Discovery Architectural Antiques & Tiny Texas Houses
on Oct 14, 2009 in Tiny Texas Houses dealers salvage Discovery Architectural Antiques architectural antiques Texas materials Last weekend, on my way to Boerne, Texas, I took a detour off Interstate 10 towards the town of Gonzales.  Located two hours west of Houston and one hour east of San Antonio or Austin, Discovery Architectural Antiques is worth the diversion.&nbs...

Round Top and Found for the Home
on Oct 5, 2009 in Marburger Woolworth Building Round Top Found for the Home Big Red Barn Last week, I made the two hour trek from Houston to Round Top for their semi-annual antique show.  I only did Marburger and Big Red Barn, and all the French, Swedish, and Belgian trends to make my home look like the cover of Veranda magazine wer...

Goodbye, 4819 Harrisburg.
on Oct 1, 2009 in Eastwood historic preservation METRO art deco Light Rail Metro Rail landmark houston architecture adaptive reuse  Photo by David BushThe old Sterling Laundry & Cleaning Company building, and former studio/residence of late artist Bill Steen, at 4819 Harrisburg is no more. In preparation for the new East End light rail line in Houston, METRO began the...

One Man’s Trash ...
on Sep 26, 2009 in New York Times house Dan Phillips salvage Huntsville Phoenix Commotion Michael Stravato houston recycle Texas home Dan Phillips and his construction company Phoenix Commotion were featured in the New York Times a few weeks ago. The article, written by Kate Murphy, included beautiful images of Dan's work, photographed by Michael Stravato. For more videos and photo...

100 Abandoned Houses
on Sep 23, 2009 in historic photography house salvage Kevin Bauman abandoned Detroit architecture Victorian houses Kevin Bauman began photographing abandonment in Detroit in the 1990s. As the population fell from 2 million to 800,000, the once wealthy enclaves became 138 square miles of nearly 12,000 abandoned houses. 100 Abandoned Houses is just a sample of th...

Rough Luxe and the New Antiquarians
on Sep 18, 2009 in vintage Axel Vervoordt Cy Twombly Hollister Hovey rough luxe Comme des Garçons Against Nature François Halard Rabih Hage Ryan Matthew Rei Kawakubo Rough Luxe Hotel new antiquarians Rough Luxe is the soon to be cliché term replacing shabby chic, vintage, loft like, etc; but whatever we call it, this movement has been around for several decades. The Wall Street Journal published a story last week stating that the world of inter...

TheRedVault
on Sep 6, 2009 in accessories REDNews houston Texas home designers art dealers antiques TheRedVault furniture interior design vendors Mary Vuong from the Houston Chronicle writes:Houston is full of spectacular treasures for the home — if you have time to drive all over town, wade through antiques and browse in every boutique.Ginger Wheless hopes her new venture, TheRedVault, will...

4819 Harrisburg Update
on Sep 1, 2009 in Eastwood historic preservation METRO art deco Light Rail Metro Rail landmark houston architecture adaptive reuse METRO officials met yesterday with City Council members and neighborhood residents at the Greater East End Management District to discuss the fate of the Sterling Laundry & Cleaning Company at 4819 Harrisburg. In less than a week from the initia...

Individuality in Design
on Aug 27, 2009 in New York Jill Slater Apartment Therapy Manhattan Michele Varian repurposed flea market home tour light SoHo house tour salvaged Brad Roberts loft A few months ago, Apartment Therapy featured the SoHo loft of Michele Varian and Brad Roberts. Michele, a world traveler and collector, describes the space as an old school rustic NYC loft meets eccentric English manor. The space has interesting ar...

Light Rail's Destruction
on Aug 20, 2009 in Eastwood historic preservation METRO art deco Light Rail Metro Rail landmark houston architecture adaptive reuse The address appeared yesterday on Swamplot's Daily Demolition Report, but the Google Street View link just showed the side of the building, which did not look very special. The facade that faces Harrisburg, not Stiles, is very interesting though. It...