Come October most people's calenders get pretty crazy, here in Houston. That's because its finally cooled down enough to not cause everyone to melt. Most of the country is feeling crisp autumn breezes, but around here...not so much. It is fun because there are so many events around town. This week is certainly packed with things to do. First, the fabulous Installations Antiques is opening up their doors, Thursday evening to show off everything that is new.Second, it is also time for the Houston AIA Home tour. This is one of those events I look forward to all year. Third, is the Bayou City Art Festival. This is always so much fun because there are so many great artists who participate. Fun, Fun. But my jam-packed week of fun starts tomorrow, because...
Yes, finally 21!!...Give or take 12yrs. I'm getting to the age where I should be a "mature" person. But, I'm not certain that I am yet. Hmmm.Well, I decided to make a birthday registry for myself. One that can be found in a place called Fantasy Land. Only there would anyone buy me these gifts. Well, while in Fantasy Land I decided my house could use a makeover. These items would be just right. Like the cast concrete light fixtures, how wonderful. The Marimekko wall hanging and the Chair Couture dining chairs add some great color to the dark dining table. Finally, I love the collection of nose casts. For a girl who has always been self-conscious of her nose. My nose is still better looking than these.
So now that my fantasy house is looking so good, I hope all of you come to the party:)
You can if you decorate college dorm style. I found this article via The New York Times about some very creative college students and their cheap decorating tricks. The two photos above are so cool, I would be willing to pay good money to copy the look. But they are both assembled from found pieces! Times being what they are, I guess we are all going to have to get creative.
When I was a kid growing up in a small town, I was often the target of mean kids because of things about me that they found to be "too different". I remember taking pan dulce in my lunch box and kids literally gathering around me to make gagging sounds and to tell me how "gross" my food looked. Or listening to Spanish music and getting strange looks. Okay, so take the same exact music and have it recorded by an American artist, and all-of-a-sudden its genius! Have someone change the shape of the pan dulce, and give it a French name or something...now its a delicacy. I have often found this baffling. When you grow up as part of a minority, you learn to hide a lot of your cultural traditions while in the "Anglo" world, because otherwise you often run into discrimination. But if a well known artist or whatever, blatantly copies those same cultural references they are hailed as original and truly creative. If you are wondering why I'm on such a soap box, its because I was scrolling through the web, when I ran across this article about the latest Hermes collection. I admit that I chuckled at the details of the collection, because it all looked and felt suspiciously familiar to me.
Hmm, I wonder what in the world could have inspired such a collection? Maybe all the folks who actually sew the clothes, clean up the main offices, and build the massive sky-scrapers? I don't know...maybe. When I was younger I used to think that this sort of thing was a sort of acceptance of cultural differences...but now I'm not so sure. I can imagine the reaction I would get if I walked around wearing these clothes. Hermes or not, I probably wouldn't get the nicest treatment if I walked in to a high end department store.My intention is not to be divisive because I love where I live and my parents had to sacrifice a lot for us to be here...and I am very grateful. I guess I just wanted to point one of those curiosities of life. My point of view is of growing up Mexican-American, but I know anyone who grew up here with a family from somewhere else has experienced the same thing.
So there is yet another of my random thoughts that has nothing to do with interior design...I know, I have a lot of them.
P.S. I posted this photo with only the utmost respect, because I think Los Tigres Del Norte is one of the best bands ever! (Even if I don't agree w/ the outfits)P.P.S. Anyone reading this who isn't from the U.S. probably doesn't know what I am talking about. These clothes are a reference to a part of Mexican culture known as Tejano or Norteño. It is basically a fusion of Northern Mexican and Southwest American traditions.
The beautiful and soothing textures just jump out of these photos! I don't think anyone could have a bad day after relaxing in this house. This is the work of Bradford ID Inc. I received an email informing me about Bradford's site and his great new blog called Design Therapy.
The dark lines of the barstools look fantastic against the white walls. Me likey!
Phillip Gorrivan is a New York designer, with an amazing sense of color. He finds creative ways to use beautiful fun colors in what is spaces that could be considered very formal, otherwise.Link: VT Interiors
