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HIGHLIGHTS: • At Internum, Michael S. Smith's wise words on what to invest in: "comfort and a paint job." • At Chateau Domingue, Martyn Lawrence Bullard, regaling fans with tales of designing celebrity homes, cautioned us to never lacquer in the summer. (He learned this the hard way in his Palm Springs home.) • Mark D. Sikes admiring his new furniture collection for Henredon for the first time (the real thing, not samples) at Meredith O'Donnell Fine Furniture. • Martyn Lawrence Bullard and Mark D. Sikes' charming chemistry as a hosting duo at the PaperCity Design Awards presentation. • Vicente Wolf and Madeline Stuart's frank conversation at David Sutherland, in which they heavily engaged the audience concerning the design business today, as well as the threats of disposable- design and knockoffs. • Realizing Texas is deeply blessed when it comes to luxury linen companies, with Biscuit Home, Hibiscus Linens, Jacquelyn Reese Appliqué Linens, Peacock Alley, and Tribute Goods all based in Texas, and all but Peacock Alley based in Houston. A bedding forum featured the newest collections, with luscious shoppable vignettes. • Rizzoli's Jessica Napp speaking on what to do — and not — re- garding getting a book published (copious notes were taken by all). • The Gables ShowFlats @ TXDW, two fully designed show apartments in Gables that Jamie House Design and Jawda and Jawda executed flawlessly (and made us want to grab the keys and move right in). SEEN: Designers and speakers Michael S. Smith, Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Vicente Wolf, Madeline Stuart, Mark D. Sikes, Drake/Anderson's Caleb Anderson, Ann Sacks' product manager Erin Heaton, Robert Leleux, Danielle Rollins, Florence de Dampierre, P. Gaye Tapp, Viyet CEO Elizabeth Brown, Carl Dellatore, Rizzoli's Jessica Napp (a trouper — she showed up with a broken foot), artist Joseph Havel, The Getty Research Institute's Dr. Rebecca Peabody, CAMH senior curator Valerie Cassel Oliver, Nina Magon, Katie Scott, Ronda Rice Carman, lighting designer/artist C. Damien Fox, interior/furniture designer Elizabeth Ingram, Biscuit Home's Bailey McCarthy, Hibiscus Linen's Mariana Barran, Jacquelyn Reese Appliqué Linen's Vanessa Walton, Longoria Collection's Cherry Damianoff and Sylvia Longoria Dorsey, Tribute Goods' Karen Pulaski, TXDW Ambassadors Marie Flanigan, Ben Johnston, Sarah and Saba Jawda; sponsors Ann and David Sutherland, Internum's Carla Munoz, Chateau Domingue's Ruth Gay, Found's Ruth Davis and Aaron Rambo, and Meredith O'Donnell; guests Paloma Contreras, Courtnay Tartt Elias, Windi Grimes, John Kidd, Dennis Brackeen, Jenna McPhail, Megan Hotze, Jorge Cantu, Michael Imber, Jonathan Glus, Amy McNally, Sarah Eilers, Letricia Wilbanks, Michael Mandola, Jennifer Barron, Shannon Mann, Linda Eyles, Marita Fairbanks, Sheri Roane, Suzanne Coppola, Ashlee Carter, Katherine Phelps, Denzil and Elise Hollingsworth, Adam Branscum, Barbara Hill, Elnaz Irby, Barbara Tartt, Stanton Scott, Richard Flowers, Angel Rios, Matt Whitaker, Cindy Lisica, Barbara Davis, and Gables West Avenue VP Darin Botelho. 142 TEXAS DESIGN WEEK HOUSTON WRAP UP (continued from page 140) Robert Leleux, Florence de Dampierre, Caleb Anderson, Danielle Rollins Ronda Carman at Design Confidential Vicente Wolf signing at Round Table Michael S. Smith, Elizabeth Brown at Internum Marcello Saenz, Diane Angel Adrian Duenas at Kartell Saba Jawda and Sarah Jawda at West Avenue Design Night P. Gaye Tapp at Found Design Confidential Lila Malone, Courtnay Tartt Elias at Internum Jonathon Glus, Jessica Napp at West Egg Barbara Davis, Penelope Marks Debra Linse at Lester Marks Mariana Barran at Luxury Bedding Mark D. Sikes Meredith O'Donnell Rachel Manning at Internum Stefanie & Manlo Elias at Kartell