Far Pavilions: Far From Ordinary

Name: Far Pavilions

Double-Arched Mughal Compound Doors with Brass Studs

Owner: Ritika & Sumit Bhasin

Address:         20425 Katy Freeway
        Katy, TX 77450

Website:         www.farpavilions.com

Price Range: $$ - $$$

Trade
Consideration: Yes





What You’ll find:

One of a kind furniture, accessories, linens, and art imported from India, Nepal, Peru, and a host of other countries. Many of the pieces are antiques or are assembled from salvaged elements to Ritika’s specifications by artisans, while others are restored to their former glory prior to sale. Ritika travels to India and beyond multiple times each year in search of treasures to bring home to Texas.

Toss Pillows in silk and patchwork fabrics atop a Kantha Quilt

Large bookcases and armoires are often constructed from the lintels of an antique Indian doorway, or the arch of a compound’s gates, combined with fine carving salvaged from doorways, windows, and pieces of furniture. Most of the pieces incorporate peacocks and sacred lotus flowers, two of India’s national symbols. Indian linens include place mats, table runners, toss pillows, bedspreads and kantha quilts, and embroidered silk curtains in bright jewel tones. The toss pillows’ fronts can be assembled from multiple dresses from various regions in India, or wool paisley scarves and blankets; paisley blankets in high-quality wool are also on offer.

Hand Carved & Painted Jharoka w/ Brass Chains

Other nations are represented alongside India’s wares. New Peruvian pieces include wooden dining tables and dining sets that are coated in gesso and hand-painted. Ritika imports traditional ceramics from a potter in Spain.


Why You Should Go:

Ritika and her husband, Sumit, know everything there is to know about their wares, whether it’s the provenance behind a pair of doors waiting for you to install them at your home, or the portion of the bodice used to construct a toss pillow. You can also buy a pavilion from Far Pavilions, purchase intricately beaded tapestries to add a jolt of color to your walls, and know that no one else will have the piece you’re purchasing.  The artisans that once created the carved doorways and window shutters are long gone, and their current carvers are nowhere near as talented, especially since the craft is dying out in India.

Pair of Large Hand-Carved &
Painted Horse

Antique Teak Temple &
Statue of "Good Luck" Ganesha

Antique Teak Temple &
Armoire of Carved Antique Door & Lintels

CLEARANCE SALE at Janet Wiebe Antiques!

DO WE HAVE NEWS FOR YOU!!!

Janet Wiebe Antiques is having an End of the Year Clearance Sale, beginning 

tomorrow, November 8, and ending on Thursday November 10!

And this isn't some rinky-dink clearance sale, either: Janet Wiebe's ENTIRE inventory is 40% off! FORTY PERCENT!!!!

Needless to say, this is the perfect time to snag a Gustavian commode for the guest room, or a buffet to showcase that perfect turkey you'll be cooking.

In order to take advantage of this steal-of-a-deal, get yourself to

1001 West 34th Street

Houston, TX 77018

Sale begins Tuesday Nov. 8 and runs through Thursday Nov. 10 from 10-5.

Back Row Home: At the Head of the Class

Name:                          Back Row Home        

Assorted new & antique creamware with vintage pitchers

Owner:                         Tracey Shingledecker

                                    Kelly O’Donnell

                                    Leighton Hale

Neighborhood:               The Villages

Address:                        8570 Katy Freeway #111

                                   Houston TX, 77024

Hours:                           Mon-Fri 10-5

                                    Sat 10-4

Website:                       backrowhome.com

Price Range:                   $$$

Four Piece French Screen,  Linen Upholstered Daybed,  Mutton Leg Dining Chairs, Pottery Lamps, & Petite Cabinets

What You’ll Find:

One half of the building holds an assortment of antique and vintage pieces where Mid Century Modern sofas coexist with Art Deco lounge chairs and antique bistro chairs. Gustavian commodes are topped by elegant gold-framed mirrors that reflect industrial bookshelves laden with new cream-ware and antique porcelain, and industrial lighting mingles with crystal chandeliers. The other half of the shop holds an assortment of Pinecone Hill bedding and Dash & Albert rugs (so you can binge on Annie Selke). Caspari paper goods and casual tableware are tucked into a corner behind the bedding, along with gifts running the gamut from “Weekend Waterford” – aka Styrofoam embossed with colorful bon mots – to design books.

Assorted Antique Hotel Silver

Why You Should Go:

The owners go on buying trips to Europe, then bring the wonders of France, Spain, and Germany back for our enjoyment, all upholstered in natural linen. The best part? You could put anything in this shop into almost any room or house, and it would be beautiful. Just something to keep in mind while you attend their next book signing event.

