Articles for January 28th, 2008
Is Room Service Closing?
Say it isn’t true…..
Pieter Estersohn’s New Book With Charlotte Moss
I’ve heard that Pieter Estersohn, who shot this ethereal Loyd & Paxton designed Turtle Creek penthouse for us a while back (when we could still afford him) is working on Charlotte Moss‘ new book. If you haven’t checked out Pieter’s website, do, because he’s photographed some of the most amazing interiors in the world. Moss’ latest book, The Winter House is one of my favorites.
Bigger and Better
Our January-Feburary website is finally up. Have you seen our new issue in person? If not, it’s bigger and in many ways better — lots of clean, white space and full-page images. Check it out, then let us know what you think. Suggestions? We take those.
Lincrusta
For those of you who don’t have an ancestral French chateau with engraved plaster walls or an English baronial mansion with embossed leather ceilings, now you can get the look. Lincrusta, available at Lee Jofa in the Design Center, is a linoleum based wallcovering that adheres to the wall and can perfectly emulate leather, plaster, and metal. Get your Victorian going.
More Lime, More Vinya
Just a few days ago, Rebecca wrote this post about Debra Owens’ new high-end consignment shop, Vinya. Owens’ selection is right on—she has impeccable taste. Anyway, we’ve mentioned that green seems to be the shade this season, and even she has some great consignment pieces with punches of the color—like these art deco, lime green glazed ceramic lamps with high-gloss black shades. They’re nothing short of awesome. And yours, for $2,300 for the pair.
D Home Best Designers
Want to know who the best residential designers are working in Dallas? Here’s the list for 2008.
Diane Cheatham Developing New LEED Project
I was just speaking with Diane Cheatham about progress at Urban Reserve (read all about it in my column in March) and she mentioned her newest green venture -a ten unit condominum project directly behind Whole Foods (think Oak Lawn area). The units will be LEED certified and available in 800 or 1250 square foot plans. She’ll break ground this spring and hope for an early 2009 completion. These will be very cool (pardon the pun) with the latest green innovations, including a geothermal system. Go Diane go…you’re my hero.
The Ultimate French Ranch Desk
I found this at John Gregory’s showroom on Slocum St - always a good place to find treasures. It is a desk completely constructed from horn, from the 1920s, it was originally at the Arpel (as in Van Cleef and Arpel jewelry fame) home at the Place des Vosges in Paris. Rather surprising provenance, I guess that would be French horn. Anyone doing a French moderne ranch?
Laura Hunt, Val Glitsch, Emily Owens Lasko, Virginia McAlester and Amy Monier
What do all these talented women have in common? They are all graduates of The Hockaday School, a private, single sex college preparatory mecca from preschool through twelth grade that has educated some of the city’s most notable, talented and extraordinary women. (My daughter and her friends included.) This evening HAARTS (Hockaday Alumnae in the Arts): Art on a Living Scale: Architecture and Interior Design lauds these women’s accomplishments. Everyone knows Virginia McAlester and her talented film-writing daughter, Amy Talkington, designer Laura Hunt and my dear friend Amy Monier, developing the area’s first truly green, self-sustaining land trust on her family’s farm, Connemara. I look forward to meeting Val Blitsch, an architect and artist as well as Emily Owens Lasko, Associate Principal and Studio Director, Good Fulton & Farrell Interiors.
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