Let’s start today’s holiday home tour with my favorite room– the kitchen. I mean, the room where design and food collide. I’m in. You had me at food.  This room is where we spend the majority of the time, and where my kids hang out, so I wanted it to be fun, lively, and kid friendly. […]

Yep, it’s coming up sure enough summer now (100 degrees+ in Texas), so it’s not like we’re using our fireplaces. BUT that doesn’t mean we should IGNORE them.  Because the fireplace and mantel are always a focal point of the room, we should give them their design due in any season.  Keep reading…. The oh-so-current […]

Harvest time decor brings to mind colorful gourds and multicolored corn, but there’s more to it than that: out on the plains of west Texas from October to December, huge harvesters are busy day and night bringing in–cotton! Besides the cotton we wear and make cute pillows with, now we’re seeing cotton boll stalks as a beautiful, […]

What is it about farmhouse style that’s so appealing? The echoes of a slower, simpler life undistracted by tech wizardry?  Sun-drenched interiors?  Items that are not too precious to touch? Whatever the draw, it seems stronger than ever to modern sensibilities. Even if you live in an apartment or 70’s ranch house, you can still pull in […]