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NOVEMBER | PAGE 75 | 2015 and a bar with a fold-out table for the kitchen, along with other metal furniture pieces for the house. The couple's extensive contemporary art collection, which focuses on Texas artists, includes works commissioned expressly for the new spaces, such as an iconic Lace painting by Mark Flood over the master bed, an untitled resin work by Paul Fleming that dances along the kitchen wall and a bayou photograph on aluminum by Geoff Winningham in the dining room. Houston photographer Phyllis Hand's images in the bedroom pay homage to the magnolia trees that bloom along the bayou below. To keep things clean and uncluttered, much of the couple's art collection is in storage, and they've put a hold on collecting anything new. Such are the sacrifices of a minimalist mindset, but for Barbara Hill and her clients, less means more. "It feels really good once you get rid of things," Hill says. "It's peaceful, and without so much stuff piled around, you can finally see how beautiful that one antique chair is." In the dining room, antique Italian walnut table from Chateau Domingue. Arne Jacobsen Series 7 chairs. Louis Poulsen lighting pendant. Vase is a flea-market find from Santa Fe. In the library, custom steel bookcase by George Sacaris. Chairs are vintage Ettore Sottsoss, repurposed by Barbara Hill for her company, Pulpoetry. Saarinen coffee table. Claire Cusack wall sculpture, Drought. In the kitchen, stainless-steel island, shelves, cabinet handles and cantilevered table built by George Sacaris. Small sofa from High Fashion Home. Paul Fleming 2014 Untitled commission. Helen Altman's Old English Rooster, 2002.