COMFORT AND STYLE AT THE FINISH LINE
THE UPDATE OF A LUXURY RACETRACK suite is not the only transi-tion Glen Boudreaux has been working on as of late. He’s also moving his interior design business into a new level of service, based on a lifetime of experience and a desire to serve others. “I’m in that mode of giving back and helping […]
PERFECTLY OPTIMIZED POOLS
DESPITE ITS NAME, THE nearly 70-year-old California Pools has deep roots in Texas via proprietor Quinn Martin, a longtime builder who brought the franchise to North Texas three years ago. Before expanding to DFW, California Pools had already developed a strong foothold in the Austin area four years prior thanks to owner-operator Justin McGuire. What […]
MARVELOUS METAL SOLUTION
DON’T BE FOOLED BY the name, Cantera Doors does much more than what its name would suggest. The com-pany that Laura and Mauricio Trevino founded nearly 25 years ago to supply the Austin market with wrought-iron doors has since expanded to multiple outposts around Texas and Florida. It offers national sales and installation services via […]
DESIGN YOUR LIFE
EVER SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL, Laura Simmons believed everything had to be in its place. “I always had an eye for color and liked to work in an organized way,” says Simmons, who earned her bachelor’s degree in interior design from Texas Tech University. While she loved many elements of interior design, she […]
ELEVATING STANDING DESKS TO A NEW LEVEL
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND think about the last time you played the game Simon Says. Recall the excite-ment you felt when you heard, “Simon says, stand up!” Your body rushed with adrenaline to stand tall and spring into action. Many grown-ups spend a great deal of time sitting at their desks, around conference tables or […]
REMARKABLE RUG WONDERLAND
THE IMPRESSIVE IMPORTED RUG juggernaut known as Feizy keeps expanding its domain. It gave up its iconic tower fronting I-35 just north of Downtown Dallas after outgrowing the property. Headquarters are now located on the outskirts of Farmers Branch in an astonishingly large warehouse that totals 250,000 square feet (roughly the equivalent of 4 football […]
ECLECTIC TREASURES
CAREER COUNSELORS AND SELF-HELP gurus will tell you to find a job that you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life. If the maxim holds true, then Beth Barnett Callahan has been blissfully unemployed for several years. “I am so lucky that I’m able to come here every day,” says Callahan, owner […]
FASHIONABLE FURNITURE FOR LESS
It’s hard to imagine that the massive 50,000-square-foot home furnishings store in Dallas’ Design District known as Furniture To Go was very recently a two-person operation run from proprietors Corey Burnett and Melissa Marron’s apartment. It all started about five years ago, when the couple relocated to Dallas from Houston for Burnett’s job and found […]
LONG-LASTING LUXURY
Cotton has been cultivated and woven into fabrics since 1500 B.C., while linen, wool and silk have been used to adorn our bodies and homes for centuries. But as long as humankind has sought to live in comfort and luxury, soil and stains have been a constant enemy—that is until Fiber-Seal introduced a new approach […]
DESIGN WITHOUT LIMITS
Modern linear sofas, a vast array of chandeliers and sleek glass-topped tables are just a few of the eye-catching designs found amongst the treasure trove of furnishings, light fixtures and accessories at Ethan and Associates in Dallas’ World Trade Center. A quick scan of the design center’s many rooms yields so many different styles, including […]
