Color and Style
Article by Diane Cowen Photography by Kerry Kirk Originally published in River Oaks Lifestyle A corkboard covered in fabric swatches hangs on a wall behind Lindsey Herod, the Houston interior designer known for her eclectic style using plenty of color and pattern. “I like rich saturated colors. And there are always florals unless the client doesn’t like them,” Lindsey said. “Teal, turquoise, plum, blues, pinks and chartreuse, lots of greens and blues and I use them all in the same room. I love a lot of bold...
A Well Designed Career
Article by Diane Cowen Originally published in River Oaks Lifestyle Architect Stephanie Millet loves residential projects, turning lines and curves into rooms and homes as clients dream out loud about the places they want to live. A native of California, Millet earned her bachelor’s degree in architecture at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo and worked for a residential architecture firm in California before moving to Houston to earn a master’s in architecture at Rice University. Once here, she decided to stay and...
Legacy in Design
Dillon Kyle’s architecture is inspired by art, history and beauty. Article by Diane Cowen Photography by Chris Luker Photography Originally published in Memorial Lifestyle The craftsmanship of stately homes, majesty of great buildings and true expression in beautiful art have always been in Dillon Kyle’s life, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that architecture would be his calling. Kyle, 58 and a fifth-generation Houstonian, grew up visiting his great grandmother’s home in Courtlandt Place and his...
Curtis & Windham, classical & traditional style
Architects’ work is found all over the city, especially River Oaks. Article by Diane Cowen Originally published in River Oaks Lifestyle When Bill Curtis and Russell Windham each moved to Houston in the early 1990s, the oil bust and recession of the 1980s was mostly in the rear view mirror and a large home commissioned by a wealthy Houston businessman had signaled to others that it was time to spend money again. Bill was a native of Longview and graduate of the University of Texas who had worked in San...