The fall design events begin this week with La Petite Maison

Design edge

Think of Design Edge September 13-14 as a smaller combination of High Point Furniture Market and the KBIS kitchen and bath event that goes all the way to major metro areas, including Houston. They include home goods manufacturers such as Hooker Furnishings, Palask, Vanguard Furniture, Sherrill Furniture and Hudson Valley Lighting Group, with kitchen/bath brands Cambria, Cosentino, Miele and Monogram all under one roof. It’s a great opportunity for design industry professionals who can’t take the time or spend the money to go to big trade shows out of town. Each vendor will have their own experts on hand to talk about the new products.
Information: 9am-6pm on September 13, and 10am-3:30pm on September 14 on the third floor of the George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de las Americas. Trade only; Submission is free

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Fall Showcase of Home and Outdoor Living in Montgomery County

On September 16-17, Texwood Shows will host the Montgomery County Fall Home and Outdoor Living Show at the Lone Star Convention Center. The event brings together dozens of home goods suppliers and home remodeling experts under one roof. Montgomery County master gardeners can answer your gardening questions, B&A Tree Farm can sell you trees at wholesale prices and other vendors can make you a quote on installing a new patio or landscape. The same goes for the inside of your home, where sellers offer windows, furnishings and every type of home repair you can imagine. I’ll be one of the featured speakers, speaking Sunday afternoon about trends in kitchen and bathroom remodeling, and Reagan Phillips of Cure the Chaos and Bryson Janecek of Build Green Custom Homes are two more on the long list of speakers you can listen to for free.

Information: 9am-6pm on September 16 and 10am-5pm on September 17 at the Lone Star Convention Center, 9055 Airport, Conroe. Tickets are $8 online and $10 at the door, and kids 12 and under get in free; texwoodshows.com

Autumn Design Week

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The Houston Design District’s annual Fall Design Week begins October 9-12 with an invitation-only party with celebrated designer Vicente Wolf and continues for three days of events, including book talks and signings by local designers Nina Magon and Paloma Contreras. A panel with designer Mary Lambrakos, Rebecca Bredthauer of Sicardi Gallery and architect Kirby Mears; and a lecture on Sustainability in Design and Construction by Kirksey Architects. The final day is filled with Access Design events, with designer Mary Patton talking about renovating and restoring her Paul Laszlo-designed mid-century home in Old Presswood, and designer Linda Isles and architect Michael Hsu talking about the designer-architect collaboration.

Information: 5:30-7:30pm on October 9; 9:30am – 2:30pm on October 10; 10 a.m. until Oct. 11; 9:30am – 1:30pm Individual event tickets are $20-$50, VIP tickets are $150 by October 5 and $175 after that; Falldesignweek2023.eventbrite.com.

La Petite Maison gala and fundraiser

Interior designer Alexandra Kilian has launched the La Petite Maison fundraiser to help Hospice for Cancer Families, which provides temporary accommodation for people visiting the city to care for cancer patients. Last year’s gala was the first to raise $150,000 for dollhouses designed by Houston interior designers. This year’s lineup includes architect Nadia Palacios as the dollhouse shell designer, along with Amanda Medsger of Medsger Studio, Aryn Guillory of Oyster Creek Studios, Billy McCarthy of Biscuit Home, Emily Spanos of Emily June Designs, and Hattie Sparks of Hattie Sparks Collins, Illa. Gaunt and Natalie Steen of Illa Gaunt Art and fashion newsletter Nat Note, respectively, Katie Davis of Katie Davis Design and Paloma Contreras of Paloma Contreras Design and Paloma & Co., each decorating a different dollhouse. It’s amazing to see the finished products; Fabric and wallpaper manufacturers have shrunk patterns to dollhouse size, and Houston-based Visual Comfort is making 3D-printed miniature installations.
Information: 6:30-9:30 p.m., Oct. 12 at the Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane. Tickets start at $175 per person; petitemaisongala.com

View Houston Fall Home

This home show, held October 20-22 at the NRG Center, attracts visitors from all over the city to vendors offering goods and services inside and outside the home. One of the speakers is the very entertaining Patrick Richardson, who manages to make the laundry process fun and interesting. The Made in Texas Marketplace showcase features handcrafted goods and products from small businesses across the state. There’s also a gym, so you (or your spouse) can check on any games you might be worried about missing.

Information: 11am – 7pm on October 20th. 10am-7pm October 21 and 11am-6pm October 22 at the NRG Center. Tickets are $8 through Oct. 19, and $10 at the show. Children 16 and under enter free; houstonfallhomeshow.com

Eastwood’s 25th Annual Headline Tour

Six homes in Eastwood, one of the city’s oldest master-planned communities, will be open to the public on the East End District’s 2023 Eastwood Master Tour from October 21-22. The neighborhood dates back to the early 1900s and features architectural styles popular during the 1930s and 1940s, including Craftsman, Arts and Crafts, Mission, and others with Prairie Style influences.
Information: Noon-5pm October 21-22; Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 during the event; eastwoodcivicassociation.org

AIA Houston Home Tour

With Eggersmann USA as its sponsor, the 2023 AIA Houston Home Tour from October 21-22 will feature homes designed by eight architects: 2scale Architects, studioMET Architects, Dillon Kyle Architects, HR Design Department, Collaborative Design Group, Inflection Architecture, m+ a architecture studio and Intexure Architects. This is the most anticipated home tour in the city and usually attracts around 3,000 visitors.
Information: Noon-6pm October 21-22. Tickets are $15-$40; aiahouston.org

Texas Antiques Week

Washington and Fayette counties come alive every October when antique dealers flock from all over the world to satiate our insatiable appetite for antique and antique home goods, and maybe grab a slice of pie from Royer’s Café while we’re there. The two largest venues are the Original Roundabout Antiques Show (October 23-28) and the Marburger Farm Antiques Show (October 24-28), but don’t overlook the smaller venues like Blue Hills, The Complex, or other vendors that open on October 14 or even earlier on The length of Texas 237 between Brenham and LaGrange.

Information: From October 14 to 28, hours vary by location; exploreroundtop.com

Flowers Magazine Exhibition

Houston interior designers Benjamin Johnston of Benjamin Johnston Design and Veronica Solomon of Casa Vilora Interiors are two of the 15 designers participating in the 2023 Flower Magazine Showhouse November 3-26 in Baton Rouge, LA. The 6,000-square-foot Georgian-style home was designed and built by Ivy Residential Concepts in the city’s Goodwood Estate neighborhood, and the grounds will be landscaped by Reich Landscape Architecture. The house will be filled with arrangements made by several floral designers. A portion of ticket sales will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Information: November 3-26; Tickets are $40 at flowermag.com/showhouse

Good round of bricks

The Houston Conservancy’s annual Good Brick Tour unearths some of the city’s best examples of historic homes. The 10th annual event in November will feature five homes, all of which received Good Brick Awards as restoration projects. They range from a notable historic home in Houston Heights to a mid-century modern gem in Ayrshire, near Braeswood Place.
Information: Noon-5 p.m., November 4-5; Ticket information has not yet been posted on Preservationhouston.org