You’re all invited to check out one of our favorite local screen printer’s new digs!
Dylan and Pamela have been working on their new studio since December and can’t wait to show it off! Be sure to be there between 7 and 8pm! They’ll be debuting their new t-shirt design and you’ll have the opportunity to select your very own tee color and watch them screen print it on the spot! Find all of the details here.
Here’s your chance to step inside some of Dallas most beautiful modern homes!
On Saturday, January 28, 2012, the first ever Dallas Modern Home Tour will take place. Nearly ten architecturally progressive and contemporary homes in central Dallas will open their doors from 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM. The self-guided driving tour will feature innovative homes that exemplify modern living, addressing issues from sustainability to ergonomics.
Discover how homes are pushing the boundaries of design by incorporating recycled materials, rainwater collection systems and natural ventilation while maintaining the clean lines, simple shapes and lightness associated with the Modern architecture movement.
Ingrid Spencer, former managing editor and current contributing editor for Architectural Record magazine in New York City, curated the homes for the Dallas Modern Home Tour. Find the list of homes here.
Tickets are $25 in advance and can be purchased here and picked up at designated will call locations. Tickets will also be available at select properties for $30 the day of the tour.
I have some exciting news to share! I will be participating in the latest temporary venue at Dallas Market Center this weekend with three of my most creative friends…Dana Pugh (Tattered Style), Gloria Burson (A Modern Glo) and Lisa Johnson (Cut and Paste). This creative temp show is called Vintage Home FINDS and you don’t want to miss what we have in store for you!
We will be showing under the name of my vintage line’s name, Stash {vintage finds} and you’ll find us in the North Hall, along with other vintage dealers and Trailer Cakes in their vintage airstream! We hope to provide interesting industrial pieces perfect for you to use as display in your store, as well as art to resale. We’ll be available to help you come up with one-of-a-kind display and styling to give your space a facelift for the new year! If a personal consultation is what you need, just ask, and we can arrange a visit to your retail space.
To make FINDS even more fun, all buyers are invited to participate in the “On The Road To FINDS Giveaway”! Participants can pick up FINDS “Road Maps” at information booths, Red Rooms and registrations areas to start on their journey though the Temp Show. To qualify, buyers must visit three different FINDS locations (one must be FINDS in Market Hall) and drop their completed forms at a FINDS information booth for a chance to win great prizes. Highlights of prizes include: a Stella Scooter; Kindle Fire Full Color 7” Multi-touch Display with Wi-Fi; Bose QuietComfort® 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones; Garmin 4.3” Portable GPS Navigator with lifetime map & traffic updates; Flip Video Camera; Sofia Cashmere Travel Set; Gift Certificate towards a luxury luggage set; Agloves, mobile device friendly gloves; and a “Build Your Own Road trip” including rental car, gas, restaurant gift certificates, and hotel expenses.
We can’t wait to share our finds with you! Please share this exciting information with your friends that have a retail store and may be coming to market this weekend! (Talk them into bringing you with them!)
We have your shopping bags ready to be packed with ‘Stash’!
Some of our favorite friends will be part of FINDS too! Bud Royer is bringing his pies, candles and latest hit, Royers recipe card box! Would this collection of over 100 of the cafe’s recipes make a nice addition to your inventory?
Our friends from Dwell With Dignity will camp out right next door to us! They’ll have a space full of donated goods that will be professionally styled much like we saw at last year’s Thrift Studio!
Will we see you there?
Lately the Dallas skyline has been quiet colorful with the addition of the new Omni Hotel’s Vegas-eque facade and all of the cool new towers around the Arts District…
but the lights of the new Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, designed by renowned Santiago Calatrava, is what I’m most excited about!
s of this beautiful bridge every day since it began. This Tuesday night, the bridge will be lit, and remain illuminated for two weeks ahead of the official opening in March. The bridge’s opening celebration’s details will be announced on Tuesday night, but you can get a sneak peek at some of the details of this exciting celebration at the Bridge-O-Rama site! This will be an exciting part of Dallas’ history that you don’t want to miss, so mark your calendars now and stay tuned to THL for all of the details.
The Bishop Arts District is not only the coolest place to be this NYE, but it’s also the safest and most responsible, thanks to the free Bishop Arts Winery Trolley.
