Designing woman

Inside great designer homes: Lifestyle blogger Ronda Rice Carman gives everyone house envy

By Shelby Hodge

05.21.13 | 11:31 am

Oh, how we love looking at the way other people live, our curiosity sated with home tours, design magazines and now a glam coffee table book that takes us into the private realms of renowned design ...

Houston Design Center Talk

Hometown girl turned celeb tastemaker Ronda Rice Carman lets you inside her drawers

By Joel Luks

05.13.13 | 12:08 pm

To know the Rice folks is to have an extended family. You're instantly adopted — and you don't have a choice or say in the matter (if you know what's good for you). That's ...

Author talk & book signing: Designers at Home: Personal Reflections on Stylish Living by Ronda Rice Carman

05.15.13

The Houston Design Center welcomes native Houstonian and author Ronda Rice Carman, who will talk about and sign her new book, Designers at Home: Personal Reflections on Stylish Living. Carman,

Secret Home Tips

Designer stars spill their secrets: How to have the welcoming house everyone loves to visit

By Whitney Radley

03.23.13 | 8:32 am

Designers Jane Schwab and Cindy Smith, co-owners of Charlotte-based firm Circa Interiors, have distilled a collective 59 years of decorating knowledge and experience into one 240-page book,&nb ...

Lecture: "Romancing Antiques" by William Strafford

02.12.13

William Strafford, head of European furniture and private collections, Christie's New York, will explore the romance of antiques and their history, illustrating some of the pieces he has fallen

Houston Design Center 2013 Annual Spring Market Keynote: Jane Schwab & Cindy Smith

03.26.13

The Houston Design Center hosts interior design team Jane Schwab & Cindy Smith in the Bunch & Shoemaker showroom as the keynote speakers at the Annual Spring Market. The owners of the a

Fa La La Fabulous

Twelve tips on holiday décor & seasonal entertaining from Houston's top tastemakers

By Davon D.E. Hatchett

12.15.12 | 11:00 am

The jolly elves at the Houston Design Center worked their little ears off when they recently hosted the week-long 5th Annual "Deck the Tables" Holiday Tabletop Tour & Showroom Op ...

Holiday Best

Deck the Tables: Houston's top designers showcase holiday decorating ideas

By Whitney Radley

12.08.12 | 12:30 pm

At the Houston Design Center 's annual Deck the Tables competition, showrooms set up their holiday best so that you could learn tips from the pros. ...

Insider secrets

Downton Abbey's influence: Bill Stubbs on design's 'new traditionalism'

By Barbara Kuntz

11.17.12 | 1:00 pm

Think rich velvets, tassels on luxe pillows, gold-leaf finishes and stately mahogany furniture and you’ve entered the “new traditionalism” movement happening now in the interior d ...

Fifth Annual Deck The Tables, Holiday Tabletop Tour, benefiting the Salvation Army

12.03.12 - 12.07.12

This festive designer Holiday Tabletop event at the Houston Design Center will feature the designs of luxury brands Baccarat, Bernardaud, Christofle and Lalique. More than a dozen showrooms will fe