Sherrell Neal Creates a Peaceful, Welcoming Home Informed by Art
The designer cleverly disguised awkward angles for an elegant space. Sherrell Design Studio
When Houston designer Sherrell Neal first set eyes on the 1997 house she and her husband would call home, it needed a lot of updating, admits the designer. Luckily, though, my husband and I both being in the design industry, we could see a lot of potential.
The biggest issue with the home besides some very old school Texas ornate wallpapering in places as unlikely as the bathroom was its awkward layout: There were a lot of weird angles, and kind of nightmare corners, laughs Neal. Plus, she says, there s nearly no storage.
Folks interested in exploring Local History are always on the lookout for sources of information. Newspapers and books are frequently the resources most often consulted, and in todayâs world many of them are as accessible as your personal computer. However, when conducting research do not overlook the value of a good map. Maps are just like photographs in that they capture very important details such as place names, roads, rivers and streams that existed when the map was drawn. Some maps have an added detail and provide family surnames and even show where they lived. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, several maps of Jefferson County were published, and each provides a precise record of our county and the cultural, natural, and physical details at the time that the map was produced. This series of maps affords the opportunity to see how Jefferson County has changed through timeâwhere roads used to be, how names are spelled, and who lived where. The Jeffers