Our daughter Stacy and her good friend Bart have worked on various charity events in Dallas for many years. During our last trip Bart invited us to see their new home. We couldn’t wait to see Bart and this latest creation of his and Steven (who was travelling…
I pulled out a medley of old photos, marketing materials, fabric work sheets, and much more from the saved boxes when we cleaned out our storage locker. I must say it was really fun to revisit these transformative times. This is a photo of me in my office next to…
Sometimes it is fun as well as interesting to look at things up close. It is easy to miss the beauty of “artifacts & design & decorative curiosities” when only looking at the large view. Let us take a closer look and see things in a new way…
I love to shop but I like window shopping even more! I can’t think of anyplace better for this than…Paris! The varieties of creative window displays are almost endless from the iconic and often mesmerizing Louis Vuitton to a tiny boutique on a medieval lane. Everyone…
Our last day visiting museums was wonderful in every way. We organized our itinerary at breakfast with the National Portrait Gallery as our first stop. It was fascinating to see how the museum curators wove a visual story of the people who have shaped the country…presidents, poets, activists, and…
The Thanksgiving Holiday brought a few very happy surprises. We had the whole family together at our daughter’s lake house on Cedar Springs Reservoir, a little over an hour south of Dallas. We loved seeing the grandkids have fun together as in special times past. I witnessed the…
FASHION AND FABRICS…Reminiscing on how the fashion world influenced our search for exciting fabrics.
The death of iconic journalist, Andre Talley, has put the fashion world on the brain, igniting memories on how this world shaped the development of our own decorative fabrics at Wesco Fabrics. Although we sold the company in 2017 there are times when the old memory bank kicks into overdrive…
Most of us have our favorite museums which stimulate and enlighten our innately curious nature. We visit to view the ancient iconography and artistic creations of our world’s diverse cultures,…and also to experience the creativity of the new. The first museum I visited as a small…
While in Cap d’Antibes this past July one of the places I wanted to visit “La Garoupe”, a beach area where Americans’ Gerald and Sara Murphy created summer sunbathing with a party atmosphere and their artistic friends came to soak up the rays in the…
I love a celebration! On one birthday Marla accused me of celebrating for the whole year! Lately, I find even the tiniest weekend dinners for two deserve a little special design treatment at the dining table. Marla is the chef de cuisine in the kitchen so my job is to…