Fall calendar of events includes home shows and tours.
Fall always brings a strong lineup of home design events, from home shows and book signings to artisan markets and architecture tours. Here’s a lineup of several scheduled for the next couple of months.
Book signing: Houston interior designer Paloma Contreras will sign copies of her new book, “Dream Design Live” (Abrams; $35; 240 pp.), 6:30-8:30 Thursday at Found, 3433 W. Alabama. 16th annual Fall House
Beautiful Show: More than 200 vendors and a daily lineup of speakers on topics ranging from landscaping, window treatments, paint choices, organizing and remodeling on Saturday and Sunday at the Waterway Marriott in The Woodlands. I’ll be one of the speakers, tackling the subject of bathroom remodeling ideas at noon Saturday and saves and splurges in kitchen updates at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10:a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10 for adults, $9 for senior citizens and children age 12 and younger get in free. Parking is free. woodlandsshows.com Fall Home and Garden Show and Vintage
Market : Home remodeling and landscaping vendors, plus a vintage market and tiny-home village will highlight this semiannual show at the Merrell Center in Katy. Support a good cause shopping the Brookwood Community Fall Plant Sale. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $7 for adults, $6 for seniors, $3 for anyone with a military ID and children 12 and younger get in free. Parking is free. katyhomeand gardenshow.com
2018 Southern Living
Showcase Home: A Braes Heights bungalow damaged in Hurricane Harvey flooding has been replaced by a dazzling “modern farmhouse” that will be open to the public for Southern Living’s annual home tour. Built by Stone Acorn Builders, the new 6,076-square-foot custom home at 3758 Drummond was elevated to avoid future flooding. Interiors were decorated by two local firms, Lindsey Herod Interiors and Meg Lonergan Interiors. Proceeds benefit the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 15-16, 22-23 and 29-30. Admission is $15 at the door. southernliving.com/ home-garden/custombuilder-showcase
Urban Chic: Houston artist Chris Silkwood has curated a one-day show, Urban Chic, at Clarke & Associated Art & Consulting in the Heights, 301 E. 11th. Scarves featuring the art of Silkwood as well as Amita Bhatt, Sharon Kopriva, Randall Mosman and Sherry Owens will be for sale. Other artist goods are: clothing by Onyii Brown, printed fabrics by Piyali Sen Dasgupta, jewelry by Nichole Dittman, Tarina Frank, Rene Henry and Kim Whittington, furniture by Eddie Hall, handmade shoes and furniture by Chad Kimball and handbags by Debra Linse. Hours: Noon-4 p.m. Sept. 22. clarkeassoc.com MA+DS Home Tour: Nine new modern homes will open for tours in the annual Modern Architecture + Design Society home tour. Featured homes are: 2212 Colquitt (studioMET); 6001 Charlotte (Builders West); 1214 W. Drew (MASA Studio Architects); 5336 McCulloch (refuGe Design Studio and Carnegie Homes); 5138 Glenmeadow (On Point Custom Homes); 5003 Glenmeadow (Hollenbeck Architects); 5519 Lynbrook (Origin Architects); 1306 Rosedale (Intexure Architects); and 4223 Whitman (Design DCA). Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 22. Tickets: $40 in advance, $50 on tour day; mads.media/ 2018houstonmht Weird Homes Tour: Forget traditional, modern or even midcentury, the third annual Weird Homes Tour features homes with artful, interesting and sometimes kooky interiors. A portion of the proceeds benefits New Hope Housing. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 6. Tickets start at $32. weirdhomestour.com
AIA Houston Home
Tour: One of Houston’s most interesting architecture tours, the annual AIA Houston Home Tour, will open seven architectdesigned homes all over Houston. Featured architects are Cusimano Architect, Brett Zamore Design, Intexure Architects, Dillon Kyle Architects, studioMET, RD Architecture and JT ARC Studio. Hours: Noon-6 p.m. Oct. 20-21. Tickets are $25 by Oct. 17 or $35 the weekend of the tour. Children age 12 and younger are $15; singlehome tickets are $10. aiahouston.org Good Brick Tour: Preservation Houston’s annual home tour that showcases the local homes and buildings honored in their annual awards has moved to a fall schedule. Among the homes is the Ewart H. Lightfoot House, built in 1921 in the Audubon Place Historic District. Lightfoot was a local builder who included an intercom system and featured a fireplace made of Houston Ship Channel ballast stones. Coming Oct. 27-28. preservation houston.org