RDH May Blog of the Month – Cote de Texas

When it comes to all-time favorite blogs, no list would be complete without Cote de Texas.  (In fact, it is probably at the top!)  So today, it is with great excitement I am proud to feature Cote de Texas as the RDH May Blog of the Month.

Joni Webb began Cote de Texas five years ago to “indulge her love of French antiques, French furniture, and anything else pertaining to France!”   Along the way she has introduced and educated so many people, including me, to the beauty of not only French design but to Belgian and Swedish design, European architecture, talented top designers, and so much more as well.

Joni’s posts are educational, inspiring, expertly researched, honest, detailed, beautifully written, opinionated, sometimes humorous, always interesting, and never superfluous – the list goes on and on.  Simply said, the best I have read.

 Top Ten Design Element (Curtains) via Cote de Texas

It was on Cote de Texas as part of Joni’s Top Ten Design Elements where I learned the virtues of linen, slipcovers, seagrass rugs, curtains, lighting, wall décor, and antiques.  Each post in this series delves into the details and reasons for each element and includes beautiful supporting pictures.  The list has not been completed yet so I am very interested to see what elements Joni chooses to add.

Top Ten Design Element (Linen) - By James Howard via Cote de Texas

Top Ten Design Element (Seagrass rugs) - By Jane Wood Interiors via Cote de Texas

Cote de Texas also gave most of us our first glimpse of designer Sally Wheat’s work including her famous and much copied, gray kitchen. 

Sally Wheat kitchen via Cote de Texas

 Sally Wheat living room via Cote de Texas

Sally recently changed her décor and Joni was the one who shared the gorgeous pictures of Sally’s newly reworked spaces.

Sally Wheat living room via Cote de Texas

Sally Wheat dining room via Cote de Texas

Besides authoring Cote de Texas, Joni is also an accomplished designer herself.  Below are a few of her projects and pictures of her own home.

As you can see many of her Top Design Elements have found their way into these beautiful spaces!

Finally, no Cote de Texas feature would be complete without also mentioning Joni’s generosity and incredible kindness.  She may not remember but she was one of the very first commentators on my blog.  I had just started Red Door Home and that one comment from Joni absolutely made my day and encouraged me to keep going.

For those of you who are not Cote de Texas followers I hope you will take the time to visit Joni’s incredible blog as there is so much more to see!   If you are already a follower, please be sure to leave a comment for Joni to thank her for all the dedication and hard work she puts into Cote de Texas.

As always, I wanted to thank Joni for allowing me to feature Cote de Texas today.  I truly am honored to be sharing her wonderful blog.