27 Mar 5 Proven Tips to Successfully Stage Your Home with Inviting Warmth!
Happy Spring friends! This is the 3rd, and final post, about the 2019 Austin Modern Home Tour produced every year by Modern Architecture + Design Society. I always love the Modern Home Tour and come away incredibly inspired!
Please be sure to check out the blog for Part I: "Mad About Mid-Century! 5 Reasons you'll Love..." HERE and Part 2: "10 Powerful Pillow Goddess Picks...to Modernize Your Home" HERE to get the full scope of the entire tour and my tips, as there were 12 beautiful and diverse homes AND an entire Mid-Century Modern Village, Starlight Village Homes filled with incredible modern furniture by a new local Austin store, Modern Redux.
I'm excited today to share with you this week
13 Mar 10 Powerful Pillow Goddess Picks – How to Modernize Your Wonderful Home!
Modern angles and warm interiors were "de rigueur" for several modern homes in this 2nd post of a 3-part series on the Austin Modern Home Tour produced by Modern Architecture + Design Society.
It was another FANTASTIC Tour! I always find homes that inspire me - not to mention incredible architectural and design details - which make me want to run home fast to remodel. (HA!! As we know, that's not always possible, but the kitchens dying for a remodel!) Last week we talked about everything Mid-Century Modern HERE. This second post, of three (up next week is
18 Dec 8 Holiday Styling Tips for Post-Op Sanity!
Laid up for the holidays from surgery or a bad cold? I've got you covered. But first off, Happy Holidays! A week from today is Christmas and two weeks from today is New Year's Day. Many families are working hard to prepare. Either for relatives to visit (maybe fixing up the guest room) or for children to be surprised by what's under the tree from Santa (finishing that shopping list) or a bountiful meal, travel, or all of the above. Being Empty Nesters now, our holidays are getting
20 Jun Simplify Your Life and Make Your Living Brighter with CWI Lighting!
I've discovered a new lighting company! Well, actually, it's not new, but it feels like it when I talk to the new National Sales Manager, Maher Shaheen. He is bursting with excitement about their new designs and future plans. CWI Lighting (formerly known as Crystal World) has been transforming their image, but most importantly
07 Jun So What’s a Textile Pillow Artist Anyway?
As some of you have heard, or read about, on Social Media, two of my Textile Art Pillows were accepted into a Fort Collins, Colorado art exhibition at 3 Square Art Gallery, which opens TODAY! An art exhibit designed specifically for interior designers and architects, the "DECO-R: Decorative Arts Exhibtion's" Opening Reception is tonight, June 7th, from 6 - 9 p.m. and the show runs through July 6th.
As you can see in the image above, The Anastasia, probably THE piece I'm most
08 May WEST Kicks Off Thursday May 10th – 2 Wknds and 2 More Artist Interviews!
This week is the BIG Kick Off Opening "Due West" of the 7th Annual WEST Austin Studio Tour which begins THIS weekend!
What is WEST you ask? It is the premiere spring art event in Austin covering two weekends in may with over 400 participating artists. It is produced by Big Medium, a non-profit whose sole purpose is to support and promote contemporary art and artists in Texas.
"Big Medium produces the East Austin Studio Tour, the West Austin Studio Tour, the Texas Biennial, and presents innovative exhibitions throughout the year in the Big Medium gallery."
The WEST Austin Studio Tour, of which we are honored and excited to participate in as an artist for the 2nd year, is a
16 Jan Light Up Your Year With CoeLux® and 5 Top Events at Dallas Market!
2018 has been a jolt right out of the starting gate! Starting off the year we've got a lot of irons in the fire. To keep up with our studio's growth, we welcome our new student intern, Stephanie Munoz. While Stephanie's working on improving your experience with our Pinterest boards, I'll be focusing on implementing our studio's 2018 goals and ongoing marketing & sales training with Cathy Kegley of Luxury Design Marketing. (You'll be hearing much more about Cathy and other great masterminds from the BOLD Summit I attended last fall blog posts throughout 2018.)
And of course attending Dallas Winter Market!
If the looming drop in temp from 60 degrees to 20 overnight doesn't produce predicted icy roads, I'll be dashing up to
22 Dec Holiday Cheer with Luxury Textiles, Wallpaper and 40+ Designers – Oh My!
A couple weeks ago, the day before Austin received some rare snow, it was pouring rain, but I had the pleasure of attending my very first Holiday Affair in a private San Antonio home as a new member of the Design Society Dinner Club. Boy, was I in for a treat!
22 Sep YES – I’m Going to BOLD Summit 2017 to Grow My Business!
Has there ever been a time in your life or your career where you had to really step outside of your comfort zone and take a bold leap of faith? Well, I've done a few baby leaps of faith in the past 13 years of being a solo entrepreneur with Deborah Main Designs, and with everyone's love and support it has helped me get my business to where it is today.
