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Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events — with the Golden Pig Trophy

By Joel Luks

04.11.13 | 9:58 am

On the itinerary this week are stylish homes, international festivals, an al fresco bash and a hot hog competition. Try this: Click on the links below each event to find a page teeming with hel ...

Bored With Your Stuff?

Tricks of the trade: Refresh your space — on any budget — and fall in love with your home again

By Karon Karter

01.26.13 | 3:00 pm

This time of year, we always become antsy to start anew — and that includes refreshing our abodes. For these sorts of problems, we turn to a pro, like Bill Lawrence of William & ...

2013 Houston Modern Home Tour

01.26.13

The 2013 Houston Modern Home Tour explores examples of modern architecture via a self-guided driving tour. Participating homeowners get to show off their cool, modern dwellings to neighbors for a d

not up to code

A Mini problem: Design stores catch heat from city officials for hanging replica of car on building

By Tyler Rudick

01.09.13 | 7:30 am

Houston code inspectors must have been speechless in late December when they stumbled upon a Mini Cooper attached to the side of an Upper Kirby building The city immediately ...

Interior Insights

The five hottest home trends for fall and winter: Cooler weather means warmer design

By Altamese Osborne

11.27.12 | 12:27 pm

You might not be able to tell from its nondescript exterior, but inside the Decorative Center Houston lies an interior designer’s dream: Floors and floors of home design showrooms carryi ...

High/low aesthetic

My favorite room: Dining area in Museum District apartment mixes mini-gallery and plant hospital

By Whitney Radley

11.25.12 | 12:25 pm

Natalie Svacina moved to Houston just a year ago to take up a post as curriculum coordinator for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston after finishing her art history masters degree in La ...

A Healthier Home

Step inside Disney's house of the future: New Vision shows green living can be luxury living

By Ralph Bivins

11.19.12 | 3:08 pm

ORLANDO — Living in a sustainable house doesn’t mean you can’t be comfortable, too. Consider the Vision House. It’s a housing exhibition in Disney’s Innoventions c ...

wall drawing

Houston architect's towering Sol LeWitt installation is a piece of American art history

By Tyler Rudick

11.11.12 | 4:16 pm

Sol LeWitt created more than 1,200 wall drawings before his death in 2007, but that doesn't make spotting one in the wild any less exciting, especially when it's 30 feet tall and insta ...

Ahead of the pendulim

Houston's Matt Camron Rugs & Tapestries weaves history and custom into contemporary design

By Whitney Radley

12.31.11 | 8:00 am

Engineer Matt Esfahani got his start in high-end rugs in an unexpected way: his wife, Jennifer. On their travels abroad, the couple made a hobby of visiting villages and buying textiles. Initia ...

DIY Magic

Bright Idea: How to make a cool industrial pipe lamp yourself — and save hundreds in the process

By Valeria Turturro

10.06.11 | 11:42 pm

When my boyfriend was getting ready to move into a downtown loft, he wanted lighting that matched the industrial aesthetic of the apartment’s tall ceilings and exposed concrete floors. Althou ...