Pinecone Hill Bedding, Dash & Albert Rugs, Painted Gustavian Dressers

Butterfly Specimens in Linen-Lined Shadowboxes

Antique Doors, Shutters, & Carvings

Kirby Antiques: Extravagant Eclecticism

Name:                           Kirby Antiques

Antique Venetian Octagonal Mirror and Detail

Owner:                          Blake Karambis

Neighborhood:               Upper Kirby / River Oaks

Address:                        2927 Ferndale

                                    Houston, TX 77098

Website:                       http://www.kirbyantiques.com/

                                   https://www.1stdibs.com/dealers/kirby-antiques/

Price Range:                   $$$-$$$$

What You’ll Find:     

Beidermeier commodes, a forest of Murano glass table lamps, Neo-Classical garden urns, and more Venetian mirrors than you can shake a stick at. Seating options range from an orange mid-century settee to 19^th C. Gustavian Bergeres, and back to modern wingbacks that scream Gio Ponti. A graceful Art Deco Macassar desk holds its own against an 18^th C. Spanish dining table, with gilt tole palm tree sculpture à la Maison Jansen in the corner. Regardless of its provenance, everything at Kirby Antiques is a treat for the eye.

                 

Mid-Century Blue Murano Lamp flanked by Acrylic Lamps,
Glass Art Deco Box & Painting above
 French Brass & Glass Console c. 1960

Pair of Venetian Neo-Classical Painted Pedestals c. 1900-1920
 Italian Lava Glazed Pottery Lamps
French Louis XV-XVI Style Painted Dining Chairs
French Art Deco Stone Jardinières

Why You Should Go:

It’s a treasure-trove of disparate styles that come together harmoniously. Kirby Antiques is very much a result of Blake Karambis’s design philosophy: If you love it, then it will work. Once you step inside Kirby Antiques, you’ll truly understand what he means, as Mid-Century Modern coexists happily alongside 18^th C. Venetian and Neo-Classical.

Tall Cobalt Murano Glass Lamps, Barovier MCM Murano Glass Lamp (center),
Pair of Golden Murano Glass Lamps, 18th C. Ebonized Louis XVI Commode
MCM Gilt Iron Sunburst Mirror

Murano Glass Mirror c. 1940

DesignHouse - More Than You Can Imagine!

Acrylic Klismos Chair 

Name:                     Design House

Owner:                    Connie LeFevre

Neighborhood:          Houston Design Center

Address:                   7026 Old Katy Road

                              Suite 155

                              Houston, TX 77024

                                   

Website:                 DesignHouseTX.com

Price Range:             $$-$$$$

What You’ll Find:     

A dazzling array of products for every room of your home, including outdoor rooms. DesignHouse is both a showroom and a design firm, so they can help you design your home and source the pieces you need to bring your design scheme to life. The showroom offers multiple price points, and carries everything from Sherill furniture – with one of each chair type so you can test how they “sit”! – to mineral specimens. Along with a wide array of performance fabrics (i.e. Perennials & Sunbrella), DesignHouse offers NanoTex textile coatings to make that stunning chenille kid-proof. DesignHouse offers custom bedding, multiple custom carpet manufacturers and an array of art, both decorative and collector-quality.

DesignHouse has existed as a design firm for over 35 years, with a showroom since 2002. The staff can act as extension of your professional design team and offers special consideration for design professionals.

 

Vignette of blue & white pottery and settee upholstered in blue striped ivory linen

Why You Should Go:

Niermann Weeks chandeliers glisten overhead, along with one-of-a-kind fixtures, like 19^th C. Spanish lanterns, retrofitted for your foyer. For high-rise dwellers, DesignHouse offers realistic faux boxwood hedges and other plants, so you don’t have to water them or worry about wind damage. You can buy weather resistant lamps and paintings for your outdoor living room, and the weatherproof furniture they rest on.

There’s a Hall of Mirrors (okay, it’s a Conference Room of Mirrors) to give you an idea of the styles available for order. And to top it all off, owner Connie makes occasional buying trips to Europe to stock up on the antiques scattered around the showroom. (Don’t forget to go upstairs!) Plan to have a long time to browse: we had to make four rounds through the showroom before we really saw everything.

Plan to take your time as you explore DesignHouse, or spread the visits out over a couple of days, because a trip to Design House is an overwhelmingly beautiful experience.

Collection of early 20th C. hat forms

Rattan & linen upholstered chair