Claire and I hit the town Saturday to view the homes on the Smarter Spaces Tour. When I think of "smart" homes, I think of innovative features like solar panels, a Nest home thermostat, controlling things like lighting and your [...]
Speaking of the Modern Home Tour, it looks like an awesome lineup for the Seattle tour, coming up Saturday, September 7th. Want to ogle some of what's great about the featured homes? You know you do. Three cheers for the [...]
Calling all HGTV junkies, designers, realtors and the like: HGTV is doing another open casting call here in Austin for two shows. According to the email I received from casting agents, here's what they're looking for: "For Brother vs. Brother, [...]
Fans of the annual Modern Home Tour, you have another opportunity to check out some interesting Austin homes with the upcoming Smarter Spaces Tour. Produced by the same tour organizers as the MHT, this year's Smarter Spaces Tour will be [...]
You've probably heard stories for years about how fake HGTV's House Hunters and House Hunters International are. There are plenty of stories online about how the homebuyers have already settled on a house before the cameras start rolling. The producers [...]
My brother and sister-in-law embarked on the process of building a new house about a year and a half ago in Parker, Colorado. As it is for most folks, the concept of picking out the finishes for their home seemed [...]
You might assume that when I work with clients on a bathroom or kitchen remodeling project, that I am working hand-in-hand with their contractors every step of the way, but that is not always the case. Due to the overwhelming [...]
I would love to write some amazing piece of home decor blog greatness, but my mind is a gaping maw of breezy, breezy air today. I went without my usual coffee this morning because my Paleo-mentor-slash-sister-in-law and I are going [...]
When I visited Susan Wallace's open air studio during the E.A.S.T. Tour, she told me she was partnering with Crestview Doors to do a production line of her infamous screen doors, and I see now that they're off and running. [...]
We're focusing on ways to incorporate more funkiness into remodeling projects, while protecting your resale value and return on investment. This the fifth post in our series on the subject--if you want to read more tips like this, catch up [...]