Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
On the morning of September 15,1963, an explosion rocked the predominantly Black 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The Ku Klux Klan had detonated dynamite under the church steps, with 200 congregants inside awaiting Sunday services. Th…
Read MoreEach year, Tiffany & Co. debuts a High Jewelry collection highlighting magnificent design, stones and workmanship. This year’s offering, Extraordinary Tiffany, arrives November 13-15 at the Tiffany boutique at The Shops at Clearfork . The collectio…
Read MoreThe annual Houston PaperCity Design Awards elicited 350 project entries from interior designers and architects in 21 categories, each reviewed and commented upon by our panel of judges: designers Ray Booth of McAlpine and Ray Booth Designs, Nashville, …
Read MoreClaud Cecil Gurney wrote his new book, de Gournay: Hand-Painted Interiors (Rizzoli), while at home in the Kent countryside, with his German Shepherd Mowgli as company and a riotously blooming garden for inspiration. There couldn’t be a more apt setti…
Read MoreDesigner Alessandra Branca is an enthusiastic global traveler who often connects with a fascinating crowd of creatives along the way. Many of the artisans are working to preserve their cultural heritage through craft and art, and she’s teamed wit…
Read MoreOne of Salle Werner-Vaughn’s most cherished memories as a child growing up in rural East Texas is lying on her back in a field of yellow buttercups and pink evening primroses, looking up at the blue sky. The artist, now 80, recreated that memory …
Read MoreImagine a living room invaded by a flock of sheep, a life-size rhinoceros that doubles as a desk, or a giant cabbage that has sprouted chicken legs. In the surrealist world of artists François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, anything was possible. The best-…
Read MoreCotton baron Sheppard King and his wife built their grand estate on Turtle Creek in 1925 with glorious architectural treasures brought back from trips to Europe, such as doors salvaged from a Spanish cathedral, carved marble columns that once belonged …
Read MoreOverview of the Bunny Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Bar Named Bunny Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Bar, our design is a maximalist mash up of pattern, color, dimension and period to entertain and transport guests. Our main inspirations…
Read MorePholio Co, a petite new design studio in the landmark Meadows Building, is rooted in the tradition of small European showrooms, with a pragmatic edge. At just 408 square feet, Pholio Co is nimble, easy to manage, and laid-back — three things owner Jess…
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