Jun 14, 2010
Spring Thing in Review
Last month Decorative Center Dallas hosted its annual Spring Thing continuing education event, inviting designers, decorators and architects to accomplish their state-required CEU credits by enjoying two days of classes with interesting speakers from across the United States. Decorative Center neighbors were the stars of Wednesday, kicking things off at Pierre Deux with “Design Psychology” [...]
Jun 08, 2010
Social Butterflies flock to Kravet
Last week, a large crowd of designers gathered at the Kravet showroom in the Dallas Design Center to learn the 101′s of social media from the VP of Communications for Kravet and Lee Jofa, Beth Greene. Kravet also hosted three local experts as guest panelists to showcase examples of designers who utilize social media to [...]
Jun 01, 2010
Tile Tuesday: Tile of the Alexan Design District
I love seeing LOL residents and businesses supporting other Design District companies, so when I heard that Dallas-based Faulkner Design Group (the firm who designed the model apartments and common areas at the Alexan Design District) utilized product from the Dallas Decorative Center showroom Horizon Italian Tile, I just had to give them a shout [...]
May 28, 2010
Sedona Chair: Unique Upholstery, Serious Style
Lately I’ve been intrigued by the latest trends in upholstery and especially use of non-traditional upholstery materials, so you can imagine how this chair at Anteks Home Furnishings on Dragon Street immediately caught my eye! This chair, called “Sedona,” is upholstered in a vintage Kilim rug and nicely distressed bomber jacket leather. How is that [...]
May 27, 2010
Love in LOL: Aaron and Allison’s Design District Engagement Shoot
Where to find it: Sky Deck at the Alta Design District apartments. The only thing I love more than great photography is great photography shot in the Design District. Throw a good love story into the mix I’ll just eat it up! Today’s “Love in LOL” post shows off the AWESOME work of Raelyn and [...]
May 26, 2010
Sale Alert: 20% off Rugs & Lighting at Pierre Deux
Instead of my usual Sale Alert post, I decided to spice things up by inviting some of my favorite Dallas designers and bloggers to choose a rug from the sale items and describe why they like it or how they would use it in a room. These four ladies have a seriously refined eye for [...]
May 24, 2010
LowerOakLawn.com goes to Mexico
This week I am closing the Macbook, turning off the iPhone(s) and enjoying a week-long getaway to sunny Mexico! {Go ahead, be jealous!} And don’t think just because I’m out of pocket means you won’t be getting updates…I love my readers so much that I’ve left you with a full week’s worth of juicy new [...]
May 19, 2010
TONIGHT: Spring Thing Kickoff Party
Go sky diving, kiss in the rain, run a marathon — these are each worthy bucket list items. One more you should add to your list? Attending a kickoff party at Scott+Cooner. If you’ve never attended one of their infamous parties, let me tell you, you’re seriously missing out! The good news? It’s not too [...]
May 18, 2010
Now Hiring 4.0: Design District Job Opportunities
It’s time again to break out and brush up that ‘ole resume…just in time for another round of Design District job openings! These two opportunities come from a couple of impressive Design District showrooms, so apply ASAP because these jobs are sure to go quickly! Senior Sales Associate, Edward Ferrell + Lewis Mittman Edward Ferrell [...]
May 14, 2010
A Peek inside PEEK! at Dallas Contemporary
Better late than never! That was certainly my M.O. yesterday, showing up late (or at least later than I had planned) to almost everything I attended yesterday! After showing off our LOL development at the Urban Land Institute’s DFW Awareness event, Andrew and I headed over to Dallas Contemporary to check out the last hour [...]