The party box will pick up partiers on New Year’s Eve at The Belmont Hotel, The Kessler Theatre, The Texas Theatre, and the Bishop Arts District. The bus holds 35 people and will run from 7pm to 2am. This is a great opportunity to check out all of the great places in Dallas’ hottest area! Come on over and crawl with us this NYE!
You will be there, right? Surely you aren’t considering missing the holiday event of the year this Thursday!
This Thursday’s annual DIFFA Wreath Collection auction gives you three amazing party themes (Speakeasy, EuroPop Lounge and Glam Holiday) in three unique venues…Design Within Reach, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams and Nest in the trendy McKinney Avenue Design District.
Each venue will be filled with signature cocktails, fabulous music, great food, all uniquely DIFFA! Honorary Chair, Jo Marie Lilly, and Co-Chairs, Ron Brady and Mark Mayland want to see you there! Kick off the party season in style and do your part to raise funds to support North Texas AIDS Service Organizations!
Oh, and did I mention there’s an after party sponsored by Belvedere Vodka? Get all of the details here.
The opening celebration party of Dwell With Dignity’s Thrift Studio was a grand success! This pop-up shop, in the heart of the design district, will be open during the month of October featuring items from Jan Showers and David Sutherland along with a big variety of donated items …vintage and new. The plan is to open Thrift Studio bi-annually to help raise funds for Dwell With Dignity. After attending the grand opening on Friday night, it just moved to the top of my list for finding luxury for less!
Five of Dallas most creative designers were asked to peruse the Dwell With Dignity warehouse and create a vignette with their pick of the donated goods. These vignettes were the highlight of the night and proved to be a great marketing tool, as “SOLD” stickers covered most of the items early in the evening.
Pulp Design Studio ~ I am crazy about this daybed! Swoon!!
Jones Baker ~ I bought two things from this space…can you guess what they are?
Swoon [The Studio] ~ I wish I had a better photo of this space! Sam did an amazing job and this picture doesn’t do it justice! I’m nuts over that aged mirror hanging with a rope. I have a feeling I’m going to regret not buying it…
Studio Ten 25 ~ Those yellow foo dogs were fab!
EJ Interiors ~ Turquoise and orange = Color Perfection!
No design celebration is ever complete without Peacock Alley linens!! Looks like whoever dressed this bed read our ‘Build A Better Bed’ series! Peacock Alley is now dressing the beds of Dwell With Dignity’s design recipients! Just one more reason to love their linens!
Tisha Clark, me and Amy Lee, of House of Wentworth
I limited myself to one cakeball… Divine!
Did you guess what I bought?
These quirky paper mache heads had to make it home with me…as well as the worn leather chair that I’m sitting in…
I love the worn arms…
There’s still great deals there! Be sure to make it over sometime during the month of October!
Thrift Design Studio
1616 Hi Line
Dallas, TX
The Winspear Opera House got a psychedelic make-over in honor of the upcoming production of “Hair” opening Sept. 20. It was a beautiful day on Sunday, so I headed to the Arts District to check out this amazing yarn bomb display!
Over 70 knitters from around the Dallas area emerged on the Winspear last week to cover everything that was nailed down with crocheted and knitted yarn…every piece stitched by hand…I would have loved to have dusted off my needles and participated in this. I got a bit ‘snap happy’ over all of the gorgeous knit and crocheted eye candy. I hope these pictures bring you an ounce of the ‘groovy’ feeling I had as I walked around this creative display of hippie happiness!
Wouldn’t it be cool if this is what all graffiti looked like? Nothing harmed…just a display of colorful art made with thoughtful preparation…
Nothing went uncovered…
Cable knit yarn bombing…impressive!
The Arts District is a great place to take your family on the weekends. There’s several one hour parking spots in the area….just enough time to walk around and snap some pictures and see the sites! Your kids and dogs will love the reflecting pool beside the opera house!
‘Hair’ runs through Oct. 2nd, so try to make it within the next couple of weeks to see this amazing yarn bombing display! You’re sure to have some great photo ops with your family!
If you want to snag a seat to see this classic musical, go the the Winspear Opera House box office on-line.
Peace and Love!
