On the Porch: Decorating Fearlessly
I tracked alongside the cougar as she paced back and forth in the cage and positioned the collar over her head just as I...
Home Design
Cathy Robinson Hutton Creates A New Look in New Ulm
Designer Cathy Robinson Hutton, owner of Renovate in Houston, created a sun drenched country cottage in New Ulm as a low maintenance weekend getaway...
Old Glory Creates Home in Texas
Old Glory and its inimitable style directly reflect owner and designer Holly Kuhn’s love of home. “I wanted our first ‘real’ home to be...
Alisanne Wonderland Brings French Limestone to Round Top
French limestone, the world’s densest, is the foundation of Paris’s beauty and Provence’s farmhouse charm—and it’s available in Round Top from Alisanne Wonderland during...
On the Porch: All Want for Christmas Is…a Canopy Bed?
I knew what I wanted for Christmas—a white canopy Princess-style bed with the purple ruffled bedspread and matching canopy cover from the Sears catalog....
Carson Kressley Does Round Top Designer Dream Spree
Thanks to the Designer Dream Spree, we now know the difference between the gilding on a reproduction French-style table and the real deal. During...
Cedar Hill Farmhouse: Summer Inspiration from Tuscany
Our columnist, Anita Joyce offers this essay for Cedar Hill Farmhouse Summer Inspiration from Tuscany. It was a glorious summer. My daughter had just...
On the Porch: Summer Style Made Easy
June was always my favorite month. It marked the end of school and the beginning of summer vacation. It also meant that we would...
Junk Gypsies: Small Town. Big Dreams.
Junk Gypsies: Small Town. Big Dreams. Janie Sikes taught her daughters, Amie and Jolie, that population signs just designate city limits; they don’t dictate...
On the Porch: Restoration of a Lifetime
The chemical smell was so strong I felt I might faint. The dizziness wasn't the worst part—I couldn't breathe. I looked down and realized...
