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    Home Tour

    Industrial restaurant style gives this Dallas home some funky flavor

    Kathleen McCleary, Houzz
    Jul 18, 2017 | 9:17 am
    Houzz Dallas house
    The homeowners plan to install a drop-down movie screen over the red doors on the guest house, so they can sit in the fire pit area and watch movies outdoors.
    Photo by Charles Davis Smith

    When a local restaurateur approached architect Laura Baggett and told her that he wanted a house “with the same flavor” as his restaurants, she was hooked.

     

    “He didn’t want a big house,” Baggett says, “but he wanted to explore how to make it different and funky.”

     

    The project, in Dallas’ Knox Street neighborhood, involved tearing down an older house on the property that hadn’t been lived in for several years and then building something new on the long, skinny lot.

     

     Houzz at a glance:
     Who lives here: A couple who own several local restaurants
     Location: Dallas
     Size: Main house, 1,845 square feet (171 square meters), including finished basement; one bedroom, 1.5 bathrooms. Guesthouse, 440 square feet (40.9 square meters); one bedroom, one bathroom
     Architect: Laura Baggett of Domiteaux + Baggett Architects

     

    Baggett designed a steel column and steel trellis structure that includes a swing. “It’s like a traditional front porch, yet it’s not,” she says.

     

    The exterior brick is reclaimed brick purchased locally. The construction of the house, by Robert Hopson Construction Group, also includes steel trusses, wood siding, and more brick on the interior.

     

     Siding 101: The Top 9 Materials to Use

     

    The cutouts flanking the painted wood door allow light to flood into the living room beyond.

     

    The clients wanted a wood-burning fireplace, so Baggett’s brother, a metal fabricator, created the steel fireplace hood. The writing on the hood is notes from the metal shop — details about the project and the homeowners. “We liked the way it looked, so we just left it,” Baggett says.

     

    The powder room is on the other side of the aquarium, just inside the front door. To the left of the aquarium is a secret door that opens to a staircase leading to the basement. When the door is closed, it’s invisible. It opens with the turn of a film reel attached to the door.

     

    One objective: to have the house open up to the backyard and create a “sort of beer garden,” Baggett says. The detached guest suite at the far end of the yard helps make the home feel as if it uses the entire property. Two giant garage doors open the living area to the backyard. They fold up, not roll up, which gave the architects more flexibility in where to install interior lighting.

     

    The cocktail sign was a find by the homeowners, who wanted “an industrial-looking bar,” Baggett says.

     

    The bar itself is made of warehouse shelves that Baggett found and “beat up to look old.” The wheel-and-pulley contraption at the left end of the bar is a working dumbwaiter. “The client found it and said, ‘I want this in my house,’” Baggett says. “So we had to get it working.” The dumbwaiter goes down to the basement “man cave.”

     

    The kitchen island is reclaimed wood from a local shop. The sink is stainless steel; cabinets are gray plastic laminate with a high-gloss finish. “We wanted something a little different than normal, and it felt like the right material to use there,” Baggett says.

     

    The basement, which is 468 square feet, is a “media room, card-playing room, hangout, fun space,” Baggett says. The walls and floor are concrete, and are the actual structural surfaces of the basement. The ceiling is reclaimed wood that the homeowner found.

     

     Unique Media Room Basement Ideas

     

    A window well behind the red velvet curtains allows some light in and provides an egress window out. A film projector on the ceiling plays movies on the opposite wall, and a karaoke stage in the corner offers more opportunity for entertainment. The builder made the wine rack at the client’s request; the client also commissioned the velvet paintings.

     

    A small space connecting the two rectangles of the main house is an office and retreat.

     

    The master bathroom includes penny tile, brick, steel trusses, and reclaimed wood. The homeowners wanted no drywall anywhere in the house, so all the walls are brick or wood siding, and most of the wood is reclaimed.

     

    Landscape architect Shane Garthoff of Garthoff Design designed and installed the backyard features. The windmill was another find by the homeowners that they wanted to incorporate into their new home.

     

     Porch Swings to Fun Up Your Home

     

    The homeowners plan to install a drop-down movie screen over the red doors on the guest house, so they can sit in the fire pit area with friends and watch movies outdoors in the summer.

     

    Baggett’s biggest challenge: the rotating brick pizza oven on the far left side of the kitchen and dining room. The homeowners wanted to be able to start the fire with the oven facing outside, so heat from the oven wouldn’t blast the house in the summer, but then wanted the oven to rotate into the kitchen once the fire was going for easy access. The flue also rotates.

     

    The clients wanted a wood-burning fireplace.

    Houzz Dallas house
      
    Photo by Charles Davis Smith
    The clients wanted a wood-burning fireplace.
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    Shopping Time

    Where to shop in Dallas right now: 6 new stores and finds for July

    Raven Jordan
    Jul 8, 2025 | 12:37 pm
    Barbie's House
    Barbie's House
    Barbie's House

    Summer can often be sleepy when it comes to new store openings, but summer 2025 is not taking a break. This edition of Where to Shop, CultureMap's monthly column of shops and sales, has six new finds, dominated by home decor stores, but also new clothing brands and collections.

    Here's where to shop in Dallas in July 2025:

    Aroma 360
    Home and office fragrance store at Galleria Dallas carries automatic diffusers, reed diffusers, car scents, candles, and sprays. They have a brand new Miami collection, featuring notes like bergamot, pineapple, driftwood, and grapefruit. One signature item is the Mini Pro Scent Diffuser, a $300 automatic diffuser that uses waterless and heatless technology to scent up to 600 square feet.

    Barbie's House
    Barbie Clariday originally founded a home furnishings store in 1999 to serve Houston clients. Now 25 years later, her daughter Jennifer Brown has opened a spinoff in Prosper, offering the same mix of fine furniture, home accessories, gifts, and design services where they'll help find the perfect decorative item or furnish an entire home. They sell bed comforter sets, pillows, chairs, and gifts from brands like Oh My Mahjong and B's Knees candles.

    Conrad Shades
    Luxury window shades brand is now available exclusively inside the Holly Hunt showroom in the Design District. Holly Hunt carries the full catalogue of 150 woven designs, including the recently launched Japanese-inspired Shibui Collection. Highlights include the Indigo and Sakuru shades, crafted from recycled denim fibers, and the Kata shade, which evokes the dying and weaving traditions of Japan.

    OmniThreads 
    Dallas-based clothing brand inspired by spirituality, Greek mythology, and the zodiac is online only, where it sells T-shirts, hoodies, dad hats, and kids shirts. Here's where to get T-shirts for every sign of the Zodiac, from Aries to Pisces, rendered in vivid, graffiti-esque designs and colors. They have an eco-friendly mission, using biodegradable packaging and paperless receipts.

    Sephora
    Beauty chain has opened a location in Allen at the Allen Premium Outlets, next to the Kate Spade store. It's a regular Sephora store, not an outlet, which stocks the usual assortment of cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, and makeup from Glossier, Makeup by Mario, and Summer Fridays. There is no shortage of Sephora locations with 30 in the DFW area including Galleria Dallas, Preston Royal, and Willow Bend in Plano.

    Weekend Academy
    Walmart’s newest private fashion brand fills a space in the fashion market for Gen Alpha, ages 7-14. The tween-specific clothing brand features 65 clothing items for girls and boys including denim, graphic tees, fleece, skirts and dresses, footwear, and accessories, with a majority of items available under $15 and many under $10. Weekend Academy joins Walmart's two other clothing brands for younger shoppers: Wonder Nation brand for kids and No Boundaries brand for Gen Z teens and young adults.

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