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"\n\n[#image: /photos/5eb2dd363c15ca361fa339a6]|||New offerings from Caitlin Wilson Design’s children’s collection, Cait Kids.|||\n\nTexas is full of great designers and makers, and new things are happening every day in the Lone Star State. To help you keep up with all the design news and goings-on in the area, AD PRO is here with what you need to know this week.\n\n# Product Launches\n**Caitlin Wilson Design Launches Children’s Line**\n\nDallas-based designer [Caitlin Wilson](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/how-to-mix-multiple-floral-patterns) has launched Cait Kids, a new line dedicated to [children’s spaces](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/high-design-kids-furniture). The collection, which encompasses bedding, pillows, rugs, wallpaper, furniture, art, and playhouses, showcases whimsical patterns designed by Wilson in soft blues and pinks. The products are available through her [website](https://caitlinwilson.com/pages/cait-kids).\n\n“We are in very unusual and uncertain times right now—we’re spending all day, every day at home with our families, which is equally wonderful and challenging,” Wilson tells AD PRO. “We thought it was actually the perfect time to share our vision for [children’s](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kids-room-design) spaces. We believe that our homes are our sanctuaries, and children’s rooms in particular should be a safe haven where they can explore, create, and imagine.”\n\n# Openings\n**Manready Mercantile Debuts “BYOB” Hand Sanitizer Bar**\n\nHouston Heights–based Manready Mercantile, which has reopened under Governor Abbott’s latest guidelines for businesses, launched a “BYOB”—or bring your own bottle—hand sanitizer bar. The shop has the sanitizer and filling machine, but lacks enough bottles, according to *[CW39 News](https://cw39.com/morning-dose/wheres-maggie/heights-shop-prepares-to-reopen-for-customers-on-may-1st/)*. Shoppers can replenish their supply for a low cost. The store is also offering shoppers masks and gloves to ensure their safety.\n\n**Dallas Market Center Reopens**\n\n[Dallas Market Center](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/does-the-dallas-market-center-have-the-solution-to-design-center-woes) has reopened, while implementing rigorous health and safety measures. The [design center](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/dallas-market-center-temporarily-closes-the-ceh-hosts-sale-and-more-news-in-texas) is confident that because of the layout of the space—which features open areas, large entryways, and more—guests can safely socially distance themselves while shopping. In terms of future programming, the Total Home & Gift Market will now take place August 19 to 25, followed by the Apparel & Accessories Market, KidsWorld, and the Dallas Western Market.\n\n# Preservation\n**River Oaks Boulevard Beautification Project Commences**\n\nThe River Oaks Foundation announced the commencement of the first phase of the River Oaks Boulevard Beautification Project. Three esplanades will have endcaps paved in reclaimed Cedar Bayou bricks with colorful rose gardens bordering them. In a letter to River Oaks residents, River Oaks Foundation president Susanne Pritchard and treasurer and campaign chairman Chris O’Sullivan wrote, “As a matter of interest, the design elements of the plan closely mimic the original boulevard landscape plan as conceived and installed in the 1930s.” The campaign is privately funded and currently seeking additional funds for phase two.\n\n+++inset-left\n\n[#externallink: /externallinks/5db20af5868e940009b6f6f7]|||Become an AD PRO Member|||\n\n+++\n\n# Real Estate\n**New Oak Lawn Mixed-Use Project Begins Construction**\n\nA mixed-use project, designed by Dallas architecture firm GFF, broke ground in Oak Lawn this week. The project is located next to the Melrose Hotel and will have 6,000 square feet of retail with six floors of rental apartments above, according to the *[Dallas Morning News](https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2020/05/05/construction-starts-on-oak-lawn-retail-and-apartment-project/)*.\n\n# Events\n**ICAA Texas Hosts Free Instagram Webinar**\n\nICAA Texas hopes to take the mystery out of Instagram by hosting a complimentary webinar with video strategist Sheryl Plouffe on May 8 at 12 p.m. The one-hour live training session, “Increase Your Authority and Income with Instagram,” will instruct architects how to build an online presence. Those interested can RSVP for the webinar [here](https://www.classicist.org/calendar/events/webinar-icaa-instagram).\n\n# Awards\n**Houston Design Firm Nominated for James Beard Foundation Award**\n\nHouston-based design firm Flywheel Co. has been named a finalist for the James Beard Foundation’s annual awards. The firm is nominated in the restaurant design category for the Spoonbill Watering Hole & Restaurant in Lafayette, Louisiana. The winners will be announced on September 25 in Chicago.\n\n"
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