{"id":234101,"date":"2025-09-17T15:19:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/234101\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T15:19:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:19:16","slug":"houston-homes-go-bold-with-color-and-texture-this-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/234101\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston homes go bold with color and texture this autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tucked away in an adorable collective of jewel box boutique spaces for local independent businesses sits Hunt & Bloom<\/strong><\/a>. This blink-and-you\u2019ll-miss-it shop is a fantastical emporium of all things kitsch. In just under three years, proprietor Will Hunt Lewis, with his encyclopedic knowledge of all things interiors, has made himself indispensable to Houston\u2019s top designers \u2014 the designer\u2019s designer, if you will.<\/p>\n

A long and storied career in buying and merchandising for top brands like Jonathan Adler<\/a>, One Kings Lane<\/a>, and Kravet<\/a>, as well as a successful store and events business in his home state of Mississippi, primed Lewis for his current position as the authority in well-curated taste. Lewis is often called upon to contribute to blue chip design media outlets such as Martha Stewart Living, House Beautiful, Architectural Digest, Veranda, Southern Living, Forbes, and more, and Houstonians should revel in the thought that we get to keep him right in our backyard.<\/p>\n

A single visit to Hunt & Bloom will make any and every maximalist feel right at home. The shop is a delightfully-tiny wonder, but hours pass like minutes while discovering everything from majolica oyster plates to weathered vintage garden gnomes. One thing\u2019s for sure: this shop is no sparse, gallery-chic showroom, and Lewis wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m more, is more, is more, is more,\u201d Lewis says of his quirky, off-the-beaten-path boutique. \u201cI love color! I am the opposite of that kind of \u2018California Cool\u2019 aesthetic, even though it\u2019s gorgeous. I love a beautiful, natural linen sofa, and I love neutrals and that sort of thing. I tried to be a minimalist, and sleek and cool in one of my NYC apartments. That lasted for about five minutes \u2014 and that\u2019s just how it is.\u201d <\/p>\n

A designer\u2019s designer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Antique and vintage finds nestle among capsule collections from makers both stateside and across the pond. Stately coffee table books, candles, trays, matchbooks, and a plethora of beautifully-made ceramics and barware fill every nook and cranny, floor-to-ceiling shelving, and antique buffets and tabletops in this classically-moody space.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love to mix in new with old,\u201d Lewis tells CultureMap. \u201cThat\u2019s what I wanted this store to be about, mastering the mix of incorporating old pieces with new pieces.\u201d <\/p>\n

This masterful mix of old and new is what keeps top Houston designers clamoring for Lewis\u2019 wares. Taking place quarterly, his wildly popular Tastemakers on the Hunt<\/a> series invites in-demand designers like Creative Tonic\u2019s<\/a> Courtnay Tartt Elias, Kara Childress<\/a>, and former Luxe Interiors editor Paulette Pearson<\/a> to curate capsule collections from the store\u2019s inventory that fans may then shop online. Lewis\u2019 next tastemaker is none other than Nashville-based designer, author, and internet personality Stephanie Sabbe<\/a>, who has over 80,000 Instagram followers.<\/p>\n

Helping homeowners<\/strong><\/p>\n

Those familiar with the successful Hunt & Bloom website can attest that the store carries decor, gifts, and trinkets for any budget \u2014 the same can be said for the store. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs a merchant or courier, I want to have things that anyone can come here and buy,\u201d says Lewis. \u201cSo whether you\u2019re looking for aspirational, or entry-level, I\u2019ve got a price point where you\u2019re not going to come in and say: \u2018This is not for me.\u2019 I never want someone to feel like that. There is really a reason that I have the things that I have; I want someone to come in and pick up anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

All too often, homeowners struggle with the task of filling shelves, bookcases, China cabinets, and even coffee tables in a way that appears studied, thoughtful, and well-traveled. Hunt & Bloom offers shoppers the opportunity to have Lewis curate these spaces in a way that appears both lived-in and personal, finding the perfect pieces to complement cherished family heirlooms and collectibles that may have lost their pride of place.<\/p>\n

An advocate for what he has coined \u201cthe art of slow decorating,\u201d Lewis laments that homeowners feel pressure to buy items for the sake of filling spaces as quickly as possible: \u201cIf you have built-ins, they don\u2019t have to be full right away.\u201d The all-too-common practice of making a Supermarket Sweep through the local Home Goods is not something that Lewis believes benefits anyone, much less a home\u2019s interior design goals. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat does that do besides fill space,\u201d he says. The notion prompts Lewis to recall a quotation that was displayed in the corporate offices of Jonathan Adler in NYC: \u201cDon\u2019t buy it if your heirs won\u2019t fight over it!\u201d So, filling spaces with meaningless items is deemed a bad investment of both time and resources. \u201cWho\u2019s going to be fighting over all that stuff,\u201d asks Lewis. \u201cNobody. So take your time and find pieces that you love, not pieces that you have to have right now because it has to be done \u2014 because you don\u2019t actually have to.\u201d <\/p>\n

In addition to furniture and decor for every day, Lewis goes all out for the holidays. While Christmas is when holiday staples such as Spode<\/a> and Radko<\/a> are out in full force, he makes sure to stock party supplies, gifts, and decorations for shorter-lived celebrations like Valentine\u2019s Day. Currently, the shop is full of fervor for Fall! Velvet pumpkins, pheasant feathers, and a dedicated \u201cSpooky Shop\u201d of vintage-inspired table decor are ready to adorn new terrains.<\/p>\n

Hunt & Bloom welcomes the community to enjoy their recurring book signing events, artisan pop-up shops, and floral workshops. Also worth checking out is their new collaboration with Helenita Home<\/a>. The store is also a top three finalist for a coveted ARTS Award<\/strong><\/a> for Best Home Accents Store for the Western US Region \u2014 impressive! <\/p>\n

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Hunt & Bloom is located at 2600 Persa Street, Houston, TX, 77098.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tucked away in an adorable collective of jewel box boutique spaces for local independent businesses sits Hunt &…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":234102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[125891,4179,4345,87014,358,1061,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-234101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-autumnal-decor","9":"tag-home-design","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houzz","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-trends","14":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115220314003759578","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}