Interior design event showcases connection to art, fashion

Interior design event showcases connection to art, fashion

by | Apr 4, 2023 | Events, Fabric House, James Craig Furnishings, Members, Press

By Diane Cowen: Chron Staff Writer The Houston Design District is greeting spring with a full lineup of designer talks on April 5-6 for its annual Design Days event. Design Days April 5 begins with a VIP reception with Nina Magon at 9:30 a.m., followed by her 10 a.m. talk, “Next Level: Great Design and How to Leverage it for More.” Magon will discuss her own career, starting as an interior designer and eventually creating a furniture collection for Universal Furniture, a line of counter slabs for Cosentino’s...

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Fall Design Week at Houston Design District

Fall Design Week at Houston Design District

by | Oct 1, 2022 | James Craig Furnishings, Kirksey Architecture, Members, Press

This month, The Houston Design District’s Fall Design Week brings to town authors of two of the year’s most beautiful design books. A keynote and book signing with designer Andrea Monath Schumacher kicks off the week at 9:45 am Tuesday, October 11, with a VIP reception followed by a luncheon hosted by James Craig Furnishings Showroom. Schumacher spent her childhood summers in the art studio of her grandmother Elizabeth Monath — an understudy of Fernand Léger and Salvador Dali in 1930s Paris — who taught her the...

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Restart and Refresh

Restart and Refresh

by | Feb 15, 2021 | James Craig Furnishings, Members, Press

It’s time to restart and refresh, Welcome, 2021! We’re glad you’re here as we kick off the new year with our annual Best of Design Issue. I love the promise of new beginnings, and I’m feeling very positive about exciting things to come. As with most people, I’ve spent more time at home in the past year than ever before, and home projects have taken top priority to refresh and restart. I’ve completed many projects in my home to restart and refresh: exterior paint complete with...

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Design Events Hold Out Hope For The Fall

Design Events Hold Out Hope For The Fall

by | Sep 17, 2020 | Blog, Events, James Craig Furnishings, Members

Article by: Diane Cowen (Staff Writer) The coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation or postponement of nearly every home design event last spring. A hopeful new schedule of fall events is still on the calendar for those interested in venturing out with masks, hand sanitizer and social distancing. Access Design, an event hosted by the Houston Design Center, will be part of the Oct. 6-9 Fall Design Week, a new event intended to promote the growing cluster of design-oriented businesses on Old Katy Road,...

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