Modern Homes, Ft. Worth

National Trust for Historic Preservation Launches Modernism + Recent Past Initiative PR Notice

I don’t want to be a lackey and just pass on information in this space but this was a good one so without further ado, a straight cut and paste. National Trust for Historic Preservation Launches Modernism + Recent Past Initiative Initiative Will Partner with National and Local Organizations to Save Significant 20th Century Resources The National [...]

Isamu Kenmochi Chair

Australian Chair Distributor: Youshiki I saw this link from a friend of mine Dennis Convington. I don’t think he has a blog or I would link to him and give him some search juice but for now. LOOK AT THIS CHAIR. This is from the site. Designed by Isamu Kenmochi for Tendo Japan in 1961. [...]

Feedback & Zuri Furniture

I love feedback! Feel free to leave comments or shoot me an e-mail via the “Talk to Us” or at tina (at) dfwmodernhomes.com. If you are on Twitter, I am also on there in two locations: tina_winslow and dfwmodernhomes. Send me a tweet! Speaking of feedback. I got some from the owner of Zuri Furniture. [...]

Modern Builder of the Week – CCM General Contractors

Of course, I’m starting out with the prominent builder of Urban Reserve. You know I have a soft spot for that community and those homes. Eventually I’ll run out things to talk about in that region but for now, it’s forward ho. So CCM are the exclusive builders of Urban Reserve. They also are the [...]

AIA Dallas Modern Home Tour Notes – Part A

The Dallas branch of the AIA outdid themselves and the tour was excellent. My brother-in-law Kevin and I did the tour and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  It turns out that one of his clients (he is a personal concierge here in town – HIRE HIM) was on the tour so it was doubly fun for us. [...]

National Blog Posting Month, Interesting Cabinets

I’m not sure if everyone or anyone is familiar with this but NaBloPoMo or National Blog Posting Month is an offshoot of NaNoWriMo.  National Novel Writing Month is a great exercise in getting going on writing the next novel.  They don’t care what you write, they just want everyone to write 50,000 words.  I’ve tried [...]