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While it would be nice to have furniture or an interior designed by one of today's top designers, most of us just can't afford such a luxury. Luckily, many designers also design home accessories, some of which are affordable even for the budget-minded!

We love the warm look of wood in interior spaces and always have our eyes peeled for local woodworkers. Today we bring you the craftsmanship of Austin resident Brian David Johnson. Check out his work and share the wood furniture inspiration in your spaces!

Getting our homes just the way we like them can take time. Sometimes we don’t always have the budget to complete all our projects at once, and other times our homes are just one, ongoing evolution of design. The question is: do you banish all visitors when your place isn't quite finished?

We combed through a few of our favorite Austin interior designer portfolios to bring you eight simple and modern dining rooms full of great ideas to incorporate this holiday season. Borrow a few of the ideas for your own dining room or just enjoy the beautiful photographs!

We've found a company giving old furniture new eco-friendly and gorgeous life (the above being before photos, of course) as well as helping homeowners navigate the confusing waters of green design. Weigh in on whether you feel like there are enough chemical and toxic free interior furnishing options out there!

Last year we posted a preview of Austin's annual East Austin Studio Tour (E.A.S.T.) that takes the city's best art offerings and condenses them all into one weekend of amazing creativity and fun. This year's tour is going to be the biggest and best yet!

Laure posted about the virtues of embracing your inner slob, and many of you chimed in with your experiences of not always being able to keep a perfect house. While some might be embarrassed about certain messes, others feel equal shame about their desires toward a perfect corner or two.

Name: Patrick Y. Wong
Location: Austin, Texas (Galindo Neighborhood)
Size: 1,600 square feet

If the photos for this House Call seem particularly good, it's because the owner is a professional photographer! Specializing in architecture, weddings, portraits and more, we've loved his work for years and aren't surprised one bit that we fell so hard for his house. Unique, modern and bright, this is one inspiring Austin home and studio!

If you’ve been wondering where to improve your décor in preparation for all the guests that will be filtering through your home during the holidays (but don’t have a lot of time or money to invest) take a look at your tabletops and do a little revamping of your vignettes!

With the holidays on the way and November’s entertaining month in full force here at Apartment Therapy, we’re striving to bring you posts to help with your upcoming entertaining events. Though we don’t like to dwell on the negative, we can’t help but wonder if you’ve suffered any recent blunders as a host…

We often applaud the work created by licensed architects, but what about those who are self-taught? Filmmaker Zack Godshall explores the intriguing and similar motivations behind the building of five very different but very interesting structures around the country in a new documentary film...

We love finding gorgeous home decor that's good-looking and functional, and we've found both with this company creating lighting with flexible, handy and adjustable functions for a plethora of home lighting needs...