But, I must say, being bold enough to attend the BOLD Summit 2017 as a Showcase Designer is my boldest leap yet! And I'm so very excited about it I could burst!!!
I must confess that
14 Jul Get Inspired With My 7 Networking Tips And Designer Michelle Workman’s FACET Collection for French Heritage
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Interior Designer Michelle Workman, debuting her new FACET Collection for French Heritage at Dallas Market, June 2017.[/caption]
Well, I lied. Sort of. I said last month I would take some time off and it would be my last blog post for the summer. But I HAD to share my exciting June trip to Dallas Market's Total Home & Gift Show seeing Michelle Workman's new FACET Collection for French Heritage.
29 Mar ‘Tis Spring and Pantone “Greenery” is In the Air!
Spring is my favorite month of the year and our Shumard Red Oak has almost all of its fresh green leaves on it! (I'm sorry for those still suffering through winter, but maybe this post will put a spring into your step!) I also love the month of April because it's my wedding anniversary and birthday, back to back, and this year I've been working on my garden to get it all ready for the special occasions. I love nature and it feels great to get back to gardening.
07 Feb From Greenery to Eucalyptus Comes Many Delightful Shades
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A few of the hundreds of vintage French trims, ribbon and brooches I have in my collection to create textile art pieces for you.[/caption]
Are you sitting down? Okay, here's the news: This week's Texture Tuesday is going to be brief. I know that's hard to imagine, since my blog posts are basically short novellas, but I'm going to try for a few weeks to see if I can keep Texture Tuesday shorter.
09 Dec You’re Invited to Deborah Main Designs’ Studio for Holiday Cheer!
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Friends, Vintage French trim, textile pillow art, vintage designer scarf pillows, Kumi Jewelry (by my daughter Qin) & more![/caption]
Cozy fire and hot toddies await you this Saturday at my EXTENDED Holiday Open Studio & Sample Sale, 12 - 7 p.m. I know....I know...you Northerners are looking at us as woosies, but anything below 60 and I've got a scarf on...seriously!! Here I am going out last night to a couple local events with my new black Lambsy knitted by fashion designer Kristine Rodriguez of RESPONSIVE TEXTILES. And my neck surely stayed warm!
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Me snuggled into my Lambsy Muff knitted by RESPONSIVE TEXTILES.[/caption]
THANK YOU to
07 Dec Texture Tuesday: Cheers to 7-10-14-17!
Look at all those shopping bags my friend Leslie Hyland Rogers is dashing out the door with! Leslie, founder of Symphony of Soul, and countless other new and old friends, made my first Holiday Open Studio & Sample Sale such a success that I've extended it to four more times in December. I haven't had an Open Studio since 2011, and I think it will now be an annual or semi-annual affair.
26 Nov Celebrate Small Business Saturday in Style – SHOP SMALL with a Milli Starr Hat!
Today's a very special day that in the USA we celebrate and support small businesses everywhere, brick and mortar AND online, by shopping for our holiday gifts TODAY, Saturday, November 27, 2016, on SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY. So put on your shopping shoes and get out there and support your local businesses!
21 Nov Cats, Peacock Feathers and Thanksgiving – Roll Up Your Sleeves and Let’s Get Creative!
Can any of us believe Thanksgiving is here?? If you're like me, you're mentally and emotionally exhausted from the election and ready to kick back for an autumn holiday.
Mostly around this time we give thanks, and I will in just a minute.
29 Oct Color 911 App and Blog to the Rescue!
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A little color inspiration from my neighborhood. Photography by Deborah Main.[/caption]
27 Sep Texture Tuesday – Fur, Textiles, Chain and Janis
Well, leave it to me to have ALL my projects due at the same time! But isn't that how the universe usually works anyways, where you're juggling too many balls in the air and they all need to come together almost the exact same week, or even day?
20 Sep Texture Tuesday Inspiration – Green and Gold
Hi Friends. Starting up my Texture Tuesdays again. These are NOT long posts. Instead, they're about inspiration. You'll see amazing color and texture detail - from nature, textiles, fashion, and jewels - that inspire me and I hope you too.
13 Sep New York Fashion Week: From the runway to your home – how couture and home fashion come together
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Photography by, and with permission from, Responsive Textiles and BLANCO.[/caption]
With New York Fashion Week upon us, it's exciting to see what the hottest trends will be for 2017. When it's high fashion time on the runway, we can usually predict in the home furnishing industry that this year's runway styles will make its way into home decor by the following year.
29 Jul Friday Flowers & Trim – Artists Interpret Red Exhibition
Well, I haven't looked at the news today, but so far, I've not been able to do Friday's Flowers & Trim for 3 weeks now due to terrorists attacks. I'm praying there was not one today (as I have some happy and sad news to share on the creative front) and my thought's continue to be with all those families whose lives have changed forever.
So, today I'm trying to get back to some normalcy with my weekly summer posts. This Friday's Flowers & Trim is RED!! And there's an extra special reason why it's RED.
