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Antiques & Art: Country French Interiors
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Country French Interiors is having a huge Moving Sale at its 1411 Slocum Street location from now until Thanksgiving. There is up to 50% off all retail pricing on everything and there is even a sale section in its online showroom to support the sale.
After Hours: A Recap of Slocum Street Style 2011
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(McGannon Showrooms with Rebecca of Gremillion & Co. and Kim Lawhorn of Design Guide)
This year the Dallas Design District was ridden with designers, vendors and interior-design enthusiasts strolling the streets of Slocum, mingling and networking with some of the most reverenced and eclectic showrooms in the area.
See the Home Of Tomorrow, Today
The 2011 Texas State Fair is premiering The Home of Tomorrow, an exclusive world-class home exhibit exposing innovative and cutting edge design to a broader market. Consisting of two homes: The Net-Zero Energy Home of Tomorrow, interior design by Boudreaux Associates, and The Remodeled Home of Tomorrow, interior design by Denise McGaha Interiors are visually stimulating homes that broaden the concept of current interior design. The unique exhibit brings together local builders, architects, and interior designers with some of the world’s most advanced home product manufactures.
Outdoor Living
Inside Out
With nesting becoming a more popular lifestyle choice, the interest to spruce your home and entertain from home has increased tremendously. Not only is it common to revamp the interior of the house, but the outdoor living space has also become a focal point as it is a great place to lounge or host guests, especially given the lengthy months of warm weather in the south. Patio furniture, grills and outside décor are very important elements for the backyard, and with their gain in interest and use, quality is vital.
DG Gals Capture the Fun of Springboard to Design 2011
One of the best perks of being a DG Gal are the Design events we are invited to attend, and honored to help promote! We are privileged to be the media sponsor for many of the best design events around town, and we are always excited to participate in helping recognize the work done by Texas designers. Hosted by NEST Modern and co-sponsored by Design Guide, The Gallery Stores of Whit Hanks, David Alan Rugs, California Closets, Imago Dei, Exteriors Designer Showroom, Ferguson Showrooms, and Kravet, the Austin Community ASID held Springboard To Design for Austin & San Antonio Designers on May 18th. A full day of continuing education, prizes and fun, the design community came together to learn from one another. We were there with our cameras capturing the images that show a group of great designers who know how to have a good time!
Our Favorite Design Blogs
The wealth of online resources has changed the face of our design community. It was not that long ago that our daily exposure to design trends was based on our regional resources, so our design community was just that… regional. Exposure to national and international design trends was limited to a select group of uber successful designers, while the rest of the community anxiously waited each month to turn the pages of national publications such as Architectural Digest. Now that so much valuable information is readily available online, our design community has no borders. Now in combination with print, homeowners and design professionals alike can get up to the minute ideas, inspiration and sources through leading daily design blogs. For example, The Design Guide receives emails and requests from as far away as Dubai and Greece in search of resources, and we communicate via Facebook and twitter with Designers everywhere. We love to share the latest ideas, inspiration images and sources available in Texas, and in turn we have a list of blogs we are following that keep us informed from around the globe. Here are just a few of the blogs and online resources that our team loves to follow. Let us know your favorites.
Reclaiming History
Reinvented Brick Oven by Rogers-Ford Architecture & Interior Design
With a sense of creative ingenuity and the application of recycled and salvaged materials, the architect, Patrick Ford of Rogers-Ford Architecture & Interior Design was able to create a seamless transition between an original 1929 estate and a 1950’s addition, as well as a sense of history to the newly constructed addition. The client’s goal was to not only save the 1929 estate from being carved into a subdivision, but also to save and re-use materials found at the property. Throughout the project, Ford and the interior designer, Diana Merzwski, revealed, saved and restored both large and small items - reclaiming the glory of this estate.
Hardscape- An Essential Element of the Garden by Paul Fields, President of Lambert Landscape Company
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Our first thought when hearing the word “garden” is to think of lush lawn, trees, flowering shrubs, perennials and annual color accents; these elements, of course, make up the more natural or “softscape” components of a garden. A garden certainly isn’t a “garden” without plants. However, the primary importance to the structure and symmetry of a garden is provided by the hardscape elements, i.e., walks, walls, terraces, pools, fountains, decks, fences and arbors.
