Archive for October, 2008
AIA Dallas Tour of Homes, November 8th/9th 2008
I was all set to head to bed, when I went in to peruse the paper for a minute. In today’s Dallas Morning News in the Dallas Guide section, front and center I discover an article about Modern Homes and information about an upcoming AIA Tour of Homes. These details, I just have to share [...]
Modern Home Furnishings
As we discussed I think Modern Homes can be modern, both through architecture and also through the internal aesthetics you choose to illustrate your world with decoration, furnishings, textures and colors. To that end, there are lots of great decorating, furniture and local places that feature modern pieces that I would love to highlight. Naturally [...]
Urban Reserve Pictures, finally
Sorry for the delay, this week was a doozy. But I got the pics off my camera and cropped and selected which ones I think really worked. A caveat, however, I am not a photographer although in my head, I wish I was. I see pictures that do that cool focus on [...]
Urban Reserve, Diane Cheatham
Last night, I got a treat! I was able to take pictures of Urban Reserve and photos of Diane Cheatham’s home in the community.
Ms. Cheatham is the CEO/Owner of Urban Edge Developers which developed Urban Reserve and is a vibrant, forward-thinking entrepreneur in the Dallas real estate development, architecture and design community. She briefly [...]
Housekeeping at DFW Modern Homes
I just wanted to post a few housekeeping things here for edification and clarification. Guidelines to help our conversation and state with clarity my goals for this site:
I value your opinion. This is an exploration. I walked into a house and had a feeling that I once got in museums. That feeling of being splayed [...]
What makes a home, modern
Definitions, definitions.
This my friends, is a tricky thing from my perspective and from what I have read and other perspectives. I have said I don’t want to be too cerebral in my exploration of this new crush on all things modern homes combined with my longtime love of Dallas, Texas. And I say tricky because [...]