Roberta Freymann & Roberta Roller Rabbit

Here in Houston summer lasts through September, so early August is really just a midway point in our very long, very hot summer season. With daily temperatures hovering around 95 degrees, I find myself looking for cool, loose clothing that's easy to wear and yet still stylish and the Spring/Summer 2009 collection from Roberta Freymann would be absolutely perfect for August weekends. Freymann's

Color Personality Quiz

Tonight I finally had the opportunity to thumb through the September issue of House Beautiful and all I can say is "wow". The issue focused on color and there are some truly gorgeous rooms featured -- I urge anyone who doesn't have a subscription to get to their local newsstand immediately and get a copy. The back of the issue featured a color personality test -- a series of questions with no

Always a Bridesmaid...

Okay so I actually got married before most of my girlfriends, so the old adage doesn't really apply to me. But, I do find myself yet again a bridesmaid -- only this time it's for my younger sister and this time I'm the maid...okay fine, matron...of honor. The best part of being the matron of honor is that I will actually have some serious input on what dress I'll be required to wear down the

Week Fourteen: Waving the White Flag

This weekend at Casa Conn was, on the whole, completely exhausting and even somewhat frustrating (more on that later in the post). By Sunday night, Dave and I decided to wave the white flag of surrender and get some help to finish out the rest of the painting (for now, the master bedroom, master bathroom, and Dave's "man room"). While Dave and I did all the painting in our current house, we

{New} Mary McDonald

The February 2009 domino spread of Mary McDonald's guest house made the California-based design an instant celebrity in the design world and pictures from the spreads made the rounds on the design blogs more times than I can count. And yet, despite her ever-growing popularity, McDonald's website remained...well, somewhat amateur with its scanned clippings of press and minimal online