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LANCE SELGO Dwell With Dignity Thrift Studio WELL- TOMED at Wisteria When it comes to discourse on home decoration, Lisa Newsome is fluent. As the founding editor of the shelter pub Veranda, she launches her latest, glossy-page project: The Houses of Veranda with a book signing Tuesday, May 8, at Wisteria, 11 to 2 pm and 4 to 6 pm. 6500 Cedar Springs Road, 214.350.3115. Christina Geyer Cheers for CHAIR-ITY STARK'S DESIGNER Duality Stark Carpet has revamped its concept and bequeathed our Dallas Design District with a new 14,000 square-foot, tothe-trade showroom and retail store combined. Stark Carpet on Slocum Street is part to-the-trade showroom, as it has been for 70 years, housing the highest caliber Aubussons and Tibetans, as well as contemporary patterns by design greats Alexa Hampton, Charlotte Moss and Howard Slatkin. The adjoined Stark Home is a modestly priced retail arm keeping retail hours, stocking discontinued and specially priced merchandise; more than 4,000 traditional, contemporary and antique area rugs; and more than 250 carpet remnants. 1103 Slocum St., 214.742.8252; stark-home.com. Rachael Abrams The pop-up shop Thrift Studio has opened inside the Dallas Design Center for a 30-day sale, with proceeds benefitting Dwell With Dignity. Here, one can peruse art, furniture and room vignettes created by the likes of Michelle Nussbaumer, Wisteria, Cadwallader Design, The Container Store, Horchow, Melissa Woody Interiors and even the folks from Austin's Uncommon Objects, who arranged a Marburger Farm-style space with antiques one would find at Round Top. Proceeds from the open-to-thepublic sale of these stellar furnishings — culled from designers, showrooms and shops such as David Sutherland Showroom, ID Collection, Antiques Moderne, Global Views, Emily Summers, Jan Showers and Laura Lee Clark — facilitate Dwell with Dignity's mission of installing home interiors via decorators and volunteers for families struggling with homelessness and poverty. Drop by Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am to 5:30 pm, and Sunday, noon to 5 pm, before the shop shutters on May 12. (The tony Culp Associates is its anchor neighbor and supporter.) 1250 Slocum St., Suite 550, 214.599.7974; thriftstudio.com. Rachael Abrams TIE One On Textile designer John Robshaw says his turbans are "the perfect dinner-party gift, as your host most likely does not have one." We couldn't agree more. Heck, buy one for every guest at dinner. Made in Jaipur of recycled quilt fabric, they're too chic for words. $40, at Stella Dallas, Mary Cates & Co.; through johnrobshaw.com. A BLUE (and Giving) MOOD A Chandelier FIT for FELLINI MATTS & RUGS Love anything with the word "bohemian." YSL, Talitha Getty in Morocco … we're so there in spirit. Matt Camron Rugs & Tapestries has added the bohemian tribal Moroccan Collection to its repertoire — a grouping of longer-nap, vibrantly patterned vintage wedding blankets traditionally gifted to brides for good luck and now repurposed as rugs. Need a perfectly matched pair or unusual size? Then custom reproductions of these one-of-a-kinds are what you need. At Matt Camron Rugs & Tapestries. CLAIRE McCORMACK PHOTOGRAPHY The otherworldly designer Philippe Starck and the crystal house of Baccarat have long been a high-profile pair. Starck spearheaded the decoration of Baccarat's extravagant Parisian headquarters — a private maison turned gallery, restaurant and boutique — and worked wonders on its fit-for-a-tsar Moscow home base. That said, when a collaborative piece from the outrageously lavish duo plus others lands stateside, the design flock comes running. Discerning aesthetes are swarming Scott + Cooner to lay eyes on a cinematic light fixture that stands 10 feet tall and boasts trimmings from pedigreed sources: The company that once created props for surrealist painter René Magritte produced the chandelier's umbrella accent; the boom stand from which it hangs is a reproduction of one used by master filmmaker Federico Fellini; and the punching-bag counterweight is made of rich Hermès leather and filled with the same beach sand that Baccarat uses to make its crystal. Procuring this limited-edition lumière (only 120 were made) will cost a cool $42,000 — a small price to pay for a well-lit work of art. 1617 Hi Line Dr., 214.748.9838; scottcooner.com. Christina Geyer Stella Dallas Scarves and carpets at Indigo Indigo, a recently opened home accessories store in West Village, stocks global decor such as fur pillows, woven rugs and homemade finds including jewelry and scarves, emblazoned with everything from Navajo-style designs to Persian-influenced patterns. Owner John Tracy, a transplant from Sun Valley, Idaho, finds inspiration from his travels and maintains his shop of socially conscious goods that provide work to craftsmen around the world. 3699 McKinney Ave., 208.390.5889; dallasindigo.com. Rachael Abrams Home SWEET Stella The three-and-a-half-year-old shop Stella Dallas has a stellar new address — an ivy-covered-brick showroom that once housed the interior design business of decorator Barry Williams. After shuttering her original Lovers Lane locale and moving to the Design District, owner Amber Frazee rethought the concept for Stella Dallas — now there's nary a stationery or gift-y item in sight — stocking heavy on home furnishings and ramping up her interior-consulting biz. The powderpink-walled space is decorated with a Dash & Albert rug, dozens of Ikatpatterned pillows, plus vintage storage consoles brimming with fabric samples by Quadrille, China Seas, Schumacher and more. Flanking the great room are two spacious nooks of note — one houses Missoni Home dressed floor-to-ceiling in the iconic chevron pattern, and the adjacent, with Lilly Pulitzer Home, is splashed with très preppy items. 1812 Market Center Blvd., 214.691.0000; shopstelladallas.com. Christina Geyer