AN ARTFUL LIFE
A BUS RIDE ACROSS TOWN in San Antonio opened Dr. Wayne Yakes’ eyes to art when he was just a toddler. The son of a single mom who worked three jobs to send him and his sister to private school and college, Yakes says his mother thought it was never too early to start appreciating art. […]
NATIONAL KITCHEN & BATH MONTH
NOW MORE THAN EVER, home is where the heart is, and October is the time to make your essential spaces all they can be during National Kitchen & Bath Month. The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) runs the largest Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) each year—the next one is slated for February 2021—where […]
MAKING IT COUNT
WHEN A FAMILY WAS READY TO MOVE from their old world-designed home to a new, custom-built home situated in Frisco, they selected Nicole Arnold, president and principal designer of Nicole Arnold Interiors, to help guide them into transitional bliss. They desired to leave the visual weight of decorative scrolls, iron and heavy furnishings, and evolve […]
BLACK AND WHITE AND CHIC ALL OVER
STEPHANIE KRATZ’S CLIENT KNEW WHAT HE WANTED and that he’d be better off letting the designer loose on a top-to-bottom remodel. The construction industry professional, who lived out of state, was expanding his business and looking for a stylish Texas home base suitable for hosting and entertaining business associates. Kratz, a Frisco-based interior designer, who […]
AVERY KELLY ART
AVERY Kelly’s first bachelor’s degree was in environmental studies, and the second was in fine art. She has combined the two academic interests into a passion for paintings and relief prints featuring animals and landscapes. “I love working with paint in various ways,” says the Fort Worth artist. “I do a lot of birds and […]
KEEPING THE FAITH
An important art museum with exhibits by Marc Chagall, Michelangelo and Andy Warhol is open and thriving in the heart of Dallas. Surprisingly, it is located across from NorthPark Center, not in the Arts District, on a college campus or in a private home. The Museum of Biblical Art is the longtime Dallas home to […]
PERFORMING ART
JAMES DICK, FOUNDER, CREATOR AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR of the famed Round Top Festival Institute in the tiny rural town of Round Top, Texas, speaks thoughtfully about the origins of the renowned 200-plus–acre campus known as Festival Hill and the architectural integrity of the components within. “We wanted to build a place that would be here forever, that […]
OUTDOOR LIVING
NOW MORE THAN EVER we have learned the importance of outdoor living space. Whether you have a small terrace in a big city or a large outdoor living room at a beach house, there are plenty of ways to make your open-air space the best it can be. As the weather grows warmer, we turn […]
ON SOLID GROUND
PAIGE SOWDEN GOT THE RUG BUG as a young girl, answering phones and ironing labels at her parents’ carpet business, Interior Resources. Growing up, family dinners out would include commentary on the restaurant carpets by her parents, company founders Merikay and Jack Green. Sowden and her brother, Evan Green, were always being educated about flooring through […]
BEHIND THE CABINETRY
REMEMBER THOSE SHOWPLACE KITCHENS of recent years with all the bells and whistles on display? The commercial-grade cooktops worthy of a Michelin-starred kitchen, the statement hoods, coffee stations, specialty ovens—and so much more. They’re still all going strong, says Corinne Danicki, certified kitchen designer at The Kitchen Source, but with a twist for 2020: They’re going into […]
