D Home September-October 2003

A Dallas couple builds a family house around their extensive collection of 17th- and 18th-century architectural elements and antiques.

Two Dallas moms throw their daughters a sweet 16 birthday party.

A tour of Swiss Avenue.

Mrs. Nancy Hamon’s Turtle Creek penthouse is a beautiful setting for glamorous parties, but it’s the thoughtful decorating details and precious personal mementos throughout that make it wonderful.

Our annual Million-dollar Home issue is not about voyeurism, but presenting you with inspiration for gracious living.

The ins and outs of finding and outfitting the perfect bedside table.

Developer Diane Cheatham’s architect-designed modern townhouse is a marvel in glass and concrete.

A month-by-month listing of the home tours in and around Dallas.

Local commentator Lee Cullum’s take on the McMansion phenomenon, the top 10 residential real estate deals in Dallas-Fort Worth, and products that will give your house the million-dollar look.

Go inside the Dallas home and design scene, with gossip, products, personalities, shopping advice, and more.

Open floor plans and nature-inspired design elements are hallmarks of Prairie-style architecture.

Readers request their favorite recipes from the best Dallas restaurants.

Ravioli expert Chena Civello of Civello’s Raviolismo shares homemade recipes for pasta sauce.

Lacquer: the new it finish.

John French of French Slips shows us how to create flirty slipcovers for dining room chairs.

Our New York editor’s report on the International Contemporary Furniture Fair.

The latest on the Dallas real estate market, including one celebrity’s move into Old Highland Park.

David Nelson’s organic M Streets garden and tips for attracting all manner of wildlife.

A lonely fennel plant spied in a garden store revives a dormant gardener.

We sent our expert shopper to the Hill Country—Fredericksburg, to be exact—for a report on local retail.

Local landscape architectural firm Armstrong Berger creates a lavish Mediterranean garden in the heart of Dallas.