Advocates say that granny flats, mother-in-law suites, cat mansions, or—as one couple built—sex dungeons can add affordable housing stock without changing the streetscape.
In a turn away from clean, cold mid-century modern decor, the design experts out of Round Top are favoring cozier “grandma-chic” furnishings, complete with the dings and imperfections of a well-loved history.
Cowtown has a whole new reputation on its hands, and this lavish Auberge hotel (with its own art collection!) fits right in.
The 1880s property began its life as the alleged first public school in Texas, then became a convent. Now travelers can stay within its historic walls.
Stable Hall, the former home of the Pearl Brewery’s draft horses, is ringing in a new era as an opulent performance space.
Hotel Lucine, a revitalized midcentury hotel, offers a welcoming (and millennial-friendly) mix of high and low.
The founder of Soto & Co., he builds custom suits for the likes of Emmanuel Acho and Terry Bradshaw.
You can thank an internationally famous soda brand and psychology for the classic red-and-white design of your favorite taco spots.
There’s a lot more to Fair Park than Big Tex. It’s also a rare monument to art deco architecture and a battleground for the civil rights movement.
The Kalita Humphreys Theater was built by arguably the most famous American architect of the twentieth century. It’s now a shell of its former self, and the city can’t decide how—or if—it’ll restore it.
Matriarchy Build connects home-improvement-seeking customers with a database of vetted tradespeople, all of them female or nonbinary.
With its sprawling branches and red blooms, the desert plant is certainly beautiful. But that doesn’t explain its presence on every piece of merch in Texas.
Celeste and Adrian Quesada’s inventive weekend escape is full of estate-sale finds and gifts from around the world.
The far–East Austin bar is an elephant graveyard for restaurant signs of decades past, but we’re still trying to figure out who it’s really for.
Archaeology and architecture groups banded together to bring a mudhif, a town hall for the Marsh Arab tribe of Iraq, to Rice University.
The Austin-based hotel group Bunkhouse has brought Edificio San Fernando, a 1940s jewel box of a building, into the modern era.
Anna Simmers unwinds from long days at MD Anderson Cancer Center by bringing cityscapes, flowers, and art masterpieces to life.
When four NASA technicians decided to swap large-scale missions to space for small-batch experimental beers, they wanted a brewery taproom that reflected their shared history of working in the space industry. The result, True Anomaly Brewing, in Houston’s East Downtown, is a “launchpad for fermented
The storied dance hall, where the Sex Pistols and Merle Haggard once shared a marquee, has undergone a renovation with an eye toward honoring the past.
From Marfa to Montrose, we live, laugh, and love amid the same wall decor. Whose fault is it?
The vibes these restaurants cultivate, from the “South Texas diner” to the “Tex-Mex palace,” say as much about them as the food does.
Alief’s Jayden Allyn Washer will unveil original gowns inspired by his hometown.
In her Austin studio, the designer relishes collaborative creativity with clients who spur her to experiment.
Welcome to the new texasmonthly.com. Our look isn't the only thing that's changed.
The tomes collected by Austin's Melba and Ted Whatley find a place on the shelf in their modern, standalone structure.
Steve Shuck, co-owner of Texas men's store Stag, designs a cozy home packed with personal touches.
Austin entrepreneur Larry McGuire's work on restaurants and other projects has sparked a new kind of cool in the capital city and beyond.
Liz Lambert’s hotels have a stunning, often imitated style. But where does the trendsetter get her ideas? We asked her.
Long forgotten, Western artist Till Goodan’s bucking broncs and stalwart cowboys are bringing big money and sparking a revival.
In some Texas establishments it’s hard to tell the boys’ from the girls’.
Seven outstanding young Texas design students translate their visions of fairy tales, Greek goddesses, and Catholic rituals into fashion statements.
What you won’t see from Dallas designers is lots of froufrou. What you will see is a look tailored for the working woman.
Who’s who, and who’s doing what to whom: a brief guide.
Years ago, kids used to play pioneer with Lincoln Logs. Today grown-ups are playing pioneer—only with real log cabins.
“Plastics,” the man whispered to Dustin Hoffman in ‘The Graduate,’ and plastics—transformed from junk into art—it is.
Now for something completely different: a house that’s not rectangles or squares.
How we learned to stop worrying and love the fifties.
