The $5 million feast: We unpack one for the senses
Posted by fdluxe on October 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The fall picnic, budget be damned. Welcome to a princely outing — just $5 million and change — for an American meal most worthy. (And it has nothing to do with turkey.)
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What all of the best tables are wearing now
Posted by fdluxe on October 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The most stylish tables of today — like the perfect guest list — should be a magnificent mix. Who’s coming to dinner now? Bracelets as napkin rings, tablecloths that nod to travels, even chic soup bowls that stir up the most traditional tables. (And just wait till you see the seashells.)
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Design’s new guises
Posted by fdluxe on October 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Oddball vintage scores? Ultra-fresh midcentury modern? SAMANTHA REITMAYER SANO sleuths what the best-dressed domiciles are wearing.
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The man cave, elevated
Posted by fdluxe on October 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
A midcentury inspired Kessler Woods dwelling gets manhandled — in the very best way.
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Fall home-tour season is here
Posted by Christopher Wynn on October 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Nosy much? So are we — which is why we love fall home-tour season.
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3 Dallas homes on market with fine lines, nod to history
Posted by fdluxe on August 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment
by JESSICA ELLIOTT 2822 Maple Springs Blvd., Dallas It’s a modernist amidst the Tudors of Maple Springs, in Oak Lawn Heights — a Harris Kemp-designed 1942 contemporary that is just as cool as its ’50s successors. The commercial architect’s family home, a historical landmark and one of just three Dallas residences he blueprinted, “really foreshadows [...]
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How midcentury mosaics were saved, weeks from the wrecking ball
Posted by cgeyer on August 13, 2012 · 2 Comments
In a bold (and costly) stroke of preservation, oil tycoon and hotelier Tim Headington — backed by an unlikely team of architects and politicians, and one spirited art conservator — rescues some of the country’s most impressive large-scale tile works.
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Bluffview home looks like a contemporary treehouse
Posted by fdluxe on August 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Nestled at branch level in a forested swath of Bluffview, it’s as close to ‘treehouse’ as it gets in Dallas. (And you won’t need a rope ladder to get home.) Just off fast-paced Northwest Highway, a winding, arboraceous road ducks into a mid-city forest. Where else but Bluffview? It is here that a particular 1950s [...]
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The HOT List: 19 things that excite and inflame this very minute
Posted by fdluxe on July 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Dallas dining scene, summer’s most sizzling accessory and one big, hot mess — just a few items included in our HOT August rundown. Read on for more of FD Luxe‘s smoking, scorching people, places and things — plus a wild card or three — circa 2012. photographs by Maxine Helfman, styling by Brittany Winter (Click the numbers below [...]
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Modernism to go: Lake-Flato’s ready-made Porch Houses
Posted by Kyle Kearbey on June 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The renowned architecture firm is selling pop-up Texas modernism — some assembly required.
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