Design Issue 2016

Room Service: How 6 Houston Designers Created Their Favorite Spaces

We asked these designers to share what they love about their favorite rooms—along with their best tips and tricks.

08/22/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Design Issue 2016

20 Try-This-Now Design Tips and Tricks from Houston Pros

Starting with a coat of high gloss paint on those ceilings.

08/22/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Design Issue 2016

Great Home Décor Stores, from Lighting to Linens

We're talking bed, bath and way beyond.

08/22/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen and Jeanne Lyons Davis

Home Dreams

Make Yourself at Home: The Best of Design and Décor in Houston

These 50 local shops and visionary designers are turning dreams into reality.

08/22/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Design Issue 2016

Inside the Apartments at the Regency, the Unlikely Hub of Houston's Design Scene

When you weren't looking, the Regency House quietly became the coolest building in town.

08/22/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Hines's Skyline

A Heavyweight Houston Developer Gets His Legacy Biography

At 91, Gerald Hines gets a 450-page celebration of his life and work.

08/08/2016 By Roxanna Asgarian

Technology

The Good, Bad and Even Better of Xfinity's New Smart Home Services

It's all about cameras, customization and control.

07/14/2016 By Phylicia Sneed

Home & Design

Interior Design Gets a Dash of DIY

Houston designer Meg Lonergan has a new stripped-down service for those with tight budgets and expensive taste.

06/30/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Space City

These Two House-Flippers Are Just Passing Through

When a place is perfect, that’s when you know it’s time to move on.

06/20/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Home & Design

Dedon Is Bringing Dreamy Outdoor Furniture to Houston

You'll just need to provide your own tree.

05/24/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Q&A

How to Pick the Perfect Rug

Saba Khonsari of Bastrop's Lost Pines Art Bazaar on how to find your Persian rug style and why owning them is easier than you think.

05/11/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Home Design

A River Oaks Renovation That Took Two Decades

Five generations and a 20-year renovation make this 1935-era house a home.

03/01/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Winter Wonderland

Turn on the Bright Lights

A long holiday tradition in a revitalized neighborhood, home to some of Houston's best Christmas light-viewing.

11/29/2015 By Jeff Balke

Space City

Meet the Designer Behind Houston’s Coolest Restaurants

Interior decorator Gin Braverman has the recipe for fine designing.

09/29/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Art & Design

Haute in Houston

CAMH puts Lone Star-based fashion, furniture and interior design on display with new exhibit Texas Design Now.

08/18/2015 By Brittanie Shey

Clutch City

Dream Weaver: Rattan Makes a Comeback

The wicker excesses of the ‘80s are far enough behind us for stylish, eco-friendly rattan to make its triumphant return.

07/09/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Slideshow

Raise Your Glasses

If you're still drinking out of the Saint Arnold and Abita tumblers you scored in college on brewery tours, it's time to upgrade your glassware.

07/08/2015

Retail

New Living Introduces Kids, Plans a Lifestyle Brand

The healthy living concept store is adding more lines and a new focus on kids.

06/29/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

DIY

Boring Walls Be Gone: How To Make a Magnet Board

Transform a cheap board into a pretty, fun magnet board or picture clothesline.

06/23/2015 By Katherine Gunn

Home & Design

The Museum District's Latest Design Destination: ARKA Living

The hybrid concept offers art and modern, organic Indonesian wood furnishings.

06/12/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Architecture & Design

Room Service: How 6 Houston Designers Created Their Favorite Spaces

20 Try-This-Now Design Tips and Tricks from Houston Pros

Great Home Décor Stores, from Lighting to Linens

Make Yourself at Home: The Best of Design and Décor in Houston

Inside the Apartments at the Regency, the Unlikely Hub of Houston's Design Scene

A Heavyweight Houston Developer Gets His Legacy Biography

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These Two House-Flippers Are Just Passing Through

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