It started with a description on a tin of coffee: "It pairs the prismatic glory of a Florida Highwaymen painting with the integrated restraint of an Eames chair, and still tastes good with ham". I'd never heard the phrase "Florida Highwaymen", but luckily my breakfast companion was able to inform me of the fascinating history of this remarkable group of painters... More

Throughout their lifetime, Dominique de Menil and her husband John amassed one of the world's finest private collections of 20th-century art, which later became Houston's Menil Collection. But in 1948, they were just a young couple looking to building a home for their growing family. They commissioned architect Philip Johnson, then a relative unknown, to design a modern home for them alongside the staid mansions of Houston's tony River Oaks. 

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With a store concept that hopes to ensure something for everyone who walks through the door, Ellen, Sally and Jeff really couldn't of imagined a better spot. A mere two months ago, they opened their doors officially to York Blvd in the newly revived Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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Want creative kids? A good first step is surrounding them with fun art. Here are some recent favorites:

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When I was little, my parents gave me Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales, a collection of traditional stories in which the girls are strong, independent, and clever. I highly recommend adding it to your children's library, but an artist's pretty works have made me realize that we could also just swap the genders in classic fairy tales once in awhile. Cinderfella, anyone? More

Vases nailed to the wall, urns smashed by baseball bats, soup tureens sliced by machetes: the porcelain sculptures of Laurent Craste are highly dramatic. I've admired his artwork at recent art fairs in New York, Miami and Toronto. His "Abuse" series is particularly shocking to come across among the tamer photography and painting booths at art fairs. More

During last month's January Cure, we encouraged you to get a new perspective on your living room by sitting somewhere you don't usually sit. In the movie Dead Poets Society, Robin Williams' character encourages his students to stand on his desk to view the classroom (and, metaphorically, the world) from a new angle. Photographer Menno Aden has taken this to a new level (quite literally!) with his strangely surreal shots of rooms as seen from above. 

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Interior Designer Merve Kahraman updates the idea of the classic 1970's lava lamp by reinterpreting the idea with melting wax that changes shape and form as the shade is constantly molded and reshaped by the heat of the bulb.
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I wish I had the kind of disposable income that allowed me to walk into my favorite galleries and buy the work that I love right off the walls, but let's get real, that's just not gonna happen anytime soon. So instead I will rely on the next best (affordable) thing: the internet. More

When I saw these pink pieces by Aaron King, I giddily thought, "Those would be perfect with my (nonexistent) hot pink Navajo blankets!" Little did I know that his lovely rugs, wall-hangings, and cushions are actually made of cement… More