Voting Day:
on Nov 23, 2009  Brooke’s gorgeous new office space – how beautiful is this?  I would never leave my office if it looked like this!!!   One of my favorite bloggers  Brooke of Velvet and Linen (who just redid her gorgeous office above!)...

My First Apartment and Other Hysterical Jokes
on Nov 19, 2009    This week’s The Skirted Roundtable discusses the demise of Metropolitan Home and design magazines in general.  We also talk about their last cover picture with very differing opinions.   Metropolitan Home had a long...

It’s Complicated in Traditional Home
on Nov 14, 2009 in Something's Gotta Give It's Complicated Nancy Meyers new movie “It’s Complicated” stars Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, and Alec Baldwin   I almost had a heart attack late last night,  racing like madwoman to buy the December issue of Traditional Home magazine.  A reader...

Southern Accents Last Hoorah
on Nov 8, 2009 in Riverhills Showhouse Southern Accents   One of Southern Accents most popular features was their annual Showhouse:  each year, a large impressive house would be built and then lavishly furnished by a top interior designer who had  been chosen by the magazine’s editorial...

Readers Houses – Part Three
on Nov 5, 2009 in Readers Houses       Along with all the emails I get, some come with questions about decorating:  people write in needing an opinion about a paint color or furniture arrangement or slipcover advice.  Many emails come with photographs...

Cote De Texas Top Ten Design Elements #6
on Nov 2, 2009 in Top Ten Design Elements     The Top Ten Design Elements – what are the ten things that when I see them in a room, makes me love it?   What elements do I need to see in an interior to be interested in it – to invest time in it – to want to spend t...

Pillow Talk
on Oct 31, 2009 in B. Viz Design     Readers of my blog know that I am personally pillow challenged.   For clients – I have no problem picking out pillows – and rarely even give it a second thought.   For myself  - it’s a totally differe...

Suzanne Kasler
on Oct 29, 2009  The adorable Suzanne Kasler on her bed in her former house.   This week we are so excited to have Suzanne Kasler as our guest on The Skirted Roundtable!   Linda and Megan don’t know this – but I am secretly trying to ge...

A Dance Through Paris
on Oct 26, 2009  I have been busy writing all weekend – working on a new blog post that I was hoping to have finished by Monday for you – but no such luck.    Needing a diversion, I thought I would catch up on some blog reading, when I noti...

Objects Lost and Found!
on Oct 21, 2009    There is a new antiques shop in Houston – Objects Lost & Found, or to make it all a little easier on the tongue, just Objects.  Located in the heart of antiques central on Ferndale, Objects owes its start to last year’s H...