the Market!
Design Star finalist Jason Champion and hubby Jim DelRio have recently had a lot of public interest in their amazing mid-century house in Sarasota, Florida home--dubbed "Mayflower"--and have put it on the market. I've been drooling over pictures of it [...]
HGTV's Design Star, Season 4 Episode 7: The Outdoor Challenge
Last night on Landscaper’s Challenge…er, I mean, Design Star… I was already over this episode before it even started. As a general rule, interior designers just don’t know enough about plants to put a cohesive landscaping plan together, and I [...]
Last Week's Catalog Finds
Now that Fu For Thought has made the switch from Blogger to WordPress and we have photo capabilities restored, behold last week's catalog picks: Simple, cute pillow. Well-priced too! I found a wall-mounted dog dish holder in a catalog, but [...]
FLOR Modular Carpet Tiles Discount Code
Thought I'd pass along a discount code in case you were chomping at the bit to order some FLOR tiles. If you order by tomorrow (8/7/09), you can get 15% off regular-priced tiles with the discount code FM193W. In case [...]
Craigslist Tour: Furniture, Lighting, Decor
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 [...]
Etsy Fab Finds, Part 1
This week I feel like concentrating on stuff from Etsy because I'm bored with virtually every other home decor web site and this stuff is f-r-e-s-h, baby! If I lived close enough to Denver to accommodate the seller's requirement for [...]
West Elm Coming To Austin!
Thanks Lynn, via Facebook, via Yelp, for hipping me to the fact that West Elm is opening a store in Austin! FINALLY! I could not be more excited unless I were interviewing Candice Olson on July 14th. Oh, right. I [...]